Twenty Things U Didn’t Know About The U

1. The 1983 Miami Hurricanes were the first national championship team without a single player making an All-America first team voted by AP, UPI, the Football Writers Association or the College Football Coaches Association.

2. The 1987 Hurricanes beat 5 top 10 teams over an eleven game span: #10 Arkansas,  #4 FSU,  #10 Notre Dame, #8 South Carolina, # 1 Oklahoma and # 20 UF just  for fun.

3.  The 1991 Hurricanes gave up just 8.3 points per game in 12 games, led by middle linebacker Michael Barrow.

4. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes won their games by an average of 32 points a game over their opponent.

5. The 2001 Hurricanes beat two top 15 ranked teams back to back by a combined score of 124 -7.  The worst back to back whippings of ranked teams in NCAA history.  First #14 Syracuse went down 59-0 and then #12 Washington was walloped 65-7.

6. The 2001 Hurricane defense scored eight touchdowns and led the nation in pass defense, scoring defense and turnover margin.

7. An astonishing seven 2001 Hurricanes were first team All Americans.

8.  Canes WR "Downtown" Eddie Brown had 220 yards receiving vs Boston College 1984.

9. Miami was Champion or co-champion of The Big East 9 out of the 12 years they belonged to the conference.

10. The Florida Gators are the only team to ever jump in “Flippers Pool” in the Orange Bowl after beating the Hurricanes.

11. The usually calm Howard Schnellenberger tacked on a late field goal against the Gators, after fans bombarded his players with peaches in 1980.

12. The University of Miami is one of four universities and the only private school in the nation to raise 1.4 billion dollars in fund raising between 2003-2008.

13. The 1966 Schedule would be a handful today. Colorado, FSU, LSU, UGA, Ind, USC, Tulane, Pitt, Iowa, UF, VTech.

14. All American Brett Romberg Center, 6-3, 297 was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  A little about Romberg during his time at UM...Did not allow a quarterback sack in his 46-game career. Never graded lower than 88 percent for a game. Started his last 33 games at center. Miami had a 32-1 record with Romberg as the center.  Earned Offensive MVP honors by the coaching staff six times in his Miami career.

15. January 2001 -- The Miami Hurricanes suffered a 15-yard penalty during their Sugar Bowl game against Florida when Sebastian the Ibis runs onto the field and taunts the Gators after a Miami touchdown.

16. The Hillel Jewish Student Center hosted a bar mitzvah celebration for Sebastian the Ibis, an event usually reserved for 13-year-old Jewish males. Although no one was sure if Sebastian was Jewish, they were sure he was enjoying the celebration.

17. Gino Torretta hit Horace Copeland for a 99 yard td against Arkansas for the Canes longest passing TD.

18. Last year when Miami played FSU 132 players from the state of Florida were on the combined rosters.

19. In 1966 Ray Bellamy, University of Miami receiver became the first black scholarship player on a major college team in the deep south.

20. The 1988 Hurricanes were the first Florida collegiate team of any type to be invited to the White House by then President Ronald Reagan.

This blog was written for Canespace by SolarCane.

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For cost, shipping or to place orders contact cat5cane@gmail.com. More details to follow on the blog.  See photo at left!

Comments

[pb(CSHOF09)]

Yeah baby!!!

[pb(CSHOF09)]

Its mine all mine. And if no one likes it Im taking my pb action figure and going home.

[SOUP]

pb...Now U are assured of a first ballot CSHOF nomination!

[SOUP]

I think the Solar action figure will smile and nod knowingly while the pb one will just point and laugh mockingly at the 86 doll.

Posted by: pb(CSHOF09) | May 28, 2008 at 09:57 PM

Then I'll DELETE U both! LOL

[darCANEgel]

see...this kinda blog, Soup?!?

This is one of the many reasons you rock the HOUZ!!!

Sláinte, bro, well done...

CANES!

[Six]

SIXTH - booya

[OCALACANE]

Cool

[SOUP]

Darc...I'd like to take credit but the blog is the work of the one, and the ONLY, SolarCane!

But it's all good, that's what makes Canespace what it is. It really ain't about 86Cane or SOUP, it's about the many fans, thousands of bloggers and the over 15 writers we all have to enjoy here at The Space!

[OCALACANE]

Fun Facts!

[SOUP]

CANESPACE BREAKING NEWS...

Just got an email from...MANNY NAVARRO AT THE MIAMI HERALD.

