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• Shannon-Wannstedt relationship spans decades

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  CORAL GABLES – Thursday night, UM’s Randy Shannon will coach against the man he’s spent most of his life learning from.

  “Randy and I go way back,” Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt noted on Monday’s Big East Conference call. “I’ve probably been involved with most of his football life.”

  From [...]

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• Harris should hurl aside the hate shown to him

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  CORAL GABLES — Hurricanes DT Marcus Forston knew something was wrong with QB Jacory Harris just by looking at him in the locker room last week.

  They’ve been friends since their high school days at Miami Northwestern and as long as Forston can remember, even when Harris was watching Robert Marve start as a freshman, Harris [...]

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• Players motivated by Shannon’s postgame reaction

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  So we’ve learned that Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon apparently really tore into his players after last Saturday’s loss at Ohio State.

  It remains to be seen what kind of impact it has, if any, on UM’s next game Thursday in Pittsburgh.

  Cornerback Brandon McGee said players were motivated by Shannon’s [...]

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• More on Bailey, and other notes

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  CORAL GABLES — ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. released his latest Big Board on Thursday and it has Hurricanes DE Allen Bailey listed as the 11th best overall prospect for the 2011 NFL Draft.  

  Big things are expected from Bailey before then. So far, the senior’s stats have been modest.

  In two games, the [...]

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• Bailey could see some action at tackle

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  CORAL GABLES — Hurricanes DE Allen Bailey said after this morning’s practice he “most likely” will move inside and play some DT against Pittsburgh because of injuries on the line.

  Asked about the possibility of that, coach Randy Shannon noted, “A little. Third-down situations, maybe stuff like that.”

  Bailey said he’s cool with the idea.

  “I’ve played [tackle] before, so if it’s [...]

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• Injury update

  CORAL GABLES — Here’s what was seen at Thursday morning’s practice:

  — DE Marcus Robinson, who was on crutches after Saturday’s game with his right ankle wrapped in ice, and DT Luther Robinson were in full uniform. Both were limping noticeably, though, and weren’t participating in individual drills.

  — DT Curtis Porter, who was carted off [...]

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• Jimmy Johnson and “Survivor”

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  CORAL GABLES – Admit it. The first thing you thought when you heard former ‘Canes (and Dolphins) coach Jimmy Johnson was going to compete on the CBS reality show “Survivor” was how he’d survive in Nicaragua without his hair spray. 

  If he could deal with that, you’d have to like his chances. Even at 67, the man’s got [...]

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• Hankerson not getting much help

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  CORAL GABLES – Leonard Hankerson has been productive the first two games, picking up where he left off last season.

  The same can’t be said about the rest of the Hurricanes’ receivers.

  Hankerson, the ‘Canes’ top receiver last season and clearly QB Jacory Harris’ favorite target, has 13 catches for 205 yards [...]

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• Harris apologizes on Twitter

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  CORAL GABLES — The Twitter saga continues.

  At about 11 a.m. this morning, ‘Canes quarterback Jacory Harris returned to Twitter — presumably with coach Randy Shannon’s permission —  for four final tweets. (His account was quickly closed again soon after)

  Here they are in order:

  – “Since we have to now get off [...]

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• Shannon makes UM quit Twitter

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  CORAL GABLES — Hurricanes players were forced to shut down their Twitter accounts on Tuesday.

  The decision was made by Coach Randy Shannon.

  According to a UM spokesman, Shannon has expressed the purpose is to limit distractions and increase focus.

  Here is what a couple of the players tweeted today before their accounts [...]

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