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We're gonna party like it's 2017..

OrangeBowlMagic said:
We've all heard the phrase "the atmosphere was electric" about a million times in our lives. It's usually nonsense.

But that night, at the tailgate, it was ******* electric. It really felt "right" again.

And then the game happened, and I'm sure some old heads (older than me, and I'm 43) will try to tell you such and such game at the OB was louder. Bull****. TOTAL bull****. I've been to a LOT of games at the Orange Bowl. I've heard that place get as loud as it can possibly get. There's a reason my handle on here is what it is....it was the most magical place I've ever had the privilege of visiting. I miss it so much. But that night in 2017, it was just as loud as any of those OB nights. It truly was. I've told this on here before, but after the Bandy pick 6, I got my mouth maybe an inch away from my dad's ear drum, and yelled as loud as I could. I can't remember what I tried to say to him, but in a quiet setting, it'd have put him into the hospital. I probably had a BAC of .35, and I yelled as loud as humanly possible, DIRECTLY into his head. He turned, looked at me, smiled, and just shrugged his shoulders like MJ did after he hit six threes in the finals, as if to say, son, I didn't hear one ******* syllable of that.

That's how loud it was in there. He couldn't make out a single sound from someone yelling at the top of their lungs directly into his eardrum.

Simply magical. If it's half as special as it was that night, I'll remember it forever. The entire day, from waking up with Gameday, to the final whistle, was the reason we love sports and This U. There's just nothing else on earth that can match that intensity and pure jubilation.

FWIW, I have a close friend who is a ND fan. He wasn't there that night, but he has a lot of friends and family who were, and he's told me multiple times since 2017 that they all told him they've never even come close to experiencing an atmosphere at that ever in all their years of going to ND games in South Bend and multiple places across the country. Ever.
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I was in the building when Hester took back the opening kick against UF. I was at the UW revenge game in the WEZ underneath the stands and a handful of other big games in the early 90s and 2000s. I was in Blacksburg when we lost by 4 with Jacory Harris at QB and at many games in Choke Campbell. Ive been to a hundred Fins games. Heat games. Post season stuff. All sorts of different sports.

ND 2017 is still the one for me. When people talk **** about the game day experience I laugh cause I know there's very few that beats it when it is right.

The fact Richt, Diaz, and Malik couldnt somehow will those guys to win a title they had no business winnig is a shame because that game, by itself, was worth a documentary.
 
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k9cane said:
the story is that during the 89 game, Lou Holtz looked around and saw the rabid atmosphere that night at the Orange Bowl, and at that point the decision was made to end the series. The reality is they couldn't win in Miami

It still chaps my hide UM lost the last game of that series in 1990. (Why did we kick to the Rocket!?!?!)

It's a shame, at that time it was THE biggest/best national rivalry in college football -- and I'd argue in all of sports in America
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I know. I was there. That changed the game.
Conley fumbled too- that hurt as well.
Erickson threw for 400 I think?
 
judge smails army said:
I know. I was there. That changed the game.
Conley fumbled too- that hurt as well.
Erickson threw for 400 I think?
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IIRC, Miami was down like by two scores, and Conley tried to cut back inside around the 7 or 8 yard line. Then he fumbled. They score there, and I think it's a 2 or 3 point ball game with plenty of time left. But as Notre Dame recovered, you could feel the air go out of our balloon

I don't think Erickson had that big of a game. In 1990, he was still hampered by that broken thumb he suffered the year before. He was never quite as accurate as he was.

That 1990 team was actually better than the 91 squad IMO
 
TemplarCane said:
My three favorite games to re-watch condensed versions are '86 Oklahoma, '89 Notre Dame, and '94 FSU at the OB. I wasn't privileged to attend live but remember the intensity was palpable even watching on television.
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The ‘94 game had an insane atmosphere. Vs. FSU. When Carlos Jones returned Kanell’s pass to the end zone.
 
Guys,
I'm in the northeast. I've flown down to see games before but did so in November and the '17 Orange Bowl.
I have a health condition that makes it hard to be comfortable with high humidity.
How bad will it be for ND on Aug. 31 and Florida on Sept. 20?
Thanks for your help.,,
 
Applecane said:
Guys,
I'm in the northeast. I've flown down to see games before but did so in November and the '17 Orange Bowl.
I have a health condition that makes it hard to be comfortable with high humidity.
How bad will it be for ND on Aug. 31 and Florida on Sept. 20?
Thanks for your help.,,
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Stay home brother! But if you have to make one of the two, come down to the Florida game in late September. August is absolutely brutal down here.
 
