'Canes land commitment from Brian Balom; more recruiting scoop

Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast

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🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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It's a bye week for Miami. Andrew Ivins and David Lake thought it would be the perfect time to discuss the latest with the Hurricanes' recruiting efforts in the Class of 2020. The two break down what Miami is getting in new safety commit Brian Balom while also taking a look at who might enroll early for the Hurricanes before finally touching on some of the big names that remain in play with the Early Signing Period less than three months away. They also touch on Manny Diaz announcing that Zach McCloud will now redshirt. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up everybody, welcome back to Through the Smoke, a Miami Hurricanes podcast here on the
0:17.9	24-7 Sports Network.
0:19.3	I'm Andrew Evans, joined as always by David Lake.
0:22.7	It's a bye week for the hurricane, so it means we're going to talk some recruiting.
0:27.8	Miami's coaches expected to hit the road this weekend and see some of their top targets in the class of 2020.
0:34.1	Before we kind of touch on who we think they will be saying let's talk about miami's
0:39.2	newest commit uh the hurricane's got some good news on wednesday when miramar three star safety
0:44.3	brian balaam announced that he was going to stay home for school david i know you had a chance to
0:50.0	watch uh brian at miami's paradise camp back in j. It feels like it was so long ago. But
0:55.8	you kind of came out of that thinking, hey, this is a guy and just kind of your thoughts.
1:01.3	I mean, I was at Paradise Camp. I was focused more on the OLDL and kind of the linebackers
1:05.6	and running back. So what are your initial thoughts on this take? I mean, it kind of comes
1:10.7	a little bit out of a weird time. I mean, Miami, I really don't think has much momentum on the recruiting trail, but this is them kind of landing what I think is probably a talented under the radar kid.
1:22.1	Yeah, I mean, you know, I've only seen him in the seven on seven setting, and I haven't seen him in pads yet like you have.
1:30.5	But from what I saw of him, both in the team camp during the summer and at Paradise Camp, he's a guy who's pretty good in coverage.
1:39.5	He can read a quarterback.
1:42.9	He has good instincts that way, and he has the athleticism to get off a quarterback. He has good instincts that way and he has the athleticism to get off
1:47.8	a hash and go pick off a pass. I think I've talked about it before on this podcast, but at Paradise
1:54.8	Camp, he made back-to-back nice picks off the hash, kind of just play in cover two,
2:02.1	and went and go chase the ball on the sideline and came away with two interceptions.
2:07.7	And clearly after those plays, Mani Diaz was intrigued.
2:12.4	He went over and talked to Safeties Coach Ephraim Banda following that play.
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