history of college football week 12: Miami

what role did Miami football play in?

completely transformed college football as we know it

what did Howard Schnellenberger do?

1) he decides to dominate the state of Miami, meaning he wants to be the focal point of the city. He said he can get enough players just from the cities nearby

2) he goes to neighborhoods to recruit and in neighborhoods coaches wouldn't get into. He went into inner city Miami, not outside it and the state like other coaches

3) he makes the Hurricanes Miami's team. 1990 Miami won those 4 championships. he's the visionary of putting Miami football in the map

Miami's first feats

Miami is the first (white) school to recruit Black players (and those of color).

2) It's also the first schools that has a shoe contract with Nike.

3) integrated itself with popular culture like a starter jacket with the word hurricanes in it

• Miami is very eclectic culturally. Lots of connection to the Hurricanes

what did Miami bring in the 1990s?

swagger, Blackness, culture to college football.

what did Michael Irvin say?

ppl thought the athletes were thugs. There were't any easy classes

how did the Hurricanes impact college football?

1) inner city a fertile recruiting ground

2) black athletes become a hot commodity

3) recruits that are big Black dark skinned and mean, create optimism among the fanbase (seen as a freak of nature, threat, animalistic)

4) Miami has a success formula

5) kids from the inner city with no options would help get the team to win*.

6) schools began to adjust academic standards

7) schools tolerate off the field incidents

8) off season recruiting becomes a season of its own

9) athletic directors and head coaches look for coaches who know how to handle Black players

10) college football dramatically brought this viewership that brings a more racially diverse fanbase

what happened with HBCUs thanks to Miami?

declined in popularity, a casualty. Bc black students are now going into these white schools like Miami

when does the the college football industrial complex start?

at a very young age (playing flag football in elementary school)

heck the NFL has its flag football team even for kids

are more kids playing flag football or tackle football?

flag

how did people react to flag football being banned

"Can't tell me how to raise my kid" "don't wanna raise softies"

what's football university?

a kid goes to a camp where they get invited to regionals outta town. Then invited to super regionals outta state. Then after invited to national tournaments. The price at each advancement rises

what's iMG academy?

a boarding school where ppl get access to the top trainers. A football factory

who pays the national team tuition?

junior and state teams

what's Miami central?

an inner city school. Talent in an inner city identified earlier is poached, knocked out

won state championship in 2021-22 first time in 30 years

why are recruiting standards important?

it standardizes talent. recruiting services lets schools to sell optimism for the next year

what do schools like to mention while recruiting?

its facilities

what are coaches with their players?

control freaks

do schools show off their facilities?

yup but they eventually wear down

what did UT do regarding recruiting?

brought out some luxury cars that made it look cheap. dirty sales pitch for recruiting. embarrassing. lack of faith of our own school

(just in case) what happened with GM and Baylor?

Auto dealer GM donated a jeep to Baylor bc the dealer made a racist comeback regarding Black ppl showing up if they see there's a cool car. Baylor refused the jeep

why do schools always have construction?

because they always want smth new and they can ask for another budget and something to sell to a donor

why are academic meetings so short when players are recruited/oriented?

they don't care; focus is on athletics

LSU scandal

Louisville scandal

Baylor scandal

LSU had a s***al harassment scandal

Louisville scandal was where an associate coach paid to have str*****s

several players were accused of s*****y harassing and r***g women (nothing happened, even with the DA)

what do the scandals show?

things going out of control