The University of Miami will start a new tradition of honoring their long and glorious past by recognizing championship teams as well as individual sports champions at major athletic events this year and in the future.
Honorees For This Year's Championship Celebration:
1 Year Anniversary - Ti’erra Brown – 2011 400-Meter Hurdles National Champion
1 Year Anniversary - Brittany Viola – 2011 10-Meter Platform National
5 Year Anniversary - Tabia Charles – 2006 Triple Jump National Champion
10 Year Anniversary - 2001 Football National Championship Team
10 Year Anniversary - 2001 Baseball National Championship Team
25 Year Anniversary - Lise Gregory and Ronni Reis – 1986 Tennis Doubles National Champion
Head Coach Al Golden and the University of Miami football team will have an added incentive when they take the field against the Virginia Cavaliers in prime-time on Oct. 27: the chance to impress their predecessors in person.
Members of the 2001 Miami Hurricanes, the university’s third undefeated football team, have been invited to the game as honorary guests in a ten-year anniversary celebration of the fifth national championship in program history.
Kickoff for the game against Virginia is set for 8pm on ESPN, ESPN HD and ESPN3D.
The football team will be joined by several other UM Champions in a new tradition of honoring both team and individual National Champions on key anniversaries. Moving forward, the UM Athletic Department will honor individual and team national champions the year after their accomplishment, in addition to publicly recognizing their five, 10 and 25-year anniversaries.
The 2001 Hurricanes, who capped off their undefeated season with a 37-14 Rose Bowl victory over the #4 Nebraska Cornhuskers, entered the year ranked #2 but spent the final seven weeks of the season ranked #1. The Hurricanes played five teams ranked in the Associated Press Top-25 in 2001, and outscored those opponents by a combined score of 236-72. The team featured talent on offense, defense and special teams, including an incredible 13 All-Big East First-Team Selections and 10 major college football award finalists. NFL Pro Bowlers Andre Johnson, Ed Reed, Jeremy Shockey, Jonathan Vilma, and Bryant McKinnie, among other former Hurricanes and current NFL players, have all been invited to attend the celebration.
In addition to former members of the football program, members of the 2001 Miami Hurricanes baseball team have also been invited to the game in honorary celebration of their historic season. Hurricane baseball legends Tom Farmer, Kevin Brown and Charlton Jimerson, as well as manager Jim Morris and the rest of the 2001 championship team, will all be honored at halftime of the game.
The 2001 Hurricanes baseball team, who entered the College World Series as the #2 seed, scored 49 runs over its four postseason games to earn their fourth championship in school history. The team routed #4-seeded Stanford 12-1 in the final and featured four players on the All-Tournament team.
This year for the first time, UM will begin a new tradition of honoring individual NCAA Champions from throughout the storied history of Miami Hurricanes athletics. Former tennis stars Lise Gregory and Ronni Reis, who teamed up for an NCAA doubles championship in 1986, have been invited to attend in celebration of their 25-year anniversary.
Two former Hurricane track and field stars will also be celebrated for their championship performances. Tabia Charles, a 2006 NCAA champion in the outdoor triple jump and a 2008 Olympics finalist in Beijing, and Ti’erra Brown, the first Hurricane to ever win a USA Title at the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships and 2011 400-meter Hurdle NCAA Champion, will be honored for their accomplishments.
Brittany Viola, who won two NCAA championships (2008 and 2011) and was named captain of the 2009 U.S Diving Team at the World Aquatics Championships in Rome, is among the other former student-athlete champions invited to the Oct. 27 game against the Cavaliers.
Go Canes! current players learn from past champs and do the damn thing!
Posted by: fmcane | October 20, 2011 at 07:16 PM
First, since fm doesn't claim it.
Posted by: calGaryCane | October 20, 2011 at 07:44 PM
haha my first is self evident my friend
Posted by: fmcane | October 20, 2011 at 07:49 PM
so does any one else feel like regis is a huge loss for gt? to stop the option firt you must take away that first read then its just about defending the edge. I would really like to see perryman set loose a bit more this game. a lot of young guys should be able to play on d considering the option is a very simple read and react type offense to defend
Posted by: fmcane | October 20, 2011 at 07:56 PM
Actually fmcane I believed he really was the most aggressive defensive guy out there on Saturday....not a fan of dirty play but geez just glad to see some aggressive football. I do believe it will be a big lose.
I am not really feeling this suspension...I forgot to listen to Sileo this morning he hates when guys get suspended for this stuff, as he would say JJ handled all this in house and after the guys felt that punishment it rarely happened again.
I think it may lead to less aggressiveness and that is the last thing this defense needs.
