The Canes nabbed two big verbals tonight at the Under Armour All-America High School Football Game in Orlando, FL.
So much for all that Robert Marve nonsense impacting recruiting season for the Canes. Miami didn’t land the entire ‘Sanford Trio’, but two out of three ain’t bad.
Ray Ray Armstrong (safety) and Dyron Dye (defensive end) are headed to The U, while teammate Andre Debose (wide receiver) is Gainesville-bound.
Armstrong is a 6-foot-4, 218 pound, four-star prospect. He chose Miami over Southern Cal, Florida, Florida State, Oregon, Notre Dame, Georgia, LSU and others.
Armstrong threw a 40-yard, game-winning touchdown (to Dubose) in Samford’s 28-21 win over Miami Northwestern in this year’s national championship game.
Armstrong plays safety, linebacker and quarterback. He’s expected to boost the Canes’ secondary next season as a safety.
Dye is a 6-foot-4, 215 pound, four-star defensive end. He chose Miami over Southern Cal, Florida, Florida State, LSU and others.
Dye had 65 tackles this season and caught three catches for 46 yards. ESPN said Dye’s quick get-off is second to none and that he’s non-stop, with a serious motor.
Last winter it was the Year of the Bull, with Miami Northwestern winning it all and The U winding up with a handful of national champions. A year later, Sanford Seminole stands atop the mountain, ironically enough, knocking off Northwestern. Meanwhile, Randy Shannon again lands some top talent from the nation’s best.
More winners from winning programs headed to Coral Gables, as promised.
The doom and gloom contingent of this fan base spent the past week swearing that this Marve saga would have a negative impact on recruiting. Not quite. Armstrong and Dye are huge pick ups for Miami, with more to come.
It’ll take more than an emotional rant from a former player’s disgruntled father to slow down Shannon and staff. A father who since retracted his harsh words, ate some crow and offered his apology, I might add.
Miami currently has 19 commitments for the 2009 recruiting class. Today’s two four-stars are Miami’s tenth and eleventh in this year’s class.
Bryce Brown, the lone five-star, earned MVP honors in Saturday’s U.S. Army game, after a three-touchdown performance. Brown remains a Miami commit, though the commentators implied the race was still wide open. Missouri, Clemson, Oregon and Kansas State are said to still be in the mix, though Brown hinted otherwise.
After offensive tackle Xavier Nixon tossed a Miami hat aside and pledged Florida, Brown stated, “he will pay for that”, a strong indicator that the Canes are still the team to beat.
This news couldn’t have come at a better time. The whole trio would’ve been nice, but if Miami was going to only land two, these were the ones.
There’s enough talent at wide receiver and enough speed. Travis Benjamin, Davon Johnson and Thearon Collier fill the Andre Dubose role. Miami also has the big time Andre Johnson type guys in LaRon Byrd, Aldarius Johnson and hopefully Tommy Streeter, if he gets healthy and hits the ground running.
Safety and defensive line are two places the Canes need depth. Ray Ray Armstrong is sick. I was at the Samford title game against NW. Dyron Dye is a player too.
And as you mentioned, all coming days after Mr. Marve insulted the U and coach Shannon. It proved that talented kids know better than to believe disgruntled stage parents like Eugene or biased, idiot writers who are looking for an angle, like that guy on Yahoo! who trashed Miami after all this Marve business took place.
Welcome to the U! Now let’s clean up across the state and reel in another top notch class!!!!
Hey Canes, what’s up with that Orange Bowl DVD you guys are advertising on this page? Any good? Description sounds cool, but wondered if you had watched it yet. Thanks. —– Tony C.
You’ve got it spelled here “Sanford,” Samford,” and “Stanford.”
You also got Debose’s name wrong.
Good news is you didn’t have to type “freshmen” or “linemen,” which means you didn’t spell it “freshman” or “lineman.”
And, lucky for us, you didn’t talk about the fans once. Never read a blogger with more contempt and false superiority for fellow fans… Particularly one who calls his blog posts “articles” and doesn’t know how to use a spellchecker.
You’ve got it spelled here “Sanford,” Samford,” and “Stanford.”
Accidentally posted before I was done. Sue me.
You also got Debose’s name wrong.
No I didn’t…
Good news is you didn’t have to type “freshmen” or “linemen,” which means you didn’t spell it “freshman” or “lineman.”
Funny guy. Thankfully I didn’t have to spell Matias, either.
And, lucky for us, you didn’t talk about the fans once. Never read a blogger with more contempt and false superiority for fellow fans… Particularly one who calls his blog posts “articles” and doesn’t know how to use a spellchecker.
(1) If you don’t like it, don’t read it. I could give a s**t.
(2) Start your own site. You seem to have all the answers.
(3) Error(s) fixed. Thanks for being so swell about it.
I’m pretty sure Matias is the nerd in school, who never got laid because he was too busy doing other peoples homework! Lay off my boy smart guy!!
Matias, you’re a moron. This is an informative site and offer’s one man’s perspective on the state of the Canes. Personally, I happen to agree with most of what 305 says here.
If you want to find your fair share of morons, log onto any message board and spend 20 minutes on there. Canesport, Canestime or even the comments sections at Herald.com. Talk about idiots who think they have all the answers and that everyone else doesn’t have a clue.
