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by Daniel Kirsner Email

Opening statements. (this is required reading)

Fearless leader!

(Original from caneshooter.com)
Leadership inspires!

Not just the players and fans,

(former 'Cane Gaby Sanchez does the clotheslining)

And not just human beings,

So get ready.


1 day

by Daniel Kirsner Email

Our new Nike Pro-Combat uniforms were released. They're all orange except for a green helmet, and they make us look exactly like this.


Maybe not quite that bad, but they're pretty hideous. And it might act as a sort of camouflage. All of the players will meld together. I have to admin, the helmet is pretty cool.


Does anyone else think it's funny that the model Nike hired is bigger than J12?

There's a great article on Vince Wilfork on boston.com. The idea of him gardening is hilarious to me. And check this out:

That colt looks scared.

We're down to 32 hours and 23 minutes. There's nothing to do but wait in anticipation.


Depth Chart!! Extremeties! Whimsy!

by Daniel Kirsner Email

UM released a depth chart! No real surprises, but I'll type it up since nobody else in the media has yet.

WR: Hankerson, Byrd, Johnson, and Benjamin are all listed as co-starters
Shannon is making a huge mistake by not starting Lareonard Hanberbyrdson
LT: Orlando Franklin, Ben Jones, Corey White
LG: Harland Gunn,Jared Wheeler
C: Tyler Horn,Brandon Linder
RG: Brandon Washington, Malcolm Bunche.
RT: Joel Figueroa, Jermaine Johnson, Seantrel Henderson.
Take this with a grain of salt. The interview I linked to earlier today has Randy Shannon talking about offensive line depth, and he mentioned that the goal is to have the best 5 guys play. The depth chart won't be followed too closely. Expect the first guy off the bench to be Jermaine Johnson.
TE: Richard Gordon, Chase Ford, Asante Cleveland,Billy Sanders
True freshman Asante Cleveland passed up redshirt frosh Sanders. Wow! Expect Ford to do more receiving and Gordon to do more blocking and even line up at FB some now that Calhoun is out for the season.
QB: Jacory, AJ Highsmith, lil' Whip.
RB: Damien Berry, Mike (smilin') James
Lamar Miller and Graig Cooper aren't listed.
FB: Patrick Hill, Maurice Hagans
Hagans, a true freshman, might not get a redshirt due to Calhoun's injury.

DE: Bailey, Marcus Robinson
DT: Josh Holmes, Marcus Forston, Jeremy Lewis
DT: Micanor Regis, Luther Robinson, Curtis Porter
I'm surprised to see Robinson leap Porter.
DE: Vernon/Ojomo/Smith. All are listed equally.
That is one angry defensive line. I feel good about every player listed (and some of the ones left off of the list, like Dyron Dye).
SLB: Kylan Robinson and Ramon Buchanan are listed equally.
MLB: Colin McCarthy, Kelvin Cain. Cain as the second stringer is a pleasant surprise! He was one of the incoming freshmen that message boarders thought we shouldn't have brought in. He must have impressed.
WLB: Sean Spence, James Gaines/Jordan Futch listed equally.
As with the linemen, take it with a grain of salt. Robinson or Buchanan (whoever doesn't start) will be the first guy off the bench, followed by Futch once he's healthy.
CB:Brandon Harris, Brandon McGee
CB:DVD, Ryan Hill
I feel really good about this unit too. Both in nickel (3 CB's) and dime (4 CB's), I'm confident in every single player.
SS: RAY RAY, JOJO. Yes, both strong safeties have the same name twice.
FS: Vaughan Telemaque, Kacy Rodgers or Jared Campbell. Surprised Jamal Reid isn't anywhere on this list.

Bosher is doing all of the kicking.
PR: Graig Cooper, Benjamin, Lamar Miller
KR: Lamar Miller, Eduardo Clements
KR: Mike James, Brandon Harris
I'm surprised that Clements is in the 2 deep but Storm Johnson isn't. Both are beasts and look like they're ready to contribute immediately in the return game or at RB. Since we're stacked at RB, and Clements seems to have more weight room work to do, I expected him to get redshirted. He must have been lighting it up in camp.