Posted by: canechic | October 20, 2011 at 08:02 PM
loss^
Posted by: canechic | October 20, 2011 at 08:03 PM
The thing that scares me the most about this game is last time we had this many young guys on D playing a lot of reps.....GT ran it all over us....2008 this year have a lot of freshman or first time startes playing a lot of snaps on saturday who wont be used to seeing the speed and complex of this type of Offense.
Posted by: pbcfrcane13 | October 20, 2011 at 08:03 PM
They ran it all over UM last year too though. I'm sure a freshman at the highest level of college football playing defense has seen an option team somewhere in high school at some point. Ojomo and Smith are going to have to go sixty minutes and play better than they ever have before.
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | October 20, 2011 at 08:28 PM
CC - maybe there is more to it than we are being made aware of and that is why he is suspended for the entire game.
Posted by: raizecane | October 20, 2011 at 08:36 AM
THERE IS.
Posted by: 86Cane | October 20, 2011 at 08:41 PM
DA SKREETZ BE SAYIN...
1. Yo bruh, bois askin me about Vernon and if he will be full go. Playah didnt have the best of stamina in camp. Al and Coach D will do their best to keep it low until the 4th if possible. Ballah been seein time inside when Plug is in.
2. At least Miami knows if it ever goes option Dallas is dat playah lol!
Posted by: SOUP | October 20, 2011 at 08:44 PM
SKREETZ WALKIN...
1. Aite bruh, this MicReg thing. While bustin a G in the applebag is never a smart thing and is dirty that kinda sh!$ happens all the time. When playahs pile up on a tackle, fumble, whatever ballahs try and choke Gs,knee in the gut,elbows flyin. Gettin up fools using peeps necks,gut,ribs, anything they can to get dat edge. While apple baggin should never happen it is a very violent game and Gs dat cant control it will go right to the Tyson on your bag bruh.
2. Also been asked alot bout crazyazz stadiums to play in. Lane is insane. Dem fools get krunked and get dat place on blast. The best I visited was Camp Randall, not only are those dudes yoked all game but when dat jump around hits them speakers it feels like the damn stadium bout to collapse.
Posted by: SOUP | October 20, 2011 at 08:47 PM
Hurricane Student-Athletes Earn Best-Ever Semester GPA
University of Miami student-athletes set new academic standards during the spring semester, producing the best semester and cumulative grade point average they have ever recorded.
Fourteen of Miami’s 18 teams earned at least a 3.00 or better semester GPA, and 22 student-athletes had a perfect 4.00 GPA in the spring. Overall, 172 student-athletes earned at least a 3.0 semester GPA and 135 student-athletes earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll recognition.
“Our Hurricane student-athletes are to be applauded,” said David Wyman, associate athletic director for Academic Services. “They are consistently producing excellent results in the classroom as they set GPA, APR (academic progress rate), and graduation rate records for our institution. I am tremendously proud of them and our coaches for achieving these awesome results.”
Women’s cross country posted the best mark of all UM athletic teams, a 3.63 GPA, the second-highest team GPA ever recorded at UM. The men’s cross country team set its academic bar higher by recording the best-ever male team GPA at 3.53.
Four squads earned team-best GPAs, including football and volleyball with their best GPA ever, men’s outdoor track with a team-best spring GPA, and women’s track with its top semester GPA in school history.
Baseball, men’s basketball, and soccer each posted second-best spring GPAs, while baseball and basketball also recorded their best overall academic years.
Overall, UM women athletes had a semester GPA of 3.21 and a cumulative GPA of 3.19, and Hurricane men earned a semester GPA of 2.75 and a cumulative GPA of 2.69.
Posted by: SOUP | October 20, 2011 at 08:56 PM
SOUP..have you been able to put those tix to good use?
Posted by: UMike | October 20, 2011 at 09:03 PM
UMIKE...YES! And thank U for that.
I have a long time "anonymous" Canespacer going to the GT game.
After that we will do some trivia or contest here on the blob to get the UVA tix handed out accordingly. Or maybe OGV will use the UVA tix?
The BC tix I am giving to my sister (UM grad 1982) and her husband who will be in town all the way from Hawaii for Thanksgiving.
Posted by: SOUP | October 20, 2011 at 09:23 PM
Duke Johnson ballin tonight? Reading he has 11 car 162 yards 3 tds at the half
Posted by: Felipe | October 20, 2011 at 10:14 PM
SOUP, did you get a rendezvous time yet for leaving for tailgating? As of right now I'm aiming for 12 pm arrival so if that's not the case let me know.
