Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast

In this quick hitter podcast, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia preview this weekend’s recruiting action at the University of Miami. 

What do you need to know about a five-star that will be on campus?

Who are the two tight ends UM will be hosting on official visits and where do things stand going into the weekend?

Urrutia provides all the scoop and touches on the prospects that will be participating in UM’s summer camp on Saturday. 

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The summer recruiting season is here and the crew at Through the Smoke are here to break it all down from a Miami Hurricanes perspective. 

InsideTheU.com recruiting expert Gaby Urrutia shares everything we’ve learned from the first week of June from a recruiting standpoint. 

Miami played host to three ultra talented official visitors over the weekend. Urrutia provides insight on where things stand with those players following their weekend at UM. 

On Monday, the UM program played host to multiple big time unofficial visitors on campus. Urrutia shares a temperature check on where things stand with those players. 

Urrutia wraps things up with his thoughts on FIU’s football camp on Monday, which attracted some of the top talent in South Florida and some of the top college football coaches in the country were in attendance to watch. 

The show wraps up with a little more insight on what Miami’s facility upgrades will look like. 

In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia empty the mailbag. 

Lake and Urrutia tackle the top questions from VIP subscribers with the topics ranging from recruiting to the upcoming 2022 season to the staff that Mario Cristobal is assembling at Miami. 

You don’t want to miss the latest episode for our latest thoughts on the program. 

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In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, we discuss the latest on some top Miami recruiting targets and what the future of the ACC football schedule might look like. 

InsideTheU recruiting insider Gaby Urrutia opens the show by sharing what he learned from his trip to Orlando to check in on a handful of top football recruiting targets for the Hurricanes. 

What players looked the part? Who impressed him with their performance? How is Miami trending for these important targets? Urrutia breaks it all down here. 

Urrutia then shares the latest on Miami’s quarterback recruiting and highlights some summer official visits to know and some prospects that have emerged during this evaluation period in the month of May. 

The crew closes the podcast with some thoughts on a proposed ACC football schedule/system that would eliminate divisions and cycle through new teams on a more consistent basis. 

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In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the latest with the Miami Hurricanes football program. 

We open the show by highlighting the newest Hurricanes that are enrolling this week. 

What do we expect of this crop of incoming freshmen and more? We also circle back around to the early enrollee freshmen that participated in spring football and share our thoughts on those players. 

After the break, Urrutia shares the latest with Miami’s pursuit of a quarterback and he pencils in some players into his way too early mock class for May. 

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The mailbag is back.

In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia answer questions from the message board from our VIP subscribers. 

The range of topics include UM’s 2023 recruiting efforts, our thoughts on the 2022 Miami Hurricanes, the overall trajectory of the program and more. 

Lake and Urrutia break it all down here.

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In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, we heavily discuss the NCAA Transfer Portal. 

With the deadline passing to enter the portal and still be eligible to transfer and play immediately in 2022 come and gone, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their overall thoughts on a new frontier of college football. 

What is the latest on Pittsburgh wide receiver Jordan Addison, the reigning Biletnikoff Award winner? Overall how much did Miami improve their team through the portal? Who is Miami’s top portal additions? How many players entered the portal from the UM program? Is there anyone else to know in the portal that Miami should chase?

We also take a look at the portal additions or losses for the team’s on Miami’s schedule and discuss our thoughts from a quiet 2022 NFL Draft for the UM program. 

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In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, we discuss some transfers UM is looking to close on, provide an update on key recruits, and answer your questions in the mailbag. 

Just before the weekend, Miami landed a transfer portal linebacker in Caleb Johnson, who comes from UCLA. 

What type of impact can Johnson make for Miami at a key position of need? InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts. 

Miami is also making a move for a defensive line transfer with some freaky physical traits, there is another linebacker transfer to know, and recruiting is going to heat up with the spring evaluation period here. 

In the second half of the show, Lake and Urrutia answer interesting questions from the InsideTheU subscribers. 

The Miami Hurricanes landed a big time defensive tackle transfer in Akheem Mesidor from West Virginia.

InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss what it means.

The Miami Hurricanes wrapped up their month of spring football on Saturday with their annual spring game. 

In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia look to share their thoughts from that scrimmage after watching it again via the TV broadcast. 

What did we miss live that we noticed after the rewatch? What was the best thing Miami got out of the scrimmage on both sides of the ball? What area of the team still somewhat concerns us? 

Lake and Urrutia close the book on spring football in the first half of this episode. 

In the second half of the episode, Urrutia provides a big picture recap on the recruits that visited Miami during the spring. 

Who did Miami make a move for on the recruiting trail this spring? Who is Miami fading for? Where do things stand with the quarterback board? Who are the recruits to keep an eye on going into the summer months?

Urrutia breaks it all down here.