Manny has invited us all over to his blog on Friday afternoon where he will be serving hot dogs and cold drinks and bloggin the game LIVE from the stadium.

I encourage ALL Canespacers to go to:

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/

To get signed up with a Typekey account and then on Friday to blog the game live with the one and ONLY Mannny Navarro!

Go Canes, Go Canespace!!!

[darCANEgel]

love the numerology, Six...

roll dem dice!

sure didn't know your #20, Soup -- classic...but it makes sense...

Dude, picture Calvin James and that first NC team @ WH!?

...It would been Reagan, right?

Fun thought: Which President signed your Presidential Award or Merit Award thing --that competition we did in PE - what was that called? Do they still do that?

Reagan signed mine...

Canes, baaby

[darCANEgel]

Solar, big ups! Gr8 blog - Wudda credited U...F*hkin well done!

See -
Aye -
Enn -
Eee-
Ess-

CANES

[SOUP]

Darc...it was Reagan that had the Canes in the BIG house in 1988.

Canes baseball: 82, 85, 91, 01 and 08?

Wait until you see Cat5's logo he got worked into a decal for your car. Football National Championships with a blank spot left for Number 6.

[Cat5 Cane]

Last... for now
I was talking to myself, so decided to come over and re post...

Ocala...
Notten going and been waiting for a hurricane to stir things up.

To all... everybody knows the economy is bad but for those who have some investment dollars... Was at a foreclosure/ bankruptcy meeting for property managers last week that was conducted by one of the major banks who specialize in condo financing and there are some great buys out there for 1/3 the appraised value... If interested to contact me and I'll tell you more.

Just venting...
For those who have gas guzzling cars and trucks, like 82's... and if your going to trade yours in, or sell it... now is the time, while car sales are down and the market isn't over flooded with SUV trade-ins... the longer you wait. the less value the SUV has.

When I think $10.00 a gallon coming this way soon and then of 15/20 miles to the gallon that we get... pisses me off to no end.... I have a jeep and getting between 17 and 28 MPG... average 21 MPG.

For 50 years the oil companies have been buying up all of the carburetor and fuel injector gizmo patients that extend the miles per gallon by 30/40 miles.

If we are in a crunch,... WHY DOESEN"T THE US GOVEWRNMENT STEP IN AND FORCE MR BIG OIL TO RELEASE A COUPLE OF THE OLD PATIENTS THEY HAVE...! Or after 5 years, why don't they (The patient keepers) just release the info to the public to be distributed openly and let someone else build them... THIS IS BULLSHIIT AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED TO HELP DISMANTLE THIS RECESSION WE ARE GOING INTO!!!... Where Nader?

IMO, In the long run, electric cars won't work, as too dependent on utilities... in a war or terrorist attack... no electricity means no transportation. Hell, right now... one of those old pre 1975 cars are looking damn good... anything pre 75 had no gas emissions or computers... just engines with real carburetors and just throw a 2 barrel carb on it and your good to go for a long time.

Sorry for the soap box... Cat

[Cat5 Cane]

Soup, where's my sticker... If people order them soon, I can pass them out at the party... if given enough time... so come on boy, get to work and post my sticker...Hut2,3,4..., Hut2,3,4.
Get it done and jack it up!...Hut2,3,4
Time's awaisting and need it done!...
Hut 2,3,4! Sound off...1,2,3,4
LOL cat

[darCANEgel]

Soup -- right on --
Hey, question:

So it's now 4 Baseball NCs and 5 Football NCs...

I definitely don't wanna disrespect ANY team at the U: How many total NChampionships at the U (men + women) -- and what are they again?? - somewons gotta know this cold, no?

Cat5 ---
Tough times = tougher people...Like last season...

What is the "Theme" of the season anyway:

Proving Grouds?
The Stand?
Comeback Kid?

>>> Fudge the Gators? (Sorry...had to get that in...)

But what is the Theme this year, 86???

What's the motto? What's on the center chest of the CANESPACE TeeShirt?

CANES, baaby

[reggaebob]

Solar loving the blog. Canes trivia is something i most certainly enjoy. especially when telling a gator fan how two people formerly associated with the U slapped up UF last year (tubbs and richt, of course).

[darCANEgel]

Last thing --- thats gr8:

what is the Canespace TeeShirt 2008? It'll be good...I know....

AllCanes will have some really good shirts, as always - FYI...

