a 30 for 30 thread

i cannot WAIT for the U tho i really wish it didn't premiere on the weekend.

the u was a good one

I didn't know it was going to be 2 hours. It was really good, though. I love that about 90% of the things you can't do in college ball now are because of Miami.

Bernie Kosar is lookin' rough these days.

Man, this one is really awesome.

I mean, if the plan was to get me to fall desperately in love with the Miami Hurricanes, mission accomplished.

Did you guys see Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) in the Texas/Miami victory celebrations? Totally forgot he played there.

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

And yeah...definitely an awesome episode. It felt more like a complete 'documentary', compared to some of the others. It's unbelievable the amount of players that come out of there when you sit down and look at the list.

Did you guys see Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) in the Texas/Miami victory celebrations?

Yeah, I paused and rewound because I thought I'd seen him. I never knew he played there until now.

Miami used to be in the Big East and always kicked our asses with impunity. I remember a game in 2003 when Miami had both Clinton Portis and Frank Gore in the same backfield; the final score was something like 45 to 3. It was hard to love the Canes on that day, but in retrospect what a collection of talent. Those dudes invented the modern college game.

Portis was already in Denver in 2003.

It was pretty magical. I was an undergraduate at U.M. from 1986 -- 1990. The football team lost two, maybe three, games during the regular season in the four years I was there.

Sad I missed the documentary.

loved schnellenberger purposely leaving his pipe @ most-prized recruits houses

young jimmy johnson sounds & has a lot of the mannerisms of coach taylor in FNL

Watching that kind of makes me sad to see Jimmy trapped behind a desk at Fox on Sunday mornings. I don't know that he needs to go back into the NFL, but I'd love to have him take over another college team.

I don't think he has any interest in coaching anywhere, at any level.

He is an all-time great coach, but he's apparently v. happy in retirement.

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

NOT including Costas was a blessing imo but thats just me

Loved the mid 80s Mets, finally got around to watching this today. In some ways, this probably could've been shrunk to three episodes instead of four, but also feel like it could've gone far more in-depth than it did even with four hours to fill. Still hate Dykstra.

the wrap-up-everything ending, post series, felt a little whiplash-y to me as a newbie