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CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- If Miami's Jacory Harris learned one thing this year, it's that nothing comes easily for the starting quarterback at 'Quarterback U.' Quick trip to the mall? Impossible.

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We take a closer look at the Class 3A and Class 5A state high school football finals.

How is it that a man who's paid to review television doesn't seem able to grasp ESPN's The U in the same way that writers who don't generally review films do? Oh right, because it's The Herald's Glenn Garvin we're talkin' about.

The regular season is complete, so let's take one final look at the league before the bowls begin later this month.

12 on ESPN. But after watching the film, the view here is that filmmakers and former UM students Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman accurately and colorfully capture the program's glory years -- blemishes and all -- and strike the right balance between what made UM so dominant and dynamic, and what made it a target for critics.

Published: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 12:23 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 12:23 a.m. TAMPA Miami's Jacory Harris and South Florida's B.J. Daniels can both do great things.

Growing up on the same football fields in South Florida, Thaddeus Lewis was the mentor, Jacory Harris the pupil.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue quarterback Joey Elliott was expected by many to be a stopgap between the graduated Curtis Painter and Miami transfer Robert Marve , but he's made a name for himself by beating the big dogs.

The downtrodden Wahoos travel to Miami Saturday, as the Hoos try to get their train-wreck of a season back on track.

Miami kicker Matt Bosher is still upset about the drubbing the Hurricanes took against Virginia two years ago.

Now is the time for the Miami Hurricanes to respond. No. 18 Miami is coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss to Clemson and will attempt to come back with a vengeance on the road this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. against Wake Forest.

UM, depleted by injuries, travels to Orlando to play UCF, its third of four in-state opponents this season.

Now that you've seen it, step into my office. Carlos in Miami writes: My question to you is the following.

UCF Football Notes: DB Darin Baldwin calls Miami a good team, but he isn't worried about the Hurricanes' speed posted by Iliana Limon on Oct 11, 2009 9:36:35 AM Zach McCann, who filled in for me during the past two days, passed on excerpts of his interviews with Darin Baldwin and Ricky Kay.

Jones: Are Hurricanes back? Is the "U'' back? The Miami Hurricanes, one of the dominant programs in college football from the 1980s through the early part of this decade, are back in the Top 10.

He might be the most amazing story in sports. At 3, his father was murdered. He'd sit by the front door weeks after the funeral, waiting for the man who never would return to his life.

Harris' ability to handle pressure and win big games has put him into consideration for college football's greatest award, but does he deserve the coveted title of "Heisman candidate"? According to Rivals.com , this 4 star recruit came out of high school as a 6'4" 169 pound quarterback who could only bench press a paltry 195 pounds; to say that he ...

A jacoryforheisman.com Web site is under construction. It looks pretty snappy so far with the kid pictured wearing his No.

F or years, the only way to see great quarterbacks at Miami and Florida State was to close your eyes and think back.