The Rundown Take
The Purge Has Begun: U Talk Closes Out the Season Ready to Watch Miami Blow It Up
Fighting through a flu that had knocked him off the air the previous Monday, Devin returned for U Talk's final show of the year to process a bowl-game no-show he called flat-out expected. With the transfer portal already churning, Devin and Larry Frank Jr. spent the night grading exactly who needs to go, who might be walked out the door by Mario Cristobal himself, and whether offensive coordinator Josh Gattis survives the offseason.
Key Takeaways
- Devin and Larry Frank call the bowl loss unsurprising — "the fourth-quarter program broke," in the words of one caller, and the roster that couldn't finish games all year quit outright.
- Both hosts want offensive coordinator Josh Gattis gone, and Larry Frank says he'll judge any return by the first offensive series of next season, not a good spring.
- A caller with a source close to Lowndes County, Georgia football pours cold water on transfer quarterback target Corey Brown, questioning his ability to throw consistently against real competition.
- The panel is split on Jacurri Brown's readiness — praised for dual-threat ability and size, but Larry Frank says he currently doesn't trust his accuracy to carry a 25-to-30-attempt passing game.
- Multiple callers report Kevin Steele may retire from LSU, sparking speculation he could return to Miami's staff, while the portal keeps producing names from Alabama, Ohio State and Texas A&M.
Judging Gattis
The Gattis conversation dominated the first hour. Devin argued Gattis inherited a banged-up quarterback room and receiver corps and never had a real chance, but said that context earns him at most one series of goodwill next season — after that, no more excuses. Larry Frank pushed back that reports connecting Gattis to an Iowa job would solve the problem cleanly, and multiple callers piled on with the same complaint: Miami stuck with a broken offensive script against Florida State, Duke, North Carolina and Clemson even after it worked against Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech.
Buying (or Not Buying) the Kool-Aid
One caller, a Marine veteran, made the case for optimism — citing Miami's newly aligned athletic director, president and GM all pulling in the same direction for the first time in years, and comparing Mario's recruiting philosophy to what Kirby Smart described building at Georgia and Alabama: get the best players in the building, year after year, and the wins follow.
"You got a GM we never had before, on the same page. You got the president and the board of directors on the same page, and the guys giving money to the program on the same page. So you can't do nothing but do well."
The show closed out the year on a personal note, with the panel praying for regular caller Jay Blaze through an unspecified hard stretch, and Devin thanking the day-one supporters by name before confirming the schedule: a "Winning at the Game of Life" special on the 12th with pageant contestant Randaysha Hinson, then a full hiatus before the recruiting show returns.