Mum's the word in Miami

'Canes keeping quiet in days before game with Florida

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- The quote has been clipped, highlighted and pinned to the bulletin board in Miami's locker room.

Most of the Hurricanes have seen or heard about it. And although they don't want to respond to it, none of them plan to forget about it when third-ranked Miami plays No. 21 Florida on Saturday night in the Orange Bowl.

"I still love Brock [Berlin], but I hope our defense hits him in the mouth -- makes his mouth bleed," Florida guard Shannon Snell said after Saturday's 65-3 win over San Jose State. "Nothing personal. I don't like Miami."

Past Miami players would have retaliated, leading to a verbal trash-talking war that would have continued throughout the game. But not these kinder, gentler Hurricanes.

"If we wanted to, we could talk and we could back it, too," linebacker Jonathan Vilma said. "But we just don't. You can lose focus and you end up not playing well. So there's no point in getting caught up in the he said, she said nonsense."

Berlin, who transferred from Florida to Miami after the 2001 season, brushed aside Snell's comments, calling him former teammate a good friend.

"I'm sure they want to bust every quarterback's mouth." Berlin said. "That's just the way it is. Hey, whatever they want to do."

Stop the posing

Kellen Winslow's Heisman pose in the season opener prompted a quick phone call from assistant coach Dan Werner, who was watching from the coaches' box.

Winslow, touted in team publications as a Heisman candidate, made the pose after catching a 6-yard touchdown pass from Brock Berlin in the third quarter against Louisiana Tech. Werner immediately phoned the sideline and told Winslow to "calm that down. We don't need that."

Coach Larry Coker agreed.

"I didn't think very much for it," Coker said. "It's a little early for any poses. Kellen's a very emotional player, I do like that. But he needs to temper the emotion. It was something we really don't need. ... We need to celebrate as a team, not as an individual."

Winslow, who caught four passes for 35 yards in the opener, said the pose was meant as a joke because no tight end has ever won the Heisman and he doesn't expect that to change this season.

"I shouldn't have done that," Winslow said. "I really wasn't trying to say I was going to win the Heisman. I was just having fun."

Beer here! But not there!

The Orange Bowl will have a new beer policy this season, beginning with Saturday's game against the Gators.

Vendors will no longer be able sell beer in the stands, meaning the only place people can buy alcohol is at concession stands. It will mean longer lines, but officials hope it also will lead to fewer problems.

"We're trying to improve behavior," Miami athletic director Paul Dee said.

Sophomore WR will sit again

Sophomore wide receiver Akieem Jolla will miss his second consecutive game because of suspension. The 6-foot-4 New Orleans native was suspended for an unspecified violation of team rules.

Jolla, who caught five passes for 96 yards last season, spent the last two weeks working with the scout team. Coker said he would re-evaluate Jolla's status before next week's game against East Carolina.

Former Notre Dame TE transfers to Miami

Freshman tight end Greg Olsen, who left Notre Dame last month, is enrolled at the Miami and on scholarship.

Olsen left the school after his brother, Chris, transferred to Virginia.

Greg Olsen, a 6-foot-6, 245-pound Parade All-American from Wayne, N.J., is ineligible this season and working on Miami's scout team. He has four years of eligibility remaining.