Miami Hurricanes vote on their expectations for wins in 2024 after adding quarterback Cam Ward to the roster.
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00:00 I'm more along the 10 plus wins range, Bruce, and here's the vote right now.
00:05 You can still vote. There's still time at Locked on Canes on X. Since Canes football added Cam Ward,
00:11 where do you set your expectations for 2024? The first option is go at least eight and four.
00:16 I think that's probably the bare minimum is to be one win better than last year.
00:20 10 wins plus is the second option. ACC Championship is the third option.
00:27 College football playoff is the fourth option. That's pretty high. That's 12%. That's high.
00:32 If we didn't get Ward, I think Puffinbarger would have been the quarterback.
00:36 This is what I think is going to happen now because we have the four guys. I think Emory
00:41 Williams is probably going to redshirt. Now, I have a question for you because I was on the phone
00:46 with my friend Gary and he says he still redshirted this past year. I say they burned his shirt.
00:54 How could he have still redshirted? He played in five or six games. I don't know how that's
01:00 possible. I think he burned his shirt. That's why this year with Ward here now, he's probably
01:05 going to redshirt. Puffinbarger will be the backup quarterback unless he bolts. I think
01:11 Ja'Cory Brown more than likely will leave by spring because the next portal opens up. That's
01:18 what I think. Joe Dantzler will be here too. Why would Ja'Cory stay here? I think he's gone.
01:24 We'll see. I don't know if I agree because a lot of it is going to depend on how things play out
01:31 in spring. Ja'Cory Brown has made it crystal clear he doesn't mind competing. He knows staying at
01:37 Miami, he's got to compete. Even if he's figured out that Cam Ward is going to be the starting
01:43 quarterback in 2024, if Ja'Cory is still willing to say, "Hey, I can compete to be the guy in 2025,"
01:50 I think it's going to be important for him in spring practices that start at the end of next
01:54 month. He's going to see how he stacks up against Puffinbarger. He already has an idea.
01:58 I even said that statement, Alex, when Ward had already said, "I'm going to the NFL."
02:05 That's when I think he stated that. I don't think that's changed because I think at that time,
02:13 he knew Miami was going to try to go out and get Talia Tungel-Vailoa. I don't think that the
02:18 situation has changed for Ja'Cory Brown. I think he understands that if he stays here,
02:22 he's competing to be the 2025 starter, not 2024.