LOVE my "Got Randy?"

Canes, baaby

[Cat5 Cane]

Dar...
Currently holding at 4 BB and 5 FB

What is the "Theme"... The Gauntlet
Moto... either get on the train or get run over!

Five'n in the 305

[solarcane]

CANESPACE ACTION FIGURE ALERT

First Peek at Canespace Action Figures

Here are the first top secret pics of the first two action figures to be released this fall

Canechic and CGNC will be available in very limited quanities...

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj201/solarcane/canetroopers.jpg

peace

[solarcane]

darc, reggae thanks for the props on the blog.
Been on the downlow but reading everything, Space is everywhere!

peace

[darCANEgel]

oh, Solar --

Space is usually after the first set...and before Drumz..if your a Dead phan...

Well, if you LOVE the CANES...

you gotta be Hap Happ HAPPY..bout it being 13 weeks from tonight, gentlemen --- thursday nite espn...

by now??

we'll already be on the Turnpke/I95 going back home -- driving SOUTH --

BTW, whose the EA Sports guru again? When does the new NCAA come out??

CANES, baaby

[AvaCane96]

july 15

[SOUP]

What's the motto? What's on the center chest of the CANESPACE TeeShirt?

Posted by: darCANEgel | May 28, 2008 at 10:57 PM

We are working on new artwork for 2008 and better quality t-shirts. I've already met with the owner and artist at the screen print shop I use in JAX when I was there for the ACC tourney.

I got a surprise for you on the back of the shirt. Here's a hint: Two letters, two numbers (ST #26).

[Cat5 Cane]

Solar... Awesome! LOL
Hard to tell, but that's got to be CG on the right,...... The force is very strong with her... me think. but the other one has allot of force just oozing out too... hard to tell, HUMMMM

Please put me down for two, one to play with now and one for the Canespace/Ebay Auction, soon to be coming our way.

[SOUP]

Darc and other video gamers, check this link now and back later for updates as the NCAA game comes out:

http://canespace.com/_wsn/page3.html

[SOUP]

Cat5...info and photo going up at midnight on the current blog!

[Cat5 Cane]

Good man... Run Forest, Runnnnnnnn....

[AvaCane96]

on one of the NCAA 09 football sites i saw something ridiculous...the FSU defense has a 99 rating (the highest)...wtf

we had like a 94 or sumtin like that, but theres no way FSU should b at 99.

[darCANEgel]

I love the pic of Brian Pata --- Thank you, BG1906....

July 15th...
IRE...

GO CANES

[AvaCane96]

my mistake...we have a 92 for defense.

[SOUP]

Cat5...I'm running as FAST as I can! Check bottom of current blog and get back to me.

[SOUP]

12. The University of Miami is one of four universities and the only private school in the nation to raise 1.4 billion dollars in fund raising between 2003-2008.

One of the main people responsible for this success at The U is Lindsay Radeer. She will be writing a blog feature about the Capital Campaign, donating to UM and the Hurricane Club coming to a blog near U very soon.

That blog would be Canespace!

[Cat5 Cane]

Soup.. good stuff
Just so everybody knows... the picture depicted appears blurry but in real life... it is in sharp contrast. also the black shown is not seen and all wording and logo is cut out and free standing...

Please change my contact to
cat5cane@gmail.com

That's all folks...

[SOUP]

Cat5...OK, will do.

[Loco]

SIXTH - booya

Posted by: Six | May 28, 2008 at 10:14 PM

you're good at that six

[SOUP]

Cat5...changes made and also posted the LOGO in the prized TOP RIGHT spot.

[Cat5 Cane]

Ava...
IMO... It's OK and it just add fuel to the fire, at this point, as I want our guys mean and hungry....and when we beat FSU and the many others we will face... we will shock allot of people including the ESPN's of the world...
I can't wait to hear them say, "They're backkkkkkkkkk" many times over, throughout the next 3 years... as Number 6 NC is only a matter time.

[Loco]

Fun thought: Which President signed your Presidential Award or Merit Award thing --that competition we did in PE - what was that called? Do they still do that?

Reagan signed mine...

Canes, baaby

Posted by: darCANEgel | May 28, 2008 at 10:26 PM

Clinton signed mine... in his second term lol

[Loco]

for some reason the 'Space isn't working properly for me tonight...

