UM Fans Hopeful Despite Threat Of NCAA Sanctions
The excitement at Sun Life Stadium was tempered by a tinge of frustration Friday as University of Miami fans gathered to kick-off another football season.
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The excitement at Sun Life Stadium was tempered by a tinge of frustration Friday as University of Miami fans gathered to kick-off another football season.
Miami Hurricanes trustee Bernie Kosar said the school held back 10 football scholarships last season in response to an ongoing NCAA probe, a claim that was quickly denied by athletic department officials.
The Miami Hurricanes can't exorcise all of the NCAA demons from the campus on Friday, but just getting back to football will be the perfect medicine for students, players, and fans of UM.
A case could be made that Miami and Florida Atlantic are football brothers. After all, the programs have the same father.
It's not the Berlin Wall, but the University of Miami has put together quite a mountain of men to protect quarterback Stephen Morris and blow open holes for top running back Duke Johnson.
Friday, two teams will walk into Sun Life Stadium with one big thing in common, legendary head coach Howard Schnellenberger.
While University of Miami fans are already focused on week 2's matchup with the Florida Gators, head coach Al Golden is trying to keep his team focused on Florida Atlantic and away from the looming NCAA announcement.
After an offseason full of waiting on the NCAA to finally issue a ruling on the Nevin Shapiro scandal; it's finally time for Game 1 of the regular season for the University of Miami Hurricanes football team.
As UM continues to wait for the NCAA Committee on Infractions to finally issue a ruling on the school's alleged infractions, the time it's taken the NCAA to take action has become, for lack of a better way of putting it, comical.
In the college football world, hope and anticipation will get you to the first game, but getting fans to the successive game requires winning. While University of Miami has slowly improved over the last few years, a big step forward is expected this season and the ticket sales are jumping as a result.
The lone remaining link on the University of Miami Hurricanes roster to disgraced former booster Nevin Shapiro is no longer a part of the team.
For Miami Hurricanes fans, the wait for the NCAA Committee on Infractions to hand down sanctions for the Nevin Shapiro scandal has to seem like they're living the plot of the movie "Groundhog Day."
While the University of Miami spent much of the past week adding players to its defensive line, on Tuesday the school lost a little depth along the line.
Only in Miami can you party on the beach all night long and then head straight to Sun Life Stadium to start tailgating. Well, at least for one game this year.
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