Happy Holidays from CanesPundit.com

Happy Holidays Bitchiz!  I hope Santa gets you that ‘ESPN Films 30 for 30:The U’ DVD that you wanted.  If you’re Jewish, I hope that you got some mad dreidels and chocolate gold coins headed your way.  And if you celebrate Kwanzaa, I hope that….I don’t know what goes on there, I’m whiter than Taylor Swift’s butt cheeks.

Not much is goin on after a dismal 6-6 season.  Golden and Co. are on the recruiting trail.  And the NCAA investigation continues.  After seeing Ohio State lose their bowl eligibility next year, it makes UM look that much smarter for acting preemptively.  Still, I wouldn’t be shocked if we had another year tacked on.  What the kids sat out for earlier this year was minimal.  My concern is Clint Hurtt and that interest free loan.  Scholarships will be lost, but as USC has shown, it might not be as debilitating as first perceived.

- 3 Penny Films released another installment of ‘Raising Canes.’  It details the offseason workouts.  Nothing too exciting, though it’s nice to see Swasey gettin involved.  I think those that attribute Miami’s lack of toughness to him are misguided.  He’s the strength coach and his job performance is dictated by numbers in the weight room.  If the players are increasing their reps and maxes, he’s doing his job.  It’s not (solely) his job to instill toughness.

- It was nice to see DaQuan Jones reinstated to the basketball team.  All along, everyone said that he had no awareness of the supposed $10,000 payment.  I think a lot of the allegations will be hard to prove, but the problem is there is plenty of evidence that can be.  I would hope that the NCAA concludes its investigation some time next summer, but I’m not holdin my breath.

- Wait, Sun Life Stadium is going to undergo yet another name change?  C’mon.  That place changes names more often than Sean Combs.  Coming off a 6-6 season, losing 5 underclassmen, and lacking the buzz of a newly hired head coach…they might want to name it the Unoccupied Stadium in Unincorporated Broward County.  How bout the Orange Bowel?

- Coach Golden recently announced that the Spring Game is set for April 14th.  It will be interesting to see if Stephen Morris will be named the starter early on, or if the competition will head into the fall.  With Ryan Williams eligible and a number of highly touted high school recruits coming in, I would guess the latter.  Remember, next year UM faces Notre Dame October 6th at Soldier Field.