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How did you become a Hurricanes fan?

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Moved to south Florida in the early 70s. Would watch the coaches show on Sunday morning. If I remember correctly, the Notre Dame coaches show was on right before it or after. So I became familiar with the team, and rooted for Miami, and funny enough, against Notre Dame. The big moment was a peach bowl win, and as I watched sitting on the floor watching the game, I told my mom the the Hurricanes were on their way up.

Sports on tv back then was completely different from today. There were about 2 games televised every week on ABC. Not much else.
 
Both my parents were alumni and I grew up in the Gables. My folks had season tickets from '54 until 2002. I remember going to the Orange Bowl in the 70s and early 80s to watch the canes. I wore 47 in high school because it was OJ Anderson's number. I was lucky enough to watch the Canes become a national power against all odds. I was in the OB for the 1st title win against Nebraska. What a ride... I still make a few games a year despite living in Silicon Valley. See you at the Stanford game!
 
Felonious Monk said:
You first.
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Honestly, I’m a pretty recent Hurricanes fan. While I’ve always supported Miami, I didn't truly get into football until 2016, when I started watching every game. For basketball, I didn’t start watching until 2017.

I became a die-hard fan because of my dad, whose love for the team came from my grandpa. I never actually asked my grandpa how he got into them, but I definitely need to ask him!

I’ve attended quite a few games over the years:
  • 2018: L Miami vs. LSU (First game)
  • 2019: L Miami vs. UNC (Good game, still can't believe gave up that 4th and long).
  • 2020: W Miami vs. Louisville (Deriq King masterpiece)
  • 2021: L Miami vs. Alabama (Terrible game)
  • 2022: W Miami vs. Georgia Tech (Thought Jacuzzi Brown was the real deal lol)
  • 2023: W Miami vs. Texas A&M (Great game)
  • 2024: W/W Miami vs. Virginia Tech & Miami vs. Louisville (Two of the craziest games I've ever been to)
  • 2025: W Miami vs. Notre Dame (Crowd was awesome, never forget that night.)
It’s all about the U!
 
RVACane said:
Awesome story. Skip Bertman was my father’s college friend and fraternity brother at UM. A friend of mine played for him at LSU in the 80’s.
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Small world. I believe my uncle was at LSU in Bert’s first 2 years there. Maybe 2nd and 3rd years.

He always tried out at UM as an OF/1B and Skip made him a pitcher at LSU. 6’4 lefty throwing maybe 75-78mph but it would just naturally have a foot of run and fall off a table and a big loopy breaking ball. He K’d Will Clark and Rafael Palmeiro back to back in his first ever appearance (or so he says) against Mississippi State on the team that went to the CWS.
 
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