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Deadspin calling out the Canes (indirectly)

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Colombie said:
Deadspin? Are they even relevant anymore?

Might as well talk about Myspace while we are at it.
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Pretty much.

I don't get why anyone would care what gets said on Deadspin. It's a site for mediocre "Journalists" posting hot take nonsense. You see this across the entire Gawker universe. Any writers worth a **** GTFO eventually, leaving behind trash. The Root is a perfect example of this phenomenon.
 
Miami is so irrelevant he's still writing about us to get people to read so he can prove it.
 
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RadioRahim said:
Deadspin trying to pour some dirt on the Canes and claiming the aura is over... Hope Mario starts to prove them wrong and we see a "The U, Part 3" when all is said and done.

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Can we please get an LS-U 30 for 30 already?

The current charisma of Tigers football is reminiscent of those all-time Miami teams
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...There are a ton of factors that can lead to likability, and due to a mix of athleticism, talent, dominance, personality, but mostly swagger, Miami created a program that produced players football fans gravitate to.

People liked those national title teams so much that 30 for 30 had to do a Part 2 of the The U documentary. Their cultural upheaval of college football — criticized at the time — is now celebrated for injecting energy, culture, speed, and bravado into the sport...

However, the league is currently bereft of Hall of Fame caliber Canes. Who’s the most notable Miami alumni in the NFL right now? Travis Benjamin? Braxton Berrios? Duke Johnson? Allen Hurns? I guess it’s Jimmy Graham, and he’s more known for his basketball career at Miami than the one year he played football and had 17 catches total.

If you’re arguing that the U still influences football at the college and pro levels, the only current evidence is the turnover chain, which was cool until we got a bunch of knockoffs. (The worst was Florida State’s turnover backpack, and the best was SMU’s turnover chalice and crown.) That’s the only trend the Hurricanes have set in a couple decades, and the novelty of your NFL team drafting a player from Miami has subsequently worn off.

That begs asking, what school has claimed the aura that left Coral Gables?...

The team with that cachet, that moxie, that indisputable charisma also has a striped mascot, but it’s none other than LSU. A list containing Joe Burrow, the Honey Badger, Odell Beckham Jr., Ja’Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, Patrick Peterson, Playoff Lenny, Glenn Dorsey, and Devin White is every bit as impressive as the one Miami had. And there are multiple ex-Tigers repping LSU all over ESPN, including Ryan Clark, Marcus Spears, and Booger McFarland. (Neither Ryen Russillo nor Scott Van Pelt went to LSU, but their affinity for Baton Rouge and their popularity among sports fans probably has a little to do with how much love gets thrown the Bayou’s way.)
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Who the fvck reads this lib **** rag? Seriously if you want the prospective of some rich white marxist who’s parents got them into Columbia (activist) journalism school and thinks minorities are completely helpless have at it. Otherwise these “journos” are the guys crossing the street after 6pm when they see a black guy.
 
What is this dude talking about? Miami’s irrelevance is well documented for the period of the last 15+ years. But LSU? Really? This guy needs to wipe the yellow and purple lipstick off of his lips and get to what is really going on. Bryan Kelly will use his fake *** southern accent to wipe away any of the supposed coolness from that program.
 
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Liberty City El said:
Miami isn’t the Miami it was 20 years ago, that’s a fact.
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It's very true as we've discussed here daily, but nothing in the title or subtitle suggests the article is a Miami hit piece.

Shouldn't an article supporting a 30 for 30 for LSU mention LSU in the first 10 paragraphs at least once?

Can we please get an LS-U 30 for 30 already?​

The current charisma of Tigers football is reminiscent of those all-time Miami teams​

 
Funny. Because the U just hosted their National Championship winning coach at our coach’s clinic. Also, LSU is a laughing stock for poaching the worst college fit in the sport.
 
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What 30 for 30 would they possibly do on LSU? A one-season documentary? Or do they want to highlight the absolute nosedive that occurred the following seasons? Might as well make it a Hard Knocks spin-off.

Deadspin has been missing braincells for years; no one reads that garbage anymore. Let's bring back Napster while we're at it.
 
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If there’s a LSU 30 for 30, it’s gonna be about the Hospital foundation fraud and the mess with their basketball team.
 
The callout to ESPN's LSU crew ignores the Canes working on the national stage...Greg Olsen, Vilma, Irvin, Sapp
 
The U Part 2 only worked because of Part 1—an extension of the story and the comeback, or moment of redemption.

If Miami just got onto the scene in 1999 and started winning football games at a high level, it's not much of a story.

The 2000-era Canes were a story because mid-90's era Miami was dead in the water, after being the team of the 80's and early 90's—in brash fashion.

These idiots don't understand how story work—the establishing moments, plot twists and setbacks that all lead to a redemptive moment.

You don't just turn on the end of Rocky IV and root for Balboa to beat Drago's ***—you need to see him lose to Drago early, after killing Apollo Creed in the ring. People need a reason to care.

Miami was always a polarizing program; LSU is just another SEC power not called Alabama. No one gives a sh*t.
 
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