The injury report is as follows:
Questionable: OL Jermaine Johnson (upper extremity), DL Micanor Regis (upper extremity), DB Jamal Reid (lower extremity).
Doubtful: LB Jordan Futch (lower extremity), DL Andrew Smith (upper extremity).
Out: OL Jermaine Barton (lower extremity), FB John Calhoun (lower extremity), LB Kevin Nelson (upper extremity), LB Travis Williams (lower extremity)
Love the specificity.

And in whimsy news, I am exactly this excited about the season:

Late edit: More Whimsy! And this time it's actually football related! (Not Safe For Work language)


2 Days

by Daniel Kirsner Email

Is it football season yet?
Youtube user canefreak2001 has some great highlight reels of the 2001 'Canes up on youtube. I think this is my favorite.

Watching these tapes makes you realize just how much better this team was than every team they faced. It's also a reminder of the best college football name ever: Ethenic Sands

Bryant McKinnie has pledged to work with Seantrel Henderson in the offseason. This can only be good.
Seantrel recently had a couple of good practices, even showing great quickness and footwork against speed rusher Marcus Robinson. He might contribute this year!

There's a great WQAM interview on their website between Joe Rose and Randy Shannon. There's some good stuff there, especially about the way we recruit.

John Calhoun is out for the season. This hurts bad if Pat Hill gets injured. Pray for the Panda. And wish good luck to Calhoun in recovery. He's gonna have to be great in 2011.

I'm gonna throw this prediction out there: James Gaines will start at MLB for the 'Canes from 2011 until he gets drafted in the first round of the NFL draft. During the open practice he was the most impressive of the freshmen linebackers. Physically, he's is 6'3 and 215, and he's only 17! Gaines could easily be 6'3 and 240 in 2 years. He is the reason that all of those recruiting websites don't matter.

And while slogging through work for the last 2 days in the desert, remember one thing

Football is coming.


4 days

by Daniel Kirsner Email


ESPN recently made headlines (of course, not their own ones) by ticking off the local media and coaches of the HS games they've been broadcasting. Now we have a consensus (well, besides Adam James) top 20 team playing a Thursday game on the first night of college football that cannot be seen on TV at all, even locally. If your internet service provider doesn't subscribe to ESPN3 (your humble blogger is in this boat) then you cannot see the game in your home, and many sports bars won't have.

BUT! Even if your ISP doesn't get ESPN3 and you can't make it to Sun Life Stadium, there are still ways to see the game. First off, if you live near a college campus and can get access to their internet (UM has a guest login option, as do many other colleges), you will be able to watch it there because ESPN3 is freely available on college campuses. Bring your laptop!

If you're an Xbox Live Gold member, you can see the game as well. ESPN and Microsoft have a deal that allows for this. The evil empires combine.....

You can also see the game through other sources of dubious legality. Check the free UM messageboards like the one at scout.com. 15 minutes or so from game-time, chances are pretty good that someone will post a streaming link to the game.

In the same vein, a twitter search right before gametime will probably accomplish the same thing. Someone out there on the tubes will post a link to the game. But never me. I would never condone illegal activity.

In other news, David Hyde is a really good writer. Not that making Allen Bailey's life seem interesting is tough. My favorite story here is Allen Bailey's habit of playing with iguanas "like other people would a dog," and that he often threatens to put them in teammates' rooms. Adorable.

Yesterday, UM commit Teddy Bridgewater found his nationally ranked Miami Northwestern team down seven with two minutes left in the game. He then led a 90 yard drive, ending in a touchdown pass to UM commit Eli Rodgers. The Bulls then completed a two point conversion to wind the game. All he does is win.

Latwan Anderson and David Perry both attended this morning's practice, but expect both to redshirt. It's still great to have both in uniform!


LALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU LALALALALA

Hopefully it's nothing.


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