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THE LEGACY OF 'CATHOLICS VS. CONVICTS'
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| December 7, 2016
| Terence Moore
Posted on 12/08/2016 12:23:16 PM PST by C19fan
Jimmy Johnson's hair was a mess.
I mean, it was all over the place, and he couldn't care less.
This happened long before the perfectly groomed Jimmy joined Howie, Terry and Michael as NFL analysts for Fox, and he still was years away from winning Super Bowls while yelling, "How 'bout them Cowboys?" Instead, way back then, with no brush or comb in sight around the visitors' locker room at Notre Dame Stadium in October 1988, Johnson was the coach of the Miami Hurricanes, and you'd think he was just in the midst of one.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: college; football; miami; notre
I remember those "Catholics v. Convicts" days. I am Catholic but I luved the Convicts. There should have been a rematch of the 1988 game for the National Championship. Instead Notre Dame played a West Virginia that went through a pathetic schedule. Miami beat that year rankings at the time, #1 FSU, #15 Michigan at the Big House, #11 LSU at Death Valley, #8 Arkansas, and #6 Nebraska at the Orange Bowl. That team defeated the Big 10 Champs Michigan, SEC co-champs LSU, SWC champs Arkansas, and Big 8 champs Nebraska. West Virginia did not play a top 10 team all year until Notre Dame at the Fiesta Bowl. They played two teams ranked at the time one Pitt ended up not being ranked at season end. I luved it when the Canes absolutely embarrassed Gerry Faust and laid one on Holtz in 1987.
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posted on
12/08/2016 12:23:16 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I get “Catholics”. Why “Convicts”?
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posted on
12/08/2016 12:38:59 PM PST
by
LouieFisk
To: C19fan
UM, the only college team who had their team photograph taken from the front and in profile.
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posted on
12/08/2016 12:39:59 PM PST
by
DugwayDuke
("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
To: LouieFisk
For example, Miami would showboat and they wore fatigues when getting off the bus at the stadium.
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posted on
12/08/2016 12:41:24 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I still don’t like Miami. It reeks of thug.
To: C19fan
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posted on
12/08/2016 1:28:35 PM PST
by
t4texas
(No koolaid for me. Thanks!)
To: C19fan
The worst thing about it, was that the entire idea promulgated the Myth that Notre Damn was somehow pure, and without the failures and flaws of other major teams, they could do no wrong. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. I have hated ND since.
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posted on
12/08/2016 1:36:51 PM PST
by
Paradox
("Wishing for a tautology to enact itself is not a strategy.")
To: LouieFisk
Why Convicts? Because of all the run-ins with the law the Miami players had.
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posted on
12/08/2016 2:50:17 PM PST
by
Kazan
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