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DMoney

Jan 8, 2024 2 min read

Miami just landed a commitment from Albany QB transfer Reese Poffenbarger. This will raise eyebrows, so let me pass on what I know about the decision:

- Miami will continue to evaluate veteran QBs through the end of this cycle and, if necessary, after spring. Poffenbarger has two years of eligibility, and his addition will not preclude Miami from pursuing another proven arm.

- Poffenbarger led the FCS in passing yards (3,608 yards) and passing TDs (36) while being graded at 2nd in big-time throws by PFF.

- Miami was blown away by his visit this weekend and compared his personality to Baker Mayfield. They also have high grades on his arm strength and athleticism (check his dunking highlights here).

- He measured at 6.05 and 215 pounds on his visit.

- I expect Miami to be aggressive in the Portal over the next two weeks. Positions to watch (along with QB) are safety, WR and possibly RB. This includes players committed elsewhere or about to commit elsewhere. They also will pursue difference-makers in the trenches. The plan is to pay for quality, not quantity. Young players like Rob Stafford and Chris Johnson need snaps. We don’t want to be like FSU where we major in the Portal and minor in HS recruiting.

- With respect to CB Antoine Jackson (ECU/UCF), I'm told Miami passing had nothing to do with his prior decommitment. There were some speed concerns on film. Miami did not have high grades on CB Earl Little and WR Jalen Brown, who went to FSU. There was some interest in Marvin Jones, Jr. but they have others rated higher.

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Alex Del Piero

Jan 11, 2024

WeBallinBoyz said:
And it starts lol.

Brother, take a look at our schedule and tell me how anything less than 9 wins is acceptable.

Road games:
- @ UF (should be a win because SunBelt Billy is a dumpster fire and he lost a significant amount of experienced, talented guys). Literally no excuse not to win that game given their position vs. our “position”, right?
- @ USF. lol if we lost that one
- @ Cal. The mighty Cal Bears…
- @ Georgia Tech. lol.
- @ Louisville. Yup hard game, will give us that.
- @ Syracuse. New team and no coach basically rebuilding.

Home games:
- Florida A&M
- The frightening Ball St. Cardinals
- Duke, rebuilding with a new coach, new scheme, new QB, pretty much new pieces all around
- FSU, lost their best players and will regress considerably right? If we had a QB last year, we would have won, right? So being at home and winless against them in two years, it’s a must-win game.

- Virginia Tech. lol.
- Wake mf Forest

I mean this schedule has more under .500 caliber teams than over imo, if you don’t think this schedule is charmin soft, wait til you see 2025.

Thank god we are 7 months away from seeing Miami Hurricanes Football again. I love the offseason.

TRick72

Jan 11, 2024

WeBallinBoyz said:
And it starts lol.

Brother, take a look at our schedule and tell me how anything less than 9 wins is acceptable.

Road games:
- @ UF (should be a win because SunBelt Billy is a dumpster fire and he lost a significant amount of experienced, talented guys). Literally no excuse not to win that game given their position vs. our “position”, right?
- @ USF. lol if we lost that one
- @ Cal. The mighty Cal Bears…
- @ Georgia Tech. lol.
- @ Louisville. Yup hard game, will give us that.
- @ Syracuse. New team and no coach basically rebuilding.

Home games:
- Florida A&M
- The frightening Ball St. Cardinals
- Duke, rebuilding with a new coach, new scheme, new QB, pretty much new pieces all around
- FSU, lost their best players and will regress considerably right? If we had a QB last year, we would have won, right? So being at home and winless against them in two years, it’s a must-win game.

- Virginia Tech. lol.
- Wake mf Forest

I mean this schedule has more under .500 caliber teams than over imo, if you don’t think this schedule is charmin soft, wait til you see 2025.

If we lose to Duke, does Manny give Mario the Butch Davis handshake??

Alex Del Piero

Jan 11, 2024

TRick72 said:
If we lose to Duke, does Manny give Mario the Butch Davis handshake??

I fully expect that to happen, not the handshake, the loss.

Not because of Diaz (he is still ***), but because it would be the most Miami thing ever.

TRick72

Jan 11, 2024

Alex Del Piero said:
I fully expect that to happen, not the handshake, the loss.

TOcane

Jan 11, 2024

Alex Del Piero said:
Dylan ******* Raiola. The top HS QB in the country. That's why is going there (and money).

He'll play as a true freshman? Who knows, maybe not but I bet my *** that Rhule is selling him to every transfer WRs.

What has Corchobal to offer?

An offense that was much better than Nebraskas

WeBallinBoyz

Jan 11, 2024

TRick72 said:
If we lose to Duke, does Manny give Mario the Butch Davis handshake??

If we lose to that lispy Nole mf, this board would blow up. Imagine the discussions relating to “culture” and “roster building” we’d have…I’d rather not, but it would be hilarious to observe.

We should beat Duke by 13+ next year, no cap.

Page305

Jan 11, 2024

WeBallinBoyz said:
And it starts lol.

Brother, take a look at our schedule and tell me how anything less than 9 wins is acceptable.

Road games:
- @ UF (should be a win because SunBelt Billy is a dumpster fire and he lost a significant amount of experienced, talented guys). Literally no excuse not to win that game given their position vs. our “position”, right?
- @ USF. lol if we lost that one
- @ Cal. The mighty Cal Bears…
- @ Georgia Tech.
- @ Louisville. Yup hard game, will give us that.
- @ Syracuse. New team and new coach basically rebuilding.

Home games:
- Florida A&M
- The frightening Ball St. Cardinals
- Duke, rebuilding with a new coach, new scheme, new QB, pretty much new pieces all around
- FSU, lost their best players and will regress considerably right? If we had a QB last year, we would have won, right? So being at home and winless against them in two years, it’s a must-win game.

