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Sit down, Sammy…

Super soph Sam Shields has been suspended for the season opener against Marshall. Shields violated team policy, which could mean anything in the Randy Shannon era. Most likely the kid missed a class or something of that nature and Boss Cane is laying down the law.

Shields is practicing with the team, but won’t have a chance to play again until the trek to Oklahoma next week. It also means he’ll have to bust his ass during practice next week in an effort to re-climb the depth chart. Performance equals playing time and without getting to showcase his skills this week against the Thundering Herd, Shields is in a hole for week two.

In other news… Francesco Zampogna won the starting job at kicker over Daren Daly. Zampogna is a walk on and a sixth year senior who coach Shannon has stated reminds him of a Carlos Huerta type. We can only hope.

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C. Bello

Longtime Miami Hurricanes columnist. Wrote for CanesTime.com, Yahoo! Sports and former BleacherReport featured columnist. Founder of allCanesBlog.com no longer toeing any company line. Launched ItsAUThing.com to deliver a raw, unfiltered and authentic perspective of all things "The U".

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