It had been 1,082 days since Miami players could walk outside their locker room, hit the fields adjacent to the school's athletic complex and have a bowl practice. No longer having to worry about the anvil of an NCAA probe hanging over the program and national attention focused on conference championship showdowns, the Hurricanes started practicing Saturday for what will be their first bowl game since 2010. By Sunday night, Miami will have accepted an invite somewhere, probably to either the Russell Athletic Bowl to play Louisville or the Chick-fil-A Bowl. It was hot but they gave a good effort.'' Miami self-imposed bowl bans in 2011 and 2012 because of the NCAA investigation, one that revolved around the actions of a former booster who was also running a $930 million Ponzi scheme. More...