But great blog Solar! you were right, i didn't know most of that

[Cat5 Cane]

Soup... TOP Right... Damn, I'm feel'n Ya! OH Yeah! Ahha!... Now that's what I'm talk'n about!... Get your Canespace U logo rite-chea... Next!...LOL

[AvaCane96]

the presidential physical fitness test...i remember that...i had the best time in the shuttle run in my middle school lol..ya clinton signed mine too.

[Cat5 Cane]

OK... B's and G's... the Sandyman is coming... time for some rest!
C-ya

[Loco]

LB Gavin Hardin's ACT score brought great news. He got his scores in the mail and put up a 20. His previous best score was a 16 on his second attempt; he had a 15 the first time he took the test.

Andrew Smith also retook the ACT, hoping to improve on his 18 score. He says he wound up with another 18.

He says he's fine with that.

Now he has to raise his GPA from a 2.4 to 2.5. He says 'I'll be fine' once his final report card grades are factored in

So Hardin is in and Smith is on the otherside of the fence looking in... The others still don't know.

[CVS]

I knew most of those...only I want someone to recheck a few facts...
4) Without the Rose Bowl we won by an average of 33.8 pts per game. With the Rose Bowl, we won by an average of 32.9 pts per game.
6) I thought we scored 9 TDs on D, not 8.

The TD pass to Horace Copeland...I remember, I was in 3rd grade, and I said to myself, "Miami is going to score a touchdown right here. Longest play possible." And the TD pass was just a sideline fly but not too deep...HC just outran everyone. I remember Kevin Williams having a punt return TD called back because he apparently had a foot out of bounds on a cut. Damn my memory is good...
- CVS

OF NOTE!!!! MOST IMPORTANT FACT!!!
The 2001 Canes first half scoring versus points allowed:
273 - 33

Which means the average first half score of a Miami game was 22.75 - 2.75, which means the average score was 23 - 3 at the HALF of EVERY GAME that year. MADNESS!!!

[Hassan]

Speed Debate. I had a chat with the Hurricanes track Coach Michal Ward
about the fastest canes and here is what he has to say

"In my 16 years at the u santana moss best 40 yd guy. Best 100m guy wr daryl jones #1 jersey. Very close to him is andre johnson wr. Fastest white guy #26 aaron moser special team player of the year 2x and ran 10.40 in decathlon 100m at ncaa championships. There have been a lot of good fb track runners. This name will really test your canes history.
Tory mitchell out of tyler texas was the most herald fast fb'er never developed to his potential in fb or track in his 2 yrs atthe u. His life tragical passed a year or so ago in tyler texas. Thanks have a great memoril day coach mike ward"

and also

Chambers was a state champ in the 100 but at a very slow time. Do not see him helping us in track. Mcneal is running but not effective as yet due to football injuries. Leggett was the real deal as a hurdler, great hurdler with limited traing. But all these guys want to be fb'ers. Hester was not a good 100m guy, decent 60 guy, he was a big east long jump champ at 25 ft. I saw him when bears played in superbowl and his body change to more sleak and fast. He may have been to heavy speed wise at the u. Santana was a 26 ft plus long jumper. So moss and hester have the explosive power to be the fastest guys. In the nfl they seem to be very fast.
The big east sprints were very weak and we killed the league. The acc is just the opposite, fsu and clemson have two of the best sprint programs in the country. So we have some work to be done. Coker did not push the guys to get better by running, shannon will get push them to get better. Time will tell. Enjoy

[Cat5 Cane]

Morn'n Bs and g's... Get your hot stuff....

Just for us... Canes Fans by Ron (Cat5 Cane)
The custom vinyl logo has National Champions (arched across the top in (2) colors, orange and white). The Ibis is in the middle and is (5) color and the Championship Years (83,87,89,91,01) are (arched) across the bottom in (2) color again... Wanting to do something for Soup, I then added Canespace.Com at the base in green edging and gold letters... The wording, numbers and logo are all cut out and free standing from one another… meaning, there isn't a background sticker. The Sizes are 6" X 61/2" or 12”X13”. Note: A blank was left at the end of the years to add our next championship win... by just adding the year in place of the blank, without having to buy another whole sticker…

Notes:
1) Vinyl stickers are color fast and should be good for 2/3/4 years, depending on sun exposure... garage kept, shady areas, etc.
2) Suggest not washing stickers with solvents or window cleaners… as it dries them out but if you do, rinse thoroughly.
3) Sorry Soup... but If not wanting to advertise Canespace, simply cut it off from the bottom before applying to the window.

