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The University of Toledo will play the University of Miami in a home-and-home football series beginning in 2015, UT Vice President and Athletic Director Mike O’Brien announced yesterday.
The Rockets will host the Hurricanes Sept. 5, 2015, and travel to Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., for a game Sept. 3, 2016.
“We are very pleased to be adding the University of Miami to our home football schedule,” O’Brien said. “The Hurricanes have a great tradition, so this is a very special game for our program. We have played great games in Toledo against many fine football programs in the past, but Miami is arguably the highest-profile opponent ever to play in the Glass Bowl. We are also looking forward to visiting Miami in 2016. That will be a great trip for our football team and our fans.”
“I’m excited that we are adding the Miami Hurricanes to our schedule,” Head Coach Tim Beckman added. “This will be a great series for our future Rockets and fans to look forward to.”
The Rockets and the Hurricanes have played once before, a 24-14 home-field victory for Miami on Nov. 21, 1987. Miami was ranked No. 3 in the nation at the time in both the AP and UPI polls, and went on to win the national championship that season thanks to a 20-14 win over then-No. 1 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. The Hurricanes have won five national titles — in 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 2001.
Miami, which plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference, finished 9-4 (5-3 in the ACC) in 2009.
The Miami game is the latest addition to a challenging and exciting Rocket non-conference home schedule in upcoming years. This fall the Rockets will host Arizona and Wyoming; in future years Boise State (2011), Navy (2013), Missouri (2014) and Iowa State (2015) will all visit the Glass Bowl.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 7:21 am and is filed under News
The Miami Hurricanes dominated at the beginning of the decade.
Ken Dorsey (2000 – 2002)
Everyone remembers Kosar, Testaverde, and Kelly as the premiere Canes’ quarterbacks, but what about Dorsey? Sure he looked like he ate a pretzel a day and then never made it big in the NFL, but you cannot ignore the facts. He played in two national championships, winning one and losing the other on the worst called penalty in the history of football. He passed for 8,758 yards. 76 touchdowns, and posted an absurd 38-2 record during his three years as starter. Who cares if he couldn’t sling the ball on a rope sixty yards down field. Dorsey was a gamer, a pure winner.
Willis McGahee
This was brutal choice. My main argument is this: Nobody put more fear into a defense than McGahee did during the 2002 season when he rushed for 1,753 yards (6.2 avg), 28 touchdowns, and had eight 100-yard games (All Hurricane records). Every time he touched the ball he was a threat to go the distance due to his rare combination of strength and explosiveness. If he didn’t get his knee shredded like a block of cheese in the 2002 National Championship, he might be the best back in the NFL today.
Edgerrin James
Edgerrin James was dominant for multiple seasons in Coral Gables, as he was the only Canes back to have two consecutive seasons with 1,000-plus rushing yards, and he ranks first in school history with the most 100-yard rushing games (14). He also still holds the record for rushing yards in a game with 299, which has a good chance of never being broken.
Alonzo Highsmith (1984 – 1986)
The father to current Miami backup QB A.J. Highsmith was a 235 pound bull for the old school, fatigue-clad Canes. He won a national title in 2003 over Nebraska.
Michael Irvin (1984 – 1987) Irvin finished his career at “The U” with 143 receptions, 2,423 yards and 26 touchdowns(Best all time). He was known for his flash just as much as his playmaking ability and goes down as one of the greatest Canes ever.
Moss was lightning during his days at the U
Santana Moss (1997 – 2000) Moss narrowly edges out Andre Johnson and Reggie Wayne because he was the total package. The former walk-on graduated as the school’s all-time leader in receiving yards (2,546), punt return yards (1,196), and all-purpose yards (4,394). He was as dangerous in the return game as anyone in the history of college football and was a threat to take it to the house any time he touched the rock.
Jeremy Shockey (2000 – 2001) Shock was a critical part of the 2001 National Championship team, one of the best teams in the history of college football. He possessed the unique mix of size and speed to beat any matchup the defense threw at him.
