Miami beat intracity rival FIU, 35-0 in the first meeting between the two schools.
After the third quarter meltdown by both teams, there’s a good chance we won’t see a sequel.
If you caught more than five minutes of ESPNews this weekend, you’ve seen the footage and heard the commentary. The anti-Miami contingent is in full force. The brawl between the Canes and Golden Panthers was as bad as college football has seen in years. Once this thing got rolling, the competitive juices were flowing and both sides were exuding bitterness.
It was little brother lashing out at big brother and eventually little pushed big past that point of no return.
I’ve received a lot of emails these past 24 hours, asking me my opinion on this matter. I’m torn. I loved seeing the fight in these kids and I respect the unity.
Pushing and shoving, can anyone really criticize that? No. Football is a rough sport. These kids are going at each other a hundred miles an hour. With controlled emotion, they punish each other for a few good hours every Saturday. Eventually, things are going to boil over. That’s expected. But sometimes it goes too far.
A few Canes crossed the line, wielding helmets Braveheart-style or doing the Riverdance on an opponent’s torso. They needed to draw the line at pushing and shoving. There was no reason to turn it into a street brawl. Or was there? Can a sportswriter or armchair quarterback really answer that? I don’t know.
Former Cane WR Lamar Thomas called the game in the booth for CSS on Saturday and he’s taking a ton of grief for his reaction to what transpired on the field. Thomas was no longer providing color commentary. His reverted back to 1992 and was thinking, acting and speaking like a player. Thomas’ reaction most likely summed up what every kid on Miami’s sideline was feeling.
“Now, that’s what I’m talking about,” Thomas stated as the brawl escalated. “You come into our house, you should get your behind kicked. You don’t come into the OB playing that stuff. You’re across the ocean over there. You’re across the city. You can’t come over to our place talking noise like that. You’ll get your butt beat. I was about to go down the elevator to get in that thing.”
As the fight was being broken up, Thomas’ comments continued.
“I say, why don’t they just meet outside in the tunnel after the ball game and get it on some more? You don’t come into the OB, baby,” Thomas said. “We’ve had a down couple years but you don’t come in here talking smack. Not in our house.”
Had ESPN carried this game, I shudder to think of their politically correct yet biased commentary after the melee, for the remainder of the game. It’d have been brutal. Hearing the thoughts of a former player who left it all on that same Orange Bowl field every Saturday? It gave me a much better perspective as to why these kids reacted the way they did.
Read the Sunday morning AP recaps. FIU players were antagonizing Miami players during warm ups. Early in the game Golden Panthers WR Chandler Williams speared Canes S Kenny Phillips after an interception. There was trash talking, pushing and extra curricular activity after every play.
FIU wasn’t being a gracious visitor. I haven’t seen that kind of disrespect since Rick James put his muddy kicks up on Eddie Murphy’s new couch.
At 14-0, FIU got dirty and threw the first punch. The Golden Panthers deserve 100% of the credit for taking things to that next level.
I’ve read a lot of articles today which discredit the “who threw the first punch?” argument and that’s pure bull. Isn’t that first question we’re always asked after a situation like this occurs? Whether it’s the high school principal or Officer Friendly breaking up a bar brawl, it’s always “who threw the first punch?”
The media wants to discredit that, choosing just to trash Miami as they are the national program and FIU, while the aggressor, is truly a nothing program.
What’s one of the first lessons we learn in grade school? Don’t go picking fights, but always stick up for yourself. Don’t hit someone first, but if they hit you – hit ’em back harder. Defend yourself. It’s our Constitutional right.
Thomas said it clear as day. FIU came into Miami’s house. The Orange Bowl. Currently not what it once was, but still light years ahead off anything in the Golden Panthers’ short existence. A 58-home game win streak from 1958 to 1994. Respect it. And while you’re at it, respect the legacy created by five National Championships since 1983. We’re still Miami. Whether we’re 4-2 or 6-0, you’re not going to come into our house and push this group of Hurricanes around.
FIU should’ve known better. This attitude isn’t a ‘Canes’ thing. It’s a Miami thing – as in City of Miami. The M-I-A is rough. It churns out some tough characters. It’s a no b.s. town. People are always defensive and on edge. You’ve always got your guard up and your head is on a swivel.
Did the Golden Panthers really expect to beat the Canes at their own game of intimidation and talking smack? Come on now. Miami invented that style of play.
