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Wednesday UM practice report: 'Canes defense hurting, moving forward and ready for Saturday

Hurricanes defensive coordinator Manny Diaz spoke about how it's Saturday's game that will start to teach Miami what kind of team it is.

Each day there’s media access at Miami, we’ll give you a quick, easy-to-digest look (err, read?) at what happened on Greentree with the Hurricanes. Here are a few quick highlights from Wednesday in Coral Gables as the Hurricanes prepare for their season opener against FAMU on Saturday.

INJURIES HIT DEFENSIVE LINE: Hurricanes coach Mark Richt confirmed Wednesday that junior Trent Harris – listed as Miami’s starting defensive end at a position the team is terming ‘Viper’ – has a broken hand, while defensive tackle Anthony Moten is dealing with a shoulder injury.