UM Sports Hall Of Fame: This Date In Hurricane History

On December 12^th, 1992…UMSHoF member Gino Torretta became the 2nd Miami Hurricanes football player to be named the winner of the highly coveted Heisman Trophy Award!  

Torretta tallied 1400 points and 310 first place votes from the 985 selectors.  He beat out San Diego State's Marshall Faulk, (1,080 pts.-164 1st place votes) and Georgia's Garrison Hearst (982-140) to join Vinny Testaverde as the only Miami Hurricanes to win the prestigious award!  He claimed the most total points in 4 of the 6 regions of the country, and was 2nd in the other 2 regions.

Gino Torretta was one of the most celebrated football players in the University of Miami and NCAA history. A 1991 graduate with a degree in Business Management, Torretta won both athletic and academic awards during his prolific career as a Hurricane.

He became only the second player in Hurricane history to win the coveted Heisman Trophy Award as the nation’s top collegiate football player. He was also honored as the Walter Camp Football Foundation’s Player of the Year.  

The Associated Press, Kodak, Walter Camp and The Football News named Torretta first-team All-American. He also won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, The Maxwell Trophy and the Davey O’Brien national quarterback awards.  

Torretta was a unanimous selection as BIG EAST Offensive Player of the year for two consecutive seasons, the NCAA Today’s Top Six Award winner, Toyota Leadership Award winner and Chevrolet Offensive Player of the Year.

Torretta finished his Miami career with eleven school passing records, including career attempts (991), completions (555), yards (7,690), total offense (7,772), longest pass (99 yards to Horace Copeland vs. Arkansas, an NCAA record) and most passing yards in a game (485 vs. San Diego State).  

He was tapped into Iron Arrow, considered the highest honor at the university. He has also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, the Orange Bowl Hall of Honor and was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 2003!

Comments

[Go Canes]

@CanesWarningFS: Canes offered last week and really want him RT“@SigmaCane1914: Rocket TD.....Anthony Jones throws up The U!!!!”

[BigWindyCane1]

Canes coaches Carroll and Ice have been attending Central games. Ice likes Jones and they offered him. If they get Jones, it might help with Phillips too.

[2016 ?]

Watch our DT's in both U's 1 & 2

[Go Canes]

Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | December 13, 2014 at 06:40 PM

Looks like both will be EE's?

[CaneRock]

Looks like both will be EE's?

Posted by: Go Canes | December 13, 2014 at 06:47 PM

Yes.

[CaneRock]

And how many freakin' brothers does Cook?

[Go Canes]

@ChristyChirinos: Younger #Canes get chance to shine as bowl preps begin http://t.co/IdD6bvV4rH

[SOUP]

Sinister...U are good to go, my bad, I forgot.

More SOUP for U!

[SOUP]

GoCanes...OhioCane is authorized by me to run the Canespace twitter account with the handle @86Cane. He has done wonders getting new followers and has always handled the responsibility and assignment with class and professionalism.

Do U know what it takes to allow another person to run your personal Twitter account? Well OhioCane IS that person!

[Go Canes]

Thanks Soup

@mattyports: From today: Hurricanes' young talent on display at bowl practice. http://t.co/nldjtzEC3y http://t.co/McrXNnx0Ss

[UpNorthCane27]

Bring back my CANES!!!!!

BRING BACK BUTCH!!!!!!

[SinisterCane]

UF lost on and off the field

[J'Ville Cane]

It almost makes you cry to sit and watch this documentary and then reflect to where the program is now under Al.

[SinisterCane]

WHAAAAATTTTTT....WHAAAAATTTTTT....WHAAAAATTTTTT....

[SinisterCane]

You think Golden is watching?

[UpNorthCane27]

Jville you said it best man you just want to cry man!!!

[J'Ville Cane]

Did Donna do a great job leading Miami to or through the Shapiro scandal? Lol

[J'Ville Cane]

I wonder who introduced Alvarez to Shapiro. Lol

[KYcane]

You think Golden is watching?
Posted by: SinisterCane | December 13, 2014 at 09:54 PM

From the "Palm Beach Post" article posted earlier....