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | October 20, 2011 at 10:18 PM
orange 'n green in the vein, enjoy the Guns N Roses concert. I got to see them play down at the former Joe Robbie back on 12/31/91. Some obscure band named Soundgarden opened for them..lol..
Posted by: TonyCane | October 20, 2011 at 11:01 PM
OGV...12 noon is fine with me. I have no other news. Kenny and the Fort Myers Crew will join us then or at the stadium.
I ain't stressing one way or the other. I'll be there at the Hampton waiting for U.
Posted by: 86Cane | October 20, 2011 at 11:29 PM
BTW...Canespace appreciates the UM Athletic Department communications department.
THEY ROCK!
Posted by: 86Cane | October 20, 2011 at 11:39 PM
Manny - UM right tackle Jonathan Feliciano shares a special bond with his deaf younger brother mh.vrvm.com/mh/article/TGt…
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 20, 2011 at 11:57 PM
You need to watch this video of the #UCLA #Arizona brawl, complete with fake ref streaker. Watch it here bit.ly/rpAoRj
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 21, 2011 at 12:01 AM
Fight night eh Ohio Cane? :) 41 player suspended in a brawl between Southern and Arkansas-Pine Bluff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeoV6aLX0Vg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjszytinYto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE9xrMKubXg&feature=related
favorite part, the description: "Southern mad cause they lost by one point. So they wanted to fight and lost."
Posted by: Felipe | October 21, 2011 at 12:30 AM
Posted by: TonyCane | October 20, 2011 at 11:01 PM
Ironic that on New Year's Eve they were playing with one of the harbingers of the music trend that would turn them into a joke by the time they got back from the Illusion tour in just over a year's time. Must have been an awesome show though I bet.
I saw the Axl only GNR right before New Year's 2007 in this tiny little 3000 amphitheater at Universal City Walk in LA, Sebastian Van Bach and Helmut opened and Axl did 75% of the playlist using Appetite with the greatest hits of Illusion thrown in and like four Democracy songs as an encore. I'm a mark for Skid Row's popular stuff though so I had a blast already before Jungle ramped up. As long as I get everything off the highest selling debut album of all time again next Friday before the riot starts I'll be good.
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | October 21, 2011 at 12:55 AM
Two brawls in the last week and it is not plastered all over the national news? Wow the media really must love the University of Miami sooo much, our actions go to the top of the hour on every outlet!
Happy Friday! Go canes!
Poor Angry....UCLA is just dreadful!
Posted by: canechic | October 21, 2011 at 07:01 AM
Anyone know if Dequan Jones is suspended or not? I haven't really heard any news on him since back when all the alligations were being made. I noticed he is on the current roster and Midnight Madness is upon us.
Posted by: GvilleCanesFan | October 21, 2011 at 08:10 AM
Papa Cane - Update on UM QB Commitment Preston Dewey: ESPN's new Top 150 is out and he is the #5 pro style QB, #8 overall QB, and #133 overall prospect.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 21, 2011 at 09:29 AM
More Papa Cane - Update on UM QB Commitment Preston Dewey: He is an Under Armour All American, Elite 11 National finalist, and coached by Ty Detmer. Due to a broken wrist that he suffered several weeks ago, he is done for the season. Next stop? UM
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 21, 2011 at 09:33 AM
Coral Reef beat Killian this week, and some of the players wanted to let folks know what team is in their heart: http://ow.ly/74ArF
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 21, 2011 at 09:34 AM
Canes 42
GT 38
Posted by: SinisterCane | October 21, 2011 at 09:34 AM
^^ The players in the photo are 2012 UM commitment CB Vernon Davis and 2014 prospect Jacob McCray.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 21, 2011 at 09:35 AM
Kehoe with Joe Rose this morning: http://www.wqam.com/index.php?page=727
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 21, 2011 at 09:37 AM
Anyone know if Dequan Jones is suspended or not? I haven't really heard any news on him since back when all the alligations were being made. I noticed he is on the current roster and Midnight Madness is upon us.
Posted by: GvilleCanesFan | October 21, 2011 at 08:10 AM
From all I have heard he is still eligible and NOT suspended.
Posted by: SOUP | October 21, 2011 at 09:57 AM
Dear Tampa Bay UM Alumni and Canes Fans,
Great win last week against the Tar Heels and this week it is time to make a Wreck of Georgia Tech!
Join Us this Saturday, October 22nd at 3:30 pm. Hurricane Game Watches at CDB's Southside, located at 3671 S. Westshore in Tampa will be our home for all games for Canes Fans this year. For more information on the restaurant you can visit their website at:
http://www.cdbssouthside.com/index.htm
Also, please remember that next week for the Virginia game on Thursday night we will be doing a Networking event so you can meet all the Business Canes in our area. The event will start at 6pm and lead us into game time against the Cavaliers at 8pm.