Neither side was going to back down in a situation like that. You have two sidelines chock full of kids who played ball against each other from the Optimist days through high school and now they’re college rivals.
Several Golden Panthers dreamed of playing for The U, didn’t have “it” and wound up in the mix at F.I. Who. It’s envy – one of the seven deadly sins.
Regardless of who started it, I was disappointed with some of the street brawl tactics I saw as the two teams were mixing it up. That was over the top. Push. Shove. Stand your ground. Head back to the sidelines, let cooler heads prevail and get back on the field.
Taking it to that next level – well, that’s the difference between being suspended for one game or getting booted for the rest of the season. Especially with ESPN running the clip on a constant loop.
To date, thirteen Canes have been suspended for next weekend’s game at Duke and a handful will be out for the Georgia Tech game and beyond. The ACC and Miami top brass chatted Sunday morning after watching tape and processing the black eye both programs and two conferences received.
One has to believe that using a helmet as a weapon (Anthony Reddick) and stomping out other players (Brandon Meriweather) will carry a stiffer fine than the pushers and shovers.
Forget the initial national reaction to the Miami Melee, in the long run I side with Thomas in that I believe it’ll help this team grow closer.
Anyone who’s ever gotten into a brawl – you and a couple of buddies mixing it up with another group; you know how that feels. There’s a sense of camaraderie if you and the crew walk away victorious.
It’s one thing to believe – in theory – that your friends have your back. It means something completely different when they get in the trenches with you and prove their loyalty with their fists.
Thomas said it. “This type of experience can help a team come closer together. Now they know we’re in this as one. They’re not gonna pick on just one guy. We’re gonna take you down somehow someway.” He’s right. No matter what the national media, the CSS Network and the rest of the college football world says.
I felt the same thing when I saw our kids jumping on the sidelines, helmets raised. They weren’t being cocky. Those kids were coming together. Rewatch the tape. You see a lot of interaction on the sidelines from that point on. Freshman and seniors. Big smiles. Pats on the back. That was and old school rumble. A turf war. Nothing more than an after school scrap in the parking lot over being disrespected.
In the short run, this will be perceived as embarrassing. In the long run, this could be a turning point for the players on this team. Our kids are coming together. They look like they’re having fun out there. They finally look united. There were rumors in spring ball that the offense and defense had issue with each other. They were divided. No way that’s the case after Saturday’s brawl where they all got each other’s back.
On a lesser note, but equally as important – it showed some of the old school Canes that these current kids have some fight in them. There has been a lot of talk this season about past Miami greats feeling this team lacks grit and hunger while questioning if they have any heart. This brawl will change that.
When backed into a corner, Miami came out swinging. Right or wrong, it showed their predecessors that it doesn’t matter if it’s 1986 or 2006, The U can still channel their ‘bad boys of college football’ persona.
Saturday’s rumble could be another one of those “us against the world” moments for this program. Miami’s gone through the fire this season and they’re proving they’re a resilient bunch. These last three wins were against weak competition (Houston, North Carolina and FIU) but for a once 1-2 team, the Canes have stepped up and have gotten better each week.
That will be a challenge now -15 players at Duke this coming weekend. In what should’ve been a pushover game, Miami will have to rely on some young back ups to step up and fill in. It actually makes the Duke game semi-interesting. The Canes’ final tune up before the meat of the ACC schedule, beginning October 28th at Georgia Tech.
In the end, the Canes are 4-2 and head to Duke next Saturday. Nationwide, Miami will get trashed for this brawl. Internally, I hope Lamar Thomas was right. Moments like this can unite a team. What’s done is done. Forget the logistics of the brawl, move forward and in the end, let it unite these Canes down the stretch.
Prove to the college football world that this brawl was an aberration that the program and absorb and grow as a result of.
.:Canes305:.
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Great article, Chris. As always, you are spot on.
I’m not happy we went ghetto-style out there with the kicking and helmet swinging, but our kids got each other’s backs and I respect that.
FIU was jawing all day. Our kids waited two full quarters and a halftime before they were pushed over the brink. It was an FIU player who started the punching and bodyslamming. Miami kids just reacted to the fight and started sticking up for teammates.
Hopefully Meriweather and Reddick are the only ones who get big time suspensions here as the rest of the kids don’t deserve anything more than one game.
