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DAILY DEBATE: Which Decade was best?

TheOriginalCane said:
Yes. The bowl geniuses decided to pit #1 (and undefeated) Notre Dame against #3 (and undefeated) West Virginia.

But since it was the Fiasco Bowl, they COULD HAVE invited #2 (and 10-1) Miami instead.

Quite literally, ONE POINT separated the Top 3 teams. F$U had no argument at #4, since we waxed them 31-0.
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Lou with his goober tone was trying to justify WVU in the Fiesta.
"We already beat them, If we play Miami and they win, it's 1-1, do we play another?"
smh
 
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Rellyrell said:
The best decade was the 1980’s.

1. 1980’s brought us the moniker “The U”.
2. 1980’s brought us 3 of our 5 Nat’l Titles (‘83, ‘87, ‘89)
3. 1980’s gave us our highest win %:
-1980’s: 99-20 (.832 win%)
-1990’s: 91-27 (.771 win%)
-2000’s: 91-33 (.734 win%)
-2010’s: 75-53 (.586 win%)
-2020’s (Thus Far): 27-21 (.562 win%)
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There was a stretch between '85 and '89 where we went 52-2 during the regular season, 55-4 overall.
 
hesskilla said:
IDK man, I remember that Alabama loss in the Sugar Bowl. That one stung. We were the favorites by a TD or so. Alabama hadn’t been relevant in awhile. We had a 29 game winning streak. Our team was “invincible” at the time.

Sure, Syracuse was a bad loss. However, it was a time period where bad losses were common. It could be considered the most embarrassing loss though. I’ll give you that.
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That Sugar Bowl loss was tough to swallow but that '92 team had flaws and it was kind of amazing we even fielded a team that year given hurricane Andrew and how that set everything back.
 
hesskilla said:
IDK man, I remember that Alabama loss in the Sugar Bowl. That one stung. We were the favorites by a TD or so. Alabama hadn’t been relevant in awhile. We had a 29 game winning streak. Our team was “invincible” at the time.

Sure, Syracuse was a bad loss. However, it was a time period where bad losses were common. It could be considered the most embarrassing loss though. I’ll give you that.
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Our fans should start defining their terms. If by "worst," one means that we played like ****, then absolutely Syracuse '98 was a debacle.

If by "worst," one means "self-inflicted," I'd say VT '98 or ECU '99.

But I wouldn't say bad losses were "common." We had some under Butch, but it wasn't that many. We had even fewer under Dennis.

The Sugar Bowl loss is obviously the most disappointing given the stakes, but putting that aside, there's a different one that haunts me: 1993 away to WVU.

We came in at #4 and it was the biggest game in the history of Mountainqueer Field. WVU lived in our side of the field in the first quarter, but our all-universe defensive heroism resulted in a mere 3 point deficit.

We couldn't run it. They couldn't throw it. Our QB play was awful.

We lost a squeaker and a chance at a 10-win regular season. I have little doubt we'd have beaten them at home 8/10 times. We could have gotten a different Bowl matchup for higher stakes. It still hurts.
 
Alls I know is 70-76 was the best time in my life little league till high school football never worrying just eat sleep football oblivious to anything else.

My question to older folks , how was the economy then , no idea.

My dad a Firemen my mother Bell South phone company.

Didn’t know or felt any economic issues, fridge was full , I emptied it

GOCANES
 
9.4 wins to 2.6 losses for 30 years. That includes the **** bag Shannon years and the **** bag ending to Coker’s tenure. WTF happened
 
Brains said:
Our fans should start defining their terms. If by "worst," one means that we played like ****, then absolutely Syracuse '98 was a debacle.

If by "worst," one means "self-inflicted," I'd say VT '98 or ECU '99.

But I wouldn't say bad losses were "common." We had some under Butch, but it wasn't that many. We had even fewer under Dennis.

The Sugar Bowl loss is obviously the most disappointing given the stakes, but putting that aside, there's a different one that haunts me: 1993 away to WVU.

We came in at #4 and it was the biggest game in the history of Mountainqueer Field. WVU lived in our side of the field in the first quarter, but our all-universe defensive heroism resulted in a mere 3 point deficit.

We couldn't run it. They couldn't throw it. Our QB play was awful.

We lost a squeaker and a chance at a 10-win regular season. I have little doubt we'd have beaten them at home 8/10 times. We could have gotten a different Bowl matchup for higher stakes. It still hurts.
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Erickson lost complete control of the team in 92....Players out partying until 4 a.m the day of the NC vs Bama, not to mention the garbage offensive play calls which fell right into Bamas #1 DL.
 
SWFLHurricane said:
Erickson lost complete control of the team in 92....Players out partying until 4 a.m the day of the NC vs Bama, not to mention the garbage offensive play calls which fell right into Bamas #1 DL.
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We have long had cycles of dominant teams followed by some complacency. I think it's the main reason we never won back-to-back titles.

They all needed to learn how to party AFTER the game, not before.
 
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hesskilla said:
Did the 80’s teams have an unfair advantage being independent? They were always guaranteed to play the best team in a bowl if they were ranked in the top 5 due to lack of bowl/conference affiliation.
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Are you kidding? Miami had to break through against the Blue Blood blockade! They earned everything they got. Also, no top 4 playoffs or they may have one a couple more.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
We have long had cycles of dominant teams followed by some complacency. I think it's the main reason we never won back-to-back titles.

They all needed to learn how to party AFTER the game, not before.
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There was no curfew in effect that night/day....which is completely asinine...fast forward to the 2001 Sugar Bwl and everything was done correctly, even whipping the Gaytors *** the night before the game.
 
NJshoreCane said:
There was a stretch between '85 and '89 where we went 52-2 during the regular season, 55-4 overall.
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This point about the '80s teams can't be understated. Alabama has had strong success over the past decade, but I don't even know if they matched this type of absolute dominance:
-'83 season - first national championship
-'85 season - after #1 Penn St loses to Oklahoma (the team we beat earlier in the season) in the Orange Bowl, we are poised to win our second national title, but we play a horrible game and lose to Tennessee.
-'86 season - played for the national championship, and if not for a seven turnover game, we were still marching down the field for the winning score at the Penn St 6-yard line and the national title, before our hopes are dashed and Vinny throws the final game-sealing interception. This team may be one of the most underrated of all the greatest Miami teams.
-'87 season - (my first year at Miami and i went to each of the games I'm highlighting) we start with a ****-bombing of Florida (31-4) where the only scoring Florida was able to muster were the two snaps that went over our punter's head and out through the end zone...I mean they couldn't even score their own safeties. After being down19-3 in the 3rd quarter, JJ, Walsh, and Irvin refused to lose and we walk out of Dookie Campbell Stadium with a 26-25 victory over FS. Finally, after all their obnoxious **** talking, we silence the #1 Sooners for Jimmy's well-deserved first national title.
-'88 season - outside of the robbery in South Bend, this was one of the most deserving teams of a national title and why the Notre Dame game is a bitter point for so many Canes fans. If you had created a true playoff system back then, where you play the champions of each conference (you don't win your conference, you don't deserve to be in the conversation) Miami played a season of beating other conference champions:
  • Preseason #1 FSU (it was an absolute ****-pounding 31-0; FSU didn’t lose another game and destroyed almost all of their other opponents)
  • Went into the big house and beat Michigan. Looking like we are out of it, JJ again masterful in his resistance to losing, uses a surprise onside kick to regain momentum and making Canes fans feel like the game was never really in doubt. (eventual Big 10 champion)
  • Obliterated LSU in their home stadium, which very few teams can pull off (SEC co-champion)
  • Beat Arkansas (Southwest Conference Champion, which at that time included Texas, Texas A&M, and TCU)
  • Pummeled Nebraska (Big 8 Champion, which included Oklahoma and was the precursor to the Big 12)
  • And of course went into South Bend and beat satan’s spawn, aka the eventual fake National Champion (Jimmy and those players who worked so hard, deserved so much better)
  • That team of dominance beat #1, in reality beat #4, #6, #8, #11, and #15 that year. it was more than deserving of a rematch with satan's spawn, particularly after the inexcusable officiating that cost us that game.
'89 - National Champion

It should be noted, that while not part of the '80s, we finished 1990 #3 in the country, after losing to BYU by one score, and at Notre Dame by 9. We finished our 1991 season as national champions again. And we played for the national title again for our 1992 season losing to Alabama in that painful title game, to which I was present.

Few, if any teams, have matched a decade of dominance like that. For our younger Canes fans, when Mario talks about returning us to what Miami is like, and what Miami can be, that's what he is talking about. Now, hopefully we can regain that momentum, but ultimately, we need to start winning.
 
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