Thursday, February 17, 2011

Canes Baseball To Start Freshman Season Opener Friday

Freshman LHP Bryan Radziewski will start the Hurricanes’ baseball season opener Friday night against Rutgers at Alex Rodriguez Park. Morris said he believes it’s the first time in his 18th season at UM that he has had a freshman start the opener.

“The reason why is because he has thrown by far the best of anybody in the fall and spring,” Morris said of the former Florida Christian School standout from Miami.

Hurricanes Athletics to Have Social Media Day Tomorrow Feb. 18, 2011

Hurricane Sports is reporting that the Miami Hurricanes athletics web staff will be holding its first ever Social Media Day tomorrow, Friday February 18, 2011.

Miami will be the first college athletics department to communicate solely through social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, UStream, YouTube and an unprecedented 14 hours of Live Chats with Hurricane coaches and standout student-athletes.

From 8 a.m. through the final out of the Miami baseball season opener against Rutgers, the staff of HurricaneSports.com will forget its official website - HurricaneSports.com - and communicate directly with fans through 14-plus hours of live chats, tweets and Facebook posts.

An updated lineup of live chat guests is at the bottom of this article.

As Hurricane news breaks throughout the day, Facebook, Twitter & UStream will be the place to read about it, comment on it and retweet to friends and fellow Miami fans. Make sure you "Like" the Miami Hurricanes on Facebook (Direct Link) and that you are following all of UM's Twitter accounts (complete list), but most importantly @HurricaneSports.

To cap off Social Media Day, UM will debut multi-camera broadcast coverage of every pitch from the Hurricanes season opener. The video team behind Canes All-Access successfully tested the streaming broadcast during the Alumni Game and Home Run Derby last weekend and will take it to the free UStream platform for the Friday night game.

So now the real question is, who do you want to see during the first ever Social Media Day? What players and coaches do you want to Chat with? And are you going to call in sick and spend the day talking about the C-A-N-E-S with the entire UM nation? Use the links below to make your requests for players and coaches.

Tweet Your Requests | File Request Through HurricaneSports.com | Facebook Post

To access Miami's platform during Social Media Day, simply visit the HurricaneSports.com homepage and your browser will automatically be redirected to the FUN!

Stay tuned all week as we announce the times that Miami coaches and student athletes will join the Canes Nation for Live Chats on Social Media Day.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

FSU vs Miami : Lets Ready To Cause Some Fumbles

The Canes get ready to play FSU this Saturday in Miami. The annual rivalry is just as big as ever and expectations are high for the Hurricanes. Canes fans expect a win, we are looking for the defense to be imposing. We are looking for the offense to come together and score at will. We want to control FSU for all 4 quarters and limit our turnovers.

What is it gonna take to make this happen?

It is going to take a lot of control by the offense first and foremost with the game clock. We want to control as much of the playing time as possible by spreading out drives to 10 plays 6-7 minutes at a time. We need to use our big offensive line who is getting better every week and run the ball straight up the gut for 4.5 yards each time. Jacory needs to stay focused on those who are going to catch the ball and be spectacular afterwards. We have too many potential talents and we need to focus on current talents during game-time. Our current proven talents are Hankerson and Berry, they both perform well consistently. Get them the ball constantly and they will be move the chains.

Defense needs to get out its hammer and smack down the FSU offense. Defense needs to concentrate on causing turnovers, fumbles specifically. We see the defense causing some fumbles in this game which could be the difference in the game if the offense fails to produce. Defensive intimidation from the first set of downs will be crucial for the Canes, so they need to establish their presence immediately.

Lets Go Canes.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Canes Storm Through Clemson

Can you say "Thankerson", as in thank you Hankerson for making the Canes look good. Yes we did get the W but we could have just as easily got the loss. Hankerson grabbed three touchdown catches from Harris and was just plain ridiculous on Saturday. 7 catches for 150 yards and 3 touchdowns puts Hankerson's performance as one of the top ten receiving games by a Canes player. Leonard is just plain consistent, get him the ball and he will make you look good, period. Jacory knows this and was obviously looking for him whenever possible. This was one of the best choice Jacory has made in the past few weeks, it shows that he recognizes the need to get the ball to those players who will produce results and go beyond expectations.

Jacory is not producing beyond expectations, currently he is failing to meet the high hopes Hurricane fans have for him. He has a great career completion percentage which shows he has delivered the ball well the majority of the time, but the interceptions overshadow this tremendously. To his credit, about 30% of his interceptions have been the rceivers fault but that's really it, the rest are his mistakes. Nevertheless we will take the win and look forward to Florida State.

We expect Jacory will be up for the game and we expect to see a big game out of him as he knows how much the game means tomCanes fans. We need to give him the support he needs from the Canes fan base and the crowd noise he expects against FSU at the stadium.

Let's go Canes

Friday, October 1, 2010

Gameday Baby, Clemson Crunching Time

Kyle Parker has a cool million in the bank now, so it's time to to go crunch him. We don't wish him harm, but we do wish to let him know the Canes defense is for real and banking that signing bonus was the right decision, cause he's gonna get banged up in Saturdays game. The Canes are looking to get some justice after last years game where Spiller tore us apart and we lost 40-37 in overtime. This year the Canes are looking to keep this game from getting to close by jumping on Clemson and Parker earlier. You should see some big things out of the special teams today as well as Berry and Hankerson again. Jacory will need to come out early and start firing using the protection our well developing offensive line is going to provide.

Our predicition is 27-17 , Miami win.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Good Win For Canes Helps Move Past Loss

The Canes had an impressive performance this past week against Pittsburgh. The defense was great and played hard the entire game giving up only 3 points which came in the second half. The offense looked good but nothing spectacular.

Jacory was just average, he had another 2 interceptions and continued to float most of his passes to his receivers. Jacory just doesn't get it or just can't get it, he has no velocity on his passes at all. Harris continually floats passes into receivers that could be picked off at anytime, he came close to having 2 additional interceptions against Pitt which would have gave him 8 in two games, instead we settled for 6 in two games.

Looking past Jacory, we saw Damien Berry rush for 87 yards on 21 carries and score a touchdown. Berry averaged 4.1 yards per carry and shared time with Lamar Miller. Miller had 8 carries for 31 yards and 1 touchdown, averaging 3.9 yards per carry. Travis Benjamin was the leading receiver this week with 1 TD on 6 receptions for 96 yards, Benjamin now has 158 yards this season from 10 receptions giving him an average of 15.8 yards per catch. Hankerson had only 36 yards in the game on 3 receptions but one was a touchdown which was lobbed up for him in the end zone from Jacory. Hankerson has 241 yards this season with 16 receptions, he his averaging 15 yards per catch. Laron Byrd had 6 receptions in the game for 69 yards, he has 118 yards on 12 receptions this season. All in all the Canes had 7 receivers catch passes including Berry and James out of the backfield.

Defense was strong with Sean Spence leading the way with 9 tackles (6 of which were solo), and 2 sacks. Miami had 6 total sacks on the day with 2 more coming from defensive linemen Andrew Smith, 1 from Colin Mcarthy and 1 from Allen Bailey. ryanHill had a great afternoon as well, he had 5 tackles 4 of which were solo and an interception. Demarcus VanDyke also had a pick in the game and took it for 74 yards.

The Canes are now looking towards Clemson next week as a big ACC rival matchup goes down in South Carolina. The Canes are 1-2 against the Clemson Tigers over the past 3 match-ups.