Hurricanes football notes on their situation at receiver, including Mark Pope’s return from disappointing freshman season and how Jeff Thomas has fit back in since his return. Plus a look at the Canes’ odds in Las Vegas.
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▪ Basketball notes: Jim Larranaga believes Rodney Miller, who redshirted last year to work on his game and his body, will be in the “Tonye Jekiri role,” he told WQAM-560. “Big, physical low-post presence. Jekiri averaged 8.9 points a game and was on the ACC’s All Defense team. Rodney is a better offensive threat than Tonye was. We need Rodney to step it up defensively and rebounding wise if he’s really going to make a major contribution. He’s going to get a chance to play a lot of minutes and we need him to produce.”…
This is why Miami has not pursued another transfer big other than Brooks. I hope Brooks gets the waiver for this season.