Quote:Then came 1988.

Zorich: "They talked about the Catholics vs. the Convicts. The players had nothing to do with that. It was just some guy who created the T-shirt. We had great respect for them. ... . The media jumped on the whole bad guys vs. good guys. For us, it was like those are our friends on the opposite side of the ball. They're good and we have to prove ourselves because before '88, we weren't that good."

It was not just the media that jumped on that perception. Things looked different from the Miami sideline.

Hill: "When we visited Notre Dame, we were called every N-word in the book, we were spit on and we basically got off on it. We enjoyed it because we enjoyed doing our best to embarrass people and making them understand that in South Florida we're very diverse and we represented not just a school but an entire community. It's not the individuals we disliked because a lot of us are still friends. It is what Notre Dame stood for: Touchdown Jesus, them talking Catholics vs. Convicts; them letting the grass grow a little bit higher so they could slow us down on game day; them getting all the calls because they're Notre Dame. So when you get to the University of Miami, you have to play your schedule, but there are certain games you're automatically drawn into like a black hole: Notre Dame is one."

(11-10-2017 11:12 AM)Dasville Wrote:  http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/rivals111017/miami-hurricanes-notre-dame-fighting-irish-glory-days-rivalry


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Quote:Then came 1988.

Zorich: "They talked about the Catholics vs. the Convicts. The players had nothing to do with that. It was just some guy who created the T-shirt. We had great respect for them. ... . The media jumped on the whole bad guys vs. good guys. For us, it was like those are our friends on the opposite side of the ball. They're good and we have to prove ourselves because before '88, we weren't that good."

It was not just the media that jumped on that perception. Things looked different from the Miami sideline.

Hill: "When we visited Notre Dame, we were called every N-word in the book, we were spit on and we basically got off on it. We enjoyed it because we enjoyed doing our best to embarrass people and making them understand that in South Florida we're very diverse and we represented not just a school but an entire community. It's not the individuals we disliked because a lot of us are still friends. It is what Notre Dame stood for: Touchdown Jesus, them talking Catholics vs. Convicts; them letting the grass grow a little bit higher so they could slow us down on game day; them getting all the calls because they're Notre Dame. So when you get to the University of Miami, you have to play your schedule, but there are certain games you're automatically drawn into like a black hole: Notre Dame is one."