Bryant McKinnie (2000 – 2001)
Leon Searcy (1988 – 1991)
Chris Myers (2001 – 2003)
Martin Bibla (1998 – 2001)
Jim Otto (1957-1959)
Devin Hester (2004-2005) The fastest man in Miami Hurricane history with six career touchdowns off returns. He never really fit in on either side of the ball, but his role as a dominant force in the return game made him a game changer. He goes down as one of the most dangerous players in college football history.
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TheUniversity of Florida is one of the 10 college football programs that have beenselected to wear uniquely-designed Nike uniforms for at least one game duringthe 2010 season the company announced on Wednesday. The dates of the games willbe announced at the unveiling of the uniforms on Wednesday, Sept. 1, in NewYork.
TheGators will join the University of Alabama, Boise State University, Universityof Miami (FL), The Ohio State University, Oregon State University, Universityof Pittsburgh, Texas Christian University, Virginia Tech and West Virginia Universityin wearing the innovative designs for a minimum of one game on theirschedules. The dates of those games will be announced at the unveiling of theuniforms on Wednesday, Sept. 1, in New York.
TheNike Pro Combat System of Dress uniforms the schools will wear are engineeredto provide superior protection and durability, while utilizing advanced fabricsand tooling that reduce weight. Nike worked diligently with each university tobring relevant elements of the school's rich heritage into the futuristic elitefit uniform designs. The collaborations with the universities produced thehighly-customized uniforms that will be revealed just days prior to the startof the 2010 college football season.
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The Hurricanes practiced again on Tuesday in a walkthrough type environment, as the team prepared for Wednesdays scrimmage.
Junior Lee Chambers was switched from running back to defensive back Monday.
Its good for the team and good for Lee, head coach Randy Shannon said. He played running back and defensive back in high school so its not a tough transition. We moved Damien Berry from DB to running back. Hes been playing special teams well for us, very aggressive kid, kinda like Sam a little bit. We see those things in him. Hes a real good running back but its an opportunity for us to get better as a defense.
Fans shouldnt expect Chambers to make a big impact on defense this season but he will play a key role as a backup.
Lee wont help us this year because he didnt go through spring football, he said. By the fifth or six game, someone may get nicked and hell be ready to go.
All four quarterbacks continue having a solid month, including starter Jacory Harris. Shannon has been pleased with the progress of his junior quarterback, who had another excellent day Tuesday.
Hes doing well but has a long ways to go still, he said. The more we keep working, the more well be OK. We like his progress, all the quarterbacks. Hes doing a good job of reading what were doing, throwing underneath very well. If its man to man, hell take his shots and thats what you want.
Each time the Canes scrimmage they spend time working on different areas of special teams. Wednesdays work will focus a lot of punt protection, an area of struggle for Miami last season.
Its a veteran team, Shannon said. Last year was a lot of young guys. We changed our punt protection to make it easier for them. Now we have a lot of guys returning and it makes it easier.
By MIKE BAKAS
CanesTime.com
The Hurricanes practiced again on Tuesday in a walkthrough type environment, as the team prepared for Wednesdays scrimmage.
Junior Lee Chambers was switched from running back to defensive back Monday.
Its good for the team and good for Lee, head coach Randy Shannon said. He played running back and defensive back in high school so its not a tough transition. We moved Damien Berry from DB to running back. Hes been playing special teams well for us, very aggressive kid, kinda like Sam a little bit. We see those things in him. Hes a real good running back but its an opportunity for us to get better as a defense.
Fans shouldnt expect Chambers to make a big impact on defense this season but he will play a key role as a backup.
Lee wont help us this year because he didnt go through spring football, he said. By the fifth or six game, someone may get nicked and hell be ready to go.
All four quarterbacks continue having a solid month, including starter Jacory Harris. Shannon has been pleased with the progress of his junior quarterback, who had another excellent day Tuesday.