Cost for 6” X 6 1/2” Logo…$15.00 each, broken down.. sticker $9.00, mailing w/ packet $2.50, Gas $3.00 (3 trips) and Artwork .50 cents.

Cost for a large 12”X 13” Logo… $37.00 each, broken down.. Sticker Logo costs $31.00 and the rest about the same...

and for my time... you owe me one!!

Contact me at cat5canes@Gmail.com

[Cat5 Cane]

FYI... Just for the real diehard U Fans...
Thinking of doing another logo for Baseball, after this championship run... same design and sizes but changing the logo and years... Whatcha think?
Cat

[Norm]

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080529/NEWS/545164179/1016/sports&title=Coaches_vote_for_early_signing_period_at_SEC_meetings

This will benefit Miami in the future. After all, this is what Randy Shannon wanted.

[Cane Since 1982]

This just dosent look right, but atleast the tortures destruction of her is done.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d158/goindown/052008_Orange_Bowl_Aireal_Demolitio.jpg

[canechic]

Nice picture Solar! those girls have some hot bodies! could not ask for more right guys Star War's loving, hot girls!!!!

I love Football but Star Wars not so much!!!

Go Canes!!!

[DallasTX Cane]

91 gave up 100 points.
01 gave up 117 points against more competitive teams in my opinion.

Posted by: Cane Since 1982 | May 28, 2008 at 04:06 PM

The 91 team played 3 ranked opponents during the regular season, all in the Top 10.

The 01 team played 4 ranked opponents during the regular season, none were Top 10.

Lovely irony...we beat Nebraska both years for NCs. Of any school that ought to hate the CANES, its gotta be "Big Red"...

[CVS]

Here's 20 things you didn't know about Canes opponents...
1) Charleston Southern...um...yeah. They play two schools from "MIAMI" this year. We had better beat them by a higher margin.
2) UF's football team was actually FSU's football team at its inception. FSU was the school that gave its men to pay football at UF. That "F" on their field is from Florida State College or whatever.
3) Texas A&M has more playboy playmates than any university
4) General Pettigrew of the Confederate Army during the Civil War, who took part in Pickett's Charge, was a scholar at the University of North Carolina. Oh yeah, their coach used to be cool sometime around the year 2000.
5) Florida State has an international debate/ Model UN program - of which I was an assistant director - that won best delegation at Berkeley's conference 4x in a row, Georgetown 3 of 4 years, UVA in the one trip there, Montreal-McGill twice, and finished 3rd in awards at Harvard Worlds in 2003 in Germany.
6) UCF has only used 1/3 of its purchased land so far.
7) Duke - very true here - in the Fall of 2002 accused students of cheating and nearly expelled these students (only releasing them on technicalities of not having a lawyer present) without any proof or evidence of cheating. None whatsoever.
8) Wake Forest has one of the smallest yet most effective alumni networks in the nation
9) UVA is ranked 2nd among public schools in the nation (Cal-Berkeley is #1 by USNEWS.com)

10) Virginia Tech hasn't changed the name of "Michael Vick Hall" in their athletic department building.
11) Georgia Tech has one of the highest men to female ratios in the nation for co-educational schools
12) NC State gave their stadium to ECU after a hurricane hit in 1999 - a storm that decimated their lives. If there was ever a game I didn't mind losing, it was the come from behind win they had against us the week after we played Penn State, which was also the debut of Clinton Portis, who I thought was a weak and slow runner at the time even though he had 100 plus yards rushing by halftime.
- CVS

[Canez1]

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll12/nobrakes2008/SEANT.gif

GO CANEZ!!!!!

[DallasTX Cane]

Great blog solar. Enjoyed the List.

[CanesgirlNC]

LOL any action made in my image has to purrrrr when you squeeze it - HA!

[CanesgirlNC]

SEC Coaches Vote to Add Early Signing Day

DESTIN, Fla. -- If the majority of SEC head football coaches have their way, the recruiting period will be split into two different signing days.

The coaches voted by a 9-3 count Wednesday at the SEC spring meetings to add an early signing day in late November. This 24-hour period for prospects to sign early would fall on the Monday before the contact period begins, which during a normal year would come during the week of Thanksgiving.

