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NFP On Campus

Eighty-four days until the first college football Saturday of the 2011 season.

Enough said.

So let’s open up the college notebook and see what’s happening on campuses across the country.

The U. getting back to its roots?

When Al Golden took over at Miami, it was clear that he took a crash course in the team’s football history. With overwhelming support from former Hurricane standouts at the spring game — 150 ex-Canes showed up, including Michael Irvin, Bryant McKinnie and Bennie Blades — Golden has stressed the importance of Miami embracing the glory days of the program and re-energizing a program that was treading water under Randy Shannon.

Al Golden is trying to bring the Miami program back to its roots.

But as noted in the Miami Herald recently, change will only occur if the players buy into the program — which wasn’t exactly happening during the previous regime, according to former cornerback Ryan Hill .

After Miami fell to Notre Dame in the Sun Bowl to conclude a disappointing 2010 campaign, Hill had no problem voicing his displeasure with the state of the team.

“We have a lot of guys…that act like little boys,” Hill proclaimed. And despite Golden’s arrival, Hill says the former Temple head coach has work to do — especially because many of those same players are still on the roster.

“When I made that comment,” he said, “what I meant is some guys are really immature. In my early years at UM, there were guys who were freshmen who acted like adults — Jon Beason, Teraz McCray, Greg Olsen. When I was a senior last year, some sophomores and juniors acted like freshmen. Guys would do silly stuff like pulling their pants down, wearing crazy stuff.

“Guys would come late to meetings. They would schedule appointments and not show up or listen to iPods in class. I was always told by academic advisors to talk to [teammates]. Some kids got worse after they got here. People were purposely doing stuff to mock Randy Shannon or do their own thing.

“Coach Shannon tried to make sure guys went to class and presented themselves well. But as soon as he turned his back, they would do what they wanted. There are a lot of guys who didn’t produce, and how they act off the field has a lot to do with it. That has to change.

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