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Tulsa in South Bend. The Marshall team is not great but better than those teams. The most heartbreaking losses are of course BC 1993. Colorado in the NC game when Rocket returned the punt for a TD that was called back. The Bush Push game vs. USC.
We were fresh on a roll after having thumped Penn State the week before, and the offense running in fantastic synchronicity.
When we got to Miami, though, there were a few critical plays that all but killed us. I honestly believe that we win that games 2 out of every 3 times, but unfortunately for us, Miami was there for the 3rd one. We committed so many blunders that game, that it was extremely disheartening, to say the least.
We had a 90 yard drive, and only came away with 3 points, even though were at Miami's 1 yard line. We had another 90 yard drive and didn't even score.
As trivial as it may seem, was Billy Hackett's missed field goal before halftime. Being down 17-13 would have painted a different picture than 17-10.
The final straw that broke the camel's back was the 3rd and 44 conversion, where Randal Hill snagged a long bomb from Craig Erickson, toasting both Stan Smagala and Pat Terrell. Smagala was the 3rd fastest man on the team, running a genuine 4.38 in the 40, while Terrell was no slouch either, running under a 4.5. Yet, Hill blew by both of them.
It also didn't help that Rocket Ismail was hurt for most of the game, having been stomped on the shoulder by a Miami defender.
Finally, Bernard Clark had the game of his lifetime, basically being an unblockable one man wrecking crew on many occasions.
As bad as the Miami loss was, though, was the injustice that for all of the murderer's row schedule we played, and even beating #1 Colorado by 15 points, the voters hated our guts enough to vote in Miami as the champion. I was actually OK with that, since they did beat us head to head.
When 1993 rolled around, and FSU was the champ, despite the head-to-head win by us, that basically showed that the bias killed us both times.
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Leading 24-6 at half. We didn’t only lose, we got our doors blown in 55-24 by our despised rival. That one still kinda hurts all these years later. Can still see that fuckin horse and Anthony Davis running through our D like a knife through soft butter. Had stopped him cold at home the year before when we won the NC.
team just get humiliated,laughed at, and quit on the field as they did. It felt like ND football was done forever. Then along came Lou
Too many to list, but Mike Stonebreaker was one guy you did NOT want to mess with...
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Hated everything about USC ever since. Their colors. Their band. That damn song. That horsey. Their stadium.