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The Canes Campaign retains (close as it's gonna get for hand gesture lol)

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The Canes Campaign retains (close as it's gonna get for hand gesture lol)

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It's Official: Miami, Clemson, and Florida State Join the SEC,
Notre Dame Heads to the Big Ten, and College Football Changes Forever
Three of college football's most storied programs are on the move in another major shift for college football
Shannon Giles | May 18, 2030

It’s done. The rumors, the whispers, the backroom dealings—now it’s all real.

In what is now widely considered as one of the most significant realignment in the history of college football, Miami, Clemson, and Florida State have formally announced they will join the Southeastern Conference (SEC), while Notre Dame has accepted an invitation to join the Big Ten.

The moves, set to take effect ahead of the 2030 season, shatter the long-standing architecture of the sport, officially turning the SEC and Big Ten into super leagues and leaving the once-proud ACC in ruins.

The SEC’s expansion to 19 members—stretching from Texas to Florida to Miami—makes it the largest conference in college football history, necessitating a move to a 10-game conference schedule starting in 2031.

"Fans wanted bigger games. We’re giving them bigger games," SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said in a press release. "This is the next evolution of college football."

In this new model, the days of scheduling cupcakes are officially over. Every fall will feature heavyweight bout after heavyweight bout. The Playoff Committee may soon have to reconsider what even qualifies as a “resume” when half the SEC could feasibly spend the season beating each other up.

As for the ACC? There may not be much of a future left. The loss of its four biggest brands essentially leaves the conference as little more than a name. Remaining schools are already quietly exploring options, but the writing is on the wall.

College football is no longer regional. It's national. And it now revolves almost entirely around two superpowers: the SEC and the Big Ten. This is the sport’s new world order. And whether fans love it or hate it, there's no turning back now.

[The JZA]

If the SEC wasn't shark water enough, it is now

[Soapy]

If the SEC wasn't shark water enough, it is now

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Five questions as the Miami Hurricanes get set to start fall camp
By Michael Peeples, Miami Herald Sports Writer • 8 min read

Miami Hurricanes football is on the horizon and so is their introduction into the SEC. The Hurricanes start fall camp on Wednesday, exactly one month before they open the 2030 season against the Auburn Tigers on Aug. 31 in Hard Rock Stadium. The Hurricanes' inaugural season into the SEC features a gauntlet with four consecutive road trips to Fayetteville, Austin, Gainesville and Tuscaloosa as the Hurricane look to become the first college football team to ever three-peat in the CFP era. Here are five questions surrounding the team.

Can Bernie Flowers be a consistent force?
The diminutive and exciting Flowers has always been a fan favorite, with some even calling for him to replace Keke Hagg at times during Hagg's previous struggles with turnovers. Flowers got his chance to start when Hagg suffered a season ending injury last year and led Miami to its second consecutive national championship.

Things are different now as Flowers lose two of his top receivers, his leading rusher and four of the five starters along an offensive line that allowed Flowers to be electric at times but didn't put the brunt on the offense on his shoulders. While the Hurricanes have a deep stable of running backs and a room full of talented receivers, there aren't a ton of experience on the roster and a lot of the leadership will fall on Flowers to not just be electric but consistently one of the best quarterbacks in college football.

What does the offensive line look like?
Miami started the same five players for all sixteen games last year after having a mix-and-match offensive line the previous two seasons. The only returning starter from last year's unit is left tackle Darrius Keyes, who didn't miss a meaningful snap last year and projects to be one of college football's top tackles as a redshirt senior.

Experience is limited outside of him with a battle between two career backups at left guard between Tobias Salaam, a third-year sophomore, and redshirt senior Paul Bach. At center, it's between John Armah and Taylor Warmack, who have both played some over the past two seasons but not nearly enough to get a comfortable sample size to project their performance. At right guard, the likely starter is Jalen Browning, who was a two-year starter at Florida State before transferring to Miami where he couldn't beat out Richard Cookus or Dominick Longo for one of the guard spots. At right tackle, the competition is fierce and close between redshirt juniors Enrique Sendejo and Alex Kenyon, two former four-stars.

