a 30 for 30 thread

Daniel, it's going to play two more times:

* The U by Billy Corben
* Sunday Dec 20
* 12am ESPN 2

* The U by Billy Corben
* Sunday Dec 27
* 1pm ESPN

Portis was already in Denver in 2003.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 December 2009 15:49 (6 hours ago)

Johnny's right, make that 2001. I think the Canes had Jeremy Shockey in 2001 too.

Thanks, Michael. I'm on it.

We're going to have a very good team next year, but I miss the days when we routinely stomped Top 10 teams into the dirt.

and LOL at that line about running up the score: "It's football, it ain't badminton"

― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, December 13, 2009 3:40 AM

yesss, also loved the stories about them fuckin w/ ~the boz~

the stories about them fuckin w/ ~the boz~

^^ fave bit of the whole thing!

dunno if anyone knows but did the UM baseball program become as good thru similar recruiting methods? or was it just cuz UM football made all other sports programs better, etc? or neither?

I don't follow baseball, but especially not college baseball. zzzzzzzzzz

i feel like sarge might know how long til hes back

oh did he get sb'd out? ffs.

I think the baseball team became good-to-great at an earlier stage than the football team. A stretch of Ponce de Leon Blvd. was renamed Ron Fraiser Way when I was an undergraduate (or shortly thereafter), giving you some idea of when the baseball team began winning and/or competing for championships. I never heard about discipline or recruiting problems involving the baseball team.

(Ponce de Leon Blvd. is the street that runs in front of the main U.M. campus).

that is sorta what i woulda guessed ~ just curious, thanks

man these shits are like nowhere in the internet

I KNOW

so i watched the u on lol regular tv last nite and ehh it had its moments but the promise to deliver a higher standard than yr typical outside the lines typa shit was largely unfulfilled

It was definitely not a well-crafted film, but the subject matter was awesome, and the soundtrack (which was like 90% 2 Live Crew) was great.

yeah it got pretty redundant tho u must admit - an occasional great anecdote surround by endless ol mamai dudes being all WE WERE BAAAAD then vague unedifying season summaries and some fairly delightful footage of end zone celebrations - i found the whole thing quite credulous - it desperately needed dissenting voices

must say uncle luke was the best of the talking heads by far

Yeah it was too long. But the farther along it got, the more likely I was to have watched the games in question, so that helped hold my interest.

There was a scene from a SDSU-Miami brawl that I definitely watched live, and that was thrilling.

shouldve interviewed opposing players - shouldve uncovered evidence that the whole university was funded by coke money etc etc

Yeah, I would have loved soundbites from humiliated coaches and players on other teams. Also, no Testaverde interview? He's finally not busy playing football anymore, so he should've made time for this.

also lol @ the complete incoherence of the erikson section - hes a players coach, no they hate and disrespect him, when they go all nuts under johnson its cause he allows it when they do it to erikson its cause hes losing them, its the decline of the program but o yeah they won two titles under him to johnson and schnellenbergers one each - i mean i know hes not as good an interview but try to make some semblance of sense

omglolwtf drunk ass kosar

shouldve uncovered evidence that the whole university was funded by coke money etc etc

Shh! FFS are there no secrets anymore?

btw for anyone who hasnt seen it this movie is amazing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Cowboys

part 2 sux tho fyi

omglolwtf drunk ass kosar

Seriously!

btw for anyone who hasnt seen it this movie is amazing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Cowboys

― ice cr?m, Monday, December 14, 2009 1:57 PM

Music by Jan Hammer

Cocaqine Cowboys is crazy fun. The first two minutes are some literal WTF-idness bad filmmaking but make it past that and it's pretty sweet

enjoying this reg miller episode

its basically a sports "i love the 90s" tho, idk if im learning much that i didnt already know but its still cool 2 recall

yeah it's def dope imo

can't wait for steal to come up

that was good! i agree not overly enlightening but it's fun to remember those weird no-jordan years.

I HATED that Knicks team. Pat Riley schemed to win with what he had, but that was the fuggliest team to watch play. I think it set basketball back ten years.

watchin dis now

<3 John Starks

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537030/the-u-sequel-on-um-rebirth.html

YESSSSSS

i'm geeked as hell about that but it's gonna be a letdown obv after the incomparable first entry

Yeah, tbh, the best thing about The U since 1992-ish is the players who have come out of the system and gone on to the NFL.

love that reggie miller doc so much

loyola doc was fantastic

damn, when was that one on

the iverson one was tremendous

this one on roto baseball is godawful

this is what i heard

the target audience is p. much someone who has no idea what fantasy baseball is & they do insane re-enactments w/ WACKY #s & GRAFIX flying around the screen nonstop

idk maybe that was y espn aired it on 4/20

true -- i don't get why they would do reenactments, like, at all

I watched the Gretzky one on ESPN UK, thought it was OK. Apparently the one we get next week is a Barry Levinson one about Baltimore. Is that any good?

i think i missed that one? idk i also missed the AI one

The Baltimore one is FANTASTIC. xp