The next step is for the SEC's athletic directors and presidents to sign off on the proposal and then sponsor it on a national level. Most of the coaches agree that it would probably be at least a year before an early signing day would go into effect, and that's assuming the proposal passes.

"I certainly think it makes sense," Kentucky's Rich Brooks said. "But I've seen a 12-0 vote by the coaches before on certain things, and it never passed. So we'll see."

The three coaches who voted against the early signing day were Arkansas' Bobby Petrino, Florida's Urban Meyer and South Carolina's Steve Spurrier.

"I think recruiting should be done in December, January and February," Meyer said. "I think it speeds up 17- and 18-year-olds to make a decision that affects the rest of their lives. To squeeze them, to press them, to say you've got to get it done now and I just don't believe in that.

[DallasTX Cane]

Is that all one has to do to get a purrrrrr...squeeze? ;)

[JC]

DTX, Nebraska fans DO hate the U. When the Canes play in Omaha for the CWS, they are the least rooted for team (usually different groups of locals adopt one of the eight teams, but no one ever adopts the Canes).

Darc, national titles at the U:

Football (5): 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001
Baseball (4): 1982, 1985, 1999, 2001
Men’s Crew (1): 1988
Polo (4): 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950
Women’s Golf (5): 1970, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1984
Women’s Swimming & Diving (2): 1975, 1976

Also, there were plenty of individual swimming and diving national champs in the men's and women's teams, and I'm sure still others in track or tennis or something. But those are the team titles.

Just for point of reference, when I went to the OU game, I was impressed by how many sports facilities they had and how many titles for so many different sports. Here's the OU list:

Men's Gymnastics (8) - 2008, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, 1991, 1978, 1977
Football (7) - 2000, 1985, 1975, 1974, 1956, 1955, 1950
Wrestling (7) - 1974, 1963, 1960, 1957, 1952, 1951, 1936
Baseball (2) - 1994, 1951
Softball (1) - 2000
Men's Golf (1) - 1989

And for our lovely rivals:

UF

Men's Golf (4) 1968, 1973, 1993, 2001
Women's Swimming (2) 1979, 1982
Gymnastics (1) 1982
Men's Swimming (2) 1983, 1984
Women's Golf (2) 1985, 1986
Women's Track (1) 1992
Women's Tennis (3)1992, 1998, 2003
Football (2) 1996, 2006
Men's Basketball (2) 2006, 2007
Soocer (1) 1998

I can't find a list off hand for FSU

[DelrayCane]

Great contribution Solar! This is the stuff that keeps the fires stoked through the summer doldrums... Nice job man.

Go Canes!!!

[RealCanesFan]

On the NCAA 09 tip. Here are the ratings for all 3 Florida Schools. Talk about FSU being BS. I think our rating is pretty spot on considering we are going to be starting a Fresh at QB. But FSU's rating's are such crap, EA looks like they are on ESPN's cool-aid when it comes to FSU.

Overall Off. Def.
Florida 94 96 94

Florida State 94 92 99

Miami 86 83 92

[CanesgirlNC]

Will the US lose the King of Beers?

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/CouldUSLosetheKingOfBeers.aspx

[The Truth]

"which was also the debut of Clinton Portis, who I thought was a weak and slow runner at the time even though he had 100 plus yards rushing by halftime."

Don't feel bad CVS...you weren't the only one. There were COACHES that though James Jackson was far superior in every way to that kid. He was, however, the epiome of what the classic "Old School Cane" is...

Everyone overlooked him. No one thought he was special...but HE sure thought he was, and that's exactly what he became.

Anyone that can frustrate his own teammate, to the point of tears, because of trash talking - spouting off about how great he is and then going out and DOING it - gets an A plus in my book.

[SOUP]

Truth...what's up? Any news you care to share?

Slow day on the blob...

[JC]

When all else fails, Wikipedia

FSU

Men's Gymnastics (2) 1951, 1952
Women's Golf (1) - 1981
Women's Softball (2) - 1981, 1982
Women's Indoor Track and Field (2) - 1984, 1985
Football (2) - 1993, 1999
Men's Outdoor Track and Field (2) - 2006, 2007

And if anyone was wondering, UCLA has the most decorated athletic department in the nation, with over 100 national titles:

Men's NCAA Titles (70)
Basketball (11)
1964 1971
1965 1972
1967 1973
1968 1975
1969 1995
1970