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Applecane said:
Guys,
I'm in the northeast. I've flown down to see games before but did so in November and the '17 Orange Bowl.
I have a health condition that makes it hard to be comfortable with high humidity.
How bad will it be for ND on Aug. 31 and Florida on Sept. 20?
Thanks for your help.,,
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The stadium is an oven. It will be hot and humid as **** in August and September. Even if the game is at night, you will be wearing your *** off. It’s Miami.
 
If you go back and watch that game in 2017. We didn’t really do anything all that special. Notre Dame just turned the ball over 4 times and played with two deep safeties 90% of the game like they thought Malik Rosier was going to bomb them deep. They literally let us run the ball right at them all game like 2024 Florida State.
 
Applecane said:
Guys,
I'm in the northeast. I've flown down to see games before but did so in November and the '17 Orange Bowl.
I have a health condition that makes it hard to be comfortable with high humidity.
How bad will it be for ND on Aug. 31 and Florida on Sept. 20?
Thanks for your help.,,
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First, the ND game will be at 7:30 pm.

Second, I would strongly recommend trying to purchase seats in an area that will give you access to air conditioning for any times you may struggle. I cannot speak to all areas of the stadium, and I can only imagine the resale prices of the 200-level club areas, but myself and a few other posters sit in Sections 117-118-119, for which there is a large club area underneath those sections. You just walk down towards the field, find one of the three entrances, get a wristband, and then you can use the area as much as you'd like.

I do not believe the UM-UF has a gametime set yet.
 
One of the things I've noticed is that the tv broadcast does a much better job of keeping the crowd noise down in their broadcast so viewers don't really get a feel for how loud it really is in the stadium.

I find that disturbing. I want to hear the insanity of the crowd if I can't be there myself.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Look, everything you say can be true.

And I won't argue, solely on a decibel-based level, because in 2017 Hard Rock had a canopy, and the old Orange Bowl never did.

But "atmosphere" is more than just noise. What is routinely discounted by people who were not old enough to have experienced Orange Bowl games in the 1980s is the hostility and anger and emotion that contributed to the atmosphere, over and above sheer "noise". The 1989 game was one year after "Catholics vs. Convicts" and the Cleveland Gary NON-fumble. It was entirely possible that murders could have been committed in 1989, and I could have committed some of them (and I'm Catholic).

Again, I won't argue decibel-levels. But were there MULTIPLE effigies of opposing players hanging from the upper deck (as with Brian Bosworth when Miami hosted #1 Oklahoma in 1986)? Was there a pre-season decision to stop scheduling games (as when Miami hosted the #20 Florida Gators in 1987)? Was there a pre-season Seminole rap (as when Miami routed #1 FSU 31-0 in 1988)? And I've already mentioned Miami hosting #1 Notre Dame in 1989.

Imagine putting a roof (or even a canopy) on THOSE games, and what decibel-level would have been attained.

You want to argue that Hard Rock had the loudest moments during the 2017 Notre Dame game, I won't dispute that. But if you want to argue for "best atmosphere", the 2017 game doesn't break the Top 5 all-time of anger and hatred and "UM atmosphere".

Sorry.
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The most hostile environment I’ve ever been in for any sporting event was at the OB for the Miami -Washington payback game in 2001. It wasn’t the loudest but it was definitely the most hostile crowd that I’ve ever seen or been a part of and I loved every second of it. I’ve never seen any crowd as hostile as I saw it that evening. Revenge was the main course that night and our Canes fans ate well!

 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
We've all heard the phrase "the atmosphere was electric" about a million times in our lives. It's usually nonsense.

But that night, at the tailgate, it was ******* electric. It really felt "right" again.