Alex Mirabal and Mario Cristobal have their work cut out for them but have the horses to produce a talented offensive line, they just have to pick the right combination.

How will Miami's defense fare after losing so much firepower?
The Hurricanes are replacing essentially their entire defensive line with Shaun Turner, Doug Bean, Dan Mintze and Rico Veasy all in the NFL or graduated. The only returning starter is Nick Kahn, who led the team with 22 tackles for loss and twelve sacks.

While having Kahn back is major, he also had the luxury of playing with proven and experienced players around him that also warranted attention from offensive coordinators and offensive line. With the focus now on Kahn, the Hurricanes will need a lot of their younger guys to step up such as sophomores Robert Coutu, Jamichael Sloman and Javonte Dye as well as true freshman Karl Tuten, Rashard Garnes and Danny Bettis.

Can the transfers be impact players?
Miami struck gold in the transfer portal for the past few seasons, always managing to land not only some quality depth pieces but also some high end talent that helped them win their past two national championships in running backs Isaac Brown, Micah Kaapana and most recently Aidan Teague. This spring, they went out and got three players in Ole Miss receiver Duke Cundiff, Iowa State defensive end Kevin Francis and Old Dominion cornerback Thomas Manning.

Cundiff had an up-and-down spring followed by a quiet spring game, outplayed by Tyler Rattay who is a five-star receiver heading into his third-year with the Hurricanes. Both are similar players with similar builds that are vying for that second outside receiver spot opposite of Max North.

Francis is all but locked in as a starter but the jump from the Big 12 to the SEC schedule that the Hurricanes have this year is a big one. He's not the most juiced up and twitched up athlete at defensive end, relying on his strength and savviness to get the better of offensive lineman so it remains to be seen if he can be effective in the SEC.

Manning fills a big need for the Hurricanes as they were a bit light at corner, both literally and figuratively with just three returning corners on the roster, only one of which was over six-foot tall. Manning is a longer corner at six-foot-three and showed good positional versatility in the spring with the Hurricanes lining him up at boundary, nickel and as a safety in the spring game.

Who will be RB1?
Aidan Teague was a gem of a find last year in the transfer portal, transferring from Michigan back to the state of Florida where he rushed for 50 yards per game with nine rushing touchdowns and three receiving. While Teague's frame could hold up as a feature back at five-foot-eleven and 203 pounds, he's primarily being used as a change of pace back in his career, both at Michigan and at Miami.

Kaseem Dalton, on the other hands, looks the part of a RB1 as five-foot-ten and 235 pounds and the ability to pick up yards after contact, even erupting for a 72-yard touchdown last year in what was a breakout year for the former five-star, scoring eight touchdowns and totaling 440 yards.

The most explosive back out of the backfield last year however was Javier Torrez who made the most of his limited opportunities, rushing for 359 yards on just 48 carries, averaging a staggering 7.5 yards per carry with a broken tackle rate of nearly twenty percent. By comparison, Teague's was less than one percent and Dalton was five percent. Torrez felt like a big play waiting to happen every time he touched the ball and was effective as a returner as well.

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SEC FOOTBALL! Let's get it. Schedule gonna look nuts.

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SEC FOOTBALL! Let's get it. Schedule gonna look nuts.

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Miami Football: 2030 Hurricanes Season Preview and Prediction
Athlon Sports Staff Writer • 8 min read

Head coach: Mario Cristobal (9th at Miami)
Offensive Coordinator: Chris Weinke (5th season)
Defensive Coordinator: Skylor Magee (4th season)
2029 record: 16-0 (National Champions)
2030 recruiting rank (247 Sports): No. 1 nationally, No. 1 in the ACC
Preseason All-American: DE Nick Kahn, P Andy Hocker
Preseason All-SEC: HB Aidan Teague, DE Nick Kahn, P Andy Hocker, LB Alec Lawrence

Miami's first championship under Mario Cristobal was nitpicked, prodded and combed through with a fine comb with critics finding plenty of reasons and excuses to diminish the Hurricanes' undefeated season and add an asterisk to the program's sixth national championship. Last year's championship team, however, was undeniable as they dominated their way through the regular season and even after losing their starting quarterback, went through formidable opponents with ease in the playoffs to capture it's seventh championship and become just the second team to repeat in the College Football Playoff era.

