When you talk about “The U,” you think of names like Howard Schnellenberger, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Irvin, Warren Sapp and Ray Lewis. Former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell is right up there, but the University of Miami doesn’t seem to see eye-to-eye with him anymore.
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SB Nation’s Steven Godfrey went down to Miami to find out exactly what Campbell thinks about the current state of The U, and much more.
The thing is, the administration is so far from that. They’re so hypocritical. Swag is something they did not want, ever. Dancing, partying, all the antics? No. Now they want to market that, but they tell the players, “No, no, don’t do that.” Kids come here for that! The kids come in thinking it’s the T-shirts. Then they get here and it’s, “Oh no, no. We’re not that anymore”’ You’re making them conform to something they aren’t.
When I go to Florida State, it’s a damn party. If I want a college atmosphere when I’m home, I’ll go see FAU.
Campbell is an assistant football coach at Miami’s Norland High School now, and he’s made it his business to try and help young men out of the South Florida area to college. That’s contributed to names like Devonta Freeman and Amari Cooper heading to Florida State and Alabama.
It was strange that Nick Saban knows who I am. That was strange. He walks up and he’s like, “Heeeey man! What’s up! Come up to the office!” So we get up there, and he’s like, “I listen to your music!”
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