CORAL GABLES — Spit has been flying on football fields over the last week.

In the first “Thursday Night Football” game of the NFL season, Eagles defensive lineman Jalen Carter was ejected for spitting at Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott. Two days later, Florida defensive lineman Brendan Bett cost his team 15 yards for spitting at a USF player; the Bulls marched down the field and scored the game-winning field goal to seal the upset on that drive.

Miami coach Mario Cristobal said he hopes his team learned from observing those incidents and won’t have any spit takes of their own when they face newly ranked USF at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday.

“There’s a lot to be learned from that example,” Cristobal said. “You just don’t ever want to feel the consequences of it. You’d like to be ab

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