The Hurricanes now have their sights set on becoming the first team to three-peat in nearly 100 years.

Previewing Miami's Offense for 2030
While Miami got a head start in replacing Keke Hagg with Bernie Flowers taking over following his season ending injury last year, the Hurricanes have plenty of question marks elsewhere on offense as they lose their top rusher, two of their top three leading receivers and four starters along the offensive line.

They do return Bernie Flowers, Aidan Teague and Max North but outside of that, it's a ton of questions and uncertainty at other positions. They do have talented war chest, however, filled with four and five-stars that have been waiting in the wing for their opportunity. One of those is running back Kaseem Dalton, who rushed for eight touchdowns last year, and sophomore Javier Torrez who averaged over seven yards per carry as a true freshman.

At receiver, the trio of North, Etinosa Ha and David Tompkins are also aided by transfer addition Duke Cundiff, who was an 800-yard receiver in the SEC last year with Ole Miss.

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Previewing Miami's Defense for 2030
It's another year of turnover for defensive coordinator Skylor Magee who had to flip over the roster already last year when they lost a ton of production at all three levels and that's the case once more as the Hurricanes return just three starter level players in Nick Kahn, Manuel Arcuri and Alec Lawrence.

Similar to offense, the talent is there but just unproven and inexperienced. Players to watch include true freshmen defensive end Rashad Garnes and defensive tackle Karl Tuten as well as second-year defensive tackle JaMichael Sloman who is making the transition from a jumbo defensive end at 293 pounds last year to defensive tackle.

At the second level, it's five-star Mike Obi and fourth-year junior David Vallos as the names to watch at outside linebacker with Lawrence and Eric Dixon on the inside. Pierre Hicks and true freshmen Edward Verrier and Glenn Kohler also figure to be part of the rotation.

In the secondary, Arcuri had seven interceptions for the Hurricanes and returns as a starter at corner along with Old Dominion transfer Thomas Manning and redshirt juniors Adrian McCune and Jason Wall.

Schedule (2029 record)
vs. #23 Auburn (8-5, 5-3 SEC)
vs. USF (7-6, 5-3 AAC)
OPEN
at Arkansas (5-7, 4-4 SEC)
at Texas (8-4, 4-4 SEC)
at #5 Florida (9-4, 5-3 SEC)
at #9 Alabama (9-4, 5-3 SEC)
vs. Florida State (5-7, 4-5 ACC)
OPEN
at #3 Notre Dame (9-5, 6-3 ACC)
vs. Clemson (8-5, 5-4 ACC)
vs. Vanderbilt (3-9, 2-6 SEC)
at #15 Texas A&M (7-5, 3-5 SEC)
vs. #24 Tennessee (7-5, 4-4 SEC)

It's a brutal welcome to the SEC for the Hurricanes as they avoid Georgia but play back to back top ten opponents in Florida and Alabama, both on the road, amidst a month long road trip that also features Arkansas and a Texas team that could be challenging for a playoff spot. They also open against Auburn and USF, two teams that are talented enough to pull off the upset.

After the USF game, the Hurricanes aren't at home for five weeks until they play Florida State and then are on the road once more to play Notre Dame before turning home to play Clemson. The schedule then lightens up with Vanderbilt but then ends the season with two tough opponents in Texas A&M and Tennessee.

Outside of Vanderbilt, the only non-bowl team that the Hurricanes play at home this season is Florida State and the Seminoles are poised for a major bounce back year.

Projected SEC Standing: 2nd
Projected Final Ranking: 2nd

They might be bloodied and beaten up by playoff time but the Hurricanes are still favorites to make the playoffs and outside of Georgia, they are as talented as anyone. The tough schedule could be a blessing in disguise, allowing their young and inexperienced players to go through baptism by fire and be prepared come playoff time.

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