In this edition of the Canes Rising Radio podcast host Kartik Krishnaiyer and Nate Skinner review the Canes 16-14 win over Va Tech, preview the Georgia Tech and discuss the season opener for the Men's Basketball team. We also give an update on news related to the Canes Rising website.

Kartik Krishnaiyer and Nate Skinner preview Miami's Thursday Night ACC matchup with Virginia Tech and also look back on the two exhibition matchups for the Men's Basketball team and look ahead to the regular season opener for #17 Miami against Florida Southern this Saturday.

The Canes won their third consecutive ACC game with a come from behind 24-17 Overtime win at Virginia. The comeback engineered by Jacory Harris furthers the QB controversy raging at UM for the past several weeks. We discuss all angles of the UVA game and the ACC Coastal Division trace as well as give props to Hurricane Basketball on its first pre season ranking in nine years.

The Canes returned to the practice court this past week hoping to build on last year's NCAA Tournament success. Miami has been picked as high as #12 in the country in the preseason and is a consensus NCAA Tournament pick. Nate Skinner joins us to break down the Canes entering the season and look at the rest of the ACC.

The Hurricanes won their first ACC football game in almost a year with a comeback victory in Durham against Duke behind the arm of Jacory Harris. Now the Canes look forward to a meeting with Wake Forest, who has the best conference record over the past two seasons. Gregg Rodes joins host Kartik Krishnaiyer to breakdown Hurricane Football. We also discuss the start of practice for Frank Haith's Basketball team and talk about the strong schedule Miami will play in the first month of the season.

We look back at yet another Miami loss to an ACC foe and rival. This game a painful reminder of how far Miami has fallen and how far we have to go to regain our place among the elite in college football, and even as a competitor in the ACC is dissected. We also look ahead to the rest of Miami's Football season and discuss whether or not the Canes can win six games to become bowl eligible.

Our most spirited show yet as we lament Miami's worst 4th quarter collapse at home in almost three decades. We discuss the defensive breakdowns, the great play of Robert Marve and what the Canes can do this week to beat a Florida State team with far more talent than Butch Davis' North Carolina team.

The Hurricanes score a big road win in College Station against Texas A&M and head home to begin ACC play versus an old friend Butch Davis and North Carolina. We break down Saturday's win and look ahead to UNC. Hosts Kartik Krishnaiyer and Gregg Rodes discuss the sterling play of the WRs, the good play calling by Pat Nix and the impact of TJ Yates injury for the Tar Heels among other things.

We review Miami's valiant effort in the Swamp against the Gators. Kartik mouths off as to why Florida still has an inferiority complex with both Miami and Florida State while Gregg gives his observations of the game from the perspective of being there in person. The good, bad and ugly of Miami's first lost to Florida in twenty three years is dissected in this week's pod.

The Canes Rising Radio Podcast returns with co-hosts Kartik Krishnaiyer and Gregg Rodes to wrap up the Canes season opening win against Charleston Southern and look ahead to ACC play. We breakdown the play of the freshman and talk about why Graig Cooper has to get more touches of the football in each and every game from here on out. We also discuss the Basketball Schedule: Frank Haith's team coming off an NCAA Tourney appearence last year has scheduled with the big boys.

Miami Baseball returned to the top of the polls this week and spring practice concluded with some great defensive plays by freshmen but poor WR's yet again. Nate Skinner, joins us to recap Basketball season, and set up next year where expectations for Miami will be very high following this year's NCAA run and early prognostications by national experts putting the Canes in the pre-season Top 15.

The Hurricanes won an NCAA Tournament game for the first time in eight years this past week against St Mary's before falling to Texas in a great game on Sunday. We pay tribute to the 2007-08 Cane seniors Ray Hicks and Anthony King who helped the rebirth of Miami Basketball after the blight of Perry Clark as well as discuss the battle at Running Back in Spring practice: Will Shawnbrey McNeal overtake Graig Cooper? Gregg Rodes joins us to look back the NCAA Tournament for the Canes and look ahead to Canes Fest this weekend.

The Hurricanes five season NCAA Tournament drought is over. The Canes are seeded 7th in the South Region and face St Mary's this week in the first round of the big dance. Nate Skinner, a UM student whose knowledge and understanding of College Basketball is unparalleled joins host Kartik Krishnaiyer as we look back at each Miami player's season and look ahead to what Miami must do to defeat a very good St Mary's team on Friday in Little Rock.

