It has long been known that the University of Miami breeds football players who are arrogant and thuggish. (Warren Sapp anyone?) After the weekend home loss to Tennessee, the press asked Miami tight end Kellen Winslow how he felt about the injury inflicted by his block on a Tennessee player. Winslow launched into a verbal tirade where he almost seemed happy about the player's injury. He also compared himself to a soldier, football to a war, and the opponent to the French the enemy.

On the field, he has cost the Hurricanes numerous penalties for fighting, taunting, and other various assholery. This week, Miami's head coach Larry Coker says he's finally had enough. Winslow has been benched, but it may not be for very long. Winslow will not start next week's game, but as the AP reports, he will still play in this weekend's game against Syracuse.

"I'm not going to say this many plays or this many quarters," [Coker] said. "But I'll decide that in the course of the game."
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[Winslow] was benched last year against Connecticut for academic reasons, but was on the playing field in the opening minutes of the first quarter.

He dubbed himself "The Chosen One" before this season. And in the opener against Louisiana Tech, he struck a Heisman Trophy pose after catching a touchdown pass -- drawing criticism from Coker and others.

But none of that cost Miami like the penalties did.

So Coker is willing to tolerate his antics up to the point where he starts costing the team penalties. Then he'll have to sit on the bench until Miami really needs him. If they jump out to a big lead, Winslow may not play at all. If they get into trouble and need him, Winslow could be off the bench during the first series. How's that for discipline?