Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast

InsideTheU was on-site for Miami's Tuesday practice.

Gaby Urrutia watched the skill players closely while David Lake kept an eye on the line of scrimmage players.

The two share what they noticed from those groups in the first half of this podcast.

In the second half of the podcast, Lake and Urrutia discuss the upcoming announcement of four-star safety Markeith Williams and what it means for Miami.

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The Miami Hurricanes football program opened up their first two practices of fall camp to the media and following the second practice, David Lake and Gaby Urrutia shared their thoughts on each position group.

You don't want to miss this quick hitter episode.

In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, we welcome on national college football expert Josh Pate to talk Miami Hurricanes. 

From a national perspective, Miami is a team that widely is projected as a Top 20 team in the country and is expected to contend for the Coastal Division. 

Pate shares his thoughts on the Hurricanes going into year three of the Manny Diaz era, his early thoughts on how UM fans should view the games against Alabama and North Carolina, and how Miami fits into the realignment discussion.

Through The Smoke is also excited to announce a sponsorship with Homefield Apparel, a company that makes incredibly comfortable, officially-licensed apparel with vintage college designs.

Homefield digs through the archives and history of your school to find unique logos, mascots, and moments to make thoughtful designs for your school.

The Miami collection has 14 pieces of apparel in the collection including t-shirts hoodies, crewnecks. All vintage marks you won’t see elsewhere.

Homefield will be releasing their Miami collection on Saturday, August 7th at noon eastern time and first time buyers can get 15% off their purchases with the promo code: INSIDETHEU.

Check out homefieldapparel.com.

Again, the Miami collection goes live on Saturday, August 7th.

You don’t want to miss this episode. 

More preseason practice previews!

On Tuesday, we brought you part one of our preview series to the 2021 fall camp with a position-by-position preview on the offensive side. 

Today, we discuss the defensive side of the ball and special teams. 

This preview series is the audio version of the position previews that were provided on the InsideTheU YouTube page. 

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Miami is set to begin fall camp on Friday, August 6th with a practice in the early evening. 

Through The Smoke is also excited to announce a sponsorship with Homefield Apparel, a company that makes incredibly comfortable, officially-licensed apparel with vintage college designs.

Homefield digs through the archives and history of your school to find unique logos, mascots, and moments to make thoughtful designs for your school.

The Miami collection has 14 pieces of apparel in the collection including t-shirts hoodies, crewnecks. All vintage marks you won’t see elsewhere.

Homefield will be releasing their Miami collection on Saturday, August 7th at noon eastern time and first time buyers can get 15% off their purchases with the promo code: INSIDETHEU.

Check out homefieldapparel.com.

Again, the Miami collection goes live on Saturday, August 7th.

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Preseason practices are right around the corner for the Miami Hurricanes football program. 

In the latest edition of Through the Smoke, InsideTheU’s Christopher Stock and David Lake go position-by-position and share what they think about the Hurricanes going into the start of camp. 

This podcast focuses on the offensive side of the ball. 

Through The Smoke is also excited to announce a sponsorship with Homefield Apparel, a company that makes incredibly comfortable, officially-licensed apparel with vintage college designs.

Homefield digs through the archives and history of your school to find unique logos,

mascots, and moments to make thoughtful designs for your school.

The Miami collection has 14 pieces of apparel in the collection including t-shirts hoodies,

crewnecks. All vintage marks you won’t see elsewhere.

Homefield will be releasing their Miami collection on Saturday, August 7th at noon eastern time and first time buyers can get 15% off their purchases with the promo code: INSIDETHEU. 

Check out homefieldapparel.com.

Again, the Miami collection goes live on Saturday, August 7th. 

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The Miami Hurricanes picked up a commitment from Top 100 cornerback Trequon Fegans out of Thompson High School in Alabaster, Alabama on Friday and in the latest edition of Through The Smoke, Gaby Urrutia and David Lake break down the pledge. 

According to the industry generated 247Sports Composite, Fegans ranks as the No. 82 overall player in the country. 

Fegans committed to Miami over South Carolina with Alabama, Georgia, and Oklahoma also showing some interest. 

What type of player are the Hurricanes getting in Fegans? What does this mean for the cornerback recruiting? Has the defensive back coaching tandem of DeMarcus Van Dyke and Travaris Robinson proven to be a big success? 

You don't want to miss this podcast!

On the latest edition of Through The Smoke, the guys at InsideTheU discuss the latest topics surrounding Miami Hurricanes football, the changing college football landscape, and UM recruiting. 

In the first half of the show, Gaby Urrutia and David Lake share their thoughts on the ACC preseason polls along with the preseason All-ACC teams. 

Were we surprised by where any teams were ranked in the polls? Did any Hurricanes get snubbed from the preseason All-ACC team? 

We also touch on the quickly shifting landscape of college football with Texas and Oklahoma appearing to be SEC bound. What does that mean for college football and what does that mean for the ACC (and the other Power Five conferences)?

In the second half of the show, the guys discuss recruiting with a key recruiting target set to make his college decision soon and with the Hurricanes set to host a group of top recruits on campus over the weekend. 

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There is plenty of news to dive into from a Miami Hurricanes football and recruiting standpoint this week!

The ACC Kickoff media days were this week and there was plenty of news and tidbits that came out from a Miami perspective. David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share what they found most interesting.

The guys also give their thoughts on the disappointing developments surrounding Avantae Williams and his eventual dismissal from the team.

In the second half of the episode, Urrutia and Lake share their in-depth thoughts on two commitments the Hurricanes picked up this week in offensive lineman Falentha Carswell and linebacker Justin Medlock.

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Football season is right around the corner. 

In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, we share some thoughts on the state of the ACC with the football media days taking place from July 21-22. 

What is the main storyline we want to learn about Miami from the media days? How do we rank the teams in the Coastal and Atlantic Divisions? Which Hurricanes do we expect to be named preseason All-ACC by the media? 

We also discuss the most underrated ACC team on Miami’s 2021 schedule, what the potential trap game might be, and more. 

In the second half of the show, recruiting insider Gaby Urrutia shares the inside scoop on some Miami targets that are expected to make their college decisions between now and the end of July. 

Urrutia also breaks down where things stand for key targets like four-star LB Wesley Bissainthe and what the Hurricanes have planned with a potential recruiting event at the end of July. 

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In the latest Through the Smoke podcast, we discuss Miami’s newest commitment and dip our toes into a little bit of Alabama talk. 

In the first half of the show, Gaby Urrutia and David Lake go into detail on the commitment of four-star cornerback Chris Graves out of Ft. Myers Bishop Verot High School. 

What type of player is Miami landing? What does this mean for Miami’s cornerback recruiting in 2022? Is cornerbacks coach DeMarcus Van Dyke an emerging star as a position coach?

Urrutia and Lake also break down which players could commit next and whether or not Miami can get some more players in the boat during this month of July. 

In the second half of the show, Lake is joined by BamaOnline’s Travis Reier. 

With Miami set to open the season against Alabama on September 4th, Reier shares some big picture knowledge of what the 2021 Alabama team might look like with SEC media days right around the corner and the start of fall camp less than a month away.