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TRUSTED Insider LEAKS TRUTH BOMB About Miami Hurricanes You CAN'T MISS! | Mario Cristobal · ACC Football Addiction (Atlantic Coast Conference)

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  Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to ACC Football Addiction. Talk a
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  Speaker 1: little Miami Hurricanes recruiting with Zach Blastein of 24-7 Sports.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard to not say Knowles 24-7 when I get
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  Speaker 1: that started.
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  Speaker 2: But we are presented by... Don't say that on the
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  Speaker 2: Miami site.
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  Speaker 1: Don't say that. Listen, they like... I'll tell you, they
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  Speaker 1: like me because I hate Florida State right now more
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  Speaker 1: than they do. But we are presented by PrizePix. We're
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  Speaker 1: Miami recruiting, never a question, always hot. 2028 class, and
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  Speaker 1: talk to some people there, and I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts are, but it feels like that class is
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  Speaker 1: pretty full. I don't know how much further they go
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  Speaker 1: into it, but I do think they're still taking some
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  Speaker 1: big swings. Who are they going to land? What's the
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  Speaker 1: massive fish they're going to land in 2027 that shocks
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  Speaker 1: everybody and reminds everybody how good Mario is?
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  Speaker 2: The one I'm watching is the number three player in
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  Speaker 2: the country, five-star offensive tackle Mark Matthews. St. Thomas Aquinas
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  Speaker 2: High School right in Miami's backyard. Commits to A &
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  Speaker 2: M over Miami over the summer. He's a big believer
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  Speaker 2: in Mike Elko and what that staff has going on
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  Speaker 2: in College Station, but the Aggies have not exactly had
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  Speaker 2: the start they wanted to this year. Two losses already,
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  Speaker 2: including their most recent result being a blowout loss at LSU.
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  Speaker 2: So I think that that recruitment is one to watch
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  Speaker 2: for sure for Miami. I know that they have not
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  Speaker 2: let up. And from what I've heard this week, Miami
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  Speaker 2: is really ramping up its efforts. And I think that'll
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  Speaker 2: continue to happen as the fall progresses. And I think
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  Speaker 2: they kind of wanted to wait to see what the
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  Speaker 2: results would look like on the field. Miami did. And
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  Speaker 2: now that A & M is struggling, I think they're
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  Speaker 2: kind of smelling blood in the water and circling. Um,
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  Speaker 2: so no, I mean, just to be clear, I don't,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think like a flip is imminent or anything
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  Speaker 2: like that. And I still think there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: work to do. Um, but I think those conversations are
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  Speaker 2: happening as far as just Miami, you know, reaching back
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  Speaker 2: out and kind of expressing that, that interest again. Um,
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  Speaker 2: and he's definitely a name to watch.
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  Speaker 1: Never a good sign for any program when Mario Cristobal
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  Speaker 1: starts circling the waters and in season. Um, so yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Anybody else 28 or 27, I'm sorry, before we go
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  Speaker 1: to next year's class, which I know a lot of
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  Speaker 1: focus is there on some big names and priority targets,
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  Speaker 1: but anybody else 27 that you would look at?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there are two names that I know Gabby Urria
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  Speaker 2: for our Miami site has reported a ton on is
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  Speaker 2: obviously David Jacobs, DJ Jacobs, the Ohio State five-star edge
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  Speaker 2: rusher commit. He picked Ohio State in what seemed like
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  Speaker 2: a last-second decision, like it was all Miami. And then
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  Speaker 2: he changed his mind. This was back in December of
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  Speaker 2: last year. But Miami has not given up in that recruitment.
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  Speaker 2: And I believe he'll be on campus here soon, maybe
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  Speaker 2: for the Florida State game, if not for one of
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  Speaker 2: those surrounding home games coming up at Miami. So that
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  Speaker 2: gives them a chance to wow him again in person.
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  Speaker 2: And he's obviously a longtime target and someone that they've
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  Speaker 2: had on, you know, on, on their flip radar for,
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  Speaker 2: for a while. Um, and then the other one is
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  Speaker 2: Jackson dollar, the five-star tight end committed to Georgia. I
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  Speaker 2: saw this kid play out at the opening finals, uh,
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  Speaker 2: in Oregon over the summer. I mean, he's a total
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  Speaker 2: freak show. Like, um, you know, I, I think he's, um,
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  Speaker 2: he's the best tight end I've seen in the country, um,
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  Speaker 2: in any class this, this year. So, um, would be
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  Speaker 2: a huge flip. I know he's, you know, said all
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  Speaker 2: the right things about Georgia and, but you know, Miami's
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  Speaker 2: being aggressive there and you know, they'll, they'll push to
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  Speaker 2: the end until signing day for, for all three of
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  Speaker 2: those guys I mentioned.
