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1986 in the OB vs Tulsa.
I watched Bob Biletnikoff start at QB for UM in Gainesville at the end of the '64 season. We lost.Season opener in 1964 at the OB against FSU. They beat us 14-0 behind the Steve Tensi to Freddie Biletnikoff passing combination. Soph Bob Biletnikoff (Fred's bro) started his first game as a Cane at QB (Frosh weren't eligible back then).
Every school had them. Don't they still?That is awesome. I had no idea "married dorms" were a thing.
I don't think Jerome Brown was on that '87 NC team so he would not have played against Oklahoma in that '88 OB.1988 OB vs OK. JJ vs Barry for all the marbles. Was on vacation from LA and went with Fam from the 305. What an Atmosphere! What a Defense (JB, BB, Stubbs, Moss...)! The OB that night was lit up for real. Have only seen a few games @ Rock nowhere close, but from TV maybe ND game?
The pro scouts knew. I remember a feature story in the Washington Post after Ottis burst on the scene in '78. He exploded in his very first NFL game against, I think, the Cowboys. It might have been Bobby Beathard, head of player personnel for Redskins, who was quoted as saying he was best to come out since O.J. Simpson. One of the networks during their NFL broadcasts had picked him as sleeper college player of year.1978 against San Diego State.
My dad told me the Canes had the best running back in college football and no one in the NFL knows about him. My dad wanted to see him play because he was sure the Dolphins would get him in the draft.
The following spring I remember my dad listening to the NFL draft on WIOD (how it was done back then - lol). "With the 6th pick of the first round, the St. Louis Cardinals choose.....Ottis Anderson, running back from Miami of Florida."
My dad was ****ed.
I don't think Jerome Brown was on that '87 NC team so he would not have played against Oklahoma in that '88 OB.
Greg Mark and the late Derwin Jones we're starters at DT.
I don't think Winston Moss was there either. Graduated after '86. Starting LBs in the '88 OB were Randy Shannon, Rod Carter and Tiger Clark. Tiger replaced George Mira, Jr. who was suspended for failing a drug test. Remember the controversy when JJ kicked George Jr. off the sideline during pre-game?
They moved George inside to DT because ******* Dan Sileo had run out of eligibility. He was going to play anyway that season and we would have forfeited the entire season.
EDIT: I was correct, Jerome Brown and Winston Moss we're gone by the '87 NC season ('88 OB game).
Starting DL: Bill Hawkins, Danny Stubbs (DE's); Derwin Jones, Greg Mark (DTs). Severely undersized vs. Oklahoma.
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I watched Bob Biletnikoff start at QB for UM in Gainesville at the end of the '64 season. We lost.
Getting back to the Biletnikoff brothers, Bob spent only a year at UM before leaving early after getting $50K as a bonus from the Yankees.
Fred Biletnikoff was the goods. One year he intercepted a pass and took it back for a TD to beat UM. That's when we started to have trouble beating FSU.
FSU had two of the greatest college receivers of the decade: Biletnikoff and Sellers.
I watched Bill Sellers play a lot and he was awesome.
UM's first Black player, Ray Bellamy, was similar in build and style to Sellers. Very tall and fluid. He only played one year because of a bad car accident.
That '64 UM team had Russ Smith and Pete Banaszak, whom many thought might turn out to be like the fabled Mr. Outside (Glenn Davis) and Mr. Inside (Doc Blanchard) that Coach Gus had coached as an assistant to Red Blaik at Army.
Smith and Banaszak did not become the equivalent of Blanchard and Davis, unfortunately. Banaszak became very solid RB for the Raiders for a number of years.
That '64 team, I think was Charlie Tate's first year. He had been an OC at GATech, I think, and a successful Miami High coach before that.
That was during Miami High's glory years. A real powerhouse.
Well this ages me but 1957...Miami vs Baylor, my dad ushered at the OB and got me in through a gate where the floats for the OB would enter. Miami won 13-6. Miami had some ranked teams back then, in 1956 finished #6 in the country but was on probation, what's new? Been a Canes fan for a looooooong time, lol. before most of you were born. lolNow that we've spent that last few weeks cringing about what will be in the present, take a moment to reminisce about the past -- something we as Canes fans have grown quite fond of doing over the last decade and a half.
When and where was the first UM game you attended?
I'll kick it off....1983 in the Doak. Shnelly brought his #6 ranked Canes into Tallahassee vs an unranked FSU squad. Noles nearly pulled off the upset, but in the final 2 minutes. Kosar marched the offense straight down the field in my direction. Davis kicked the game winner in the final seconds and the ball nearly landed in my lap as time expired. Final score 17-16 good guys.
Our boys would go on to beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl that season for our first Natty. I was hooked.
I was there! OB was packedMatador,
1. 1964 was indeed Tate's first UM team.
2. Freddie B was better than Sellars. Pro careers are added evidence of that.
3. Biletnikoff Bros were from Erie, Pa
4. Bob, a left handed thrower if I recall. Could be wrong. He ran Tate's "Sprint Option" offense. Basically a moving pocket where the QB could run himself (preferred), pitch to a trailing back (second choice), or Pass (last option). Bob was not particualarly accurate as a thrower. Few lefty's are. Apologies to Ken Stabler.
5. Russ Smith from FtL Stranahan was fast but always injured. Stll, he did play for the Chargers a bit.
6. Banaszak played, what, 10 years in the NFL for the Raiders? A Walt Kichefski (Wisconsin native) recruit from the north woods of Wisconsin. Tough as nails. Looked it too. Jerry Daanen, WR, was another Badger.
7. Did you see the Miami High-Gables matchup of undefeated teams in the OB in 1965? Stings won. 48,000 in attendance (real number).
My parents told me it was 1984 vs. Rice, but I don't really remember. The first one I remember was 1985 vs. Louisville.
That was my first game too. I was 3 and didn't understand what was going on, so only cheered when other cheered lol. First game I went to that i remember was the 2008 bowl game vs calyou lost your cherry in Trailerhassee ? ****.
mine was in the OB in 1983 when the Canes beat 13th ranked Notre Douche 20-0 .. the shutout was icing on the cake.
Wow...you saw em when Shnelly was across the field, eh?
Now that we've spent that last few weeks cringing about what will be in the present, take a moment to reminisce about the past -- something we as Canes fans have grown quite fond of doing over the last decade and a half.
When and where was the first UM game you attended?
I'll kick it off....1983 in the Doak. Shnelly brought his #6 ranked Canes into Tallahassee vs an unranked FSU squad. Noles nearly pulled off the upset, but in the final 2 minutes. Kosar marched the offense straight down the field in my direction. Davis kicked the game winner in the final seconds and the ball nearly landed in my lap as time expired. Final score 17-16 good guys.
Our boys would go on to beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl that season for our first Natty. I was hooked.