305 defends the program, calls players or coaches out when deserved and always supports his arguments. What do you do? I mean, besides heavily critique the work of others, while offering nothing of value. What’s your take on things? Enlighten us.
Also, aren’t you being rather contempt in your attempt to insult and trash the writer who runs this blog? I’m just saying.
CaneFromBrooklyn
Matias,
You are a douchebag. Did i spell that correctly? You are also a hypocrite, you say allcanes has contempt for other UM fans yet you treat him quite contemptuously.
Keep up the good work allcanes.
p.s.
allcanes, your photoshop job on the UA logo is badass.
Matiass…is a GAYTOR!!! hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaHAHAHAahahaahhAAAA………….
Probably a tim tebag d*ick sucking gaytors fan.
So glad to see that the recruits are buying all the crap Miami Haters are always trying to feed the public. They must be afraid that we will start kicking their butts again, so they are trying to stop us from getting the recruits.
As for the moron on yahoo. I have learned their writers are dumb and are probably friends with Matias because he sounds as ignorant as them.
I check this blog EVERYDAY because the morons on the local papers and blog wouldn’t know Miami football if their life depended on it. Keep up the great work.
Tony – The OB DVD is pretty solid. I watched it over the holiday. Just over an hour long and really goes back into the history of football in South Florida and how the Orange Bowl came into existence. Pretty cool when you hear how many big moments happened there. For most of us, we remember the Canes and Fins and their history there. It was so much more.
Of course you then find yourself frustrated that the city of Miami didn’t make this a national landmark decades ago and do all they could to restore it along the way.
Cool vid. Worth watching.
Two more nice pick ups from Shannon. Hopefully we can somehow get at least a couple lineman in this area of need. It does seem like Cane haters in the media are holding the door open for Brown to go somewhere else for some reason, but they do that to us yearly so oh well. It also seems like Eugene Marve’s comments about recruiting being hurt by one player’s issue with the coach was some hateraide on his part. Mr Marve, your son has no impact on another young man’s decision. Your world may revolve around him, understandable since he is your son, but there are 84 other guys who don’t share your views. This is The U and we’ll get ours, thank you very much. I just want more! Keep it up and hopefully we’ll hear about some OC news fairly soon as well.
-Columbus Cane
Cripple fight! hahaha
Ray Ray Armstrong will be a superstar at The U. He is the biggest talent of the 3, and the most important get considering our strengths and weaknesses in the depth chart.
PS – I think he did get you on Debose, CB. ha
weclome them aboard and lets hope the recruits make some noise.
I know I am off topic talking about basketball but can someone tell me why Notre Dame is ranked 13 and they have the same record as Miami? 10-3
I am not complaining about Miami not being ranked I believe they should not be but Notre Dame is #13 I do not understand because Notre Dame only has one notable win over Texas. They have lost to St. Johns, Ohio State, and absolutely destroyed by North Carolina. Miami has similar losses to Clemson, Ohio State, and Uconn yet unranked please explain this to me
What is Miami’s chance on getting Marcus Hal?l because he is much needed and would be a huge commit?=.
What is Miami’s chance on getting Marcus Hall because he is much needed and would be a huge commit?
I wouldn’t start sizing up Hall for a Miami jersey anytime soon. This kid looks like Buckeye all the way.
Miami gets his second-to-last visit (1/23). Tennessee gets him a week later.
Jared Wheeler should wind up a Cane. Cory White will play OL instead of TE. Ben Jones and Brandon Washington ready to next year and Jermaine Johnson is on board.
You never want to say Hall is out, but it’d be a surprise if he winds up a Cane. Tough to get a kid like that out of Ohio.
Great news on the recruiting front. When do you think we will hear any news regarding new OC?
Has there been any talk of a new Oline coach or is Stoutland’s job safe?
Happy to hear the news although I did watch the game live last night. We were expected (according to Manny I believe) to get at least those 2 out of the 3. Debose would have been the cherry on top, but I think he stayed up North due to growing up a UF fan and the depth we have at WR. I for one cannot wait to see Ray Ray play safety. From what I’ve seen on YouTube and in his pics, he reminds me of the great Sean Taylor. We need that in the secondary – an heavy hitter.
As far as Bryce goes, I hope he stays with us. A lot of people believe he will, but for me nothing is 100% until signing day.
To the Matias, our very own English Teacher, get off the computer and go finish writing my paper. If it’s good enough I’ll let you hang out with myself in the boys when we go out Saturday night.
Oh yeah, sweet ass job on the UA/UM logo, Chris. I’m using it as my background on my phone now.
didn’t we lose some lineman prospects to other schools? it’s not hurting recruiting though?
After watching that BCS championship game, all I can say is Shannon you better recruit your ass off. We can’t continue to lose locals like Major Wright to UF or anyone.
I keep hearing we have so many Sean Taylor like DBs coming in. When we lost Major Wright, due to his Mother’s fears, I said to myself we didn’t lose a ‘like’ player, we lost a ‘Major Wright’.
But oh well. Sucks the Gators won. But I have to give them credit. They’re one solid team and demonstrate just how far we have to go before we’re back.