- Virginia Tech. lol.
- Wake mf Forest

I mean this schedule has more under .500 caliber teams than over imo, if you don’t think this schedule is charmin soft, wait til you see 2025.

UF, Ball St, Cal, Cuse, Wake probably all go under .500. FAMU is FCS, Duke is questionable .500, GT probably slightly over .500 with VT.

We have like 1, maybe 2 teams on this schedule that project for 9 or more wins. It’s laughably bad.

Lol man I just hate when we call our schedule soft as if we are a great team that doesn't always **** the bed. Doesn't matter who the coach is. Only GREAT teams should have the luxury of calling their schedule soft.

cway313

Jan 11, 2024

WeBallinBoyz said:
If we lose to that lispy Nole mf, this board would blow up. Imagine the discussions relating to “culture” and “roster building” we’d have…I’d rather not, but it would be hilarious to observe.

We should beat Duke by 13+ next year, no cap.

I can list at least 5 that will argue Elko left Duke in a better position.

Page305

Jan 11, 2024

cway313 said:
I see 11 dogfights.

Lol right... That's all I'm implying

TheOriginalCane

Jan 11, 2024

cway313 said:
Who are we paying? We missed on Jeremiah, Ward, and over half the top DL we had on campus.

You are kidding, right? As if those are the only guys we would pay NIL to.

---We missed on Jeremiah. Yes, and we signed 3 top WRs and are going after a few in the Portal. Doesn't mean you can just flip money around between position groups. The Collective was willing to overspend to keep Jeremiah home, but not to sign every Portal player we missed in prior years.

---Ward (or someone like Ward) is still under pursuit. You don't give away your QB money to a DL and then expect to get another QB for free.

---I don't even understand the ridiculousness of "over half the top DL we had on campus" comment. We have signed one of the best DL classes in the country. Are you citing weird salary cap math, where we had "holds" on the 12 or 14 guys we offered, and now that money is available? The reality is that we DID spend a lot of NIL money on guys who ACTUALLY committed, and we don't have a magic pool of available money from the guys we didn't sign. Unless you actually thought our budget was to sign 12 DLs.

Glad to see you are spending other people's money, and have still not contributed a dime.

Stop using the word "we".

Alex Del Piero

Jan 11, 2024

TOcane said:
An offense that was much better than Nebraskas

Sure, with a QB that is no longer here and that Corchobal didn't replace with a better option. TVD lost us games but he is undeniably better than Emory, Jacurri and Ravensburger.

TheOriginalCane

Jan 11, 2024

Alex Del Piero said:
The Poffenbarger effect

Don't blame Poffenbarger for Ward not coming.

cway313

Jan 11, 2024

TheOriginalCane said:
You are kidding, right? As if those are the only guys we would pay NIL to.

---We missed on Jeremiah. Yes, and we signed 3 top WRs and are going after a few in the Portal. Doesn't mean you can just flip money around between position groups. The Collective was willing to overspend to keep Jeremiah home, but not to sign every Portal player we missed in prior years.

---Ward (or someone like Ward) is still under pursuit. You don't give away your QB money to a DL and then expect to get another QB for free.

---I don't even understand the ridiculousness of "over half the top DL we had on campus" comment. We have signed one of the best DL classes in the country. Are you citing weird salary cap math, where we had "holds" on the 12 or 14 guys we offered, and now that money is available? The reality is that we DID spend a lot of NIL money on guys who ACTUALLY committed, and we don't have a magic pool of available money from the guys we didn't sign. Unless you actually thought our budget was to sign 12 DLs.

Glad to see you are spending other people's money, and have still not contributed a dime.

Stop using the word "we".

I read the first line so I will respond to that.
As of December 19th did we have significant funds allocated for both Ward and JJ? If so, who received those funds once they elected to go elsewhere? Keep it short.

Headhunter

Jan 11, 2024

Alex Del Piero said:
I'm sure good WRs don't want to play in Corchobal offense with Corchobal QBs

Alex Del Piero

Jan 11, 2024

TheOriginalCane said:
Don't blame Poffenbarger for Ward not coming.

I blame Mario.

cway313

Jan 11, 2024

Page305 said:
Lol right... That's all I'm implying

I knew.

TheOriginalCane

Jan 11, 2024

WeBallinBoyz said:
What are we doing, like seriously lol.

Is this a joke? You’re out of visits? A 7-6 team is out of spots?

So much for upgrading the roster. As it stands, some of y’all are in for a rude awakening in 2024. My expectations have gone from a 9-10 win team, to 7-8.

Do our visits reset in the Spring, or are we f’d there too?

The NCAA allows 56 OVs per year.

We have 27 signed LOIs and 5 committed transfers. Meaning, there are 24 other OV spots for guys who did not (or have not yet) picked Miami.

How many guys do you think we hosted this summer who didn't pick Miami?

Spots go fast, particularly when you let kids take more than 5, while NOT raising the number of OVs that schools can host.

TheOriginalCane

Jan 11, 2024

Alex Del Piero said:
I blame Mario.

Then call it the Mario Effect. Not the Poffenbarger Effect.

The only think Reese did wrong was accept a scholarship offer to a much better program than his last one. Don't blame him.

Alex Del Piero

Jan 11, 2024

TheOriginalCane said:
Then call it the Mario Effect. Not the Poffenbarger Effect.

The only think Reese did wrong was accept a scholarship offer to a much better program than his last one. Don't blame him.

Deal.

Headhunter

Jan 11, 2024

Alex Del Piero said:
I blame Mario.

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