No souvenirs allowed

The last Hurricane game will be played there on Saturday night. From the Miami Herald-

Yes, Hurricane fans, we know you love the Orange Bowl -- and you will miss it. But you can't take it with you. Not even one fistful of sod.

So said University of Miami football coach Randy Shannon and university President Donna Shalala on Monday in a jointly issued plea for decorum. They asked that fans please not storm the field and grab things -- be they hunks of grass or chunks of goalpost -- after Saturday's 7:15 p.m. game against the Virginia Cavaliers.

The Virginia game will be the last played by the Hurricanes at their home for the past 70 years.

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In case some fans disregard their plea, Shalala and Shannon warned that there will be 300 Miami police officers on the field at the end of the game to ensure that no one tries to snatch a memento.

In addition to arrest, students would also face sanctions from the unversity, they said.

While the Hurricanes will be done with the OB, the stadium isn't closing yet. So the seats will be needed for other events, including maybe high school football games. I know as recent as two years ago a State Championship HS game was played at the Bowl.

What a waste of manpower if 300 police have to be on duty at the game. Don't police in Florida have something else to do? Like shooting out innocent people's car tires or sue a family for a slip and fall after responding to call where a child almost drowned? Criminals can pretty much expect a free hand on Saturday to do their mischief.

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