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SAT 9/6
A summertime glance at the University of Miami football schedule is usually a letdown. Rarely do the Hurricanes play more than two significant home games a season. This year’s calendar features only one team ranked in a majority of preseason polls: Tennessee. This paucity of talented opponents is disappointing because meaningful Hurricane home games are as wonderful a sporting experience as a fan can have. Dependably drunk fans rock the Orange Bowl’s ancient steel frame as puffed-up opponents wither in the heat, all their arrogance drained as the ‘Canes notch another win.
The home opener this year isn’t against a dominant opponent, but it should be a great game, for two principal reasons. First: It’s the University of Florida. And while the Gators have been in a freefall ever since head coach Steve Superior bolted for the NFL, they’re still the Gators. And therefore they must be crushed.
Second: Miami quarterback Brock Berlin makes his first home start since transferring — from Gainesville. He has his old team facing him, and he finally has the Miami fans behind him. A better home-field advantage he could never score. — By Robert Andrew Powell
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SAT 9/6
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