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  Speaker 1: They flipped, who was it? Justin Scott a couple of
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  Speaker 1: years ago from Ohio state. And if they pull Jacobs
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  Speaker 1: now as well, they're trying to get some payback for that,
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  Speaker 1: for that Jeremiah Smith thing that, that they're making Ohio
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  Speaker 1: state feeling on that defensive line, if they can flip
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  Speaker 1: a five-star edge prospect too, which, Miami may very well
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  Speaker 1: be defensive end university right now. So, um, makes a
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  Speaker 1: lot of sense. 28, a couple of big names that
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  Speaker 1: I think are trending more towards Florida, but can Miami
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  Speaker 1: stay in it? Uh, and a long way to go,
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  Speaker 1: but Bryson, right. Is one, uh, Giotto, if I'm saying
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  Speaker 1: that right, Asher Giotto is another one that I think
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  Speaker 1: both of them are, both of them are kind of
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  Speaker 1: going head to head. It'll be kind of a fun
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  Speaker 1: state of Florida battle to watch for over a year.
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  Speaker 1: But both seem like Florida leans at least at this moment.
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  Speaker 1: But like I said, long, long way to go until
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  Speaker 1: December of 2027. Yeah, exactly.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think the one that I would keep
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  Speaker 2: a closer eye on just because I think a decision
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  Speaker 2: could come sooner than later is, is Asher Giotto. I
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  Speaker 2: think that he's a guy that I remember going to, to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they have these Under Armour camps during the
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  Speaker 2: off season where all these guys, you know, compete. And
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  Speaker 2: Asher has been there. It feels like for the last
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  Speaker 2: half decade, he's been, he's been on the radar since
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  Speaker 2: he was an eighth grader. And Miami has been in
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  Speaker 2: the mix for, for most of that time. And yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they certainly entered the season as, as what I would
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  Speaker 2: consider the leader for him. But he visited Florida for
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  Speaker 2: their game, I think against FAU at the beginning of
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  Speaker 2: this month. And he, he loved that visit. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it sounds like from some conversations I've had this week,
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  Speaker 2: that the Gators are certainly trending there, but he returns
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  Speaker 2: to Miami, um, in a few weeks for the FSU game,
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  Speaker 2: which is, you know, we want to get into that.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that's going to be one of the more
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  Speaker 2: loaded visit weekends of any, that any school has this,
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  Speaker 2: this season. Um, it's going to be crazy because Miami
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  Speaker 2: is not exactly had a great home slate to this point.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's Campbell or not Campbell, uh, fam you and, um,
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  Speaker 2: who they just played central Michigan. I want to say, yeah. Um,
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  Speaker 2: so not exactly, uh, games you want to bring in
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  Speaker 2: big time recruits for, but that FSU game, even though
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  Speaker 2: FSU is down, it's still a rivalry game. Um, and
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  Speaker 2: they're loading it up. So Asher will be there and that'll,
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  Speaker 2: that'll give them a chance to, to kind of, um,
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  Speaker 2: try to change the momentum in that one. But that's a,
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  Speaker 2: that's a Miami, Florida, Georgia battle as of right now.
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  Speaker 2: And Asher still got some other visits to take, but
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  Speaker 2: those are the three schools I'm watching most. Um, and
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  Speaker 2: then with Bryson, right. Number one, wide receiver recruit in
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  Speaker 2: the country. Um, I would not go as far to
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  Speaker 2: say that Florida is like in the lead there. I
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  Speaker 2: think they vaulted up into that lead group, which also
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  Speaker 2: includes Miami and Texas. I think Bryson will also be
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  Speaker 2: on campus or not on campus at Hard Rock Stadium
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  Speaker 2: for the Florida State game as well on the 17th
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  Speaker 2: of October. And that'll once again be a big opportunity
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  Speaker 2: for Miami to play. you know, generate some buzz with him.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know exactly what his decision timeline looks like.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's still up in the air. He might
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  Speaker 2: take some more time with it and kind of prolong
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  Speaker 2: his process. Whereas I think Giotto's recruitment could potentially be
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  Speaker 2: wrapped up by the end of this year.
