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LT Fox Has Ankle Injury, Not Knee

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 5, 2008

CORAL GABLES LT Jason Fox injured his right ankle in the Hurricanes' win last weekend against Virginia, not his knee as originally feared, and should be fine for the team's next game Nov. 13 against Virginia Tech.

Fox was examined Sunday and placed in a soft cast to protect the ankle, which is common Miami policy when dealing with ankle sprains and strains. The Hurricanes return to practice today after four days off following the 24-17 overtime win.

"He's doing fine," Miami coach Randy Shannon said Wednesday. "He should be walking around [today] ... and he should be ready for the game."

Shannon said the two other key Miami players who were banged up in the Virginia game, RB Javarris James and RT Chris Rutledge, also were doing fine.

"We're pretty much healthy right now," Shannon said. "We've got to make sure we keep dealing with the little nicks and bumps and bruises, which is normal, and make sure we keep the guys moving a little bit better every week."

LOVE THOSE FLAGS: There probably isn't a football coaching staff in the country that doesn't preach to players every week about the importance of minimizing penalties.

Miami surely does, but maybe the Hurricanes should try a different tact.

The Hurricanes were penalized 12 times Saturday, continuing a bizarre statistical trend.
Since the start of the 2000 season, Miami is 17-2 when committing at least 12 penalties in a game - a winning percentage of .895 that's far superior to their victory clip of .730 when the Hurricanes draw a gentlemanly 11 flags or less.

The only two losses in those oft-penalized games came on back-to-back weeks in November 2003, when Miami fell to Virginia Tech and Tennessee.

In last weekend's game, Virginia was officially charged with just one penalty, which strangely enough, also plays into Miami's hand. Since 1996, six teams have committed one penalty or less against the Hurricanes, and Miami is 4-2 in those games.

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