"Golden on Part 2: Golden said he wouldn’t be able to watch the live version of “The U Part 2,” which debuted nationwide Saturday night on ESPN."

Golden doesn't want to see a coach he wishes he could be.

[J'Ville Cane]

"Are you kidding me? It's a dream job."
That guy is a great actor.

[Go Canes]

@dionte_mullins8: Can't Wait Until I Put on that Orange and Green #TheU #Swagger #Swagg'16 http://t.co/NWT2NWcriH

[Go Canes]

Watching it now, man I miss the Orange Bowl.

[1mg of Epi]

Really illustrates how far we've fallen... Unfortunately the free fall continues.

[SinisterCane]

Bring back Butch!!!!

[ucane]

One of the most heart breaking stories to ever take place in college football,EVER.
Its like I lost a piece of who I am,SAD.

THE "U"

[Raizecane]

i was watching the documentary tonight and had to actually change the channel to watch christmas vacation when they got to the Ohio State game. I could not watch that all over again......

[ucane]

One of the most heart breaking stories ever in college football,EVER.
Its like I have lost a piece of who I am,SAD

the"U"

[ucane]

Sorry for the double post-carry on

[UpNorthCane27]

One thing that i know will always be true is that no matter what scandal, cloud, coach, losses, president, etc

IT WILL ALWAYS BE ABOUT THIS U!!!

WE WILL BE BACK AND WHEN WE ARE BACK HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS!!!!

U!!

[Go Canes]

@ChristyChirinos: Sooo...RT @CoachColey: http://t.co/XDTylzR6QW

[Go Canes]

Just finished the U pt 2.

It was really, really awesome. So many incredible memories of games I've been to and players I watched grow into what they became.

It is the most unique and special brand of our lifetime, in an my sport at any level.

So proud to love the Canes.

[Sarasota 'cane]

Butch! There is no substitute for what ails us!

[Canezitis]

Just watched the U2 and it's sad to see us fall to the mediocre state that we are in, but I understand. The cloud WAS a real issue and is slowly working its way out as players graduate. This team can be special going forward.
For Al and his hold on the team it cannot be understated how important this bowl game is for recruiting and momentum going into the offseason. With the talent we have on this team and a Ken Dorsey clone at QB next year I will expect at least 10 wins. Any coach should be able to get that with what we have coming back next year in the conference we're in. I think Al is gone next year, however one way or another. He sucks he's fired, he wins big he leaves for easier pastures.
THEN BUTCH COMES BACK! Haha

[Canezitis]

*overstated

[Canezitis]

* Overstated

[miamicane]

Butch is Cane through and through...Bring Butch Back..

[roachcane77]

Love the ending with the 6 Championships and then the LATE penalty flag.

I was AT that game... it was unbelievable how late that flag came out.

Wish they had included the Orange Bowl 58 game home win streak in those ending stats.

Let's Go CANES!

[roachcane77]

It's true, what others have already said...

Those Billy Corben 30 for 30 pieces are a HUGE recruiting tool for our school & coaches. You can't BUY that kind of exposure.

[1mg of Epi]

We are Navy... With 10 NFLers.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/university-of-miami-hurricanes-college-football/

Before the Hurricanes came back from the brink, they were as low as they are now. Miami’s mid-to-late 1990s deterioration reached its nadir at the end of 1997, the program’s first losing season in 18 years. When the final whistle blew on that campaign, Miami had a +3.8 Elo rating,1 which means Miami would have been favored by just 3.8 points against an average FBS team on a neutral field. To use 2014 teams as a comparison, Miami was the equivalent of this year’s Colorado State or Navy teams — a far cry from their dominant squads of the 1980s and early 1990s. (Although this year’s team is even worse, with a rating of +2.0.)

[SOUP]

One of the most heart breaking stories to ever take place in college football,EVER.
Its like I lost a piece of who I am,SAD.

