Who saw the ESPN 30 for 30 program "The U"?

somewhere where he has a dibiliating disease of some sort. I’m no fan of the “U” but quite enjoyed the show. Gave good in depth feel for what goes on behind the scenes!

until I remembered the Purdue game. Managed to watch the rest of it later, and I have to say the 30 for 30 movies have been exceptional. The U was actually a really great and interesting documentary, and while I’m glad my team doesn’t act like that I enjoyed their hijinx and attitude. Plus anyone who wants to punch a ND player in the face is a friend of mine.

but didn’t they skip the 92 Sugar Bowl?

with ya on that Bozeman.. I’ll be the first to say I love the man upstairs but ND is just a program I love to hate!

wanted to destroy Notre Dame.

I don’t know how Notre Dame won that game in 1988. I remember watching it and being stunned. Notre Dame got every single break and won 31-30 despite giving up almost 500 yards. Da U had like seven turnovers or something.

they did show the sugar bowl when Miami was like #2 and Bama was ranked #7.

George Teague humiliating Lamar Thomas or Bama’s defense ruining Gino Toretta’s professional career. I have no love for Notre Dame, but IMO, those Miami teams were a disgrace to college football and helped to legitimize the lack of class and sportsmanship that now exists in the “look at me” attitude in sports today. The one thing I distinctly remember about the Bama game they showed (not in the documentary) was Bill Curry grabbing Prince Wembley’s facemask and almost ripping his head off for “showboating” like those jerks from Miami.

saw it and thought it was rather well done. I was unaware that there was such a “gap” between the football team and school/academic side. I also couldn’t help but notice that the filmaker seemed to inject the whole “poor city kids making millions for the school but they can’t afford to eat” template at every opportunity.

But I was very dissapointed that they didn’t talk about ’92.

The other 30 30 docs are cool too, and a lot shorter, “Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?” was interesting, it made Donald Trump look like a big douche, so its probably pretty accurate. “The Band That Wouldn’t Die” on the Baltimore Colts marching band that stayed together after the team moved to Indianapolis was a great story that I was only slightly aware of.

Failing to make any mention whatsoever of the ’93 Sugar Bowl game was unfortunate IMO because I always thought that game marked the on-field downfall of U. of Miami as an elite program.

On the other hand, I had completely forgotten about the 1991 Cotton Bowl when Miami had over 200 yards in penalties and still utterly humiliated Texas to the tune of 46-3. One of the former Miami players recounted how, as they de-planed in Dallas, a guy in a cheesy cowboy costume gave each of them a gift bag which contained as a momento a miniature bale of cotton. The Miami player dryly remarked that some of the African-Americans on the team took umbrage. I laughed really hard but felt bad about it later.

ESPN’s “30 for 30” is a great series.