Juwan Dowels vividly remembers his first winter on the Syracuse University campus. Like the other 11 South Floridians on the Orange football team, Dowels figured the weather would take some getting used to; but he had no idea just how cold it would get and how ill-suited his wardrobe was.
“It was kind of fun at first because I had never seen snow falling, and it looked cool piled on the ground, but after three or four weeks, I was like, `Where’s the sun?’’’ said Dowels, a junior cornerback and American Heritage High alum who can’t wait to get home to play against eighth-ranked University of Miami at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday.