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OrangeBowlMagic said:
Ive been a fan and followed every aspect of the program so closely that you’d think I had a microscope for 30 years now, and this is by far the most excited I’ve been since 2002. It’s almost hard for me to comprehend, I really convinced myself that Miami would never commit to athletics.
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been attending games since 1989. definitely seen the best of times and the worst of times.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
Ive been a fan and followed every aspect of the program so closely that you’d think I had a microscope for 30 years now, and this is by far the most excited I’ve been since 2002. It’s almost hard for me to comprehend, I really convinced myself that Miami would never commit to athletics.
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The only reason I subscribe to the Miami Herald is the Canes. Ditto for another left wing rag Sun Sentinel. I’ve been a fan since ‘84. 36 years of which the last 20 were the absolute *****! I hope for the 20-30 YOs a chance to see Cane greatness. Like JJ destroying the Huskies or ND getting their asses kicked and refusing to play us. Wimps! Fear I love. The whole country hates us when the Canes be rocking. Stomp them. I like 60-0!! We gotta give Mario 2-3 recruiting classes and then Bam!!!
 
I have been a fan since dirt (1960). Became a fan since a schoolmate Russell Smith was recruited there and eventual went pro. Saw the program almost get shutdown. There was always an element with the Canes though that made them watchable and that was effort, they never gave up until a few years back seemed to lose that fortitude. I've been through the excitement of new coaches and was optimistic and then disappointed. I am cautiously optimistic today, especially if the money discussed becomes a reality, we never had the best facilities or the "best" available assistants. The excuse was the COLA compared to Tallahassee and Gainesville so now we should be able to hire the best available ala Bama. We were very fortunate to get many great assistants but it was HC's making great decisions. To be honest I am not impressed with Mario's overall record BUT with the talent he inherits and can recruit and with great assistants I EXPECT success. He should be like a Bobby Bowden and direct the show but let his staff recruit and manage the football side. Bobby success was Chuck Amato, Beamer was Bud Foster, I know both Bobby and Beamer made some great play calls and Beamer worked ST's hard. I am not denigrating Mario, I just want him managing successfully for many years like Bobby and Beamer and that is done making great choices. I am super anxious to see what staff he puts together and how recruiting transpires. REGARDLESS IT IS GREAT TO BE A MAIMI HURRICANE!
 
Man I’m 28.

From Detroit.

I currently live in the DMV but before it was Las Vegas, South Florida, Chicago, San Juan, Puerto Rico……

Now I just took some crypto bread and closed on a condo in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

I’m leaving the DC area in March to move my main residence back to South Florida and I ****inn hope I can see Miami win some ships while I’m back down there.

But I ain’t going to be living in south Florida full time. Going to spend my time 6 months in Brasil and 6 months in Miami until my sons out of school.

(Baby momma moved to Miami)

Hopefully we get some rings mane
 
Undecided if I'm happier for the oldheads that experienced ALL of our glory and thought they'd never live to see us even try to reclaim it or the kids that didn't get to see of ANY of it.

Legitimate hope is a beautiful thing.
 
Been a fan since the '83 season which is when I was essentially old enough to be aware of college football. My uncle went to the '84 Orange Bowl and brought me back a t-shirt. I've been a diehard fan ever since. Cried my eyes out after the '87 Fiesta Bowl but enjoyed the ride during the Johnson/Erickson years. I was always optimistic that they would bounce back after Erickson stepped down and they proved me right. I suffered through Coker/Shannon/Golden. Was cautiously optimistic during the Richt years, but then beaten back down when they hired Manny. Bringing back Manny for another season probably would have probably pushed me over the edge. I would have tuned out next year and stopped following college football. I'm so glad it didn't come to that.
 
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Yes one or two are old farts like me, been going since early 50’s. How many know how many games we won in the 70’s… a ten year period ending in 1979… now don’t look it up
 
Feeling Old GIF by A&E
 
Now I’ll answer in a few minutes, this is just to show the hard times us old farts actually had to put up with the old U not the one we are getting today
 
Well for young guys we only won 41 games in 10 years…. That is a big wow. That is why sometimes we say you really don’t know what the bad times were actually like. Now we did go through the 20 great years and then the 20 years of disaster of the U making a true commitment like they have in the last 48 hrs. I hope I get to see the resurgence of the U.
 
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DREW! said:
Yea, lots of people, myself included have been repping this U for 30+ years.

Its a shame and sad what has happened over the last 15+ years. I made my wife a Canes fan some 14 years ago, my brother in law started going to games in 2016 and became a season tix holder in 2018...they have no clue other than YouTube videos about what Miami once was, aside of 2017.

I told them all...Get Ready! You are gonna see the real Joy, Excitement and Passion for Canes Football like you've never seen before, and it almost brings a tear to my eye 👁. What has happened in the last 48 hours, or since @Cribby Da Gawww gave us all hope for back in October/November has been nothing short of Amazing.

Please send Kirk Herbstreit, Dez and the Bear a Christmas Card.

Let's Go Canes!!!
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Great story. Been a Cane since my first day on campus 1972. My bro opened a cut over my eye head butting me in a bar in Marietta Ga, right after we beat Nebraska for #1 in 83. Which we promptly got thrown out of. Now about to start another generation of Canes. Adding a third season seat for my Son’s new baby boy, gotta raise em’ right. #CANESNATIONLIFER🙌
 
1983cane said:
I am with this. My **** is starting to get old at 48.

Now maybe, just maybe I will live to see #6 hoisted.
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Oh hey you still got a lot of living to do; when you were born, I was the age of a Steely Dan song, "Hey Nineteen" and had already started two years in the NAIA.
 
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