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I'm joined by Jose Duasso, founder of the Raw 7v7 program, to talk about the first two days of Miami Hurricanes practice. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Ariz Law PA: Coral Gables Law Firm – Estate Planning, Business Law & Real Estate Attorneys Specializing in Corporate Law, Probate, Wills & Trusts Protect...

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My conversation with new Canes RB Coach Favian Upshaw!

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I had a chance to sit down with Canes freshman TE Gavin Mueller to talk about his growth and maturation. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Ariz Law PA: Coral Gables Law Firm – Estate Planning, Business Law & Real Estate Attorneys Specializing in Corporate Law, Probate, Wills & Trusts Protect the People a...

I spoke with Canes DC Corey Hetherman at media day about his defense and replacing nickel Keionte Scott. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Ariz Law PA: Coral Gables Law Firm – Estate Planning, Business Law & Real Estate Attorneys Specializing in Corporate Law, Probate, Wills & Trusts Protect the People and Assets Y...

Jackson Cantwell is as impresive as any player on Miami's roster. I had a chance to sit down with the elite prospect 1-on-1. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Ariz Law PA: Coral Gables Law Firm – Estate Planning, Business Law & Real Estate Attorneys Specializing in Corporate Law, Probate, Wills & Trusts...

On Friday night, Judge Charlotte Sweeney of the U.S. District Court of Colorado granted a class-wide preliminary injunction in Wisne v. NCAA, ordering the NCAA to declare eligible every Division I athlete who started college in 2022-23 and burned all four seasons by the end of 2025-26. No limitation on sport. Roughly two hours later, Big Ten presidents voted to support the Protect College Sports Act — a bill that standardizes five-year eligibility, bans professional athletes from returning to college, and hands the NCAA the antitrust exemption that would make Friday's lawsuit impossible to file. The court opened a do...

Last year a true freshman safety led the ACC in interceptions and sealed a College Football Playoff win over Texas A&M. Miami might be about to do it again. Bryce Fitzgerald set a bar nobody expecte: six picks, most in the conference, FWAA Freshman All-American, all as an 18-year-old. And here's the part that matters: coming out of high school he was 172 pounds and ranked around 133rd. He wasn't supposed to be that guy. Now there's another true freshman in that safety room. JJ Dunnigan is 6'3", 205, ranked as high as 92nd, and he ran a 10.94 hundred. Bigger...

Everybody's talking about Jackson Cantwell. And he's earned it. But Miami has a SECOND 6'8" freshman offensive lineman, and I think he's about to battle for the right guard job. Ben Congdon is 6'8", 330 pounds, and he turned 18 two months ago. Alex Mirabal found him as a high three-star at a Division V school in Zoarville, Ohio, and offered him before anybody else did Alabama came in only after he'd already committed to Miami. The consensus is that he's too tall to play inside. In a survey of 101 NFL guards, thirty-seven were 6'4" and exactly zero were 6'8". So...

In 2024, Miami's defense ranked 50th in the country. In 2025, it finished top five. Same building, a lot of the same players — and a scheme that actually got simpler. That's the part nobody can explain, so I sat down with Nic Echevarria and worked through it piece by piece. The short version: the scheme isn't the answer, it's the delivery system. Corey Hetherman's defense is built on one rule that applies to all eleven players — over, under, or through his face — and that same rule shows up in block destruction, in tackling, and in the pass rush. Gap integrity is second...

BREAKING: #1 player in 2028 A'Mir Sears set to reclassify to 2027 and commit this Friday!

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One week until camp begins! I am live from Coral Gables with the latest. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Ariz Law PA: Coral Gables Law Firm – Estate Planning, Business Law & Real Estate Attorneys Specializing in Corporate Law, Probate, Wills & Trusts Protect the People and Assets You Value Most. Plan You...

