What a start to the college football season, especially if you're a Miami Hurricanes fan. The team not only beat but dominated the Stanford Cardinal in California to a final score of 45-6. The Hurricanes were getting everything they wanted on the offensive side of the ball, and you can thank Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney for that.

Even though it was a Friday night where multiple key targets and prospects were playing at their high school, the recruits still shared their thoughts on the win with CanesInSight. Check out what the recruits and prospects had to say after the big time victory:

Five-star EDGE Rusher Asher Ghioto: "Miami dominated! Miami is Miami!"

Five-Star DL Kellan Hall: "The replays were really impressive. A high powered offense and got stops defensively. Pretty much what I was expecting from them this year and being in the National Championship conversation."

Four-star Miami defensive lineman commit Ezekiel Ayangbile: "I was very impressed with the teams performance yesterday, nothing unexpected from the program though, super excited to see where the season goes."

Four-star safety Jaxon Flowers: "The “U” is back fr. Miami’s performance didn’t surprise me at all because I know their goal for the season, get back to the national championship and win it. They were dominant on both sides of the ball. Malachi Toney for Heisman."

Four-star Athlete Aden Johnson: "Miami had a great performance. Everyone was eating and Miami was just doing what Miami does. One of the best to do it."

Four-star safety Cyion Smith: "We all expected Miami to dominate. They always dominate. [It] caught my attention quickly that’s how you open up the season."

Four-star cornerback Ryan Drakeford: "The performance was dominant! The U made it look easy. Well rounded squad. Will be fun to watch this year"

Three-star offensive lineman Charlie Pisani: "I love how they dominated like they should’ve. It shows me that they're on the same mission as last year."

Four-star cornerback Logan Thompson: "I think they played great, Mali did his thing, secondary played great aswell defense only allowing 6 points. Nothing changed about how I view the program, interest is still high, looking forward to seeing them progress throughout the season."

Three-star defensive lineman Zylen Little: "I thought its was a dominant performance by both sides of the ball. Mali was amazing I’m predicting he winning the Heisman. Miami remains a top contender with me. I love what they got going on."

Rutgers three-star ATH commit Zion Vilma: "It was great performance. I like how they took control of the game early and didn’t let up."

Three-star inside offensive lineman Hunter Hill: "I thought Miami looked really good yesterday. Being a C/G, I’m always watching the guys up front, and I liked how physical they played and how they controlled the line of scrimmage. You can definitely see Coach Mirabal’s coaching and the mentality he has those guys playing with. It didn’t really change how I view Miami because I already had a lot of respect for the program. If anything, it reinforced what I already thought. I’ve really enjoyed building my relationship with Coach Mirabal and the staff, and I can’t wait to get down there, spend some time with Coach, and see everything in person."

Top-100 safety CJ Craig-James: "Malachi Toney is the best player in the country and Mensah is really good as well! I expect Miami to be back in the championship."

Miami three-star defensive lineman commit Josh Johnson: "Mali is the best in the country and we are winning the natty this year."

 

By the way Blount is the best De on the team

 

By the way Blount is the best De on the team

And only played around a quarter

 

And only played around a quarter

He looks strong and fast . Hard to tell how the dl really is with all those holding calls . Could they have been sacks ? Wr had ro much talent not to get to the qb offf the edge . I’ll start trying freshman like Charles if I need to . Picket , Charles , Jaden Bryant are on deck waiting .

 

By the way Blount is the best De on the team

I'd say he's the most versatile with his ability to slide inside. I am team Lightfoot.. the dude is a menace!

 

Good to hear Josh Johnson still exists.

 

By the way Blount is the best De on the team

Or Lightfoot. Both looked like beasts.

 

Or Lightfoot. Both looked like beasts.

Wilson LF and Blount will get better man, they will produce. They played great

 

Wilson LF and Blount will get better man, they will produce. They played great

They better learn how to set the edge... Cause if we keep playing chase smith & toure as starters & don't set the edge that's gonna cost us in the run game against better comp. Linebacker isn't athletic enough with them on the field if we don't slow down outside development. I'd say oline is gonna be an issue but it's by design right now. We're seeing how lineups play together in live action. Nothing is set there still.

 

By the way Blount is the best De on the team

Think I’ll need to put Lightfoot and Barkate above Wilson but I always had Blount as the next one. Just freakish potential

 

They better learn how to set the edge... Cause if we keep playing chase smith & toure as starters & don't set the edge that's gonna cost us in the run game against better comp. Linebacker isn't athletic enough with them on the field if we don't slow down outside development. I'd say oline is gonna be an issue but it's by design right now. We're seeing how lineups play together in live action. Nothing is set there still.

Who do you believe should be the starters .

 

They better learn how to set the edge... Cause if we keep playing chase smith & toure as starters & don't set the edge that's gonna cost us in the run game against better comp. Linebacker isn't athletic enough with them on the field if we don't slow down outside development. I'd say oline is gonna be an issue but it's by design right now. We're seeing how lineups play together in live action. Nothing is set there still.