Golf (1)
1988

Gymnastics (2)
1984 1987

Soccer (4)
1985 1997
1990 2002

Swimming (1)
1982

Tennis (16)
1950 1970
1952 1971
1953 1975
1954 1976
1956 1979
1960 1982
1961 1984
1965 2005

Track & Field (8)
1956 1973
1966 1978
1971 1987
1972 1988

Volleyball (19)
1970 1984
1971 1987
1972 1989
1974 1993
1975 1995
1976 1996
1979 1998
1981 2000
1982 2006
1983

Water Polo (8)
1969 1996
1971 1999
1972 2000
1995 2004

Women's NCAA Titles (32)
Golf (2)
1991
2004

Gymnastics (5)
1997
2000
2001
2003
2004

Softball (10)
1982 1990
1984 1992
1985 1999
1988 2003
1989 2004

Tennis (1)
2008

Track & Field (5)
1982 (Outdoor)
1983 (Outdoor)
2000 (Indoor)
2001 (Indoor)
2004 (Outdoor)

Volleyball (3)
1984 1991
1990

Water Polo (6)
2001
2003
2005
2006
2007
2008

[CVS]

Truth,
That's the thing. Jackson broke big runs a lot of times, knew how the O-line blocked, etc...and he broke big runs even in 1997 when our team was 5-6, so people thought more highly of him at the time. I liked him more than Portis, seriously, even when Portis broke the big run in the Gator Bowl 1999/2000 season. Portis was perhaps the most patient runningback in Canes history.
- CVS

[Esteban]

Jackson got hurt and Portis got a runnin. The next season comes around and Portis is out to be a star and Jackson was out there trying to make big plays instead of being patient like he had been previously. He pressed and his play suffered. Then he did himself no favors once he got in the league. He finally started doing good for the Browns and started talking about wanting a trade as if he was a star or something.

[canechic]

CVS great facts! I love those fun facts!

Go Canes!!

[Loco]

interesting facts CVS

I have a couple...

1. Only two schools (not including military academies) that play division 1 football don't have University in their name, and they are both in the ACC: Georgia Inistitute of Technology and Boston College

2. Virginia Tech isn't on that list because VaTech's formal name is Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University

[Loco]

Also... I've just started selling CUTCO cutlery (its the best, #1 seller in the US and will last forever) and am trying to sell at least $10k in just over a week for our big push...
If anybody is interested in helping me out, visit www.CUTCO.com and check out what's there, then email me at tjl516@aol.com with what you want and I'll give you prices and stuff... There's more than just knives (though the sets are the best), there's bbq stuff and fishing/hunting stuff too.. Thanks a lot

Sorry to solicit 86, if it bothers you, go ahead and delete it...

[Esteban]

Cav, you got mail on the way.

[CanesgirlNC]

^^^gotta love the starving college student - LOL!

[miamimike01]

86,

I sent you an email. Interesting news regarding RandyCane...

[Loco]

^^^gotta love the starving college student - LOL!

Posted by: CanesgirlNC | May 29, 2008 at 04:28 PM

well... I'm ALWAYS starving ;-)

[SOUP]

Sorry to solicit 86, if it bothers you, go ahead and delete it...

Posted by: Loco | May 29, 2008 at 04:17 PM

Loco...nah, it's cool because you are part of the Canespace family and have made MANY contributions (baseball play-by-play, articles like "Thug U") here over time.

In fact, I may be buying! I'll email the details tonight after I check the site.

[Loco]

Thanks Soup, it really is the best stuff. I wouldn't try to sell it if i didn't think so. Which is why I'm debating taking a job as a hyundai salesman, although it would guarantee me some money

[Cat5 Cane]

Loco...
What food service equipment company do you work for? I was in the food service, development and installations for over 20 years... as a projects manager and working for Davmor/BK, McD, Hardees and General Hotel and Rest supply... Miami

not to bother everybody,...send me an email.

[JC]

SOUP you can delete the laundry list of UCLA titles I posted above. I felt bad when I hit post bc I saw how long it was. Apparently I was the only one besides Darc interested in the topic of overall athletic department success.

Playoff time tomorrow! GO CANES! Beat BCC!

[Alex Dumas]

Most of those UCLA championships are recreational, club or lifetime sports anyway. I was expecting to see their championships in kickball, dodgeball, tag and capture the flag listed also.

[DallasTX Cane]

JC, U ought to know no one here is going to show much interest in anything except CANES football, especially UCLA's success in table tennis! LOL

Don't dis kick ball AD...LOVED that game as a kid!