Hes doing well but has a long ways to go still, he said. The more we keep working, the more well be OK. We like his progress, all the quarterbacks. Hes doing a good job of reading what were doing, throwing underneath very well. If its man to man, hell take his shots and thats what you want.
Each time the Canes scrimmage they spend time working on different areas of special teams. Wednesdays work will focus a lot of punt protection, an area of struggle for Miami last season.
Its a veteran team, Shannon said. Last year was a lot of young guys. We changed our punt protection to make it easier for them. Now we have a lot of guys returning and it makes it easier.
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Former UM catcher Yasmani Grandal just made the deadline to sign with the Cincinnati Reds, who drafted him 12th overall this year.
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University of Miami track signee Latwan Anderson, one of the most coveted college football recruits in the nation, has been cleared by the NCAA and is expected to arrive in Coral Gables this week.
“The school called me and then I called him,” said Anderson’s father, Lou Stephens, by phone Monday. “I couldn’t see him, but I could tell there was a big grin all over his face. I joked with him and said, `Pack your bags and start walking.’ He stuttered for a minute and then started laughing.
“He was just glad to hear it was over with. When I get back to Cleveland tomorrow we’ll finalize the plans and see when he’ll get there.”
Rivals.com ranked the 5-11, 178-pound Anderson, who had 14 interceptions this past season, as the second-best safety prospect in the nation and 15th-best overall player.
Anderson was ranked 12th in the nation in the indoor 55-meter dash with a time of 6.38 seconds. He was the state runner-up in the 2009 outdoor 200 meters in 21.71. He also ran legs on the state champion 800-meter and fifth-place 400-meter relay teams.
He said he was timed for football at 4.36 seconds in the 40.
Anderson’s holdup by the NCAA Clearinghouse, according to his dad, was related to his transcripts because he attended several high schools.
His track scholarship will be converted to football should he get into a game, but he has already missed a week-and-a-half of practices. Anderson will first report to the track team after he arrives. He will be considered a walk-on in football.
“I’ve got no problem with him redshirting if that’s what happens,” Stephens said. “He knew it was a possibility from jump street that it could happen. Of course, he’s going to do everything he can to keep it from happening.”
Anderson, 18, finished at Ginn Academy — founded and directed by Ted Ginn Sr., father of former Miami Dolphins receiver Ted Ginn Jr. — for academics, but played sports for Glenville. Ginn Sr. is Glenville’s football coach.
Anderson had committed to play for West Virginia on national television during the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, but had second thoughts and visited the UM track program in March.
“Miami is a place where I can get what I need to become a better adult and where I can get what I need as far as athletics and academics,” Anderson told The Miami Herald by phone in March. “Track always helps my football. I always seem to be the fastest and most conditioned person on the field.”
Anderson said he never cared for Ohio State, which will host the Canes in the second game of 2010. He lives with his father, a truck driver, who was in Clarion, Pennsylvania on Monday following an overnight run.
His mother lives nearby in Cleveland and works at a day care center. He described himself as fairly quiet off the field, but rowdy on it.
“Lots of people say I play like Ed Reed, “ he said. “I like to run into people. I’m the swag on my team. I get the party started on the field and pump up the crowd.”
Latwan Anderson clears NCAA to play for Miami Hurricanes
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(CNN) -- The one really big question hanging over President Obama's weekend vacation to Panama City, Florida, now has an answer.
Will he or won't he dive into the water to send a message that the Gulf Coast is back?
The answer: He will, and sooner than expected.
"I think we're going to go tomorrow and as I just said Ed, I'm not going to let you guys take a picture of me with my shirt off," Obama jokingly told CNN Saturday. "You guys will tease me just like last time. I was on the front page ... People commenting."
But just hours later, a photo was published on the White House Flickr page showing a smiling President Obama and his daughter Sasha taking a dip in the Gulf waters off Alligator Point in Panama City Beach, Florida.
No reporters or press cameras were present for the swim, but the image will nonetheless send a message that the White House has sought to convey with the first family's trip: the Gulf Coast is open for business.
