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Yeah, I had a few classes with him. In one of my finance classes, I was in a project group with him and George Michael (the long-snapper, not the Wham singer). I remember, everyone was happy with Gino at first. He came in against Michigan State in the second quarter when we were down by 7...

No, you are correct, I was just saying that Michigan was one of the first of those midwestern schools to be scheduled. By the time we put Iowa and Wisconsin on the schedule, we had more leverage.

Yes, but the Pope is infallible...

I think it was early 1980s when those were scheduled. When Tad Foote took over as UM President, it seemes like we got a bunch of midwestern/Big 10 type teams added to the schedule. We always played Notre Dame, but we also had Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Wisconsin, Iowa, Mizzou, Kansas...

Remember, it was two big MSU alums/boosters who put up the money to pay Tucker the big extension. Interesting legal angle...

The "Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime" era, when we had no scheduling leverage whatsoever. And I'm fairly certain that those games were scheduled by Doc Mallios, not Sam Jankovich.

Yes, Craig was hurt for four games, and then Gino started. I think he set a passing record in one of those games (that stood for quite some time) and then he lost the F$U game. That's the year that F$U printed up shirts that said "F$U 24, National Champs 10", as if they didn't open the season...

In 1989 in Tally, a guy right next to me (I didn't know him) got hit with a thrown FULL-SIZE whiskey bottle as we were leaving Doak. Saw the blood start to gush from his head. The crowd was so big and unruly that I got swept out of the way before I could grasp what had happened and try to help...

I think you are right. I heard about the ND fight from 1988, but I didn't really know anyone (student-aged) who went to South Bend for that one. A couple of my friends from the Hurricane/Ibis went, but only the photographers were on the field, the writers were in the press box.

Yeah. And wasn't Arizona "Desert Swarm" or something?

Agreed. And what must we have done in 1968 for Southern Cal to duck us for this long? I remember making a list of all the teams in the 1980s and early 1990s who "decided not to schedule Miami anymore". It was impressive.

I posted this in another thread, but we had two consecutive UM Student Government presidents arrested at UM football games for "trying" to keep the student section under control (though I think they both wanted publicity). Joe Garcia got arrested in 1986 and Bill Barzee got arrested in 1987...

Yeah, sometimes I'd see guys nicked up during the week and think "we didn't have a game this weekend". I mean, it COULDA been the pickup basketball games...but it wasn't...

Ahhhh, good times...I was there for that game... One of my favorite parts of that video is when Brian Blades (I believe, as we did not give out duplicate jersey numbers back then) runs in from the sidelines and just hits a South Carolina guy in the back of the head. I'm telling you...all of...

Nothing you have said is false. But the bigger point is about the media and other adults (such as coaches/ADs, etc.) who are quick to USE the word "thug". I don't think any of us want the word "thug" to be used for ANY football players, but why are so many adults so quick to use the term for...

Because they are in the Big 10, wear a classic uniform, don't have gold jewelry or teeth, and do not celebrate after big plays the way that those criminal Miami Hurricanes do... ...of course...