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  Speaker 1: I know you do recruiting more, but more loaded, the
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  Speaker 1: recruits on Miami's sideline or the scoreboard that night on
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  Speaker 1: Miami's side during that FSU game? And maybe there's a
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  Speaker 1: direct correlation where Mario says, all right, let's put on
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  Speaker 1: a show.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. No, I do not think it's going to be
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  Speaker 2: pretty for Florida State. I mean, I know Miami's dealing
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  Speaker 2: kind of with the injury bug right now, so that's
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  Speaker 2: certainly a factor. But, I mean, just look at the rosters.
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  Speaker 2: Miami's on site. much more talented. Um, so I, I
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  Speaker 2: do not think it's going to be close, but, uh,
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  Speaker 2: I would say more recruits in the building though. Cause I,
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  Speaker 2: I think there could be over a hundred and I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if they're, they're putting a no on the Knowles.
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  Speaker 1: It may just feel like a hundred for us. We're
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  Speaker 1: incarnate that night. Um, other 28 names and we'll wrap
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  Speaker 1: up in a few and let you go. But other
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  Speaker 1: 28 names to watch out for. I mentioned the two
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  Speaker 1: that you kind of battle in Florida with, but other
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  Speaker 1: ones to watch for.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Two, I would keep an eye on Xander Edwards. Um,
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  Speaker 2: he's a teammate of Giotto at Jacksonville bulls. Um, Like
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  Speaker 2: a big running back, 6'1, 220 pounds, kind of fits
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  Speaker 2: that Miami scheme really well. And I think Miami leads
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  Speaker 2: for him. Florida's kind of evened up that race more
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  Speaker 2: as of late. But I think once he makes it
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  Speaker 2: back to Miami, we could see them pull ahead again.
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  Speaker 2: They had a clear lead entering the season. And then
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  Speaker 2: Gabriel Player, he's a linebacker. He's like 6'3, 6'4, out
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  Speaker 2: of Melbourne, Florida, UGalley High School. Really athletic backer and
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  Speaker 2: someone that Miami has had as a top target for
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  Speaker 2: several months. And I think they're out in the lead
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  Speaker 2: for him. He went to the Central Michigan game. He
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  Speaker 2: was one of the key prospects there on a smaller weekend.
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  Speaker 2: But he'll return to Miami again this season, and he's
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  Speaker 2: going to also see them play at Notre Dame in November.
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  Speaker 2: So those two guys would certainly be ones to watch.
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  Speaker 2: I think Miami leads and has a good shot to
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  Speaker 2: eventually land both.
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  Speaker 1: The perception around Miami whenever they land a big recruit is, oh, well,
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  Speaker 1: maybe this is the perception around every program. When your
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  Speaker 1: program loses a recruit, it's always money. When your program
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  Speaker 1: lands a recruit, it's always that they just want to
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  Speaker 1: play for your school. Like it's school pride. It's the
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  Speaker 1: funniest dichotomy I've ever seen, um, in justification for, for
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  Speaker 1: recruiting battles. Now, Miami obviously has good resources. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think any Miami fan would, would tell you otherwise, but
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  Speaker 1: when you talk to kids on the trail about Miami,
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  Speaker 1: how would you, how would you weigh And I'm not
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  Speaker 1: asking for a percentage, but just how would you rate
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  Speaker 1: like Mario's intensity? He's always been a good recruiter. They're
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  Speaker 1: really good resources, the success they're having on the field.
