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The U represents at The ESPYs…

The Canes were well represented at the 2007 ESPYs. Devin Hester won the first award of the evening for Breakthrough Player of the Year. He was the lone Cane to win an award, but both The Rock and Kellen Winslow II were spotted on the red carpet pre-show.

One noted exception from this year’s ESPYs? Any mention of Bryan Pata. Even in the segment where ESPN created their ‘heartfelt’ montage regarding those who left us in this past year – not one shot of the slain Pata. Absolutely pathetic.

ESPN had zero issue using the Pata murder as their lead story for several days, in an attempt to drive ratings – yet eight months later, #95 doesn’t even garner :02 of screen time during a slideshow of last year’s deceased. The same channel who ran UM/FIU brawl footage ad nauseam and will always talk Miami if the talk is negative, could find one moment in their overblown, overhyped telecast to pay respect to a slain Cane.

Ignore the Pata murder, yet keep running footage of the several dozen NFL Canes every Sunday and trash Miami every Saturday in an effort to drive rating, you hypocrites. ESPN may have forgotten about Bryan Pata, but The U never will. R.I.P., #95. U FAMILY for life.

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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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