ESPN's "The U"

• wildcats20

  

  dm27 wrote: i had to miss it and wasn't able to record it. is there anywhere to watch it online or will ESPN replay it tonight???

  In about 20 minutes at 1:30 AM on ESPN2
• butkus51

  You know your bad ass when the mascot gets arrested and then is the focal point of the national championship parade. I hated Miami but they were one of the best ever in the 80's.
• jordo212000

  

  Yeah I need to catch this. It was before my time, but I have to admit the promo was interesting.
• ts1227

  

  Just checked my channel guide for today. ESPNU will replay it at 9:00 PM
• Early Cuyler

  

  Great documentary. I have a new found respect for Miami after watching it (especially when compared to Florida and Florida State.)
  
  And as someone else said, the mascot being arrested was hilarious.
• gerb131

  

  Good stuff. I still can't stand Jimmy Johnson though but I have always been an Irvin fan.
• Glory Days

  

  Cant get that song out of my head!
• Classyposter58

  

  Haha this movie was awesome
• mucalum49

  

  Just watching it now.. So far this is awesome. I love the mascot getting arrested.
  
  
• darbypitcher22

  

  wow they gave that Ibus the business....
• mucalum49

  

  darbypitcher22 wrote: wow they gave that Ibus the business....

  I should have added this but when I googled for that picture I found a story behind it. I guess he was sneaking up on the Florida State Seminole with a fire extinguisher trying to put out the flaming torch. When he got close the police threw him up against the fence and then that picture was taken.
  
  Not only did the team think they could get away with anything but I guess the mascot too!
• Fred Garvin

  Is there a site to watch this online?
• 3reppom

  

  Fred Garvin wrote: Is there a site to watch this online?

  there are some clips of it here. And there are some gif's here of the best stuff
• Fred Garvin

  Thanks! I need to set the DVR the next time it is on.
• darbypitcher22

  

  still, anytime your mascot gets arrested, you're pretty bad ass
• jordo212000

  

  Fred Garvin, I believe it is on a few more times in the next few days, search your listings.
  
  Pretty good watch IMO. Just finished it earlier. A lot of race got injected into this, which was kind of disappointing. (at one point you have a player saying the media was giving the many fights they got into air time because they wanted to show that the university was a bunch of black thugs). Seconds later Michael Irvin refuted it but there were other instances where the players were reaching a little bit.
  
  I wish I was a little older and could have watched those teams live. The swagger would have been fun to watch. One of the best sequences was when they were talking about Jimmy Johnson running the score up on Notre Dame during Gerry Faust's last game
• Fred Garvin

  I watched it last night. It was good. The job that Schellenberger did was incredible. To turn a program around that quickly is unreal.
• OneBuckeye

  

  I agree... you could see the huge regret he had for leaving for the USFL. I find it funny that they ommitted all their bad years though in the documentary. Like Johnsons first year.
• jhay78

  

  Fred Garvin wrote: I watched it last night. It was good. The job that Schellenberger did was incredible. To turn a program around that quickly is unreal.

  Heard B Kosar on Cleveland radio saying that one of Schnellenberger's recruiting classes had 10 future Pro Bowlers in it. Not 10 NFL'ers- 10 Pro Bowlers.
• JoeA1010

  Good show. What's funny is that I am old enough to remember those teams and followed cfb closely, yet I don't remember it being quite as outlandish as the show made it out to be. I do remember the fatigues thing, and although it was a big deal, it just seems bigger now since that would be an automatic no-no.
  
  Being a little more old school, I don't care for the lack of class those teams displayed, but I do admire the hunger and desire they brought to the game. As a coach, I wish I could get my teams to have that type of hunger and pride, but without all the nonsense and lack of respect for the game.
• cavattack

  Man I miss those times, some people say it's what was wrong with college football but not in my opinion. I hated Miami, but they backed up their talk, and their celebrations and trash talk was genuine. Not like the acts you seen in the NFL right now and you don't see anything remotely close in college. I would love to see some teams with the swagger they had back in the 80's and early 90's.
• sjmvsfscs08

  I'm sure coaches outside Florida are stoked to see South Florida, Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, and Florida International sprout up to draw some of the talent away from the likes of Florida, Florida State, and Miami. Ohio State has a monopoly on the talent in Ohio, can you imagine if one of those teams had a monopoly on the recruiting for the entire state of Florida? Imagine teams twice as good as Miami's 2001 team. Holy shit. I'm sure coaches are rooting for the smaller schools in Florida to grow so they keep talent away from the sleeping giants that are Miami and Florida State these days.
• snyds113

  Did anyone else think Kosar was looking and sounding kinda ruff.Looks and sounded like he may have had a stroke.
• OneBuckeye

  

  ^ that is how he always sounds. not sure why. He gets on espn 850 in cleveland at least once a week and sounds the same.
• vball10set

  after watching these thugs,one word comes to mind--but since I don't want Jesse and Al at my door,I'll keep my mouth shut...