THE "U"

Posted by: ucane | December 13, 2014 at 11:30 PM

There IT is right there.

[1mg of Epi]

One of the most heart breaking stories to ever take place in college football,EVER.
Its like I lost a piece of who I am,SAD.
THE "U"
Posted by: ucane | December 13, 2014 at 11:30 PM

For as depressing as that was to watch, don't lose sight of what I think is the most important take away... The U, no matter how bad it is, will always be within arms reach of dominance. The most important resource in football is in our backyard.

[dj moonbat]

Those Billy Corben 30 for 30 pieces are a HUGE recruiting tool for our school & coaches. You can't BUY that kind of exposure.

Posted by: roachcane77 | December 14, 2014 at 08:25 AM

It's absolutely true. For one thing, Corben did a good job. Few of the original 30 for 30 episodes can stand up to "The U." It's really on a par with a good-quality piece by NFL Films.

But also, the subject matter is one that people will watch. It appears that ABC showed "The U" in the middle of Saturday afternoon as a courtesy to the football junkies who didn't want to watch the Army/Navy game. And I'm sure that not everyone who took them up on the offer was a pre-existing 'Canes fan.

As dominant as Alabama is over college football right now, it would be completely stupid to make a movie out of the team twenty years down the road -- much less TWO movies. Because it's just standard college football, done really well.

The 'Canes, though, were NOT LIKE other football teams. There was some thuggery, yes -- but Oklahoma and Nebraska had plenty of thuggery, too. People call it "swagger," what made them different. But it's beyond confidence and cockiness, because they were dead serious about their football. They were playing for the high of just messing opponents UP. BAD.

And they were "blacker" than anybody else. At a time when America was learning to love hip-hop music, there was also a team dominating college football that was way, way more urban than anybody else. Those guys didn't even bother to act like "blue collar, lunch pail guys" like the sportscasters always said they loved. F that.

So Corben's documentaries are well made, and they're actually about an interesting topic -- not just about a couple decades' worth of good football teams at a small private school. They make it possible for a new generation to GET what it was all about.

If, eventually, Miami wants to stop being just another (bad) college football team again, there will be some players who want to sign up.

[SOUP]

It is the most unique and special brand of our lifetime, in an my sport at any level.

Posted by: Go Canes | December 14, 2014 at 12:22 AM

AMEN

[SOUP]

Domination:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpqyqmWztYk

[Ohio_Cane]

Hear all those former players talk about UF and FSU negative recruiting during the cloud and how it affected kids? They must just be towing the Golden line, eh?

[dj moonbat]

Hear all those former players talk about UF and FSU negative recruiting during the cloud and how it affected kids? They must just be towing the Golden line, eh?

Posted by: Ohio_Cane | December 14, 2014 at 10:12 AM

So after a few days to cool off, you're back on Al's side?

[Go Canes]

Posted by: dj moonbat | December 14, 2014 at 10:18 AM

I don't understand why you have to be "On Al's side" for pointing out how much the Shapiro fiasco further decimated a program that was already in very bad shape.

It's ok to acknowledge it and still feel change is necessary.

[SOUP]

It's ok to acknowledge it and still feel change is necessary.

Posted by: Go Canes | December 14, 2014 at 10:22 AM

Oh stop it! Stop making so much sense already.

Accepting the FACT that "The Cloud" had anything to do with the team's struggles over the last four years just gives people one less reason to hate Al Golden. And we ALL know how much fun hating can be now don't we? Why it is practically a sport of its own, isn't it?

[Ohio_Cane]

Posted by: Ohio_Cane | December 14, 2014 at 10:12 AM

So after a few days to cool off, you're back on Al's side?

Posted by: dj moonbat | December 14, 2014 at 10:18 AM
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Wasn't a "defend Al, the coach" post. Was a "defend the staff as recruiters" post.

[BEERicane]

Butch got his time. Give Al his! We don't have a choice for another 5 years. Might as well accept it.