He won’t be in pads on the football field come Sept. 2 for the Miami-LSU opener at AT&T Stadium, but be assured that University of Miami athletic director Blake James will be in Arlington, Texas for the game — even if he needs a walker to hobble around.
James, who has done a great job as UM athletic director since he took over as the Hurricanes man in charge in 2013, told me late last month during an interview that he tore his hamstring a couple weeks earlier while slalom water skiing in Minnesota.
James graduated from Minnesota State-Mankato with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 1992.