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My very first attended Hurricanes game was September 29, 1979 against La Tech. I was 8 years old. It was Sylvester Stallone night in the OB but my excitement was still for our small local schools football team. Nobody cared about the Hurricanes back then except for the locals. Suddenly, the small unknown school made national headlines with their David vs. Goliath victory over Nebraska to win their first National Championship....I certainly do not need to cover what happened over the last 40 years as many of you lived through the same thing. I have always been extremely passionate about Miami Hurricane football...so much to the point any loss would not only ruin my day, it would ruin my week. Its a passion only the diehards can explain and understand. You want to smack the idiot who would say to you "dude, its only a game". Now I certainly understand there are bigger things in life and I absolutely understand in the end it is just a game but my passion for the program runs deep enough to let it have an effect on how I feel. I have been through the highest of highs and what I thought was the lowest of lows....I thought when they were put on probation in the mid 90's it was as low as it could get. I thought after the LSU beatdown in the Peach bowl was as low as it could get...I thought the loss to Virginia in the final game in the OB was the lowest...I thought probation 2 and the Golden years was as low as it could get....there was a glimmer of hope 2 years ago that actually had me believing there just may be a chance we were "back". I even had excitement leading into this season but now? Now I just may finally have to come to terms the dream is over and its time to wake up to reality. Had it not been 15 years of grossly underperforming and sub par coaching I may still have some hope. Hey, at least it took me a full 15 years to give up this hope. It sounds funny but I miss how upset I got when they lost. The feeling isnt there anymore. I watch more out of obligation at this point and I will continue to do so. Maybe they pull off a big upset one day and I can say I was there to see it. This is a very tough reality for me but I have to finally admit our best days are behind us and I cannot see it ever coming back. With that, because of my loyalty, I will still say LETS GO CANES!!! It was an unbelievable ride and I wouldn't trade it for anything.