For a preseason camp motivation boost, Florida Atlantic and coach Lane Kiffin turned to a former Miami Hurricane great.
Former UM running back Clinton Portis spoke to the Owls on Thursday night, delivering a speech that touched on his days as a Hurricane and how a wave of talent changed Miami’s direction.
“Compared it kind of to how when they came in with his class with all those great players at The U, they had been down a little bit,” Kiffin said. “So how special that was to kind of build that and get to arguably, those last two years there, arguably two of the best teams that there’s been in college football.