Posted by: SOUP | October 21, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Larry Blustein talks about Cane commit Duke Johnson on WQAM this morning.
Says that "I got to watch the best player in the state last night one of the best in the nation. When Lamar Miller goes on to the next level, he'll be his replacement"
Duke had 200+ yds last night with 4 TD's.
"He's so effortless", says Blu. "Even the quickest DB's can't gain on him"
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 21, 2011 at 11:20 AM
^^ http://www.wqam.com/index.php?page=727
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 21, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Westbound Enzone tomorrow making noise!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: jack | October 21, 2011 at 11:31 AM
VT's best corner Hosley is doubtful this weekend. Unfortunately, it's against BC lol
http://bit.ly/n4COn3
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 21, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Brand New Raising Canes video will be released Saturday morning at 8. In the meantime, enjoy. http://is.gd/A1xxxx
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 21, 2011 at 11:38 AM
Westbound Enzone tomorrow making noise!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: jack | October 21, 2011 at 11:31 AM
U go man, U go! Post your section, row and seat and I will try to come and find you.
I'll be in section 444, row 30, seats 8-12.
Posted by: SOUP | October 21, 2011 at 12:02 PM
Felipe the guys commenting during the fight are a bunch of ignorant mfers
Posted by: canesteeler | October 21, 2011 at 12:36 PM
CC - yeah I saw that brawl on ESPN or something and I thought I bet this doesn't get as much attention as Miami's and FIU's. It didn't.
As far as suspending Reg, maybe that wouldn't have happened if the NCAA suits weren't lurking around? That *ish hadn't hit the fan with Cookie yet. I agree, we do not need a more timid defense.
Posted by: CGNC | October 21, 2011 at 12:55 PM
CC it is ridiculous, I think the Canes/FIU was all almost every national news outlet, probably the BBC!!! And that one with all the players suspended must have really been bad and I still have not seen that one on the news???? Crazy????
CGNC - I am sure the coming NCAA being everywhere had a hand in the suspensions but I still think it was a bit excessive. When dealing with a team, a family, or an office with workers...inconsistency in discipline can tear down cohesiveness in nothing flat. Hope this does not!!
WOW AND UCF IS dreadful...go Miami Central QB....wow remember when everyone was angry with Randy for not picking him up? Yikes maybe he knew more? Godfrey will be riding the pine the rest of the season and O' Leary I hope will be looking for a new gig soon. Losing to a win less team who was playing all back ups?? How can he keep his job???
Posted by: canechic | October 21, 2011 at 01:09 PM
on^
Posted by: canechic | October 21, 2011 at 01:10 PM
My fantasy team now has Andre Johnson, Devin Hester, Santana Moss, Reggie Wayne, Jimmy Graham, and the Ravens' D. LOL I'm in a tie for 1st. Can't go wrong sticking with the CANES!
Posted by: DallasTX Cane | October 21, 2011 at 01:38 PM
CC - SOUP says there's more to the story re the suspension.
Posted by: DallasTX Cane | October 21, 2011 at 01:39 PM
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7120602/cfb-how-miami-hurricanes-al-golden-coaching-scandal
Good presentation of Golden in this article. The scandal references will drive a few insane tho.
Posted by: DallasTX Cane | October 21, 2011 at 01:53 PM
Hey CC today the spoiled dropout boys of Belen play mighty Northwestern! wanna bet??
Posted by: TJL | October 21, 2011 at 01:53 PM
Canes cough up over 350 on the ground but ralley late and luckily have the ball last. 38-35.Canes keep their streak alive by giving up a touchdown, with under a minute left in the game or half.
Posted by: herbieibis | October 21, 2011 at 02:02 PM
Canes 41, GT 27
Vault THAT!! GO CANES!!
This prediction is for OGV, who says I'm the blogs biggest optimist. Lol
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | October 21, 2011 at 02:17 PM
LOL TJL- How is MNW this year? I listen to Joe Rose on Fridays and they talk about is Miramar. I have heard nothing about MNW. Even so I would never bet on high school football who knows if the QB's girlfriend broke up with him right before the game, lol!! Belen is still an all boys school right? or has that changed since the eighties?
DTX - yes I heard there was more to it...I was trying to discern if it was from synthetic weed or natural weed? and if so which one gives you more pine riding time? No one has answered me yet!
Posted by: canechic | October 21, 2011 at 03:00 PM