Vintage Miami Hurricanes newspapers

[Heart of The Playmaker]

I have some in my garage...going to check this weekend.

 

[fraggle]

Yep. After the season, the NCAA banned "split-squad" referee crews. Back in the day, both UM and ND were major independents, so our games would feature half a crew from one conference, and half a crew from another conference.

The idiot refs at that 1988 game mistakenly thought we had a 4th and goal situation, when it was actually 4th and 7 from the 11. Cleveland Gary made it to the 1 yard line, should have been first and goal.

But the refs gave it to ND...ON DOWNS...it was NEVER ruled a fumble. Jimmy Johnson was jumping up and down on the sidelines making the FIRST DOWN motion, not the "runner-and-ball-were-down-by-contact" motion.

The refs spotted the ball at the ONE (where Cleveland Gary's knee went down), NOT AT THE THREE where Stonebreaker recovered the "fumble". I hate Lou Holtz for falsely calling it a "fumble" in his autobiography.

Never forget.

JJ was yelling at the refs "It's a first down", they ignored him.

 

[Don Caneleone]

Nice mate. Do you sell them?

Nah, they are for me. My kids will get them.

 

[Gatorhater]

Man I'm too young to remember the 80's, but **** I know it was lit! listening to my dad tell me the old stories.....

You have no idea. Not only did the The U rule, So Fl was rocking greatest females anywhere. All the drug smuggling in 70’s and 80’s resulted in something like 70% of all the $100 bills in the world being down here. Hot chicks follow the Old Ben like sharks to blood.