Canes update: January 19, 2013
Jedd Fisch is apparently, gone. Yup, the Jacksonville Jaguars offered him a position as OC. Fisch led one of the most potent offenses’ in the ACC last season, so the Golden will spend much time looking for a viable replacement.
The Hurricanes will be returning Brandon Linder, Curtis Porter, and Seantrel Henderson. Probably a good thing for both sides.
Seantrel Henderson and Curtis Porter were injured for most of their careers at Miami. But, they have shown flashes of talent.
Brandon Linder played inconsistently at times, but overall, one of the best Gaurds in the ACC, and was on many ALL-ACC lists.
Curtis Porter has just started 3 games in his entire career, and has played in 15 overall. He has 24 total tackles.
Meanwhile, Seantrel Henderson was a top recruit coming out of High School. He was orignally committed to USC, but when USC recieved sanctions, he decommitted and came to Miami. Many people expected him to leave because of Miami’s oncoming sanctions. But he surprisingly decided to stay. Although he just started 7 games at Right Tackle this season, he was also mentioned on many All-ACC lists. Overall, this helps Miami out very much.
If Linder and Henderson left, Miami would be short on depth on the Offensive Line. Returning Portis helps a struggling Defensive Line. Disregarding injury, it would be very surprising if they didn’t improve draft stock.
In other news, The Canes downed Maryland in an ugly, Defensive battle. Trey McKinney Jones (12 pts, 8 rebs, 7 assists), Kenny Kadji (14 pts) and Julian Gamble (4 blocks, 9 rebs) led the Canes to their first 3-0 start in ACC play. The last time the Canes started 3-0 in conference play? 1998, in the Big East. But, the highlight of the night was probably this missed dunk by McKinney.
Stephen Ross and the Dolphins are looking to renovate Sun Life Stadium. If the proper funding happens, Sun Life Stadium, may become as enjoyable to watch games in as the Orange Bowl was. Quote from Stephen Ross about this “Our intention is to make Sun Life Stadium a world-class facility that is competition-ready for Super Bowls, college football championships, and global soccer events, as well as providing a better environment to watch the Dolphins, Hurricanes and Orange Bowl every year, I think our planned modernization will maintain the special outdoor flavor of Miami, while giving us the look of the best stadiums around the world.”
Finally, the Canes are expecting the NCAAs NOA (Notice of Allegations) sometime this week. Al Golden expects no surprises. It seems as if the worse the NCAA could do would be a one year bowl ban, 3 years of scholarship reductions and 4 years of probation. The case wasn’t nearly as big as expected, as the NCAA had a hard time proving anything.
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