Miami Wrapping Up Preparations For Rutgers

Sept. 6, 2001

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) – – The top-ranked Miami Hurricanes, ranked No. 1 by Associated Press and No. 2 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll, practiced for 90 minutes in shorts and pads on Thursday afternoon at the Greentree Practice Fields on the UM campus.

“It was a good mental day, guys ran around very well, we got some good work done in the two-minute drills and two-point conversions,” said Hurricanes head coach Larry Coker. “We’ve pretty much gotten through with our final preparations for Saturday.”

The Hurricanes will have a closed walk-through practice Friday at 3:30 p.m. at Greentree. Fox Sports Net Florida will televise the Rutgers game on a tape-delayed basis Sunday at 5 p.m. and Monday at 7 p.m. Kickoff for Saturday’s game is set for 4 p.m.

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