Podcast: Miami basketball is really for real. And the latest on Canes’ coordinator search
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The Miami Hurricanes’ rivalry with the Florida State Seminoles has never been bigger.
Well, at least not on the basketball court.
Miami will take on Florida State on Saturday in Coral Gables with first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference on the line and Michelle Kaufman, who covers Hurricanes basketball for the Miami Herald, joins the Eye on the U podcast to preview one of the biggest games in recent history for the Hurricanes.
She talks with David Wilson and Susan Miller Degnan, the Miami Herald’s Hurricanes football beat writer, about the upcoming rivalry game, the crowd expected at the Watsco Center and where this team stacks up in Miami history.
No matter what happens, the Hurricanes (14-4, 6-1) have proved they are a top-25 team and should be headed back to the NCAA Tournament, barring a total meltdown.
In the second half of the episode, Wilson and Degnan pivot back to football, and run through a grab bag of Miami topics from the last two weeks, including:
▪ The Hurricanes’ hiring of Kevin Smith, a Miami native, to be their new running backs coach.
▪ Defensive backs coach Travaris Robinson’s departure to join the Alabama Crimson Tide, as reported by 247Sports.com.
▪ The Hurricanes’ ongoing search for an offensive coordinator, as Toledo Rockets coach Jason Candle and Arkansas Razorbacks offensive coordinator Kendal Briles have both decided to stay put.
▪ Miami’s recent activity in the transfer portal, which includes bringing running back Henry Parrish home, as he follows Smith from the Ole Miss Rebels to South Florida.
▪ A rash of Hurricanes signing name, image and likeness deals with local billionaire John Ruiz’s new healthcare venture.
The last piece of news is the most interesting right now, particularly the two-year deal Jake Garcia is signing, which could help entice him to stick around at Miami to back up fellow quarterback Tyler Van Dyke for a year, then step in as the starter in 2023. It has a chance to serve as a test case for what is possible in this new era of college football.
