Miami ? Of all the disturbing images from the sideline-clearing brawl between Miami and Florida International, swift and stern punishment was handed out Monday for the three that stood out the most:

¢ Miami’s Anthony Reddick wielding his helmet as a weapon and smashing it into an FIU player. His one-game suspension was increased to an indefinite one.

¢ FIU’s Chris Smith wrestling Miami holder Matt Perrelli down and appearing to punch him in the chin. Smith was dismissed.

¢ Marshall McDuffie Jr., Smith’s Golden Panthers teammate, then kicking Perrelli in the head. McDuffie was also thrown off the team.

FIU’s new sanctions also included 16 other players – each was originally handed a one-game suspension. Now they’ve been given an indefinite break from the game.

“This is certainly embarrassing. It’s disgraceful. It’s amazing. I’ve run out of words,” FIU coach Don Strock said. “There’s no place for it in college football or football period. This is way overboard. I apologize to all the fans of college football for this taking place.”

The two dismissed players will remain on scholarship at FIU.

Officials from Miami, FIU and the Atlantic Coast and Sun Belt conferences issued 31 one-game suspensions – to 13 Hurricanes and 18 Golden Panthers – late Sunday, while both schools warned further punishment was possible.

Miami athletic director Paul Dee and ACC commissioner John Swofford decided Monday that Reddick – who charged across the field within the first 30 seconds of the fight starting and swung his helmet wildly at FIU players, striking at least one – merited more than the one-game suspension.

FIU said its suspended players all would have to complete 10 hours of anger-management counseling and 50 hours of community service, plus would be on athletic probation for the remainder of the year.

“This is something that’s not going to be tolerated,” FIU athletic director Pete Garcia said. “We’ve got to use this as an example to the young kids in South Florida and all over. They need to know that, yes, football is very competitive. Our society is very competitive. But we’ve got to make sure that we teach the youth in South Florida what’s acceptable behavior and what’s not.”

Also, television analyst Lamar Thomas was fired for making insensitive on-air remarks during the fight.