The Miami Hurricanes are hosting top transfer portal quarterback Cameron Ward for his first transfer portal visit.
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00:00 Things are escalating very quickly this week.
00:02 Like we've already had Riley Leonard today committing officially to Notre Dame.
00:07 >> We did that.
00:07 >> Dylan Gabriel pledging to Oregon.
00:10 So the dominoes are starting to come off the board today.
00:14 Obviously, Miami still has a lot of work to do.
00:16 And we'll talk about the significance of Cam Ward visiting.
00:19 But are you at least happy to know that things are happening?
00:22 Howard yesterday, Cam Ward visiting today.
00:24 How you feeling?
00:25 >> I feel good, except I would not say 1A and 1B.
00:30 Ward is one and Howard is two.
00:33 >> Okay, okay.
00:34 >> I don't think he's in the same stratosphere right now.
00:37 He's good, but everybody wants Ward.
00:40 I'm glad he's gonna be here, but here's my thought.
00:44 I think Miami needs to mortgage whatever they have to do.
00:49 I don't care. They've got to win the NIL bidding war.
00:53 This is so important to the future of this program.
00:56 It's a one year thing, but they need to win at least ten games next year.
01:01 And they will do it with him.
01:02 I don't know if they're gonna do it with the other people.
01:04 So it's money.
01:05 Yeah, it's not my money.
01:06 It's not your money.
01:08 It's not the listeners money.
01:10 >> Well, it is their money if they donate to the Canes Connection Collective,
01:13 it is their money.
01:14 >> I understand.
01:15 And if that's what's happening, these guys are willing to do that.
01:18 But they've got to get this kid.
01:19 Because if not, then we're gonna get somebody else.
01:21 And I don't know what's gonna happen.
01:23 But I believe that if we get him, this will be a ten win season.
01:28 He's that good.
01:30 And we're still missing, we just lost our young receiver.
01:34 So we may have to replace him.
01:36 There's still, we need a lockdown corner.
01:38 But I think that he's the trigger man.
01:42 He's the key person.
01:43 And I think Mario knows that.
01:45 I don't know how much money they have.
01:48 But they need to beat out probably Florida State,
01:51 who I believe that's where he's going next.
01:53 And then Ohio State, when I believe he's going there.
01:56 So out of us, the three teams,
01:58 the team with the least likely chance to go to the playoffs is Miami.
02:03 And maybe Florida State, although they're losing a lot of players.
02:08 >> Yeah. >> And Ohio State,
02:10 who the kid McCord transferred out knowing he's gonna be replaced.
02:14 But by whom, I don't know.
02:16 Maybe Will Howard's a better fit up in Ohio State.
02:20 But I just think we have to do whatever we have to do to get Cam Ward.
02:26 We have to.
02:27 >> Okay, a couple of things that I know about this pursuit of Cam Ward.
02:33 I don't want anyone to think that his visit that starts later today is
02:37 the first real contact he's had with Miami.
02:39 Dialogue has been happening, folks, for a while there.
02:42 And a couple of things to think about.
02:44 The significance of Miami getting his first visit, okay?
02:48 First visit Cam Ward is taking since entering the transfer portal.
02:51 But this is different from high school recruiting in that players in
02:55 the transfer portal, they don't like to waste as much time, right?
02:58 They rarely take visits just for the experience, right?
03:02 Ward has a good idea already that Miami is a possible realistic destination.
03:06 And he wants to find his next destination as quickly as possible, okay?
03:10 Now, Bruce, I would imagine, and again, Miami had Will Howard on campus yesterday.
03:16 And they allowed him to leave without a yes or no, which makes sense because
03:20 the bigger target is coming to campus the day after.
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