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A letter to South Florida, from Matt Porter

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I'm surprised about how much I enjoyed reading that.


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It took him 4 years, but at least he finally gets part of what the canes are about:

“I’ve learned how a college football team can represent a city, better than any pro team ever could ... The Hurricanes ... are this region’s hometown team.”
 
Wow, surprised to see that from him mostly due to what I considered really poor slanted coverage of the 'Canes in his early years.
It's really interesting how this program pulls people in from every corner regardless of where they're from and their background.

You hate to hang so much on one game, but I truly feel this game could be the tipping point. You can see it on the "street", car flags and t-shirts are back in abundance...will we be rewarded for our patience?
 
Clwtrdan said:
Sabetta said:
I'm from Buffalo and I remember watching the Flutie game in a bar/restaurant next to an OTB my mother and I were at all day. I was a Canes fan immediately after. I didn't care that they lost. There was something about that O&G that got me hooked. I was literally the kid in the starter jacket that MP talked about. I had something orange and green on in every middle/high school picture. I'm 41 now and recently got together with a bunch of old friends and my obsession with Miami came up. They asked how the fvck I became a fan of the U when they're all Duke, ND and Michigan fans. I couldn't remember my first memeory but this article brought it all back. I was also a white kid who played hockey/FB in an all white town who saw that game on TV and said, "that's me". My friends hated them, my coaches hated them but I didn't give a fvck. They're in my DNA.
Now when I'm out in the public and I'm wearing my Canes hat or sweatshirt, I still get looks and I've even had people say dumb **** to me - nothing racist but just stupid comments. I just smile, fire back a harmless comment and love the hate. There's something about the disrespect, being the outcast and being misunderstood that I thrive off of. It's done me well in life and I'm thankful for it.
Great article, it took me way back.
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I've been to meetings across the country where I'll show up from the plane wearing a hat and been asked what the **** I was wearing. Those guys are thugs! Yep. Maybe. But they're my thugs biotches.
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Yep, I have a Friday morning flight out of Washington National for the ND game and I will be wearing something Miami. Always get a few disgusted looks
 
umcane4life said:
Clwtrdan said:
Sabetta said:
I'm from Buffalo and I remember watching the Flutie game in a bar/restaurant next to an OTB my mother and I were at all day. I was a Canes fan immediately after. I didn't care that they lost. There was something about that O&G that got me hooked. I was literally the kid in the starter jacket that MP talked about. I had something orange and green on in every middle/high school picture. I'm 41 now and recently got together with a bunch of old friends and my obsession with Miami came up. They asked how the fvck I became a fan of the U when they're all Duke, ND and Michigan fans. I couldn't remember my first memeory but this article brought it all back. I was also a white kid who played hockey/FB in an all white town who saw that game on TV and said, "that's me". My friends hated them, my coaches hated them but I didn't give a fvck. They're in my DNA.
Now when I'm out in the public and I'm wearing my Canes hat or sweatshirt, I still get looks and I've even had people say dumb **** to me - nothing racist but just stupid comments. I just smile, fire back a harmless comment and love the hate. There's something about the disrespect, being the outcast and being misunderstood that I thrive off of. It's done me well in life and I'm thankful for it.
Great article, it took me way back.
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I've been to meetings across the country where I'll show up from the plane wearing a hat and been asked what the **** I was wearing. Those guys are thugs! Yep. Maybe. But they're my thugs biotches.
Click to expand...

Yep, I have a Friday morning flight out of Washington National for the ND game and I will be wearing something Miami. Always get a few disgusted looks
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"Thug"
 
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Tetragrammaton Cane said:
He brought back memories.

My very first Orange Bowl game was 1984 against FSU. Miami got killed. FSU had 50 guys named Allen. I learned that Seminoles had to practice spelling their name lest they forget. Biggest comeback in college football history, at that point...was there for that too. And then Flutie to Phelan. Yup, there. It was the type of season where you decide, you choose, you steel yourself that, that’s. My. Team.

Confession: I’m one of the few people who will admit it, but I thought Jimmy Johnson was a bad hire. LOL. How wrong I was.

Go Canes! 8-0!
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I also have to confess that i originally thought Jimmy Johnson was a bad hire too, as a matter of fact most of the coaches i thought would stink were great and vice versa. Sam Jankovich was great at hiring great coaches..
 
I'm confused - is there a different article than the one the OP posted? That article literally says nothing.
 
I need to chime in and give snaps. I made a thread calling out Porter and a fee others and UM coverage.

Hey, he stepped up. Maybe he is a little baby Cane.

I am good with it. Nice article, and I am giving props where it's due.

Go Canes!
 
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