Michael Irvin says Friday Night Resembled the Old Orange Bowl Days

[Trinton Breeze]

Former Hurricane great, The Playmaker, Michael Irvin appears multiple times a week as NFL analyst on the ultra popular YouTube sports show, It Is What It Is featuring lates 90's early 2000's hip hop moguls, Cam'ron and Ma$e.


This morning before diving into their weekly NFL takes, they spent 8 plus minutes on the Miami vs Virginia Tech game. Some of Irvin's most notable quotes are below:

Michael Irvin on the energy at the game -
"The energy was incredible and it was really...

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[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

There will be no recreating the OB until Hard Rock installs trough-style urinals, snorting sounds from the one (and only one) stall in the restroom, removes all air conditioning, moves the seats significantly closer to the field, allows Cuban immigrants to sell gato en palo in the parking lots and reconstructs The Orange Bowl Bar complete with all the Mos Eisley creatures inside and removes the seats on the east side of the stadium so that we can see the downtown skyline..

 

[AtlAtty]

Love the Playmaker.

 

[hurricaneman]

It's mainly because it's the fans that create that environment, the same fans that created the environment in the OB. Miami has one of the most unique fanbases in the country in that they mainly draw people from the city, not alumni. It's not a bunch of old, uptight boosters and alumni.

The city also has a ton of passion in general due to the cultural melting pot and because you draw from the city that passion then comes out on gameday, if the people are engaged.

When the city of Miami cares about the University of Miami it is one of THE most exciting places in all of college football to watch a game. And the stadium atmosphere is crazy. There's a reason all these opposing fans say they hate going to Miami games.

 

[P-Tizzle]

Cam'Ron and Mase were hip hop moguls?

 

[404Usernamenotfound]

Energy was great but it was not even 60% of the 2017 VT or Notre Dame games.

 

[WestEndZone]

Good to see the playmaker is still running on Bolivian marching powder. Godspeed.

 

[Salt]

wasn't at either game but I suspect Miami vs Notre Dame back in 2017 was the type of atmosphere we had back in the day for big games. I recall College Gameday was in town too for that game.

 

[miamimike305]

It's mainly because it's the fans that create that environment, the same fans that created the environment in the OB. Miami has one of the most unique fanbases in the country in that they mainly draw people from the city, not alumni. It's not a bunch of old, uptight boosters and alumni.

The city also has a ton of passion in general due to the cultural melting pot and because you draw from the city that passion then comes out on gameday, if the people are engaged.

When the city of Miami cares about the University of Miami it is one of THE most exciting places in all of college football to watch a game. And the stadium atmosphere is crazy. There's a reason all these opposing fans say they hate going to Miami games.

The fans create that environment is definitely true. They need to get rid of those vip seats in the middle of the lower bowl and put actual seats. You could fit another 100 people there and it would be louder.

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

wasn't at either game but I suspect Miami vs Notre Dame back in 2017 was the type of atmosphere we had back in the day for big games. I recall College Gameday was in town too for that game.

Indeed. They hosted it on campus, which was where the greatest sign in all of GameDay was hoisted.....

Pan Con Pinga y se acabo el pan

Glorious. Just typing those words out in that Cuban mantra of freedom and glory brings a nostalgic tingle to my entire body.

 

[HurricanePhilly]

Guys was running on level 10 for big chunks of that game. I just kept picturing TUCO yelling Tight every time they showed him amped up.

 

[Kn[]_[]ckles3o5]

Energy was great but it was not even 60% of the 2017 VT or Notre Dame games.

I was there it was the best game environment since the comeback in 2003. The Bandy pick was every bit as rowdy as Hester’s KO return TD to open that game in 03

 

[#1cane]

It's mainly because it's the fans that create that environment, the same fans that created the environment in the OB. Miami has one of the most unique fanbases in the country in that they mainly draw people from the city, not alumni. It's not a bunch of old, uptight boosters and alumni.

The city also has a ton of passion in general due to the cultural melting pot and because you draw from the city that passion then comes out on gameday, if the people are engaged.

When the city of Miami cares about the University of Miami it is one of THE most exciting places in all of college football to watch a game. And the stadium atmosphere is crazy. There's a reason all these opposing fans say they hate going to Miami games.

Miami needs that 2017 atmosphere when they played ND and VT at night back to back. Pack the Rock!! A good team playing big games like the good old days!!

 

[Salt]

Indeed. They hosted it on campus, which was where the greatest sign in all of GameDay was hoisted.....

Pan Con Pinga y se acabo el pan

Glorious. Just typing those words out in that Cuban mantra of freedom and glory brings a nostalgic tingle to my entire body.

I remember hearing that fans had surrounded the Notre Dame buses in the parking lot and were rocking the buses back and forth, or some thing to that effect? That whole team (including coaches) were shook before they even got on the field.

 

[oso4lyf]

There will be no recreating the OB until Hard Rock installs trough-style urinals, snorting sounds from the one (and only one) stall in the restroom, removes all air conditioning, moves the seats significantly closer to the field, allows Cuban immigrants to sell gato en palo in the parking lots and reconstructs The Orange Bowl Bar complete with all the Mos Eisley creatures inside and removes the seats on the east side of the stadium so that we can see the downtown skyline..

And you park in someone else's surrounding home instead of the pavement from a race track that feels like it's 125 degrees when standing on it.

 

[Unsider]

Gotta hand it to MI. At nearly 60 years of age, he was lit as a bouncing firework on the sidelines.

 

[Hurricane23]

Put some palm trees by the end zone

 

[WestEndZone]

wasn't at either game but I suspect Miami vs Notre Dame back in 2017 was the type of atmosphere we had back in the day for big games. I recall College Gameday was in town too for that game.

I think the idea is the 2017 Notre Dame game was as good as any of the best Orange Bowl games.

This past VT game had an Orange Bowl feel for sure.

 

[dk72]

There will be no recreating the OB until Hard Rock installs trough-style urinals, snorting sounds from the one (and only one) stall in the restroom, removes all air conditioning, moves the seats significantly closer to the field, allows Cuban immigrants to sell gato en palo in the parking lots and reconstructs The Orange Bowl Bar complete with all the Mos Eisley creatures inside and removes the seats on the east side of the stadium so that we can see the downtown skyline..

Don't forget the rickety metal bleachers and floors in the student section that makes an amazing, loud sound when the fans stomp on them when the opponent is on offense!

 

[dk72]

Energy was great but it was not even 60% of the 2017 VT or Notre Dame games.

2017 VT was insane, I was there for that one ..and by all accounts the ND game was even more intense