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Miami (FL) Hurricanes (1926-2003)

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I remember what a stir that article caused when it was published in 1995. Then, 15 years later, "da U" is right back in the middle of another awful scandal. Of course, the ncaa through it's astonishing ineptitude, managed to make a rogue program sympathetic. :facepalm:

Fact is, "da U" cannot reach or sustain relevance without rampant corruption/cheating...
 
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I remember a story that ESPiN did on Ken Dorsey before the NC game against tOSU. They asked him how he ended up at da U. He made fun of the cold and said some nonsense about South Beach and the lifestyle in Miami. Some other crap about the cold and the North sucked. He didn't mention the yachts, hookers, or blow. Small oversight. That is when I truly started to hate da U.
 
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NFBuck said:
I remember what a stir that article caused when it was published in 1995. Then, 15 years later, "da U" is right back in the middle of another awful scandal. Of course, the ncaa through it's astonishing ineptitude, managed to make a rogue program sympathetic. :facepalm:

Fact is, "da U" cannot reach or sustain relevance without rampant corruption/cheating...
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This time they couldn't win a national title with all that cheating.
 
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Mike80 said:
http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/12/12/si-vault-broken-beyond-repair-miami-drop-football
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Coqui said:
The letter was written in 1995 though. Now it's just SI trying to bring up the point. Still a pretty scathing letter from someone who seems to know the history of that former president of UM
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What's really funny about this SI piece is that it uses the University of Chicago as its historical anchor for why Miami should drop football, when way back when the U of Chicago was a johnny-come-lately commuter school founded at least 30 years later than its conference peers and had exploited football more than anyone else in the country to leverage its academic prestige.
 
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Dryden said:
What's really funny about this SI piece is that it uses the University of Chicago as its historical anchor for why Miami should drop football, when way back when the U of Chicago was a johnny-come-lately commuter school founded at least 30 years later than its conference peers and had exploited football more than anyone else in the country to leverage its academic prestige.
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Chicago was past "commuter" days when Hutchins dropped football. The school had established itself academically and hosted a top faculty. Right now the only names that come to mind are Mortimer Adler and Hutchins- both men of academic distinction at the time. Hutchins made the announcement at a Detroit CoC luncheon, stating that Michigan had beaten the Maroons with a team hired by the CofC and he wasn't going to stoop to Michigan's level to stay competitive.
 
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All I can say is Miami football is dead. We can look at Al and wonder how he is pissing away a good opportunity the past four years at what he has at Miami.
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I wouldn't say dead...but he has to do more next year with what he has returning. It kills me that Jimbo Fisher is the most prominent personality in Florida next year.

Someone needs to hire a double-bird flashing SOB to shake this thing up...
 
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The []_[] is back!! Well, maybe not, but after going M.I.A. for several days, Al Golden is:
You have been wondering where Al Golden has been all week while you twisted and turned and wondered when he would emerge to reveal how he will make things better for the Miami Hurricanes in 2015 than they were as this past season nosedived to a disappointing 6-7 record.

Sunday and Monday we found him.
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Holy excuses Batman!
Golden has a large number of defensive stats that support his notion that things on defense are vastly better than they seem to the fan base and general public as he evaluates the program.

Scoring defense - Up to 37th in the country from 68th.

Opponent first downs - Up to 27th from 91st.

Opponent 10 yard plays - Up to 31st from 117th.

Rushing defense per game - Up to 30th from 78th.

Rushing yards per attempt - Up to 26th from 77th.

Fumbles recovered - Up to 18th from 53rd.

Pass defense per game - Up to 18th from 92nd.

Pass yards per attempt - Up to 17th from 75th.

Opponent yards per play - Up to 15th from 80th.

Opponent 20 yard plays - Up to 6th from 76th.

Opponent 30 yard plays - Up to 5th from 66th.

Fumbles forced - Up to 4th from 16th.

Opponent 50-yard plays - Up to 2nd from 29th.

I asked him why he believes the statistical improvement did not lead to a better won-loss record this season.

"We played much better offenses and a tougher schedule," Golden said. "We had too many interceptions early in the season, too many fumbles and an overall negative turnover ratio. The red zone offense was not great, we needed more touchdowns. The starting field position was negatively impacted by our poor kickoff and punt return game.
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:shrug:

READ MORE:https://miami.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1722235

However, all five Cane fans do not seem to be happy with the state of the []_[]
http://mancave.cbslocal.com/2015/01/06/the-al-golden-interview-delusional-and-dangerous/
 
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