............those were the good ole days.
Newest Canes adjusting to college atmosphere
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- There they were, minding their own business and dutifully watching practice film when some upperclassmen began to urge Miami's four fab freshmen from Northwestern High to check out their new uniforms in the locker room downstairs.
"They're like, 'Your new jerseys, they've got your name on it and everything. Go see them,'" defensive tackle Marcus Forston remembered with a smile.
Unable to resist the trap, Forston and fellow freshmen Jacory Harris, Aldarius Johnson and Sean Spence all headed downstairs to find two of their bikes stuffed into bathroom stalls and toilet-papered and two more hung up and taped to giant pillars. (It required scissors and a little teamwork to get them down). Spence was observant enough to catch the "booby trap" rigged above Johnson's locker -- a cup of water -- before it spilled.
"We were laughing," Forston said. "Just part of being a freshman."
These players, though, chose to enroll at Miami early and get their initiations over with
now.
Spring football practice began Feb. 26 at Miami, and eight of the Hurricanes' 32 incoming freshmen left their friends, families and high school classmates behind to be there. It's a trendy move urged by coaches -- and sometimes parents, too -- in order for the young players to get acclimated to campus, classes and, of course, Division I-A football.
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