Mario Cristobal joins the show

After some time off, Through The Smoke is back with a mailbag episode. InsideTheU.com subscribers ask David Lake and Gaby Urrutia on a number of topics that include recruiting, thoughts on the upcoming 2026 season, offseason buzz, and more. Enjoy the episode! Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino is the personal injury attorney you should contact at 561-960-9870 or visit the website FLInjury.Law. - If you're thinking about buying, selling, or investing in South Florida, you should know Aaron Paskow with Keller Williams. Grab a FREE Home Value Report or quick market update. Call or text 305-497-5773 or visit apaskow.kw.com. 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

Miami Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal joins Through The Smoke to look back at the College Football Playoff and look ahead to the 2026 season.  Enjoy the interview! Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino is the personal injury attorney you should contact at 561-960-9870 or visit the website FLInjury.Law. - If you're thinking about buying, selling, or investing in South Florida, you should know Aaron Paskow with Keller Williams. Grab a FREE Home Value Report or quick market update. Call or text 305-497-5773 or visit apaskow.kw.com. 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

The 2026 Miami Hurricanes football roster is set. Talent acquisition is largely over for every team around the country as it relates to the 2026 college football season.  Miami finished the 2026 cycle with the No. 4 ranked portal class and a top ten recruiting class in the country as the Hurricanes must replace plenty of talent from a 2025 team that made a national championship run.  Does this 2026 Miami team have the necessary talent to make another run at a championship?  InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts on each position group and assess the overall talent of the 2026 Hurricanes.  Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino is the personal injury attorney you should contact at 561-960-9870 or visit the website FLInjury.Law. - If you're thinking about buying, selling, or investing in South Florida, you should know Aaron Paskow with Keller Williams. Grab a FREE Home Value Report or quick market update. Call or text 305-497-5773 or visit apaskow.kw.com. 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

Plenty to dig into on the latest episode of Through The Smoke.  Miami has its quarterback in Darian Mensah. InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the details.  Lake and Urrutia also breakdown Miami’s portal class as a whole. What do we think of all the incomings and outgoings? Finally, the two discuss Miami’s 2026 schedule and what it means for the Hurricanes as they look to make another College Football Playoff run.  Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino is the personal injury attorney you should contact at 561-960-9870 or visit the website FLInjury.Law. - If you're thinking about buying, selling, or investing in South Florida, you should know Aaron Paskow with Keller Williams. Grab a FREE Home Value Report or quick market update. Call or text 305-497-5773 or visit apaskow.kw.com. 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

Miami fell short in the 2026 National Championship Game. The Hurricanes had the ball in the final two minutes with the opportunity to go win the game, but the dream ended with 41 seconds remaining on a deep shot interception. An amazing run came to an end on Monday night. InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts on the game and this season in this instant reaction podcast. Enjoy the show. Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino is the personal injury attorney you should contact at 561-960-9870 or visit the website FLInjury.Law. - If you're thinking about buying, selling, or investing in South Florida, you should know Aaron Paskow with Keller Williams. Grab a FREE Home Value Report or quick market update. Call or text 305-497-5773 or visit apaskow.kw.com. 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

It is time to preview No. 10 Miami’s National Championship game against No. 1 Indiana.  Wow.  The Hurricanes will look to win their sixth National Championship in program history on Monday night as they take on Indiana as big underdogs.  What are the keys to the game for Miami? Where is Indiana dangerous? Who are the key players to know?  David Lake and Gaby Urrutia of InsideTheU get into all these topics and more in this episode of Through The Smoke.  Enjoy the show! Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino is the personal injury attorney you should contact at 561-960-9870 or visit the website FLInjury.Law. - If you're thinking about buying, selling, or investing in South Florida, you should know Aaron Paskow with Keller Williams. Grab a FREE Home Value Report or quick market update. Call or text 305-497-5773 or visit apaskow.kw.com. 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

The Miami Hurricanes have picked up some transfer portal commitments in recent days and UM isn’t done yet.  Who are the players UM has added to the roster from the portal since the weekend? What is the situation at quarterback? Who are the names to know at quarterback?  InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss Miami’s latest efforts in the portal in the latest edition of Through The Smoke.  Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino is the personal injury attorney you should contact at 561-960-9870 or visit the website FLInjury.Law. - If you're thinking about buying, selling, or investing in South Florida, you should know Aaron Paskow with Keller Williams. Grab a FREE Home Value Report or quick market update. Call or text 305-497-5773 or visit apaskow.kw.com. 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

The Miami Hurricanes will be playing for a National Championship! UM out-dueled No. 6 Ole Miss in a dramatic fourth quarter for a 31-27 win at the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday night.  Miami quarterback Carson Beck engineered two touchdown drives in the final five minutes of the game to earn the victory.  In this instant reaction podcast, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts on the game.  MIAMI IS PLAYING FOR A NATTY! Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino is the personal injury attorney you should contact at 561-960-9870 or visit the website FLInjury.Law. - If you're thinking about buying, selling, or investing in South Florida, you should know Aaron Paskow with Keller Williams. Grab a FREE Home Value Report or quick market update. Call or text 305-497-5773 or visit apaskow.kw.com. 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

The No. 10 Miami Hurricanes will be playing for the right to earns a spot in the National Championship Game on Saturday.  Miami will take on No. 6 Ole Miss in the Fiesta Bowl for the right to play at Hard Rock Stadium for the championship.  InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia preview the game in this edition of Through The Smoke.  Who are the players to know? What match-ups do we like? How will Ole Miss navigate their coaching staff situation? Lake and Urrutia touch on all these topics and more.  Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino is the personal injury attorney you should contact at 561-960-9870 or visit the website FLInjury.Law. - If you're thinking about buying, selling, or investing in South Florida, you should know Aaron Paskow with Keller Williams. Grab a FREE Home Value Report or quick market update. Call or text 305-497-5773 or visit apaskow.kw.com. 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

Talent acquisition never stops in college football and on January 2nd, the NCAA Transfer Portal has opened.  In this latest edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia are here to set the table for this portal window. Who is the quarterback name to know? What are the positions of need? Who are the key players to know at those positions of need? Lake and Urrutia discuss all these topics and more in the latest episode of Through The Smoke.  Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino is the personal injury attorney you should contact at 561-960-9870 or visit the website FLInjury.Law. - If you're thinking about buying, selling, or investing in South Florida, you should know Aaron Paskow with Keller Williams. Grab a FREE Home Value Report or quick market update. Call or text 305-497-5773 or visit apaskow.kw.com. 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