Lol at “stolen” by the hockey team in Carolina. It’s a US maritime flag nobody owns it. I’m gurssing Tulsa “stole” it too?
Seriously, you are going to turn into a little ***** every time someone mentions North Carolina? This isn't the first time you've done this.
As a sports representation, we used it first, Carolina took it from us. It may be legal (just as it was legal for the guy who wrote the "Miami Dolphins" song to sell it to the Houston Oilers when Joe Robbie wouldn't pay him), but Miami was clearly first.
As for Tulsa, they are the Golden Hurricane SINGULAR. A TORNADO. Tulsa's nickname was originally the Golden Tornadoes. They are idiots for using, as you pointed out, the MARITIME hurricane warning flag when they are named for a TORNADO and they are in a land-locked state.
And, YES, Toledo stole that SPORTS USAGE from Miami. You want to know HOW I know that Tulsa is the "golden hurricane"? Because Miami played Tulsa THREE TIMES when I was in school, 1986, 1988, and 1991 (the 1986 and 1988 games were IN MIAMI). The games in Miami are important, because the warning flags are almost solely used for TD celebrations, which are not seen on TV, and which we do not take on away games (1991). And Tulsa NEVER used the hurricane warning flags in any significant on-field capacity before they saw us doing it.
So, yes, Miami was by far the first to use the hurricane warning flags for sports purposes. Carolina didn't get a hockey team until 1997 and Tulsa's athletic department is very confused and misguided, having taken it from us when they saw it in the 80s and 90s.
The "Smoke"
The traditional Hurricane "smoke" entrance in the Orange Bowl began in the 1950s. In an attempt to increase fan interest, UM transportation director Bob Nalette came up with the idea of using fire extinguishers to produce the now-famous smoke that Hurricanes run through as they enter the field. In his spare time 40 years ago, Nalette welded the pipe together that even today billow smoke from the top of the Hurricanes’ entrance tunnel. The original set up included flashing lights, two large hurricane flags and a tape of a hurricane being blasted over the loud speaker. The flags and lights are now gone but the smoke and sound track still remain.