Nice take. Much different than all the talkings heads on this morning like Mike & Mike or even Mark May after the game. This is football. It’s hard-hitting and sometimes those emotions spill over.
Maybe a few of our kids went overboard, but at day’s end FIU started it and they had MORE players suspended because THEY were in the wrong.
No matter how this stuff goes down, the Canes will always be the ones in the headlines. Like you, I just hope something good comes out of this as there are a lot of tough games left.
Football is a violent sport, there is no doubt about that, however what was seen on Saturday was not a part of football. I believe that certain players need to be dismissed and i’m not just talking about Florida International. There is one thing to defending your home turf and fighting to defend yourself anf then there is coming off the sidelines to repeatedly stomp on oppossing players. It’s ok toback your brother up on the field of play but you don’t run in from the sidelines and you don’t hobble over on crutches. Miami players should be ashamed of themselves. Where was all that fight against FSU and Louisville? This team needs to get focused on football, enough fighting and enough talking just shut up and play ball. I love the U, but the players, coaches and A.D. need to wake up. One other thing all the focus is on Miami as it should be, who cares what FIU does. I care about Miami and how they play football and how they represent themselves.
DOC- from Los Angeles CA
How about we use some of that energy during the games and start beating some of the good teams? I will still watch and attend games but the thug image is definately back at the “U”.
Flint,Michigan
You know, my take on this boils down to two things.
1. You don’t score points on the scoreboard for ’emotion’, ‘intensity’ or ‘how much fight you have in you’.
2. Sports are supposed to tell us more about ourselves than how many points we can score on the scoreboard.
No matter who got suspended, how many got suspended, or who started this, you got it right. If you caught more than five minutes of ESPNews this weekend, you’ve seen the footage and heard the commentary. No-one had anything to say about Miami’s victory, or the shutout, or the first cross town rivalry between these two teams, save for that fight. As an outside observer who honestly doesn’t care about either team, that’s all I DID hear about.
I arrived at this blog on doing a Google search for “Lamar Thomas”, whose color commentary made me doubt my own ears. Was a booth broadcaster egging on a fight on Miami’s side, and hoping it would continue? Yes.
The anti-Miami contingent is in full force.
(and later…)
Had ESPN carried this game, I shudder to think of their politically correct yet biased commentary after the melee, for the remainder of the game. It’d have been brutal.
If you want to know why “The anti-Miami contingent was out in full force”, I can offer a suggestion. Lamar Thomas didn’t help Miami’s case. In a game where neither side was in the right, and Miami was ahead 14-0, a former Miami player had the gall to cheer on a brawl in his position as co-commentator of the game. Finding a fight like this despicable is not “politically correct”. It’s “sportsmanlike”. No team has the right to assault the other, whether you’re wearing FIU or Miami jerseys. An FIU player punched a Miami player? Let the flag be thrown; let the FIU player be kicked out. Miami can show their mettle with that 35-0 score, and the fact that they didn’t fight back.
Both teams are lucky that one or more players didn’t end up in the hospital. Football uniforms are designed to take the brunt of impacts sustained within the context of gameplay. Body slam someone to the ground (see Jim McMahon and Charles Martin) or cut someone’s face open with a cleat (see Albert Haynesworth and Andre Gurode), and you see how well that uniform protects you against someone who intends to hurt the other person. It’s only lucky that didn’t happen here.
On a final note, this could have gone beyond the players. The Orange Bowl’s spectators are very lucky that this brawl didn’t spread to the stands. After all, what’s showing a little emotion? Miami’s ahead, they’re the Big Brother, and just what business does FIU have giving them a hard time? Why should the fans have seen it any differently? What example did the players on both teams show here? On October 30, 1993, after a victory by Wisconsin over Michigan on their home turf, sections of fans tried to storm the field to celebrate. Unfortunately, not all the fans got the message that this was happening, and 73 people were injured, 6 critically. Whether it’s a celebration, or people getting caught up in the emotion, and helping their team show some fight, this isn’t a question of who, or which team, has more heart. It’s of who has more soul. Neither showed it Saturday.
What Happend all i can sau is fire coker not cuz of the brawl but their recored.Larry to this team like Dave Wandsted and killed it the only reason they won in 01 is because of Bush Davis playes were playing and Ken Dorsey.
