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End of the road for Shannon at UM?

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My two cents – there’s no way Randy Shannon survives the 2010 season with his job as the head football coach at Miami.

Two caveats – that the ‘Canes win out, or that the school decides to go against its recent 30-year history in football and says it doesn’t consider itself a major football power.

Shannon, in his fourth season at the helm at his alma mater, saw his team drop to 5-3 after what had to be an embarrassing 24-19 loss at Virginia on Saturday. I say embarrassing because the Hurricanes went into the game as a 15-point favorite, and the line seemed low, actually, considering UVa.’s anemic showing in ACC games this year – the Cavs had been outscored by a combined 111-45 in losses to Florida State, Georgia Tech and North Carolina.

Read the rest of this column at VaSportsOnline.com.

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