Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast

The Miami Hurricanes will travel to take on their biggest rival, Florida State, this week in Tallahassee.

UM enters the game riding a three game winning streak and a slight favorite over the Seminoles, who have lost two straight games.

What does Miami need to do to win the game? Can the Hurricanes win by a double digit margin? What concerns us about this Florida State team? Where does UM have the significant advantages?

InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia break it all down here.

FSU Hate Week is here. 

The Miami Hurricanes will travel to Tallahassee to take on their biggest rival, Florida State on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN. 

In this podcast, we share our thoughts after rewatching the Georgia Tech game. What did we like? What are some areas that need to be cleaned up? We share our thoughts here.

We then provide a first impression on what this 2021 FSU football team is all about. How does Miami match up against this Seminoles team? How different is this FSU team compared to last year’s FSU team. 

After the commercial break, we discuss the latest recruiting news and topics. 

We then wrap it up with discussing the latest press conference news and notes and David rants about Blake James (again). 

The Miami Hurricanes have now won three straight games after a 33-30 win over Georgia Tech. 

UM dug themselves in a hole with early turnovers in the game, but the better team prevailed at the end of the day with the Hurricanes earning the victory in the fourth quarter. 

What was the difference in the game? What did we like? We did we not like? 

InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their instant reactions to the game in the latest Through The Smoke Podcast.

Can the Miami Hurricanes keep the god vibes rolling this week against Georgia Tech?

Or will UM play down to their competition with a game that will kickoff at 12:30 p.m. and allow the Yellow Jackets to have a puncher’s chance at pulling out a win. 

InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts going into this week’s UM game. 

Who are the key players to know on Georgia Tech? What worries us about this game? Where does Miami have a clear advantage? 

Lake and Urrutia break it all down. 

The Miami Hurricanes will look to keep their recent run of success going this week while hosting Georgia Tech at Hard Rock Stadium. 

Kickoff is slated for 12:30 p.m. and the game will be televised locally on Bally Sports. 

In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU.com's Gaby Urrutia and David Lake share their thoughts from the win over Pittsburgh after rewatching the game. 

What stood out both in a positive and negative way?

We also touch on what Miami’s recent run of success means in recruiting? Is there reason to believe that UM can turn it around on the recruiting trail if more wins follow? 

Lake and Urrutia then touch on some big picture topics. Will an 8-4 regular season record be good enough to bring back Manny Diaz in 2022? 

We close the podcast with the latest news and notes from Miami’s press conferences on Monday. 

Enjoy the latest podcast!

The Miami Hurricanes have earned two straight victories over ranked opponents with a 38-34 win over No. 17 Pittsburgh.

InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their quick thoughts from the game.

The Miami Hurricanes football program is looking to navigate a tough time in which results are not being delivered on the field in 2021 and the mediocrity has existed for close to 17 years. 

Who are the key decision makers to know with the future of the football program? Where do things stand with Manny Diaz? Blake James? The Board of Trustees? 

Could Miami go out and get a proven coach? What would it take to get that done? 

David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the VIP report on InsideTheU.com. 

Lake and Urrutia also share their thoughts on the Pittsburgh game and how Miami matches up. 

Miami is back to work after a 31-30 win over NC State on Saturday. 

In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss everything you need to know surrounding the Miami Hurricanes football program. 

We start the podcast by sharing our thoughts on the win over NC State after rewatching the game. Just how special was Tyler Van Dyke’s performance? Who stood out on defense? What are some areas to improve?

We then dip into some recruiting talk with Miami hosting plenty of big time visitors to discuss. 

In the second half of the show, we get into the latest news and notes from the press conference. 

We wrap it up by sharing our early thoughts on Pittsburgh. 

Check out the latest episode!

The Miami Hurricanes football program earned a 31-30 win over No. 18 North Carolina State at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday night.

Miami played their most complete game of the season and beat a ranked team. 

What do we make of the performance? What did Tyler Van Dyke prove in the game? Is the defense turning the corner? Is the team starting to find an identity. 

InsideTheU.com's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss all those talking points from the game. 

David also rants about Blake James exhibiting poor leadership by going on a secret media tour the day before the game in an effort of self preservation as he tries to distance himself from Manny Diaz. 

Check out the latest podcast!

In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU.com's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts on a pivotal game against NC State. 

What is NC State’s identity? How are the Wolfpack different from last season, when the Hurricanes won a dramatic 44-41 game in Raleigh, North Carolina? Who needs to step up for Miami? 

What needs to happen for Miami to win this game? 

Lake and Urrutia share their thoughts going into the game and provide a prediction. 

We also touch on some recruiting nuggets.