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Miami mourns loss of team leader

By Jorge Milian
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, November 9, 2006

Despite the death of starting defensive tackle Bryan Pata, Miami coach Larry Coker said his team never considered not playing Saturday's game against No. 23 Maryland in College Park. The Hurricanes (5-4, 2-3 Coastal) were back on the practice field less than 24 hours after finding out Pata was the victim of an apparent homicide outside his apartment complex. "The players expressed the opinion they wanted to do what they felt Bryan Pata would want to do," Coker said of the decision to pra ...

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