Two stories broke today — and they're actually the same fight over who controls the money in college football. Stanford players just formed the first campus chapter of a players' association, aiming at eventual unionization. At the same time, senators spent a Sunday night on the phone trying to finalize a bill that could rewrite the entire pay-cap system. Stanford's in the ACC — same conference as Miami — so both stories land closer to home than you think. Here's what actually happened, what's still just proposed, and what it means for the Canes. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pu...

North Carolina placed general manager Michael Lombardi on paid administrative leave this morning — effective immediately, weeks before the season. UNC gave no reason, and no reporter has one, so this video doesn't speculate about it. What it does do is go through what's already on the record. In October 2023, Lombardi said Mario Cristobal was beyond saving: "There is coaching malpractice, and then there is coaching malpractice squared… you cannot cure this." In December 2024, two days after taking the highest-paid GM job in college football, he said Miami had "been wonderful in recruiting" but couldn't "get to the final 12" — that Cristo...

Miami just sent four starting offensive linemen to the NFL — Francis Mauigoa went 10th overall, Markel Bell, Anez Cooper, and James Brockermeyer all followed. So everybody keeps asking me the same question this offseason: are you worried about the O-line? My answer never changes. I'm not worried. I'm not even concerned. The honest word is curious — and in this video I'll show you exactly why. Here's what national people miss when they look at the four departures and see a crisis: those NFL picks aren't the problem, they're the proof. Mario Cristobal and Alex Mirabal have turned linemen into draf...

Five-star edge rusher Asher Ghioto went on the OG Sessions Podcast this week and explained exactly what he's looking for in a college program. He never mentioned Miami. He didn't have to — because what he described is the one thing rival staffs can't recruit against. There's only one negative shot left against Miami: you're not in the SEC, you're not in the Big Ten, and you won't be ready for the NFL. In this one I break down why that argument sounds good and falls apart the second you look at where development actually happens — not on Saturday, but on a...

Fox Sports Radio's Aaron Torres joins the show — national CFB voice, heavy SEC focus — to break down Sankey's secession talk from SEC Media Days and what it means for Miami. Is the SEC really walking away from the NCAA, and is the U a target either way? The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh...

The SEC hasn't put a team in the national championship game in three years — the Big Ten won all three, and the team on the other sideline in January was Miami. So this week at SEC Media Days in Tampa, the most powerful conference in college football announced its plan. It wasn't "win more games." Commissioner Greg Sankey confirmed talks about breaking away from the NCAA are "real," coaches attacked how the playoff committee counts wins, and Florida's Jon Sumrall declared there are three leagues: "the AFC, the NFC and the SEC." I've been telling you all offseason this wa...

The last three teams to lose the national championship game all collapsed the next year — TCU went 5-7, Washington 6-7, and Notre Dame missed the playoff entirely. Now it's Miami's turn in that chair. So is the hangover coming? I dug into what actually causes it, and why Mario Cristobal might be the one coach built to beat it. Here's the thing nobody's saying: the championship hangover isn't a curse, it's math. It comes down to three things — the coach, the quarterback, and the core. Every runner-up that collapsed lost most of them. Every one that bounced back kept them...

Miami returned the deepest running back room in college football — and it almost didn't happen. Three of these backs had a foot out the door, and all three came back. Today I break down all four star RBs, the coaching shakeup, and exactly how I think the carries get split in 2026. Mark Fletcher Jr. is the bell cow after a CFP-record playoff run, but CharMar Brown, Girard Pringle Jr., and Jordan Lyle could all start somewhere else. Add a top freshman in Javian Mallory, a new RB coach in Favian Upshaw, and a new QB in Darian Mensah — and you...

Everyone's asking how Miami replaces Rueben Bain and Akheem Mesidor — the highest-drafted DE duo from one school in some time. Wrong question. The answer to the Hurricanes' defensive line was inside the whole time: Ahmad Moten turned down the NFL and is the preseason No. 2 DT in America. Justin Scott is a former top-10 overall recruit entering the classic year-three window. Armondo Blount was a top-10 player in the country before he skipped his senior year of high school — and now he's 276 pounds and "running like an absolute stud" per Mario Cristobal. Add portal priority Keona Davis and one of t...