And then the game happened, and I'm sure some old heads (older than me, and I'm 43) will try to tell you such and such game at the OB was louder. Bull****. TOTAL bull****. I've been to a LOT of games at the Orange Bowl. I've heard that place get as loud as it can possibly get. There's a reason my handle on here is what it is....it was the most magical place I've ever had the privilege of visiting. I miss it so much. But that night in 2017, it was just as loud as any of those OB nights. It truly was. I've told this on here before, but after the Bandy pick 6, I got my mouth maybe an inch away from my dad's ear drum, and yelled as loud as I could. I can't remember what I tried to say to him, but in a quiet setting, it'd have put him into the hospital. I probably had a BAC of .35, and I yelled as loud as humanly possible, DIRECTLY into his head. He turned, looked at me, smiled, and just shrugged his shoulders like MJ did after he hit six threes in the finals, as if to say, son, I didn't hear one ******* syllable of that.

That's how loud it was in there. He couldn't make out a single sound from someone yelling at the top of their lungs directly into his eardrum.

Simply magical. If it's half as special as it was that night, I'll remember it forever. The entire day, from waking up with Gameday, to the final whistle, was the reason we love sports and This U. There's just nothing else on earth that can match that intensity and pure jubilation.

FWIW, I have a close friend who is a ND fan. He wasn't there that night, but he has a lot of friends and family who were, and he's told me multiple times since 2017 that they all told him they've never even come close to experiencing an atmosphere at that ever in all their years of going to ND games in South Bend and multiple places across the country. Ever.
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Leonard Moore who is a total freak will likely have the Boundary, and that will be tough sledding. The rest of the field we should have success throwing the ball. Their secondary is good, but they have one elite player back there and a handful of other good DBs.
 
3FW said:
Leonard Moore who is a total freak will likely have the Boundary, and that will be tough sledding. The rest of the field we should have success throwing the ball. Their secondary is good, but they have one elite player back there and a handful of other good DBs.
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I might be wrong about this but it “feels” this way to me anyway

Big fan of Dawson but it feels sometimes like we have decided to play the way the other team is playing rather than just sticking to our own strengths. Not all the time but I thought there was a few times we took the foot off the gas early

If Notre Dame wants to grind it out I don’t want to see Mario frothing at the mouth I want to see our offense stay aggressive. Unless the QB breaks his brain the offense has been very good since Dawson got here. I love our OL and think we have good backs but I hope to see us pressure through the air it’s why we paid millions for a QB
 
3FW said:
Leonard Moore who is a total freak will likely have the Boundary, and that will be tough sledding. The rest of the field we should have success throwing the ball. Their secondary is good, but they have one elite player back there and a handful of other good DBs.
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Lofton is going to have a field day IMO.
 
insaneinthecane said:
The most hostile environment I’ve ever been in for any sporting event was at the OB for the Miami -Washington payback game in 2001. It wasn’t the loudest but it was definitely the most hostile crowd that I’ve ever seen or been a part of and I loved every second of it. I’ve never seen any crowd as hostile as I saw it that evening. Revenge was the main course that night and our Canes fans ate well!

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I was at this game, and this was such a fun one. I always say that the OB was absolutely rabid that night. I saw some things that I definitely will not talk about on a message board 🤣 It was my ex-husband’s first Miami game in person (he had only been to Fins games), and I prepared him for what to expect, but after that night he was hooked. He said he never saw Fins games get quite like that game, even against the Jets.

Applecane said:
Guys,
I'm in the northeast. I've flown down to see games before but did so in November and the '17 Orange Bowl.
I have a health condition that makes it hard to be comfortable with high humidity.
How bad will it be for ND on Aug. 31 and Florida on Sept. 20?
Thanks for your help.,,
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Not sure what your exact condition is, but I have some pretty serious health issues so I completely get it. Some of my conditions also get worse with the heat and humidity, and I’ve been going through a bunch of tests and procedures pretty much every other week because I’m not doing well right now, so the timing sucks and I’m super bummed that I can’t go to this game. I really wanted to take my son. You and your medical team obviously know what is going to work best for you and what you have on your plate, but Miami in the late summer, even at night, will be bad. Like pretty insufferable, and I was born and raised in South Florida and now live in Georgia, so I can take the heat.

I would say is it an issue of just being uncomfortable in the heat (because no one is comfortable in the Miami summer heat), or does it become unsafe for you at some point? This is a question for you, so you don’t have to tell us, but is it something that could cause issues to, e.g., your heart or lungs or kidneys? Because if so, I would very strongly caution you to run it by your medical team. You and your health are more important than being physically present at the game. We can enjoy our air conditioning while everyone else enjoys their tinnitus. 😊
 
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