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The U part 2
Doogles
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Not as good as the origianl "The U" but quality stuff nonetheless.
The thing that jumped out at me that makes this relevant to the board, was the section about Butch Davis going 5-6 in 1997, getting his ass beat by Syracuse 66-13 and then grabbing a double digit 4th quarter comeback win against the #3 UCLA bruins in a postponed late season OOC game.
He was interviewed at the time and expressed no doubt they would win a national title in the near future. He pointed to that season as a small sacrifice for what was to come, and as shitty as this season was in terms of serious coaching blunders, there is a process to the madness.
Very Talented teams can lose during a coaching change. See that 5-6 year, or our well documented 3 AA defense (4 if you count Peters) this season. It's the behind the scenes shit we can't see over our boners in sweatpants.
I'm fully encouraged by this notion, and hope Coach Pete takes us back to the promised land.
The thing that jumped out at me that makes this relevant to the board, was the section about Butch Davis going 5-6 in 1997, getting his ass beat by Syracuse 66-13 and then grabbing a double digit 4th quarter comeback win against the #3 UCLA bruins in a postponed late season OOC game.
He was interviewed at the time and expressed no doubt they would win a national title in the near future. He pointed to that season as a small sacrifice for what was to come, and as shitty as this season was in terms of serious coaching blunders, there is a process to the madness.
Very Talented teams can lose during a coaching change. See that 5-6 year, or our well documented 3 AA defense (4 if you count Peters) this season. It's the behind the scenes shit we can't see over our boners in sweatpants.
I'm fully encouraged by this notion, and hope Coach Pete takes us back to the promised land.
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But in terms of historical impact on the game and back story? I'll take my guys from the decade before in the 80s. Much more compelling.
That said: when that 2001 team was focused not a team I've seen ever would hang with them. Perfectly balanced on offense and a mean talented defense that could smother you against the run or pass. That roster must represent more pro bowls than any other ever. I'll figure that out some time.
Same thing here. And in some respects, at least for the short-term, they were right. A new guy probably would have been too disruptive in the near term for a title run.
Even with all that talent, you need chemistry and you need some breaks. Coker was just fine for one year.
There's a story that goes around about Coker at the Rose Bowl. Coker had spent a lot of his career in the Big 8/Big 12 at Oklahoma State and I think one other stop. Anyway, he'd had a lot of experience getting his ass handed to him by Nebraska.
So the story goes he's absolutely nervous in the locker room, like "that's fucking Nebraska out there!" kind of thing. I guess Ed Reed or someone goes up to him and calms him down and tells him, "You're not at Oklahoma State anymore coach. This is Miami. We got this."
From all accounts, Coker is a good guy and a pretty fair O coordinator. But he was NEVER HC material, particularly at a place like Miami, which is its own animal altogether distinct from Northern football culture but also from Southern football culture. Miami is Miami. It's comparable to nothing else.
Fuck everything after the 80's.
the shit that draws attention at Miami has always amazed me.
I remember when the Playmaker ran over the foot of a U Miami law student who was crossing the street on campus. I mean, I don't think the guy was even injured. and this made national news BACK THEN! Like, b4 the fucking internet. I was reading and hearing about this fucking story all the way up here in Seattle of Irvin driving through campus and running over someone's fucking foot!
A hurricane make up game after UCLA rang up 20 consecutive wins against a shit team. Win and they are playing Tennessee in the BCS title game and McNown probably wins the Heisman. Instead they blow a late lead, and got screwed on a fumble call (pre-replay). Lost the game. No title shot. Shit the bed in the Rosebowl vs Ron Dayne a month later.
The UCLA program went into a tailspin after that game aided by two fucktarded hires and Pete Carrolls reign. They just now are emergin from that nightmare.
It woulda been a cool day for schadenfreude, man
Ucla was a little bit of a pretender. I remember not being completely shocked by the upset.
Randy Shannon a bitch. If he actually didn't want to give access to Shapiro he could have cut the guy off.