If you missed ESPN's 30 for 30 "The U" ...

[megadawgmaniac]

First, try to catch it somehow.

Second, here are some animated gifs from the show. Note, I said animated gifs, so click accordingly.

AA - h/t EDSBS

 

[OMlawdog]

Basically the "U" was a 2 hour special that was basically the book by Bruce Feldman, that was excellent. I highly recommend it for anyone that enjoyed the 30 for 30 special, you will breeze through the book.

I have to admit, watching clips of them dancing, saluting, firing guns, the George Jefferson dance (Personal Favorite), and basically just doing anything they want, it was damn entertaining. I miss it. Watching Jerome Brown announce they are leaving, and the whole team left, it was great.

I still remember the Catholics vs. convict game like it was yesterday. Just great times from that era.

My favorite part was finding out that out of all the U's former players, Bernie Kosar couldn't be understood without the use of my DVR.

My own personal memory from that era was the 1992 Sugar Bowl and Miami stayed at a hotel in Diamondhead, MS instead of staying in New Orleas, and bringing my 5 year old cousin to the hotel with a football, and Michael Barrow signed the ball and then lifted him over the red rope and asked me if he could walk him door to door to get every player's signature, I said sure, (What else does a 5'11" 175lb 15 year old say to freaking Michael Barrow), we ended up getting close to 50 signatures on the ball and the whole team couldn't have been nicer. My cousin was a Miami fan from that day forward and it crushed him to watch them lose the next night. We talked about framing the ball, right up until Bama kicked the **** out of them, and we ended up playing with the football the next day. </p>

 

[jakldawg]

also directed <span style="font-style: italic;">Cocaine Cowboys</span>. For those of you who watched <span style="font-style: italic;">Scarface</span> and thought, "you know, this would be way better as a documentary"
And it's on YouTube !
Goodbye, afternoon productivity.

 

[DawgTeacher]

is your little cousin from the delta??? I think I might know him...

 

[OMlawdog]

He was born in New Orleans, raised on the coast. </p>

 

[nemsdawg]

Loved that statement

 

[Agentdog]

Very interesting to say the least. I came away with the impression that program was out of control. I remember the fight with Colorado. However, I did not realize they were in so many other on the field fights. Then the players admitting to stealing car radios. Luther Campbell giving out money. Bounties being put out on opposing players. A coach arrested for dealing in steroids. Amazing those coaches were able to hold those guys together and win so many games.

But that President had every right to call Johnson out on the teams behavior. The program tried to portray them as victims of an old racist President that did not understand the plight of these young men. Which is absurd. Yes, I am sure most of them were not taught manners, sportsmanship, and etc. as kids. However, that does not mean you go through college and life disregarding the rules of society. Of all of them, Michael Irving was the only one to admit they were out of control. Which is crazy. No telling how much more went on that did not get mentioned.

 

[STARKDAWG]

My favorite part was finding out that out of all the U's former players, Bernie Kosar couldn't be understood without the use of my DVR. quote

Kosar looked like he was high on crack. He was mumbling and sweating like crazy

 

[dogfan96]

Apparently the years of blows to the head took their toll on him (seriously)

 

[OMlawdog]

While cashing the paychecks that the football team brought the university.

As long as the football team was making a ton of money for the school, all the bitching by the President was just for show.

 

[graddawg]

And the ex-players and coaches were correct in saying the University of Miami has transformed itself into a damn good school, across the board, on the back of the football program.

 

[GABully24]

STARKDAWG wrote:

Kosar looked like he was high on crack. He was mumbling and sweating like crazy

He looked and sounded like a train wreck

 

[Nad Nellum]

the Asst. Ad who orchestrated the Miami move from joke to national power was a State guy. Can't remember his name, but the whole story is in a book named "'Cane Mutiny". He was never considered as AD when Carr and LT got the job.

 

[Todd4State]

I'm really not so sure that they were that much more out of control than some of the other schools at that time- namely Oklahoma. It's just that they flaunted it on the field more than the others. And after watching some of their antics, I don't know if it's just the changing of the times, but most of the stuff they did really wasn't all THAT bad. Certainly no worse than what you see today.

I did think that Luther Campbell had a good point about paying the players because they were essentially poverty stricken. I know it's a cop out, but if a cop out can be valid, this is certainly one that is.

 

[Agentdog]

The tv program gave no evidence of the President acting above them. It made sure to point out he was white and old and asking them to behave. Which I guess is suppose to infer he was acting above them and is a racist. Regardless, he called Johnson in after a NC and told him to clean it up. Calling in the most popular man in South Florida at the time into your office and telling him to straighten his act up is not for show. That was a man looking out for the University as a whole.

Regardless, just because a player or employee contributes to an organization that makes millions of dollars. That does not give them carte-blance. Can the checker, all the way up to the store manager, at Wal Mart go around cussing customers and fighting with whom ever. Hell no.

 

[TheBigBadDawg]

Regardless, just because a player or employee contributes to an organization that makes millions of dollars. That does not give them carte-blance. Can the checker, all the way up to the store manager, at Wal Mart go around cussing customers and fighting with whom ever. Hell no.

People don't pay money to get into, or even shop at WalMart, because the checker does a good job. People buy season tickets and pay money to go to football games because the players and coaches are the best at what they do. Nobody goes to WalMart because Jimmy the checkout guy is, like, the best cashier ever.

 

[tommyboy1520]

But it was considered bad back then because no one was doing that stuff on the field at that time. You could make the argument that the reason you even see stuff like that today is largely in part due to Miami doing it then.