Miami Arrives In El Paso: Team Enjoys Welcome, Knows Mexico Visit Not An Option

While the Miami Hurricanes are looking forward to a good time while in El Paso for the the Hyundai Sun Bowl, they know visiting Juarez, Mexico is not an option.

Miami interim head coach Jeff Stoutland told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that his team were to meet Sunday night with FBI officials and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office to discuss Juarez.

“I guess there’s a very rigorous procedure to get in [Juarez],” Stoutland said in the article. “It takes an hour to get in and there are people at the border that are there on our side, so they’ll know if there are any of our players [there] or not. It would be very difficult for anybody to even do that.”

A team member told the newspaper none of the players have passports anyway.

Read the full article here.