F Bama......Next...All this tells me is that many of the people answering the poll weren't alive in the mid-80s through mid-90s and that immediacy bias is real.
A lot of people under 35 only remember Miami from a few of the 30 for 30 shows which certainly romanticized the Hurricanes from that era, they were nationally hated (yes, hated) by a strong majority not just for their massive success, Nouveau riche status, but also for their real and perceived culture at the time (which was sometimes exaggerated and sometimes not, and was certainly used to often reflect negatively on the entire team).
Some of it was likely unfair, and some of it was totally justified (Remember the combat fatigues prior to playing Penn State) -- Good Vs. Evil, Catholics Vs. Convicts, Traditional Bama/ND/Texas/Penn State Vs Loud/Obnoxious Miami were all very real storylines. There wasn't much of the grudging respect that Alabama/Saban often gets today.
He makes great points. They legit hated everything about us.
But at the same time, ppl are tired of Alabama souch ppl are legit rooting for us to be great again.
The hatred was for different reasons why.
Let’s be real. Much of the hatred was based on race.All this tells me is that many of the people answering the poll weren't alive in the mid-80s through mid-90s and that immediacy bias is real.
A lot of people under 35 only remember Miami from a few of the 30 for 30 shows which certainly romanticized the Hurricanes from that era, they were nationally hated (yes, hated) by a strong majority not just for their massive success, Nouveau riche status, but also for their real and perceived culture at the time (which was sometimes exaggerated and sometimes not, and was certainly used to often reflect negatively on the entire team).
Some of it was likely unfair, and some of it was totally justified (Remember the combat fatigues prior to playing Penn State) -- Good Vs. Evil, Catholics Vs. Convicts, Traditional Bama/ND/Texas/Penn State Vs Loud/Obnoxious Miami were all very real storylines. There wasn't much of the grudging respect that Alabama/Saban often gets today.
I thought the same thingMiami
Don't need to listen
Top 3 all timeIn the movie “ A Bronx Tale “ ( true story) the head gangster was asked .
Is it better to be feared or respected?
Answer : Feared
Canes in our glory years were FEARED Being hated meant nothing FEARED is the prize .
If you can watch this movie , you’ll LOVE IT
Georgetown was loved fwiw UNLV and Miami I get, but across the country they were as loved as anyone. That’s an elitist school if their ever was one. Georgetown wasn’t ever or will ever be black ****Let’s be real. Much of the hatred was based on race.
UM was looked upon as an inner-city school (coded for black) and was taking on the more genteel (coded for white) schools in college town America. I grew up in Ann Arbor and heard UM referred to as a bunch of thugs constantly. To white America, which was basically 99% of the sports reporters and TV personalities in the 80’s, UM represented everything that was wrong with their bull**** “pristine” sport of college football.
UM was the equivalent of UNLV and Georgetown Baskteball, and NWA and Public Enemy. And there was nothing more hated back then, and even to many now, then an unabashed, unflinching black man having success while giving the rest of the country the middle finger.
I don’t mind our toned down version of this but I hope we never forget how UM was treated.
A term was created for how Georgetown played basketball; Hoya Paranoia. That was not love. John Thompson staged a walkout of a game to protest the disparate impact of Proposition 48 on black student athletes. And he lead the black coaches along with John Chaney at Temple.Georgetown was loved fwiw UNLV and Miami I get, but across the country they were as loved as anyone. That’s an elitist school if their ever was one. Georgetown wasn’t ever or will ever be black ****
That’s like saying Harvard or Yale in the suburbs of the Midwest. Suburban mothers still say prayers for Patrick