I’m not going to labor on about Saturday as we all know what happened and have seen the fight played over and over. I will say that this is what it’s all about to be a Cane. You take the good, the bad and the ugly. Right now, we’ve got the bad and the ugly, but I’m still bleedin’ orange and green! IT’S GREAT, TO BE, A MIAMI HURRICANE! Come on, you know you’re singin’ it to yourself!
Great article. It’s too bad CSS fired Thomas, he was a great color commentator. People forget he was a commentator, not an AD, or coach, or police chief. He was like a combat vet having a flashback when he was talking about the fight on the field. For those 5 minutes, he was a player again. I thought he provided some interesting insight at the very least. I guess people would rather have monotone boring computers do the play by play. Whatever. It’s all about this U.
I’m an SEC guy and the thing I like most about Miami and FSU is when they kick whinney gator butt.
You guys got a great history of success, unfortunately, you carry a little serious baggage. Coker let you down and has all year. This isn’t the first incident this year and may not be the last. I hope you noticed that Coker took absolutely none of the blame.
Where’s Butch Davis when you really need him.
I’ve been a long time Cane season ticket holder. For the most part I applaud the Canes for holding there tempers as long as they did. Yes, a couple of players went overboard and will get what they deserve. Let’s face it though, the Canes, as they always have, will be judged more critically than any other team in the country. It was obvious that all was started by two FIU players. The Canes had no choice but to stick up for there teammates.
The critical treatment of the canes started long ago. In the 80s and 90s if the Canes scored a lot they were called thugs for running up the score on lesser opponents (lets face it, in the 80s and 90s almost every team was a “lesser opponent”. These days, teams like Ohio State, Usc and others do the same thing and critics consider them playing for “style points” for the polls.
I say, if all of the college football “experts” and “enthusiastics” are going to place the black hat on the Canes and make them the bad guys, LETS EMBRACE IT, within the rules!
This is getting out of control. From the shooting incidents earlier with Meriweather to the players being suspended the opening game for violating team rules to an all out brawl against FIU? Coker is showing that you can’t be a “nice” guy and be a great college coach in control of your program. You have to be somewhat of a “jerk” to keep your team in line and instill discipline that will be followed. Sorry Larry, you are a nice guy but, nice guys do finish last. We need a disciplinarian at the “U” who can create a nasty team…nasty but respectable and we will then go back to prominence.
Ryan
Detroit, MI
Sure, FIU’s players might have sparked it after the PAT that gave Miami a 14-0 lead, but the Hurricane who scored the 2nd touchdown taunted FIU by bowing as if he were in Japan (he was penalized and rightly got an earful from Head Coach Larry Coker). Marshall McDuffie, for some reason, went after Anthony Wollschlager–a center, mind you–and then everyone else lost his damn mind and went at it. Why did McDuffie go after Matt Perrelli, who held on the PAT? As for Lamar Thomas, CSS did the right thing. His place as a game analyst is to have an sense of objectivity, not to cheer on someone in a massive brawl like that. I’m all for announcers who have passion, but that was embarrassing. As of the time I posted this comment, Brandon Meriweather has been suspended for only the road game vs. Duke. He needs to be gone for a few more games, too. What would’ve happened if he pulled a Haynesworth on someone?
Hooray to Miami! You kicked the crap out of some guys who were jawing with you from a much weaker opponent! What class!
And Miami fans don’t understand why they are probably the most hated team in college football. This article proves why. A brawl like that inspiring unity? Please. Half of those idiots will be kicked off the team. Hard to be united when you aren’t fricking playing!
As much as I loved that fact of Miami being Miami ..like the old days I can’t help but wonder what the hell is wrong with this .. I mean .. ok Yes Miami is Known for being that BadBoy ..Thug team .. but Come’On .. really .. thats Not what THE U is all about .. I have been a Cane for the last 21yrs .. I pry more Pride for the Canes than anyone else outthere.. for the Love of god.. I have the Split U .. Tattooed on my Arm and its not small by anymeans .. yes Were out of the Top 25 and yes thats really not Miami Football but Can’t blame all that on Cocker .. I mean he not only WON the Title his First year ..but took them back the year after that ..and we all know ..that The Canes were Robbed .. I mean I live in Notre Dame Country ..and im a Hurricane thats not easy to do ..my Dad is an Usher at NotreDame and He wasn’t easy to live with lol .. he also is a High School Ref..and hates Miami ..but when he saw that bullshit call He even said thats BullShit you Miami Just got Robbed..well I like Cocker ..other than Jimmy Johnson ..hes the one of the Best Coaches to ever Coach at Miami ..other than the fact at times he can be a little To Concervitate .. but my god ppl wake the hell up .. 6yrs and 11 losses .. thats really not all that bad even if its not Miami Football .. well im going to the Miami vs GT game ont the 28th ..of this month .. and I tell you what ..if we get beat in this game then you can ride Cockers ass but if we win this and win out and make the ACC Title game you have no reason to bitch .. becasuse weather Clemson or BC..hell even FSU .. I can Promise you by then Miami will Be Ready to play ..anyone ..and prove that there atleast a top 10 Team .. peace out .. Respect the U .. don’t Dog it .. .. for all thosse who don’t know its a Cane thing you wouldn’t Understad ..
