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Miami (FL) Hurricanes (1926-2003)

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Wells4Heisman;1970465; said:
Well at least the Cane's can beat us at something.
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On Bill King's show this morning, there were a few callers with the attitude of, "Let's not jump to conclusions," "Let's wait and see how the NCAA investigation goes," etc. Granted, when this was going on with Ohio State, I wasn't into the show very much, but it was all "BURN COLUMBUS DOWN!!!" Sad. Funny, but sad.
 
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This story broke at 10:30 last night. It's now after 9:00.

I cannot believe it's taken LSUFreek over 10 hours for a .gif. Either he's sick, on vacation, or this one is going to be epic.
 
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Dryden;1970507; said:
This story broke at 10:30 last night. It's now after 9:00.

I cannot believe it's taken LSUFreek over 10 hours for a .gif. Either he's sick, on vacation, or this one is going to be epic.
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Yeah I was checking his twitter feed last night... between him and Thujone... this could be the greatest artistic work since the renaissance
 
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Dryden;1970507; said:
This story broke at 10:30 last night. It's now after 9:00.

I cannot believe it's taken LSUFreek over 10 hours for a .gif. Either he's sick, on vacation, or this one is going to be epic.
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It actually broke a little after 6 pm ET.
 
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TexasBuck;1970124; said:
I'm going to put a bounty out for anyone that knocks out the first "journalist" that says Ohio State's actions were worse than Miami's. (Sarcasm - But I'm sure some idiot will say this)
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Aaron Goldhammer, WKNR (Cleveland's ESPN affiliate), August 17, 2011, 9:30 AM
 
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So after Shapiro tried to fight the Associate AD for compliance at the U, he was allowed to buy a suite at the new stadium for the 2008 season. Just a little way from where Shalala would watch the games, and she dropped in sometimes to say hello.

Yahoo.Wetzel

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Nevin Shapiro says he was drunk, humiliated and belligerent.

It was Miami's final home game ever at the Orange Bowl, Nov. 10, 2007. The halftime scoreboard read Virginia 31-0 (en route to a 48-0 embarrassment). Everything Shapiro held dear about the Hurricanes was being stomped on.

As a major booster to the program Shapiro had access to the Orange Bowl press box and that's where he spotted David Reed, the school?s associate athletic director for compliance. Shapiro felt Reed had been implementing rules that were too stringent, trying to keep boosters and players apart.

To Shapiro, the results of Reed's efforts were manifesting themselves on the field. A once-powerful program was a competitive disgrace.

"So I tried to kick his ass," said Shapiro, who despite standing just 5-foot-5 was always willing to fight. "I was screaming at him, calling him a sissy over and over, at least five times. I shouted, "these guys are a bunch of (expletives) playing for a real (expletive) (head coach Randy Shannon) and, by the way, you're a (expletive) too.?
"I had to be held back from hitting him. I wanted to punch him in the face."

The scene was confirmed to Yahoo! Sports by a separate source who helped break up the situation. The University of Miami declined comment and didn't make Reed available for an interview.

Shapiro never laid a hand on Reed but the wild, public scene is perhaps the most blatant example of a lack of institutional control ever seen in college athletics.
It almost perfectly sums up the depths the Miami program sank, except, well, that wasn't even rock bottom for the Hurricanes.

As bad as it was for a notorious booster to try to punch out the compliance director, worse is that the school allowed Shapiro to continue operating as he wished.

Shapiro said an athletic department official told him that after the confrontation Reed investigated Shapiro and discovered his troubling ties to athletes, coaches and his part ownership in a professional sports agency.

Shapiro said he was never questioned by Miami though and never limited in his activities until April 2010, when he was charged with running a $930 million Ponzi scheme. He's since pled guilty and is currently serving a 20-year term in federal prison.
Shapiro was so welcome in the Miami family that in 2008 he even threw a fundraiser for the basketball program at the trendy Lucky Strike Lanes bowling alley in South Beach. It was attended by no less than UM president Donna Shalala, the former Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Clinton White House.

A small ceremony celebrating Shapiro's generosity was staged in front of the bowling lanes. A photo was snapped, revealing UM hoops coach Frank Haith and school mascot Sebastian the Ibis looking on, as Shapiro, clad in a Canes golf shirt, barked into a microphone. Standing next to him, Shalala stared happily at the $50,000 check just presented her.
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Shapiro was always begging for attention. His relationships with players were out in the open - from hugs in the postgame locker room, to meals at popular South Beach restaurants, to huge gatherings in VIP sections, all bankrolled by him. Shapiro had been honored by the school on the field during games and taken in action from the Canes sideline. He had access to practices. He twice led the team onto the field and once flew to a road game on the team charter.

When Miami was looking for a replacement for head coach Larry Coker after the 2006 season, Shapiro met with Shalala and offered not to just coach the team for free, but to personally pay $1 million a year for the nation?s best offensive and defensive coordinators.

"'Just let me walk the sidelines,'" Shapiro said he told Shalala. "She was laughing. I wasn't."

When Randy Shannon got the job, Shapiro said he had a face-to-face meeting with him on his first day as coach.

If anything, Shapiro became even bigger and bolder after nearly fighting David Reed. The next fall, when the program moved its home games to what is now called Land Shark Stadium, he rented luxury box 239B.

It promptly became home to wild partying, excessive drinking and open gambling from a rather non-collegiate cast of characters - everyone from former rapper and notorious Miami fan Luther Campbell to assorted ladies of the night.

"I had an architect try to put a stripper pole in the suite," Shapiro said. "Aesthetically it wouldn't work."

Shapiro said Shalala's own box was located just down the hall and the president often stopped by (the university declined comment). So too did former players, parents, recruits and coaches, according to Shapiro, corroborating witnesses and photos of the suite.

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Zurp;1970506; said:
On Bill King's show this morning, there were a few callers with the attitude of, "Let's not jump to conclusions," "Let's wait and see how the NCAA investigation goes," etc.
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Given the level of truthiness of the allegations against Ohio State, I can understand how it might be a good idea to suspend judgment in the Miami case. Right now, as I understand it, it's pretty much the word of a felon (convicted of financial fraud) against the university.

I happen to think most of this shit probably happened, but then most non-Buckeye fans still think our players were getting free cars down at the Toyota Direct.

One thing I will say - if you're going to take a program down, you might as well go full South Beach on hookers and blow as the 'Canes (allegedly) did, instead of just some free ink. Our guys seem to have done things on the cheap.
 
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LordJeffBuck;1970525; said:
Yes, he did. He also said something like "only Ohio State honks could think that the Miami situation is worse."
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i guess I'm an ohio state honk then.

free tatoos, cash for trinkets, coach coverup


protstitues, strippers, abortions, cash, incentives to injure opposing players, COACHES TAKING RECRUITS TO THIS GUYS HOUSE,



I guess this guy is just trying to light up his phones.
 
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