Obama caused a bit of a tabloid stir when he took off his shirt to reveal a muscular physique during trips to Hawaii during the 2008 presidential campaign and subsequent presidential transition. But some are less concerned about Obama ending up on magazine covers, and more worried about the White House sending the right message.
"Absolutely, I want him to take his shirt off and get in the water and show it's clean and safe," said Stephen Leatherman, a professor at Florida International University in Miami who puts together an annual list of America's best beaches.
Leatherman rates the beach there as one of the top 10 in the country, and he said Obama has a unique opportunity to showcase the fact that the Gulf Coast is still open for business despite the worst oil spill in American history.
"It's got lily-white sand, and frankly the oil didn't really make it there. It was pretty well spared," said Leatherman, who noted that the water is 87 or 88 degrees because of the steamy Florida weather, making it conducive to at least a quick presidential plunge.
"There is no better symbol than the president of the United States showing us the way," Leatherman said.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs was cagey Friday when reporters asked whether the president will take a swim during the first family's 27-hour mini-vacation.
"Stay tuned," said Gibbs, who grew slightly impatient and a bit bemused about getting so many queries about something as seemingly minor as a presidential swim.
"Look, he's going to have some fun," Gibbs said. "Whether or not he gets in the water is up for clearly some debate. But, look, he will have an opportunity to enjoy ... the physical beauty of the Gulf and do some work at the same time."
Gibbs turned it around on reporters and wondered whether they would bare their midriffs this weekend.
"Are you bringing your suits?" Gibbs said with a smile.
But Leatherman suggested it's no joking matter because the president's decision to swim or not to swim will carry tremendous symbolic weight.
"I think it's very important that he gets into the water because I think there's this feeling that if you get in, you're going to get contaminated or get all kinds of diseases," he said.
This is the president's fifth trip to the Gulf region since the April 20 explosion that sparked the oil disaster. The trip is generating criticism over whether Obama is giving the region short shrift by spending only parts of Saturday and Sunday in Panama City.
White House officials announced the trip earlier this summer after critics wondered why the president and first lady had urged Americans to vacation in the Gulf but originally chose Bar Harbor, Maine, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as the only locations for their own sojourns.
Now, the criticism has shifted to whether 27 hours in Panama City is too quick of a jaunt, and the Republican National Committee released a statement Friday that also said Obama has included Florida in only a couple of his trips to the region in recent months.
"It's nice to see the president take the time out of his busy schedule of golf games and campaign fundraisers to clear his conscience and visit Florida for only the second time since the oil crisis began," RNC spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said. "As he meets with business owners in the Panhandle, it seems like the perfect opportunity for him to explain how his reckless spending, tax increases, and government takeover of health care are supposed to help the Gulf's devastated economy. Not even the Sunshine State can put a positive light on the president's failed liberal policies that have sunk his approval ratings to an all-time low."
The president is accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama and their younger daughter Sasha. (The oldest, Malia, is still away at camp and will not be in Florida). Also making the trip is Gulf Coast recovery chief, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, to try to show the administration is committed to a long-term turnaround.
Gibbs largely deflected questions about whether the trip was too short, saying the president is focused on promoting the "health of the region" with the vacation.
"Tourism in Florida and along the Gulf Coast is the economy," Gibbs told reporters Friday. "This is an opportunity to highlight the notion that this important region of the country is still doing well and open for business."
While Leatherman said he does think the trip seems too short, Obama should be applauded for carving out some time to help the region.
"I think it's basically a photo-op, isn't it?" said Leatherman. "But I still think it's a good thing for the president to come down and show the world that it's clean and safe. That will go a long way to helping the Gulf Coast."
Leatherman added: "The best thing that could happen is the president saying, 'I'm going in!' And I don't mean damn the torpedoes. I mean him saying, 'It's clean and safe, and I'm going in the water!' "
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/14/obama.gulf.swim/?hpt=C1tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/14/obama.gulf.swim/?hpt=C1Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:58:35 GMT 00:00">Obama takes plunge, swims in Gulf