[SOUP]

CANESPACE CONTENT ALERT UPDATE:

NEW BLOG UP AT 8 PM.

2008 REGIONAL TOURNEY PREVIEW BY BLOGGER MEPH...

[321CANES]

Don't know if you all ready knew this, Lamar Thomas bro is starting pitcher for bethune cookman.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/colleges/um/story/550470.html

[Cavaleer]

Este, a thousand thanks.

Dallas, I havent' had time to read your entire mail. I will though and I'll reply.

Alex Dumas is a funny man. lol

[SOUP]

Canes fans...we NEED U!!!

Please tell your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers about this blog. We need NEW bloggers, more hits and LOTS of opinions.

U know how we like it:

Post here, post often!

[solarcane]

canechic, and CGNC, thanks for being such good sports!!!

CVS,JC good stuff bringing in some obscure facts to ponder

Cat5 sweet work bro!

Everyone that enjoyed the blog, thanks for
the props, much apprciated.

peace

[DallasTX Cane]

no rush Cav. Chat w/U all in the AM...

[Hurricane Mitch]

DTX, Nebraska fans DO hate the U. When the Canes play in Omaha for the CWS, they are the least rooted for team (usually different groups of locals adopt one of the eight teams, but no one ever adopts the Canes).

JC, you are 100% correct. You would not believe the BS I endure here in NE because I'm a Canes fan. It is fun to talk smack with these uneducated haters, however.

Excellent write up as usual Solar.

[321CANES]

K.P. OF THE GIANTS ON MADDEN 09!
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[321CANES]

GRAIG "COOPDEVILLE" COOPER ON NCAA 09!

http://www.easports.com/ncaa09/media.jsp?contentID=yoy_features

[SOUP]

Mitch...I sent the picture with you standing next to Donna at the OU pre-game to the UM AD to show Canespace goes where the action is!

[SOUP]

CANESPACE NEWS:

MANNY NAVARRO AT THE MIAMI HERALD...

Manny has invited us all over to his blog on Friday afternoon where he will be serving hot dogs and cold drinks and bloggin the game LIVE from the stadium.

I encourage ALL Canespacers to go to:

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/

To get signed up with a Typekey account and then on Friday to blog the game live with the one and ONLY Mannny Navarro!

Go Canes, Go Canespace!!!

[Calvin]

I had to rollout yesterday, but isee some of yall picked some real good defenses. soup i should've known you were going to pick the 86 team 4 sho, one of my favorites, and it's hard not to say they wasn't the best, especially considering what they did against penn st. with vinny throwing 5 picks in one game. is see a lot of people uite naturally picked the 2001 team. Somebody put a plug in for the 1991 team.

I loved all the team yall picked, but for me, igotta go with the team that had the worst qb/offensive play but still made it to the championship game so in my mind, the 95 team just edges the 86 team when it comes to defense. Besides the penn st. game vinny was terrorizing defenses, while the 95 team qb was terrorizing his own defense and team, by keeping the defense on the field all day.

esteban, as far as desean jackson goes, remember, the only reason me-shawn johnson and curtis conway were productive receivers in the nfl, because they were an exception to west coast offensive players, they played physical, this desean jackson guy, i got him in the reggie bush mode, with the exception being, at least he gets to play on the outside, which should allow him to be more of a factor than overrated bush.

By the way good research solarCane, and if it's not all accurate, i'm sure you'll here about it.

[Calvin]

Hey soup, is that you at the 37 sec mark of this clip, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpqWnxp7178

[Calvin]

The 3:29 mark that's the run some of yall have been referring to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP30EoO53bw

[Cat5 Cane]

alright ,... what's going on, I expected 50 orders by now... let's go... Hey you, yes you. You say your a fan, show me your sticker. Oh, you don't have one, then go over to booth #2 and Rosie will take care of you....just tell her you want the special!... Step up,Step-up, come on... and what your problem?...What, I can't hear you with that bubble gum in your mouth. You say, you haven't any money and you have to ask your father... Sorry guy, Suggest to start working at Big Cheese and I'll trade you for a large one,... next. yes you, with the Jesus sandles... step-up, step-up!...

A take off on Cheech and Chonge from the old days!

[matt s.]

Tory Mitchell was not from Tyler, TX!!!
He was from Big Spring, TX!!! He was also killed in Big Spring in his home.