The ACC just rewrote its tiebreaker rules after nearly costing itself a spot in the College Football Playoff last year — and if you think that means they actually fixed the problem, think again. I break down exactly what changed, how the new "Team Success Ranking" tiebreaker really works, why Miami's own 2026 schedule sets up the same nightmare scenario that buried the Canes last season, and why the conference's "fix" still leaves the door open for round two. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scor...

Mario Cristobal said Miami is done going to the transfer portal for a quarterback — three separate times, in one day, at ACC Kickoff. Bold words from the program that just turned three straight portal QBs into a No. 1 overall pick, a national championship game run, and the biggest QB deal in college football. In this breakdown: why the portal quarterback became the winning formula at the top of the sport, the receipts that show Miami has quietly built a homegrown pipeline four classes deep — Luke Nickel, Dereon Coleman, five-star Israel Abrams, and 2029's CJ Cypher — and the one man who de...

Mario Cristobal's LIVE presser from ACC Media Day, along with live reaction! Mark Fletcher and Darian Mensah interviews too. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Ariz Law PA: Coral Gables Law Firm – Estate Planning, Business Law & Real Estate Attorneys Specializing in Corporate Law, Probate, Wills & Trusts Protect the People and Asse...

Mario Cristobal came out FIRING in his first interview at ACC Media Days — joining Joe Rose to talk the 2026 Miami Hurricanes, a recruiting class that's "very locked in," QB Darian Mensah, "absolute creatures" on the offensive line, and why he could give a rat's ass about outside expectations. Audio courtesy of The Joe Rose Show. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?u...

Dereon Coleman might be the most talented arm in Miami's QB room — and the best thing for his career might be starting 12 games at FIU while Miami pays for it. That's not a crazy hypothetical. That's a loan deal, and it's how European soccer has developed young players for decades. College football isn't turning into the NFL. No draft, no salary floor, nothing to protect the little guy. What it's building instead looks exactly like the Premier League: a spending cap, a transfer market with real prices, buyouts that work like transfer fees, and a rich league and a po...

Nick Lennear's takeover at The Crib Classic from my vantage point! Top 2028 and 2029 prospects show out. Tromon Isaac, Jr., Peter Pierre, Kedarius Rhaney, Brady Quinn, and others! Canes commits Jaylyn Jones and Sherrod Gourdine! The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Ariz Law PA: Coral Gables Law Firm – Estate Planning, Business...

Fall camp opens in less than a month, and there are four things I'm watching before the pads go on — which freshmen are actually ready for real snaps, the WR and LB rooms that finally have to prove the depth everyone's been promising, whether Hayden Lowe's five-star talent survived a lost season and a lost spring, and one facility change that has nothing to do with the roster but says everything about where this program is headed. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scor...

Somto Cyril joins Canes Pulse for his FIRST interview since arriving on campus at Miami. The 6'11" "Baby Shaq" — last season's SEC blocks leader and SEC All-Defensive Team selection at Georgia — opens up about his journey from Enugu, Nigeria to Coral Gables, playing the No. 10 in soccer growing up and how it shaped his court vision, his Overtime Elite days and winning the OTE championship with RWE, why he committed to Jai Lucas and the Hurricanes just one day after his visit, and what's next for his game as Miami builds on a 26-win season. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud...

One of the most powerful individuals in the South Florida football scene, Founder of Raw 7v7 Jose Duasso, joined the show to discuss why Adidas is Miami's best bet moving forward. We also spoke about players from Raw 7v7 such as Miami commits Jaylyn Jones, Sherrod Gorudine, and Nick Lennear. We looked ahead to th 2028 class with prospects such as Tromon Isaac, Dennis Tua'one, and Casey Barner. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl...

Fifty million dollars. Five and a half acres. I went to stand on the land the University of Miami is giving away in its 30-year deal with Coral Gables — and then walked up Ponce to the corridor where a hospital could rise on the other side of the trade. In this video: what the "Lee Lincoln Site" actually looks like, what the future Centennial Park deal really says (the easement and development-rights fine print nobody's reading), and why the Titanic Brewery strip might be the most important few blocks in UMiami's next 30 years. ⚠️ Important: the deal is NOT approved yet. I...