Yea we downgraded for sure on the edge, its a huge downgrade. Never seen anything like Bain and Mesidor ever as a tandem. But guys can get better cause Mesidor was never as good as he was last season imo. But I agree with you guys have to set the edge and we did get burned on a run play early in the game. OL they got to be better man, play the young guys "mass kicks ***" Hawk looked crazy strong and they need more snaps imo.

 

By the way Blount is the best De on the team

And Lightfoot was all over the field 9 tackles. Our pass rush is not close to the same last year. That was obvious but I thought it would show more considering their O line didn’t have 3 starters. We will have to blitz more this year.

 

Yea we downgraded for sure on the edge, its a huge downgrade. Never seen anything like Bain and Mesidor ever as a tandem. But guys can get better cause Mesidor was never as good as he was last season imo. But I agree with you guys have to set the edge and we did get burned on a run play early in the game. OL they got to be better man, play the young guys "mass kicks ***" Hawk looked crazy strong and they need more snaps imo.

When Buchanan and Cantwell were in the game we ran better. SJ is just too small. Hawk looked strong as ****! What a find there. I’d love it if he could play RT and McCoy was kicked back inside. But we will see.

 

When will Wiley get more reps , he was all over last night

 

Who do you believe should be the starters .

It's not really a matter of who I believe should be the starters. I simply know you can't have two dudes that are both carbon copies of each other and their limitations physically on the field together. Chase Smith is constantly out of position and pass coverage and if you run outside without an edge set it's very rare he'll beat the offensive player to the position. I get it you got a reward people that put that much effort into their game. But this ain't participation this is about the best possible lineups on the field together and I'm not questioning heatherman or Mario or anyone else I just know like I said all off season I was worried about how we do setting the edge when it related to replacing Ruben and Mesi because I knew just how good they really were at exactly that and how much it allowed the defense behind them to excel. Now we have people on the edge that are struggling to set the edge against inferior competition and our linebackers in particular are going to have issues with that. So if it was me I would just have someone that's more athletic on the field with Moe then Chase Smith. But that's just me because if we do set the edge better which will come in time then linebacker won't be as much of an issue but until we make these adjustments defense as a whole is going to have issues which we saw sporadically throughout the game yesterday.

 

Yea we downgraded for sure on the edge, its a huge downgrade. Never seen anything like Bain and Mesidor ever as a tandem. But guys can get better cause Mesidor was never as good as he was last season imo. But I agree with you guys have to set the edge and we did get burned on a run play early in the game. OL they got to be better man, play the young guys "mass kicks ***" Hawk looked crazy strong and they need more snaps imo.

It's not so much that we downgraded on the edge more than it is the dudes playing the positions now don't have the experience in one sense and don't have the strengths to their game that Reuben and Messi had their pass rushers they aren't complete edges. But with due time at least when it comes to Lightfoot I expect him to get a lot better my concern has always been with how the lineup is set now if we would put too much emphasis on the pass rush and neglects run defense. Because you see the strategy that offenses are going to attack us with relates to chipping our tackles knowing the edges aren't anywhere near the concern. So as good as Scott and moten look you got to understand offenses are just going to attack us differently and if we don't make these adjustments we're going to be in some trouble against legit squads. Hopefully this is just a matter of we needed experience and game action to grow and make the adjustments necessary.

 

It's not so much that we downgraded on the edge more than it is the dudes playing the positions now don't have the experience in one sense and don't have the strengths to their game that Reuben and Messi had their pass rushers they aren't complete edges. But with due time at least when it comes to Lightfoot I expect him to get a lot better my concern has always been with how the lineup is set now if we would put too much emphasis on the pass rush and neglects run defense. Because you see the strategy that offenses are going to attack us with relates to chipping our tackles knowing the edges aren't anywhere near the concern. So as good as Scott and moten look you got to understand offenses are just going to attack us differently and if we don't make these adjustments we're going to be in some trouble against legit squads. Hopefully this is just a matter of we needed experience and game action to grow and make the adjustments necessary.

Our dc don’t seem to be slow , I’m sure he sees it and will make adjust. This is one good thing about playing a decent opponent over a cake walk we find and fix our weakness on the first game instead finding out 3 games in

 

Our dc don’t seem to be slow , I’m sure he sees it and will make adjust. This is one good thing about playing a decent opponent over a cake walk we find and fix our weakness on the first game instead finding out 3 games in

Well again I'm not questioning heatherman or what we're doing. But those of us that know the game and have seen anything throughout the offseason I already knew what issues we had. This isn't about requiring live action to know we had an issue it's about correct our issue before it becomes one. But I heavily believe in heatherman and I know he'll get it right. I just hope we have enough time for the defense to get on the same page before it costs us.

 

Well again I'm not questioning heatherman or what we're doing. But those of us that know the game and have seen anything throughout the offseason I already knew what issues we had. This isn't about requiring live action to know we had an issue it's about correct our issue before it becomes one. But I heavily believe in heatherman and I know he'll get it right. I just hope we have enough time for the defense to get on the same page before it costs us.

Heatherman is also a younger DC. I think he figures it all out.