The Hurricanes dropped a controversial overtime game to Florida State on Saturday. Now the Canes enter the ACC Tournament still likely to make the NCAAs but with little margin for error left. Join host Kartik Krishnaiyer and his guest College Basketball guru Michael James as they break down the ACC Tournament and look at Miami's first round opponent, NC State. Also on this show we discuss the other ACC teams on the bubble and consider the possible tournament fates of big name schools Florida, Syracuse, Kentucky, Villanova and Ohio State.

This episode of the Canes Rising Radio Podcast features Jorge Bannister's analysis of the weekend baseball series with Florida, where the Canes took two of three games as well as host Kartik Krishnaiyer's detailed look at the NCAA Basketball bubble and the RPI as well as some historical trends for bubble teams in the ACC. With Boston College and Florida State on tap hear what Miami needs to do to make life easy for all of us on Selection Sunday!

The Hurricanes have won four straight ACC games, and in this episode we break down Miami's tournament chances and the rest of the ACC with Michael James an ACC conference watcher from Virginia. Miami's win over Duke was historic but the wins over Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech and Maryland were also important as the Canes fight to end a five year NCAA tournament drought. We get into the RPI rankings and the remaining schedules for other ACC bubble teams in this episode of the Canes Rising Radio podcast.

Kartik flies solo in this short episode recapping the potentially historic UM recruiting class. Having been in Texas, the epicenter of the College and High School Football universe on signing day gave Kartik a unique perspective on the class, especially incoming Miami QB Taylor Cook from the Houston area. Next week we'll preview Baseball and discuss if the Hurricanes have any chance at the NCAAs in Basketball.

The Hurricanes poor late game execution in the ACC costs the team yet another critical road game at Wake Forest. Thoughts about Duke and Florida State as well as some thoughts about the entire national landscape of College Basketball with our special guest Michael James, one of the webs top College Basketball bloggers.

This action packed show focuses on the outstanding additions made to Randy Shannon's staff with the hiring of Bill Young and Aubrey Hill. We also discuss what Anthony King was thinking when he gifted NC State a valuable ACC game in Raleigh last weekend and what Miami is doing wrong and doing right thus far in ACC play. Gregg also chides Kartik about having too many jock classes with Aubrey Hill at UF. We don't all major in finance, though sometimes I wish I did. Football, Basketball, strong opinions and a bit of fun on this episode of the Canes Rising Radio Podcast.

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In this 15 minute show we discuss Miami's win over Georgia Tech and the upcoming match-up with Boston College. Here why host Kartik Krishnaiyer believes Frank Haith has lots of teaching to do to his team despite the good result on Saturday. Also the episode features some audio clips from the game. The next episode due out Thursday will discuss Football recruiting and wrap up the Boston College game.

On Episode Three of the Canes Rising Radio podcast we take a special look back at the 1987 Undefeated National Champion Miami Hurricanes on the 20th anniversary of their national championship triumph at the Orange Bowl over #1 Oklahoma. Miami defeated four other top ten teams during the course of the 1987 season, despite losing three top nine NFL Draft picks after the 1986 season. Longtime Cane watchers Fernand Amandi and Gregg Rodes join us on the show to share their memories of Walsh, Bratton, Irvin, Blades, Perriman, Stubbs, McDowell and the rest of the Championship Canes of 1987. Among the issues discussed are the low expectations for Miami entering 1987 after losing in the national championship game in 1986, the outright bias of CBS Sports against the Canes in the 1980s and the impact Miami's pro style offense (along with Florida State's innovative offense) had on changing the landscape of College Football. We also briefly look back at Miami's fall from the national rankings in Basketball with a loss to Winthrop over the weekend.

Episode two of the Canes Rising Radio Podcast features a frank discussion about the crowds both size wise and attitude wise for the Hurricane Basketball program. We discuss South Florida as a sports market and why even when the Hurricanes and Miami Heat have been successful in the past Basketball minus the star power of Shaq struggles in the region. We also discuss the Defensive Coordinator search for the Hurricanes, the FSU academic scandal (and ponder how the media would react if Miami were the guilty party) and much much more. Next week's show will feature a retrospective of the 1987 Miami National Championship team on the 20th anniversary of the triumph of Jimmy Johnson's team in the Orange Bowl versus Oklahoma.

In our action packed debut show host Kartik Krishnaiyer, a Canes fan for almost three decades delves into why the Basketball team has been so successful this season and discusses how defense particularly that of Jimmy Graham and James Dews are the difference between last year's Canes and this year's team. Canes Rising correspondent Gregg Rodes then joins us to discuss Tim Walton's firing, why he believes Calais Campbell and Kenny Phillips made a mistake leaving Miami early and his thoughts on Miami's outstanding start in Basketball. Baseball correspondent Jorge Bannister then joins us to help preview the 2008 season where Jim Morris' team should contend for honors in the tough ACC.