Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast

In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, we discuss our thoughts on the Michigan State game and share our big picture thoughts on the program. 

What was the issue against the Spartans? At what point did we feel like Miami lost control of the game? What changes can be made moving forward? Does Miami have answers on offense or defense?

InsideTheU’s Gaby Urrutia and David Lake share their thoughts here. 

Urrutia and Lake also share some big picture thoughts on the program. What is holding Miami back from being a national power? Does the school care about football? What needs to be done to change the cycle of mediocrity. 

We wrap up the show with the latest tidbits on recruiting. 

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The Miami Hurricanes suffered a 38-17 loss to Michigan State on Saturday in what might be the most troubling result yet of the Manny Diaz era. 

In the latest Through The Smoke podcast, David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their big picture thoughts on the program, what went wrong in the game, and what the potential solutions might be moving forward. 

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The No. 24 Miami Hurricanes will host a Michigan State team that is better than everyone expected going into the season. 

What scares us most about this MSU team? What does Miami need to do to control the game? Who are the key players to know on both sides of the ball?

InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts on this important game in this preview podcast. 

Urrutia also shares where things stand with some of UM’s key recruiting targets and which prospects are expected to attend the Michigan State game. 

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In the latest edition of Through the Smoke, we get to know the Michigan State Spartans. 

The No. 24 Miami Hurricanes will take on the Spartans this Saturday in a noon kickoff at Hard Rock Stadium. 

Miami (1-1) enters the game looking to click on offense while Michigan State (2-0) is looking to build on their strong start to the 2021 season. 

To get a better understanding of Michigan State, we asked Andrew Bell of the Press Quarters Podcast to give us a better understanding of this MSU team. 

What is head coach Mel Tucker all about? Who are the key players to know on both sides of the ball? What are the key match-ups to watch? David Lake and Bell touch on it all here. 

You don’t want to miss this episode. 

In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, we close the book on Appalachian State and peek ahead to this week’s match-up against Michigan State. 

After rewatching the App State game, how do we feel about Miami’s performance? Did any players perform better than we originally thought? What changes need to be made?

InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts here. 

We also update the lates on Miami’s injury situation at key positions and give our early thoughts on Michigan State. 

You don’t want to miss this episode!

The Miami Hurricanes were able to grind out a 25-23 win over Appalachian State on Saturday night.

The game wasn't pretty, but UM found a way to win.

Following the game, InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia shared their immediate thoughts on Miami's performance.

The No. 22 Miami Hurricanes will get back to it this week with a home game against Appalachian State. 

Miami lost their season opener to No. 1 Alabama, 44-13, and the Hurricanes will look to bounce back against a very good Group of Five level team in Appalachian State. 

What is the key to victory for the Hurricanes? 

What does Appalachian State do well that Miami should be concerned about?

What is our prediction for the game?

Check out the latest episode of Through The Smoke as David Lake and Gaby Urrutia break it all down. 

In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, David Lake and Gaby Urrutia look ahead to the Appalachian State game and answer plenty of mailbag questions. 

In the first half of the show, Lake is joined by David Ware of AppStateMania.com to discuss the 2021 Appalachian State team. 

Who are the key players to know for the Mountaineers? What has made their program so successful over the past six seasons? What type of mentality will App State bring into this game? 

Ware provides plenty of insight into Miami’s week two opponent. 

In the second half of the podcast, Lake and Urrutia answer some question from the InsideTheU message board community. 

The questions range from our thoughts from the Alabama game to what do we expect against Appalachian State to big picture thoughts on the state of the program. 

Urrutia also shares the latest with recruiting. 

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In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their final thoughts on Miami's performance against Alabama.

After rewatching the game, how do we feel about this Hurricanes team?

What did we like? What did we not like? What changes need to be made?

Lake and Urrutia share their thoughts and discuss the explanation on the game from head coach Manny Diaz and offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee.

We also touch a little bit on Appalachian State.

We're not mad, we're just disappointed.

InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia react to Miami's 44-13 loss to Alabama to open the 2021 season.

What were we most disappointed about from the game?

Were there any positives to take?

Does this change how we feel about Miami's 2021 season?

Listen to our quick thoughts on this game.