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.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 13 December 2009 08:41 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 December 2009 11:37 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― It's Favre O'Clock Somewhere!!! (leavethecapital), Sunday, 13 December 2009 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Portis was already in Denver in 2003.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 December 2009 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 13 December 2009 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 13 December 2009 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 December 2009 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link
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, Esq., Sunday, 13 December 2009 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Sunday, 13 December 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
― 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.
― It's Favre O'Clock Somewhere!!! (leavethecapital), Sunday, 13 December 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 13 December 2009 23:22 (fourteen years ago) link
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~
― too shart (am0n), Monday, 14 December 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
the stories about them fuckin w/ ~the boz~
^^ fave bit of the whole thing!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 December 2009 00:32 (fourteen years ago) link
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?
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 December 2009 00:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't follow baseball, but especially not college baseball. zzzzzzzzzz
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 December 2009 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i feel like sarge might know how long til hes back
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 December 2009 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
oh did he get sb'd out? ffs.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 December 2009 01:38 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 December 2009 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
(Ponce de Leon Blvd. is the street that runs in front of the main U.M. campus).
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 December 2009 01:43 (fourteen years ago) link
that is sorta what i woulda guessed ~ just curious, thanks
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 December 2009 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link
man these shits are like nowhere in the internet
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I KNOW
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 14 December 2009 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
shouldve interviewed opposing players - shouldve uncovered evidence that the whole university was funded by coke money etc etc
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
omglolwtf drunk ass kosar
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
shouldve uncovered evidence that the whole university was funded by coke money etc etc
Shh! FFS are there no secrets anymore?
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 December 2009 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
btw for anyone who hasnt seen it this movie is amazing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Cowboys
part 2 sux tho fyi
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Seriously!
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Monday, 14 December 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Monday, December 14, 2009 1:57 PM
Music by Jan Hammer
― shartin jort (am0n), Monday, 14 December 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
enjoying this reg miller episode
― johnny crunch, Monday, 15 March 2010 01:41 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― johnny crunch, Monday, 15 March 2010 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it's def dope imo
― hitler runoff (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 March 2010 01:48 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 15 March 2010 02:26 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― earlnash, Monday, 15 March 2010 02:59 (fourteen years ago) link
watchin dis now
― am0n, Monday, 15 March 2010 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 John Starks
― Your body is a spiderland (polyphonic), Monday, 15 March 2010 04:33 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537030/the-u-sequel-on-um-rebirth.html
YESSSSSS
― C-L, Friday, 19 March 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm geeked as hell about that but it's gonna be a letdown obv after the incomparable first entry
― AnCoulter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 19 March 2010 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 20 March 2010 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link
love that reggie miller doc so much
― forksclovetofu, Sunday, 21 March 2010 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
loyola doc was fantastic
― symsymsym, Sunday, 4 April 2010 00:58 (fourteen years ago) link
damn, when was that one on
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:03 (fourteen years ago) link
the iverson one was tremendous
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 April 2010 04:30 (fourteen years ago) link