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Miami vs Florida (The Comeback - 1984 version)

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Downtown Eddie Brown!!! With the smartest QB ever to play at the U!! And the blackest coach ever at UM in Jimmy. Wow thank you for bringing back a great memory, thank you. Remember vividly watching that game, my dad and I were screaming and jumping all over my Godfather's house, may he rest in peace and after my dad the greatest man I ever knew and had in my life, but he was a oof gayturd graduate, and oh God I can remember his face!! The look of disbelief and awe, he went from that mischievous smile that he was well known for to just sheer jawdropping and standing stoically as my dad and I jumped and hugged in front of my Godfather's tv and laughed and laughed and laughed. Him and my cousin are the only turds I will ever love, except on days where the turds are forced to play us!! Good times, good times Thank you for that.

Oh and before I forget **** the gayturds, and come September 7th a Hurricane is a coming, a category of which the likes have never been seen. Only way the turds get the war canoe back is by it being shoved so far up their asses that not even UM and oof medical teams combined can dislodge it!!
 
What's even more impressive was the fact that this "home" game in Tampa was played 5 days after we beat #1 Auburn in New York.
 
This was the first Hurricane game I ever attended. I had just started my freshman year at Miami and drove back home to the Bay Area to go with my parents. I remember going nuts in the old Tampa Stadium when Bernie made that throw.
 
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beautiful. thanks for posting. there is a great sense of history building up to sept 7. a big win will be one of the biggest wins in program history.
 
"You cannot give reputation to the same post twice."

Great memory. Great game. Thanks for posting that. What a toss by Bernie to Eddie for the TD
 
Canes covered the spread with that interception return as time expired. I'll never forget it. I was at the independent sportsbook Santa Anita on the Las Vegas Strip. Dusty place full of nothing but older wise guy bettors. Underdog bettors. They were smoking cigars and didn't particularly care when Miami took the lead in the final seconds. After all, their +6 or +6.5 was safe. When the interception unfolded and the Florida players quit, I was in the back row of the sportsbook along with a new friend from Michigan. Neither one of us had a bet on the game. I was thrilled Miami was going to win. Then as the defender raced toward the end zone, the front row of wise guy bettors jumped to their feet in unison and unleashed the greatest foul mouthed chorus I've heard to this day. They were throwing cigars and everything within reach. My friend and I were laughing uncontrollably. A few of the bettors turned around and threatened us. I didn't particularly care but my friend was a bit more street wise. He whispered to me that this was Las Vegas and you never know what type of connections these guys might have, or how far they'll take a grudge. I listened briefly but then laughed and taunted some more. When the Gators were on the losing end it was more than worth the risk.
 
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not matter what happens Sept 7th, I am ok with it and here is why

1. for the first time in a LONG time I believe our team will fight ever down
2. This team is smart enough to know not to mess around the week before, get suspended etc
3. They want this win as much as we do on this board. They will actually do whatever they can to win
4. if we lose it will be because UF is a better team not because we just gave up or messed up.
 
Awsi Dooger said:
Canes covered the spread with that interception return as time expired. I'll never forget it. I was at the independent sportsbook Santa Anita on the Las Vegas Strip. Dusty place full of nothing but older wise guy bettors. Underdog bettors. They were smoking cigars and didn't particularly care when Miami took the lead in the final seconds. After all, their +6 or +6.5 was safe. When the interception unfolded and the Florida players quit, I was in the back row of the sportsbook along with a new friend from Michigan. Neither one of us had a bet on the game. I was thrilled Miami was going to win. Then as the defender raced toward the end zone, the front row of wise guy bettors jumped to their feet in unison and unleashed the greatest foul mouthed chorus I've heard to this day. They were throwing cigars and everything within reach. My friend and I were laughing uncontrollably. A few of the bettors turned around and threatened us. I didn't particularly care but my friend was a bit more street wise. He whispered to me that this was Las Vegas and you never know what type of connections these guys might have, or how far they'll take a grudge. I listened briefly but then laughed and taunted some more. When the Gators were on the losing end it was more than worth the risk.
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Awsi I was in the stands and well remember how the gator faithful were already leaving as fast as they could when Tolbert Bain returned the int and we erupted again. A friend there with me asked why the uproar over a meaningless TD and I said it covered the spread. ESPN's 1st prime time College Football game.
 
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Amazing game, that was a crazy year, some great victories and just horrible defeats. Kosar was magical that year, we just couldn't stop anybody.
 
Great start for Jimmie. They mentioned Tolbert Bain. He was the DB that later that year let the BC receiver get behind him for the hail Flutie pass.
 
mianjomar said:
Great start for Jimmie. They mentioned Tolbert Bain. He was the DB that later that year let the BC receiver get behind him for the hail Flutie pass.
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Before last year, that 84 D was the worst I could ever remember. They couldn't stop a high school team from throwing across the middle or deep. Bernie Kosar, with the exception of his meltdown versus Michigan, did everything he could to carry the team on his back that year. He played out of his mind. I've never seen a defense fail a QB like that Cane defense did to Bernie in 84.

Although we were on the wrong end of score on too many occasions, 84 was one of the most exciting, insane seasons in memory. I can't imagine another first year coach having to endure more heart attacks than JJ did that season.
 
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