GREG COTE'S RANDOM EVIDENCE BLOG: MIAMI. SPORTS. AND BEYOND.
1) It's SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10. The Dolfans in your life may not know it yet, but they need this. Click on Amazon or Barnes & Noble to check out Fins At 50, our ultimate franchise history book. 2) In The Previous Blogpost (ITPB): Zach Thomas deserves Canton, UM recruiting column, 3 reasons Josh McDaniels changed his mind, a reason to (almost) like Marlins, latest Back In My Day video & more. 3) Join us on Twitter @gregcote. Also Facebook and Instagram.
HOMECOMING: THE DWYANE WADE TRILOGY: Dwyane Wade's sudden, unexpected and warmly received return to the Miami Heat by trade this week delighted South Florida. The news was all-ways good. Good for Wade. Good for the Heat. Good for Miami and its fans. Good from an emotional view. And good from a basketball standpoint, too. I responded to the big reunion with three columns: Click on Only 3 Points, But He Owned The Night for my column from the arena Friday night as emotion and applause enveloped No. 3. Click Heat Have Big Plans For Wade 2.0 for my middle column on the role Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra envision for Wade. And click Welcome Home, D.Wade for my initial column reacting to the Thursday trade.
This week's other columns: On Canes recruiting, Zach Thomas, World Marathon Challenge: Click on Richt Building Something Big & Something To Last, our new one, on Hurricanes' recruiting bounty. Click Dear Canton: Call Zach, on latest reminder Dolphins great Zach Thomas deserves to be in Hall of Fame. And click 7-7-7, on strong Miami Marlins flavor in recent World Marathon Challenge of seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.
MIAMI HURRICANES' 2018 TOP 10 FOOTBALL RECRUITS: These are the guys who will be integrating into the team as (UM hopes) stars over the next few years -- the guys who help lift the Canes from good to championship-good. Click on Richt Building Something Big & Something To Last for my new column on UM's bounty. Miami's incoming class numbers 23. Here are the top 10 of those from the three major recruiting ranking: ESPN, 247sports and Rivals, with each's national ranking in parentheses. The consensus overall No. 1 Canes recruit -- running back Lorenzo Lingard from Orange City, Fla., is pictured:
Rank ESPN 247sports Rivals OVERALL
1 TE Brevin Jordan (20) RB Lorenzo Lingard (25) RB Lingard (13) RB Lingard
2 DT Nesta Silvera (50) TE Jordan (33) WR Mark Pope (28) TE Jordan
3 RB Lingard (60) DT Silvera (54) TE Jordan (49) DT Silvera
4 CB Al Blades Jr. (67) WR Pope (67) CB Blades Jr. (59) CB Blades Jr.
5 QB Jarren Williams (106) QB Williams (77) OG Delone Scaife (61) QB Williams
6 WR Brian Hightower (141) CB Blades Jr. (97) RB Camron Davis (81) RB Davis
7 OG Cleveland Reed (143) OG Scaife (149) QB Williams (114) WR Hightower
8 RB Davis (167) WR Hightower (154) DT Silvera (121) WR Pope
9 S Gurvan Hall (178) RB Davis (173) TE Will Mallory (155) OG Scaife
10 CB Gilbert Frierson (188) S Hall (184) WR Hightower (190) S Hall
Note: Seven players -- Blades, Davis, Hightower, Jordan, Lingard, Silvera and Williams -- made all three top 10s.
THE WINTER OLYMPICS ARE HERE! YOU INTERESTED? POLL: The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony is Friday but competition gets under way today in PyeongChang, South Korea. My experience is that interest in the Winter Games varies wildly. Those into it really are, but many others are not interested at all. This poll is to gauge your interest. How much will you watch? How much do you care? Vote now:
Select other recent columns: The Historic Super Bowl the NFL Needs. Exploring Dolphins' QB Quandary. Farewell, Rubin. Beckham's Dream Becomes A Team. Also: A Heart Both Broken And Soaring Wins Pegasus. The Upside Of a Fire Sale. Appreciating Wayne Huizenga. When Victims Seize The Power. And Barkov Shall Lead Them. No Way to Escape Her Shame. Canes' Late Swoon, OB Loss Don't Erase the Progress. Where The Swagger Was Born. Stanton Had All the Power -- And Used It. Do We Trust Jeter To Fix Marlins?. Truex Jr. Takes Trophy, But Dale Jr. Wins The Day. A QB, a Crisis & a Father's Love. The Hurricanes Are Back; Deal With It, America. The Godfather Speaks. Jeter Betting On Jeter. Hope That Wasn't Goodbye. Wade Will End Where He Belongs. Larranaga Has Canes Flying High, Now This. Regret, Tears & a Legacy's Dark Shadow. Specials: Thank You, Mae Riback. Thank You, Edwin Pope.
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