Miami entering through the smoke has been named by ESPN as one of their favorite College Football traditions.
The Miami ritual of running through the smoke for pregame introductions was named as one of "Our favorite college football game-day traditions" on Saturday." Miami has run through the smoke far longer than most people realize.
Miami running through the smoke became iconic during the Hurricanes' emergence as a national power in the 1980s. Running through the smoke in pregame was part of the Miami mystique and "It's a Canes thing, you just don't understand.