a great cheesy canes story for mac fu...

the real highlight may be the coker quotes: "He's probably snapping right now" and "Ross is kind of like the Easter Bunny. He just showed up. I have no idea what his background is."

i think coker would be fun to go bowling with. what about you mac fu? who would you rather go bowling with, michael irvin or ray lewis?



CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- The smaller guy wearing No. 86 for Miami is named Ross, although some teammates call him Rudy.

Ross Abramson doesn't mind the teasing. In fact, he embraces the attention.

Abramson is entering his second week atop ninth-ranked Miami's depth chart at kick snapper, a largely anonymous yet quite important position. Not bad for a 6-foot, 205-pound guy who played one year of high school football -- five years ago -- and is now starting for one of college football's premier programs.

"I don't know if I expected to play," said Abramson, a junior who nervously -- but flawlessly -- handled the snaps for Miami's extra-point and field-goal tries in last weekend's 27-7 win over South Florida. "I just came out, just wanting to try my hardest and try to help out the team any way I could."

"He's a fanatic," Hurricanes coach Larry Coker said. "The guy is a great kid. Great student, a walk-on. He's probably snapping right now ... Ross is kind of like the Easter Bunny. He just showed up. I have no idea what his background is."