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The Countdown | April 29, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008Host Manny Navarro talks to new Herald recruiting columnist Larry Blustein about the start of spring high school football and gets his thoughts on the University of Miami's spring game as well as the rest of the '08 recruits set to arrive this summer.
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High School Sports - The Countdown
Podcast | Thursday, July 17, 2008
Host Manny Navarro returns for the third season of The Countdown and catches up with several Herald writers on what's happened since the end of the spring in football. He talks to recruiting columnist Larry Blustein about all of the summer action that took place around the state in 7-on-7 competition, catches up with Inside The U.com's Rudy Rodriguez-Chomat about the brawl that took place between Booker T. Washington and Pahokee as well as the Breakdown AAU tournament and he speaks to Herald High School Sports Writer Andre C. Fernandez about what he's looking forward to most this coming high school season. It's nearly an hour and half of high school sports talk.
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The Countdown | Episode 19 (Feb. 16)
Monday, February 18, 2008Herald Sports Writer Manny Navarro and recruiting guru Larry Blustein talk about the way recruiting has changed and then they break down how UM's offense might start to look like in the spring.
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The Countdown | Episode 18 (Feb. 7)
Friday, February 8, 2008Herald Sports Writer Manny Navarro and recruiting guru Larry Blustein recap the highlights of National Signing Day, dissect UM's and FIU's classes and then take a look ahead to 2009.
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The Countdown | Episode 17 (Jan. 31)
Friday, February 1, 2008Host Manny Navarro talks to recruiting gurus Larry Blustein and Charles Fishbein about UM, FSU, UF and FIU's recruiting classes with five days left before National Signing Day.
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The Countdown | Episode 15 (Jan. 18)
Friday, January 18, 2008Herald Sports Writer Manny Navarro interviews recruiting gurus Larry Blustein and Charles Fishbein and gets their thoughts on a variety of topics including the hiring of Bill Young as UM's defensive coordinator, how Larry got into recruiting, the Dade-Broward All-Star game, the departure of Doc Holliday and its effect at Florida and the quarterback situation at Florida State after the depature of Xavier Lee.
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The Countdown | Episode 14 (Jan. 9)
Thursday, January 10, 2008Herald Sports Writer Manny Navarro interviews recruiting gurus Larry Blustein and Charles Fishbein and gets their thoughts on a variety of topics including last week's high school all-star games, news from the college coach's convention in California, what UM might still be missing from its class, the top national players including quarterback Terrell Pryor and where he might be headed and much more.
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The Countdown | Episode 11 (Dec. 5)
Wednesday, December 5, 2007Host Manny Navarro talks with Herald High School Sports Writers Andre Fernandez and Bob Emanuel about Sean Taylor's funeral, the firing of coach Manny Martin at Central and Al Lang at Chaminade, recruiting, the first South Florida Top 10 polls for basketball and soccer and the big football state semifinal showdowns this weekend.
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The Countdown | Episode 10 (Nov. 30)
Friday, November 30, 2007Host Manny Navarro talks with Herald High School Sports Writer Andre Fernandez about the Sean Taylor tragedy, the football playoffs and they look ahead to the regional semifinals on Friday night.
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The Countdown | Episode 9 (Nov. 20)
Friday, November 23, 2007Host Manny Navarro talks with Herald High School Sports Writers about the cross-country and volleyball state championships, the early signees in Dade and Broward, and the trio break down the second round of the state high school football playoffs.
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The Countdown | Episode 8 (Nov. 13)
Wednesday, November 14, 2007Host Manny Navarro talks with Herald High School Sports Writer Andre C. Fernandez about the comments made by Seffner Armwood offensive lineman Matt Patchan about UM's football team, the possible retirement of Carol City coach Walt Frazier (including an interview with Frazier), a review of the final South Florida Top 20 poll, a look ahead to the state championships in volleyball and cross country and an extended look at the first round of the football playoffs.
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The Countdown | Episode 7 (Nov. 6)
Wednesday, November 7, 2007Host Manny Navarro talks with Herald High School Sports Writers Andre C. Fernandez about the district tiebreakers on Monday, NMB's undefeated season, the big game in Broward this week between St. Thomas and Miramar and how the other sports are doing including a shout out to the state champions in golf and swimming.
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The Countdown | Episode 6 (Oct. 31)
Wednesday, October 31, 2007Host Manny Navarro talks with Herald High School Sports Writers Andre C. Fernandez and Bob Emanuel about the final two weeks of the regular season, the playoff scenarios and the big games of the week including Southwest's chance to make school history.
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Audio | The Countdown, Episode 5
Friday, October 26, 2007Herald Sports Writers Manny Navarro, Andre C. Fernandez and Bob Emanuel preview the big Northwestern-Central showdown, discuss the top remaining uncommitted recruits in Dade and Broward, review the recruits that got away in the last four years and much more.
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Audio | The Countdown, Episode 4
Wednesday, October 17, 2007Herald Sports Writer Manny Navarro hosts a weekly podcast with Herald High School Sports Writers Andre C. Fernandez and Bob Emanuel and discuss all the big football games in Dade and Broward County along with a salute to athletes in other sports. This week, the trio tackle the UM-FSU game, recruiting, South Florida's rise to No. 2 in the nation and its effect on recruits, the Dade and Broward nominees for Florida's All-Time Football team and more.
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Audio | The Countdown, Episode 4 (Oct. 9, 2007)
Wednesday, October 10, 2007Host Manny Navarro and Herald Sports Writers Andre C. Fernandez and Bob Emanuel talk about the fallout following the Miramar-Flanagan brawl, what happened last week in the South Florida Top 20 poll, recruiting and the effect UM coach Randy Shannon says it has in making high school athletes "big-headed," a preview to the St. Thomas-Deerfield Beach game and a lot more.
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Audio | The Countdown, Episode 3
Wednesday, October 3, 2007Host Manny Navarro talks with Herald High School Sports Writers Andre C. Fernandez and Bob Emanuel about last week's action, the Miramar-Flanagan brawl, the situation at Chaminade, discipline and coaches, and much more including a look ahead to Week 6 action.
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The Countdown | Episode 2 (Sept. 25)
Wednesday, September 26, 2007Herald Sports Writers Manny Navarro, Andre C. Fernandez and Bob Emanuel breakdown the biggest stories, surprises and disappointments this season in high school football, the latest on the recruiting front, and a look ahead to Week 5 action in Dade and Broward.
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The Countdown | Sept. 18, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007Miami Herald sportswriters Manny Navarro, Andre C. Fernandez and Bob Emanuel break down the biggest stories, surprises and disappointments this season in high school football, plus the latest on the recruiting front and a look ahead to Week 4 action in Miami-Dade and Broward.
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