Alex Donno discusses the latest updates on Friday, December 22nd about Miami's pursuit of Washington State transfer quarterback Cam Ward.
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00:00 I continue to hear very positive feedback on where the Miami Hurricanes stand with their top
00:07 transfer quarterback target, Cam Ward. The latest of these indications, I think this man is
00:15 talking to some of the same people that I talked to here. If you're looking for some positivity,
00:20 because sometimes when you hear rumors and reports, you're wondering, well, who is that
00:25 person reporting it? Is that another blogger? Is that a serious reporter? Barry Jackson from the
00:30 Miami Herald. He doesn't always say what you want to hear when it comes to Miami stuff, but he's a
00:38 reporter who's been doing this for a very, very long time, and he is a professional. I trust Barry
00:43 Jackson to double check his sources, dot his I's and cross his T's. He's not irresponsible when he
00:49 comes out and reports things. And even Barry Jackson from the Miami Herald, within the past
00:54 half hour, 25 minutes ago, wrote this on X. He said, "I've heard some optimism on Cam Ward and
01:03 the University of Miami and a potential marriage between the Washington State transfer quarterback
01:08 and Miami." He writes in parentheses, but to aggregators, he says, "This is not a report
01:13 or a prediction." He continues, "But I have heard encouraging things. We'll see. Decision
01:19 announcement expected in the next several days." And again, okay, so, and we got to keep in mind,
01:26 going back the last couple of weeks, Cam Ward and his father, who does a lot of interviews,
01:32 have always said, "Decision by or around Christmas," right? And I know a lot of us,
01:39 especially before National Signing Day, because I really did feel some pressure to try to land a
01:44 quarterback before National Signing Day, because that could have really helped your momentum and
01:48 your recruiting. Who knows? Maybe things could have gone differently with Jeremiah Smith if you'd
01:53 already had your quarterback in place. But once National Signing Day came and went without Miami
01:58 finding a new quarterback, I don't feel quite as much pressure to get it done quickly. I still want
02:04 this done before Christmas, if possible, but we're sitting here on December 22nd, and we may be days
02:12 away from Miami landing a new transfer quarterback. So that was what Barry Jackson of the Miami
02:16 Herald had to say about it. I've got some more sentiment on both sides, on the Miami side and
02:23 on the Florida State side, okay? Guys, you can definitely, with the way the Florida State
02:27 insiders, and we'll talk about what's going on with Florida State, by the way, today. Florida
02:32 State, they just took a significant step today in trying to get the hell out of the ACC. Florida
02:39 State, they're doing a lot of things right now that don't involve recruiting and transfer portal,
02:44 but when it comes to the Cam Ward pursuit, it does seem like the Florida State reporters are
02:51 starting to throw up the white flag of surrender here, that they may realize this probably isn't
02:56 going to happen for them, where the optimism continues to grow on the Miami side, and it
03:01 seemingly continues to shrink on the Florida State side. Now, another great dude who I respect,
03:09 good reporter, who spoke on the Ward situation, I think yesterday this quote comes from, is "D
03:14 Money" from "Kane's Insight." He said that Miami, in his words, is in the best position to land Cam
03:21 Ward. He said, "Miami or the NFL." He said, "I don't think Florida State is in it. I think this
03:27 weekend, Miami will get it done." Those are his words, and that's one of those growing feelings
03:33 out there, that hopefully, I mean, what would be better under your tree than, forget about,
03:39 what do your relatives give you, socks, T-shirts, like what would be, ties, what would be better
03:44 than having a new starting quarterback under your tree this coming weekend, which is what we're
03:49 hoping for. Here's one of the latest things I gathered from a Florida State insider, Brendan
03:56 Sinone from Florida State's 24/7 site. He wrote this update yesterday. He said, "The Cam Ward camp
04:04 was still deliberating and discussing options as of the last day or so ago. I'm not convinced," he
04:10 said, "that things have materialized a ton with Florida State in the last few days. Either they've
04:15 kept very quiet or there's minimal headway," he says. In addition to FSU and Miami, other options
04:21 for Ward include the NFL and Ohio State as a dark horse.