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  Speaker 1: And I know the answer is like, it all factors together,
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  Speaker 1: but do kids mention money? Do they mention like the
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  Speaker 1: success on the field? Do they mention Mario's recruiting prowess,
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  Speaker 1: which is something that he's always had? Like what's the
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  Speaker 1: biggest vibe that you get from people when you're talking
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  Speaker 1: with them?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, it is that it is Mario's, um,
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  Speaker 2: Recruiting prowess and just how active he is, like almost
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  Speaker 2: every kid that's a top Miami targets like, yeah, I'm
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  Speaker 2: in a group chat with Mario Cristobal and he just
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  Speaker 2: he has my whole family in it and he hits
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  Speaker 2: us up every day. And like how many other head
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  Speaker 2: coaches are doing that around the country? And that's what
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  Speaker 2: sets Mario apart. So that's definitely a huge factor. I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: like you said, Miami is well resourced. But, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I roll my eyes when people say that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's kind of the driving factor, right? Miami is going
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  Speaker 2: to be very competitive, but they're also, it's not like
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  Speaker 2: they're coming in last minute and offering a bag with
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  Speaker 2: no relationship built, right? With their top guys, they have
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  Speaker 2: excellent relationships. And then on top of that, they, you know,
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  Speaker 2: added an attractive financial offer, just like most of these
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  Speaker 2: other schools are that they're competing with. So, no, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: would not say that that's, The separating factor for Miami,
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  Speaker 2: it's certainly Cristobal's effort plus the recent results on the field.
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  Speaker 2: They look like a routine national contender now over the
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  Speaker 2: last couple seasons. And certainly to start this season, they
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  Speaker 2: look really solid, especially that offense.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I also get the vibe from Cristobal. I've never
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  Speaker 1: talked with him, just if I'm guessing. I also get
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  Speaker 1: the vibe that like, he's kind of a no nonsense,
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  Speaker 1: like where, you know, some coaches will just overpay. Like
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  Speaker 1: you think about like Texas tech or whatever, like they,
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  Speaker 1: not that they don't develop relationships, but you know, they're
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  Speaker 1: overpaying to be in some of these battles where if
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  Speaker 1: a kid is like money focused, Mario would say, man,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want you here. You know, like, I don't,
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  Speaker 1: I don't, if, if that's your number one driver, then
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  Speaker 1: I don't, I don't want you disturbing what we've built here. Again,
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  Speaker 1: they're very, everybody in the top 10 is very competitive financially,
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  Speaker 1: or you're not going to get in the top 10.
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  Speaker 1: And so it always rubs me or strikes me weird
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  Speaker 1: when people are like, ah, well, that's just money. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm just like a buddy. Oregon's got just as much
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  Speaker 1: in Ohio state state, Notre Dame, you know, like Texas
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  Speaker 1: has more money. You know, like they just, you know, like,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what to tell you when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to that. And I just don't get that vibe from him.
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  Speaker 1: So I do think that tracks pretty well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree. And I think the biggest thing with
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  Speaker 2: Mario that gets under looked is kind of what you're
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  Speaker 2: getting at, right? the disciplinary measures he takes to try
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  Speaker 2: and protect his team from, from influences that, that could,
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  Speaker 2: you know, get them off track of, of their ultimate goal, right?
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  Speaker 2: Like if a guy messes up in a significant way,
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  Speaker 2: like there will be, there's a punishment for that, right?
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  Speaker 2: You've seen that with, with certain guys, he's either suspended
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  Speaker 2: or guys that have been kicked off the team. Like
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  Speaker 2: there is no, no nonsense policy around that program. And that's,
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  Speaker 2: that's a big deal for, you know, I talked about
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  Speaker 2: that recently, like with some people, like, especially now that
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  Speaker 2: there's financial investments tied to these players, like you cannot
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  Speaker 2: have guys that are going to, you know, be cancers
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  Speaker 2: to your locker room and just kind of try to
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  Speaker 2: iron it out. Because I mean that, you're talking about
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  Speaker 2: a ton of impact on, on other guys that, that
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  Speaker 2: you're investing a lot of money to, to, to go
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  Speaker 2: and deliver. So yeah, I think there's, there's more incentive
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  Speaker 2: than ever to crack down on, on that stuff. And
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  Speaker 2: I think Mario, you know, to add on to what
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  Speaker 2: you brought up with, with kind of not recruiting those
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  Speaker 2: types of guys that are, are money driven. I think
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  Speaker 2: that kind of speaks to, you know, also what, what
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  Speaker 2: he does with guys currently on his team.
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  Speaker 1: Zach, I appreciate you for hanging out. Where can people
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  Speaker 1: follow you? Where can they get caught up on everything
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  Speaker 1: you've got going on?
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  Speaker 2: On XZBlosting247, and then I'm on 247sports. com.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate you, man. Appreciate our friends over at PrizePix. Again,
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  Speaker 1: we'll see you next time, bud.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, TJ.