BD
First of all what was FIU doing in our orange bowl in the first place??I mean bad year or not these UM wannabees dont even deserve to be on the same field as my beloved Hurricanes.We agreed to play these phonies and help them get some national exposure and what do they do come into our home and dissrespect us!!!Let me shed some light on the situation FIU instagated this fight from the beginning of the game when they ran into a crowd of Canes and bumped into them for no reason.The incidents continued throughout the first half when they repeatedly were throwing late hits on Javarris James and Kyle wright.After every play the FIU players were running their mouths and pushing our linemen.The emotions finally exploded when two of the FIU players(and I use that term lightly) assaulted our holder after a PAT(I mean really what kind of pansy assaults a holder?)In short I feel that FIU got exactly what they deserve.And to all the sport casters running your mouths SHUT UP!!!Mark May is a has-been from a has-been university,Lee Corso couldn’t pick a winner in a one man race and Lou Holtz is almost as bad of a broadcaster as he was a coach.In closing let just say this:”Hey America, We dont need your respect or your praises, go on hating us it fuels our fire.You fear what you dont understand and thats why no matter what our record you will still be terrified of the U!!!
Caneiac1
P.S:Hey Lamar, Cane nation still has your back!!!
First of all what was FIU doing in our orange bowl in the first place??I mean bad year or not these UM wannabees dont even deserve to be on the same field as my beloved Hurricanes.We agreed to play these phonies and help them get some national exposure and what do they do come into our home and dissrespect us!!!Let me shed some light on the situation FIU instagated this fight from the beginning of the game when they ran into a crowd of Canes and bumped into them for no reason.The incidents continued throughout the first half when they repeatedly were throwing late hits on Javarris James and Kyle wright.After every play the FIU players were running their mouths and pushing our linemen.The emotions finally exploded when two of the FIU players(and I use that term lightly) assaulted our holder after a PAT(I mean really what kind of pansy assaults a holder?)In short I feel that FIU got exactly what they deserve.And to all the sport casters running your mouths SHUT UP!!!Mark May is a has-been from a has-been university,Lee Corso couldn’t pick a winner in a one man race and Lou Holtz is almost as bad of a broadcaster as he was a coach.In closing let just say this:”Hey America, We dont need your respect or your praises, go on hating us it fuels our fire.You fear what you dont understand and thats why no matter what our record you will still be terrified of the U!!!
Caneiac1
P.S:Hey Lamar, Cane nation still has your back!!!
Come on my fellow Cane’s, you can’t wholeheartedly approve of this…. It’s one thing to embrace the U vs. The World mentality that makes it both tough and great to be a Miami Hurricane. But you’ve got to be mature and rational about this. Was it a horrible incident, YES. Is the media blowing this out of wack because it’s Miami? YES. Did the entire fight take a total of :56 and not 5 minutes according to ESPN.com, YES. Should we dismiss some of our players for their conduct, absolutely. Is, was, and forever will be Lamar Thomas an idiot who will NEVER work in Television again? YES.
Look my fellow Canes, We can’t have our swagger and bravado, if we’re not winning and putting points on the board and beating Div I-A teams. We can’t stomp on midfield logos and then get ran off the field. We’re going to have to ride this storm like we did in 1995-99. Take our lumps, listen to lesser than chumps and geeks get their shots in on The U while they can, because they know what we know…. We’ll be back, we’ll be bad, and we know where your girlfriend is!
