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CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Miami coach Mark Richt has seen his team lose three straight games, freefall in the Atlantic Coast Conference and go from unbeaten to mediocre in a span of 13 days.Even amid all that, he found something to like Friday.The Hurricanes three years on NCAA probation is over.Scholarship restrictions wont be an issue for Miami going forward, and the Hurricanes can surely use the added depth thats coming. The stats from Thursday nights 37-16 loss at Virginia Tech showed Miami used 49 players -- 25 being freshmen and sophomores, in some cases because of skill and in many cases because the roster is so decimated that Richt has few other options.Its great that were going to be able to get to a full allotment of scholarships, Richt said Friday. Thats part of our issue right now, that were very thin in a lot of spots. I think we might have had six true freshmen playing defense at the same time in that ballgame. So when you get your numbers back and you get a couple cycles of recruiting and get some depth, then you can withstand some of the injuries that weve had.Miamis final day of probation was Friday, a milestone day in the Nevin Shapiro scandal that shook the university. The rogue former booster is scheduled to be in federal prison until 2027 for masterminding a $930 million Ponzi scheme, and after his downfall from his ill-gotten lavish lifestyle he turned to the NCAA in an effort, he said, to destroy the Hurricanes and the people at the school who he said betrayed him.It is a big day, Richt said. Theres no doubt.Richt knew Miami wouldnt be a quick fix in his first season. The Hurricanes started 4-0 and rose to No. 10 in the Top 25 -- the four teams they beat are currently a combined 10-15 this season -- and all that was before Miami, which wasnt a particularly deep team to start the season anyway, started dealing with a number of significant injuries.The Hurricanes are 0-3 since, having failed to reach 20 points in any of those games. Miami didnt have a single three-game slide from 2000 through 2005. In the 11 seasons since, its now eight that have included losing skids of three or more games.Richts task going forward will be turning that around.To get that done, itll take more than a few more scholarships. Even at 4-3, hes not questioning his teams effort. Theres only so much he can get from the beat-up Hurricanes right now.You get a few injuries when youre already light as it is, its kind of a domino effect on your offensive and defensive side of the ball but it also affects your special teams as well, Richt said. Weve got guys just flat out sucking it up and were not subbing as much as we would like to because of the fact that were a little bit light.Miami next plays on Oct. 29 at Notre Dame, a renewal of one of college footballs great rivalries. Itll be the 25th meeting between the programs, and only the fifth where neither team is nationally ranked. Notre Dame (2-5) is off this weekend.The one edge to playing a Thursday-nighter this week was it gave Richt and his staff a chance to get some recruiting work done on Friday night. Fitting, given how theres finally going to be 85 scholarships available again.Getting our numbers back is going to be huge, Richt said. Weve got a bunch of great young men really excited about our program. They know the futures bright.---AP college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org 49ers Jerseys 2020 . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. 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Dallas hasnt ruled out the star quarterback for Sunday nights game against Philadelphia, but all signs point to Romos back injury pushing Kyle Orton into the starting role after two years of limited play as the backup. Surely Ortons name isnt the first that comes to mind for fans wanting a change after years of damaging interceptions, fumbles or, most infamously, the field goal flub when Romo dropped the snap on a kick that could have won his first playoff game in 2006. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Preparing for his final race before retirement in the Olympic velodrome, Bradley Wiggins phone flashed with a message.Dont think records. Think medal, the British cyclist recalled reading. Its about going out and killing off opposition now. Stay relaxed in the line. Deliver. Youll become the greatest by end of play because you are.But think about killing them off, the records come naturally if you dont chase them, just chase the opposition.They were just the reassuring words Wiggins needed before riding to victory on Friday in the team pursuit at the Rio de Janeiro Games. And they were written by Shane Sutton, the brash Australian who was technical director of British Cycling before leaving under a cloud in April.Sutton quit after being suspended while under investigation for making discriminatory remarks. It seemed quite a setback for the all-conquering British cycling project ahead of the Olympics. But Britain has remained the leading force in Rio de Janeiro, with Sutton remaining a private mentor to some of his former charges.Wiggins was part of the gold medal-winning team pursuit that enabled him to become Britains most decorated Olympian with eight medals.Wiggins is hoping the mastermind of British glory at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics regains his job, believing there isntt sufficient evidence to find Sutton guilty of wrongdoing.ddddddddddddFemale cyclist Jess Varnish accused Sutton of making derogatory comments about her body shape and told her to move on and have a baby after she failed to qualify for this years Olympics, according to a British newspaper account. Para-cyclist Darren Kenny also alleged that he heard Sutton refer to members of the disability team in derogatory terms. Sutton denies wrongdoing.He wants to come back, Wiggins said. I spoke to him two weeks ago and he said his life is pretty empty without this. I think he has the right to. Why not?Although Wiggins accepts interim team leader Andy Harrison has steadied the ship, the former Tour de France winner said Sutton should be credited with the Rio success.All this stuff is a result of (Suttons) work, Wiggins said. He was in charge of it. He put all the foundations in place for this week, over years.I came back to the track squad because he was in charge, he encouraged me to come back and I probably wouldnt have come back, had it been somebody else in charge 18 months ago.---Rob Harris can be followed at www.twitter.com/RobHarris and www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReports ' ' '