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• Gameday V, 2012: FIU vs. Louisiana

  Two root canals at halftime in my mouth and one beloved father-in-law very late in the game in Mount Sinai in New York. With those in-progress updates out of the way, the latter of which prevents me from gulping gumbo in Louisiana this weekend’s nights and will keep me from [...]

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• Recruits, new guys & hoop time

  Expect to see De'Andre Jasper on offense this week in addition to kickoff returns. Punt returns? True freshmen often make coaches nervous. With the problems FIU's had putting drama into the punt return, don't expect FIU coaches to feel more secure handing the job over to a kid four months out of high school.

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• FIU vs. BC on ESPN3 (hee-hee!); Diamond Dinner speaker

  FIU men's basketball's Sunday, Nov. 11 season opener at Boston College will be get the ESPN3 treatment, at 2 p.m.

  And that's all I'm going to say about that for a while.

  DIAMOND DINNER

  The big fundraiser for baseball and softball snagged Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke to be guest speaker at the Feb. 9 event. [...]

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• Savage Sun Belt Defensive POW; FIU vs. BC on ESPN3 (hee-hee!); Diamond Dinner speaker

  Senior goalkeeper Kaitlyn Savage won Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week after getting her fourth shutout of the season at South Alabama, then making three saves in FIU's 2-1 overtime win at Troy.

  MEN'S BASKETBALL

  FIU men's basketball's Sunday, Nov. 11 season opener at Boston College will be get the ESPN3 treatment, at 2 [...]

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• Monday Morning Football; sunny Sunday for volleyball, women's soccer

  Both E.J. Hilliard and Loranzo Hammonds Jr. took snaps with the first team today. Starting Hilliard sort of opens the door to using Hammonds as a change-of-pace back who happens to line up at quarterback. It's not something they would've done with Jake Medlock, but I wouldn't be surprised if [...]

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• Medlock 4 weeks, Mallary OK, TY TD

  Quickie updates from Sun Life Stadium, where the crowd's only slightly bigger and the quarterbacking much less enjoyable than Saturday night at La Cage.

  *Quarterback Jake Medlock will be out four weeks with a broken foot.

  *Running back Darian Mallary should be OK for next week.

  *T.Y. Hilton scored his first NFL touchdown, a [...]

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• A few thoughts on Louisville 28, FIU 21; guys' soccer wins in OT

  I’m writing this about six hours after I got home from FIU Stadium, three hours after I pushed myself off the couch and into bed. Though cleanliness of copy might be next to Godliness, I usually fall short of that under the best of circumstances. Now, I aim not for [...]

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• Medlock foot, Mallary head, postgame blog coming later

  After the 28-21 loss to Louisville, FIU coach Mario Cristobal said starting quarterback Jake Medlock has "a foot issue" and the staff would know more later tonight or tomorrow. Medlock was on crutches at the end of the game.

  I've lived with a spouse who had a broken foot, covered many athletes [...]

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• Gameday IV, 2012: FIU vs. Louisville; sand spike; soccers & indoor spikes

  Remember Playmakers, the show the NFL didn’t like so ESPN cancelled it after one season instead of telling the league, “Most of the stuff you’re upset about is a cleaned up version of stuff that’s already happened in the NFL, so just take our rights fee billions and shut up [...]

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• Offensive thoughts; women's hoop schedule highlights

  A day off from Camp Mitch. I'll be back out there tomorrow, scheduled to be guest on The Andy Slater Show, 640AM's noon to 3 p.m. programming. The station will be live from FIU throughout Friday.

  A quick thought before I get to the women's basketball schedule that somehow wound up [...]

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