The University of Miami just filed a 217-page deal with Coral Gables — more students, more land, and the right to build a hospital. Here's why Canes fans should care. A new 30-year development agreement would raise UM's enrollment cap from 13,000 to 17,500, replace the campus building cap entirely, and permit a full-service hospital on the Gables campus for the first time — all while the House settlement pushes college football toward a world where the institution funds the roster. I'm breaking down what the deal says, how it connects to the $100M Football Operations Center, and the bigger bet Miami is maki...

Eli Woodard is a Cane — and Miami's 2027 WR class is now, by the numbers, the best multi-receiver haul the program has signed in 15 years. I pulled the 247 Composite for every Miami WR class since 2012 and stacked this duo against every school in America, and one of the answers surprised me. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Check out ArtByUgly's Work!: https://www.instagram.com/artbyugly?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters...

Miami added Russian pro Egor Ryzhov to an already reloaded roaster! Jai Lucas and staff are cooking. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Ariz Law PA: Coral Gables Law Firm – Estate Planning, Business Law & Real Estate Attorneys Specializing in Corporate Law, Probate, Wills & Trusts Protect the People and Assets You Valu...

Four-star wide receiver Eli Woodard (Chaparral HS, Temecula CA) is officially a Miami Hurricane. We break down his film, his recruitment story, why Miami beat out Cal and UCLA, and what this means for the Canes' 2027 class. Subscribe to Canes Pulse for more Miami Hurricanes football recruiting coverage, interviews, analysis, and behind-the-scenes insight. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. We take on the insurance companies for Florida homeowners and families (property insurance claims + personal injury) and handle real estate closings across Florida, Illinois & Wisconsin through Echevarria Title, LLC. Millions recovered. Trials won. Over a thousand de...

In Part 3 of our Mario Cristobal transfer portal series, we zoom out and look at the full picture. Across four classes, 43+ transfer additions, and two breakdown videos, what does Miami’s portal record really tell us? The 2024 class was defined by Cam Ward — one of the greatest portal acquisitions in college football history and the No. 1 overall pick. But that class also had real misses beneath the headline. The 2025 class, on the other hand, was defined by team success: Carson Beck, Keionte Scott, Jakobe Thomas, James Brockermeyer, Mohamed Toure, Carter Davis and others helped power Miami to a national cham...

Today on Canes Pulse, Peter Ariz is joined by blue-chip 2028 recruit Cartae Ligon, one of the early names to know in the next wave of national recruiting. Ligon talks about his recruitment, what he is looking for in a college program, the factors that will matter most in his decision, and where Miami stands early in the process. The Canes have already made him a target, and there is clear interest on both sides as Miami continues building toward future recruiting classes. We discuss development, culture, academics, his relationship with the Miami staff, and what makes the Hurricanes an...

Checking in with a week in review video as WR target Eli Woodard announces his commitment in a few days, Canes CB commit Donte Wright balls out at the opening, and can OL Sean Tatum be a day-1 starter at Miami? Subscribe to Canes Pulse for more Miami Hurricanes football coverage, recruiting updates, interviews, and analysis. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. We take on the insurance companies for Florida homeowners and families (property insurance claims + personal injury) and handle real estate closings across Florida, Illinois & Wisconsin through Echevarria Title, LLC. Millions recovered. Trials won. Ov...

I traveled to Fort Pierce to meet Miami OL commit Sean Tatum! Subscribe to Canes Pulse for more Miami Hurricanes football coverage, recruiting updates, interviews, and analysis. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. We take on the insurance companies for Florida homeowners and families (property insurance claims + personal injury) and handle real estate closings across Florida, Illinois & Wisconsin through Echevarria Title, LLC. Millions recovered. Trials won. Over a thousand deals closed. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Attorney advertising. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Paper...