From the Mid-1980s through the mid-2000s, the Miami Hurricanes were often labeled as the bad boys of college football.
According to the American Football Database and looking at Miami’s meteoric rise from the 1983 through 1991 seasons, the Hurricanes backed up the brazen on-field talk with a record of 96-13, an incredible 88.1% winning percentage.
During that stretch, the Hurricanes won four national titles from the 1983, 1987, 1989, and 1991 seasons. Miami also came close to winning it all in 1986 and 1988.
Opposing fans probably grew tired of seeing Miami win and that would be a part of the reason the Canes are not all that well-liked. There’s still the prime reason that CBS Sports podcaster Josh Pate brings up how Miami could once again be the most hated team in college football.
“Seeing a whole new generation of people, from Virginia, to Nevada, and everywhere in between, discover, ‘Wow! I, like my forefathers, also have a hatred for Miami that I never knew existed.'”
To be clear, Pate is referring to young people hating Miami in the same way that opposing fans from Miami’s glory days did.
I disagree. Here’s why.
Showboating, taunting, and flat-out telling everyone they would win. Those are some of the things that the Canes of old used to do. For anyone who was not yet born and unable to watch Miami during that timeframe, saying they were brash would be an understatement. There was one game that probably gave the Hurricanes their reputation more than any other.
