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 the skepticism is fair. But here's what that take misses: Congdon is a state-placing heavyweight wrestler. And the actual reason tall guys can't play guard isn't the height — it's the stiff hips that usually come with it. Wrestlers bend. That's the entire sport. In this video: how Mirabal found him, what his wrestling background actually transfers to the interior, the two NFL comps that make the case — Georgia's Dylan Fairchild for the wrestling and Robert Gallery for the height — and my call on the Buchanan–Congdon battle at right guard. Includes his high school highlights plus recent footage from a workout with his trainer back home. 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 Your Future arizlawpa.com

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 secondary. The quickest path from A to B is a straight line. On top of that sits ESV: Excitement, Swarm, Violence. Not a slogan on a wall — an actual grading system players get scored on. We get into the base defense and the three positions that make it go (Nickel, Jack, and B$), why a fast rush lets the coverage stay simple and put more eyes on the quarterback, and the honest weak spot — what happened when they blitzed on early downs, and the crease that opens up on the field side. 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 Your Future arizlawpa.com

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 Your Future arizlawpa.com

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 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 Your Future arizlawpa.com

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 Cristobal collects talent and can't build a team. Nineteen months later: Miami went 13-3, finished No. 2, beat the defending champions in the playoff, played for a national title in its own stadium, and had nine players drafted with three in the first round. North Carolina went 4-8, ended a six-year bowl streak, lost 51 players to the transfer portal, and had zero players drafted for the first time since 2016. This is the story of what happened when college football decided the thing it needed most was NFL people. 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 Your Future arizlawpa.com

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 draft picks at four different schools over 15 years — Alabama, Oregon, and now Miami, including the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history. At Miami specifically, they took a room that produced ZERO draft picks in six years and turned it into FIVE in three years, the best pass-protecting front in the ACC, and the engine of a national championship game run. Then I go down the entire 2026 depth chart — position by position — and show you that the cupboard isn't bare. It's stocked with five-stars they handpicked, led by Jackson Cantwell, the No. 1 overall recruit in America, at left tackle. ▶️ Drop your projected starting five in the comments. 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 Your Future arizlawpa.com

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 practice field on Tuesday. The reps math. The 2026 draft receipts. And what happened in January that should have ended this conversation for good. 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 Your Future arizlawpa.com

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=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 Your Future arizlawpa.com

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 was coming. When NIL and revenue sharing legalized the SEC's biggest advantage — money — the scoreboard stopped cooperating. And when you can't win the game anymore, you try to change how the game is measured: strength of schedule over results, "Power Two" branding, blocking the 24-team playoff, and threatening to take the ball and go home. In this video I go through every quote from Tampa, decode what each one is actually asking for, and explain why the SEC's rule-change campaign is aimed squarely at teams like Miami. ▶️ Is the breakaway real or a bluff? Drop your take in the comments. 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 Your Future arizlawpa.com