Let’s thank Larry Coker and get someone like Schiano back at the helm and let’s get back to our place on our throne
The U, Class of 1997
I think the whole thing is unfair to UM, I dont condone fighting in any sports, but when someone punches you in the back of the head, i dont care who it is, where you are, and how much you try to restrain yourself, your going to react violently to that situation. FIU started the fight and ended up getting their butts handed to them in the fight and in the game. The whole image of ” THUG U” i think is B.S because there is not ONE I repeat not One University that gets picked on more then the University Of Miami. And i think it finally caught up to us, we got tired of week in and week out teams picking fight with us, and the whole FIU Rivalry talk added even more fuel to the already fire.
Larry coker should not get fired over this nor should he get fired from the job he has done so far, how are we going to get a legend coach like a patterno or bowden or carr if we always chase coaches out?..i say leave him here, let him rebuild the program and give him an opportunity to coach without someone saying, ” at Miami we dont lose, so if you lose a game your fired”…where else in the nation does someone get fired for a 9-3 season?..only at miami… and i know us canes fans fear is to be an okay team in the nation and not title contenders, but open your eyes canes..we are already an okay team..so let him stay and give him an opportunity to get us to the promise land again..
I think you guys should make a t-shirt with that picture up top on the front
I have Two issues to address today Cane Nation:
1)To all the radio and talk show hosts who are claiming that Hurricanes fans want to have their cake and eat it to,you are missing the point.These misinformed individuals say that we have an us against the world mentality but at the same time want the media to like us.They say we are whining aboutthem bashing us.To those individuals let me educate you.First of all we dont care about your opinions or personal feelings toward us.In the words of Kellen Winslow II “We dont care about nothing but this U”,but make no mistake about it just like FI..who learned we arent gonna let anyone disrespect us.So go on and talk your trash,but dont be surprised when Cane Nation(Im talking about true Cane Nation not the band wagon riders who only support us when we are on top)lashes out with a fury.
2)To all the big corporate suit and tie universities with your leave it to beaver type mentality.Instead of trashing us we wish you would just say thank you.Hey USC,Notre Dame,Ohio ST etc..Whether you admit it or not you need UM so you can point your self righteous fingers and say “There’s the bad guy!” You need us to be the bad guy so the sins of your program never see the light(see Maurice Clarett(OSU)Regie Bush(USC).Dont worry you dont need to say thank you we’ll say your welcome anyway.
In closing yeah it pisses us off when you call us a joke,but all we do is go look in our trophy case and watch Hurricanes dominate the NFL from coat to coast(see Devin Hester’s game winning touchdown run Monday night)and we catch amnesia.
Caneiac1
P.S. Look out ACC the sleeping giant is very much awake!!!
Everyone looses their head now and then. And that usually happens when you’ve held back something you wanted to do all along. Usually to someone who probably desired it. I still love you guys, no matter what! You will always be my favorite football team both college and pro! “GO CANES!”
Get off the wagon!!!
First of all I’m a reasonably calm person, I don’t despise many people, but there are one group of people I truly hate “Bandwagon Hurricane Fans”. You know who you are!!!The guy that was wearing the UM hat in 2001 and this year you’re sporting the Ohio State Suckeyes hat.Typical!!
Yeah you the 11-0 fans,the national champion fans,the it’s cool to be a Hurricane this year fans.You make me sick to my stomach with all your front running ways. The fans
who were nowhere to be found in 1997 when we were 5-6 yet suddenly reappeared in 2000 when we were 10-1. I’m talking to the fans who gloated when we crushed VT 27-7 last season and then mocked us as we lost 40-3 in the peach bowl two months later. Where oh where are the true Cane fans??? Can someone tell me why we can’t sell 30,000 tickets to an afternoon game in the OB???? Me personally I live thousands of miles away so I go when I can(FSU and VT this year), but I guarantee you’ll see me at ALL the road games(Just look for the green and orange wig and hockey mask). I’m talking to the Canes in Miami who have a chance to see all the games and don’t show. It’s looks terrible that the greatest football team in the universe can’t sell out a saturday afternoon game. Once again I ask the question where are the true Canes???
I’m pissed off when I see 80’000 show up for FSU(the IN game) and 20’000 show up for UNC(who are we Miami(OH)???) In closing to all you fake Hurricane fans, A little message from Cane Nation: If you are not in it for the long haul, if you can’t stick out the peaks and valley’s, and if you can’t raise your head with pride and say “It’s GREAT to be a Miami Hurricane” after a 40-3 peach bowl or 31-7 trip to Louisville, “Get the hell off our wagon and get off to stay”