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I was born in 86 so when I first started watching was the Butch era, but the first game I can remember was the orange bowl in 95 (94 season). My dad and Uncle are old school Canes they had me watching it early.
I was born in 86 so when I first started watching was the Butch era, but the first game I can remember was the orange bowl in 95 (94 season). My dad and Uncle are old school Canes they had me watching it early.
That was around the time I had the attention span to watch a whole game I was like 12. I thought we were going to lose that game.Edgerrin James vs UCLA
Love hearing the stories from the old school Canes, that must’ve been a time to be alive for a canes fan84 OB....I was already a Fins fan so when I turned on my 10" B&W tv and saw Miami I thought it was the Dolphins....figured out quick is was not but watched anyway and got hooked
we should’ve won that game I went back and watched all the old games.Unfortunately for me the first game I remember watching was the 87 Fiesta Bowl. I was supposed to watch w/ my UM alum grandfather (I was 7) but got sick as a dog and was throwing up the whole game. Maybe also due to Vinny's performance.
I was born in 86 so when I first started watching was the Butch era, but the first game I can remember was the orange bowl in 95 (94 season). My dad and Uncle are old school Canes they had me watching it early.
we should’ve won that game I went back and watched all the old games.
That’s cool, love hearing the stories from you old school CanesStarted going to games in 1980 when I was six years old—though I don't recall any specific moment back then.
We moved to San Diego for a year (spring 1983 through spring 1984) and I recall watching the 1984 Orange Bowl on TV with the family and walking around with an old tape recorder and microphone doing post-game interviews with the fam (a precursor to covering the program from the mid-90s to present day).
Moved back to Miami and season tickets for the 1984 season, the first game I remember-remember—as it was an unforgettable experience—was Miami blowing a 31-0 halftime lead and losing to Maryland and that mother**ker Frank Reich, 42-40.
Went to all other home games that year, but that collapse is the first game I remember as my dad and uncle were fit to be tied and that walk to the car was brutal—as was a quiet, dejected post-game dinner at La Hacienda.
Family owned All Sports (allCanes) from 1974 through 2016 and another uncle owned the long-gone Redd's Cleaners. Still recall being put to work that summer at the shop (at 10 years old), walking next door to see my uncle and him helping a customer, looking at me (knowing I was a huge Canes fan) and saying, "Come here, let me introduce you to Miami's new coach, Jimmy Johnson".
Them's were the days....
Yeah I watch the whole game, Penn state couldn’t move the ball, The 5 picks killed us, if he didn’t throw that last one we winYou think? Five interceptions and still only down four points before that fifth and final end zone errant throw by Vinny which could've won the game???
17-14 at minimum, but the Canes legit should've rolled those slow slugs 35-7. Never got over that one.
The first game I remember specific details about was the 31-4 win over Florida in 1987.
I was in Greece but remember listening on Air Forces Radio.I was there. Fantastic game.