Based on the comments this week from Brett Venables it leads me to believe that there are some underlying recruiting wars going on between the two programs.
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Miami did flip Kaleb Spencer from Oklahoma in the last recruiting cycle and the Sooners beat Miami for Jayden Jackson this week. It's going to be a Miami battle for five-star David Stone as well.
But the fact that Venables had to call out two specific scores that cut the deepest for Hurricanes fans last season seems the hate for Miami and maybe Cristobal was deeply rooted. But I struggled to find anything that would indicate that there is something deeper than just recruiting scars. Which leads me to believe that the hate is just real for Miami.
Reasons to Hate Miami Sports
Is it the beautiful women, the beaches the weather that people hate about Miami? Or is Miami just not American enough with the many transplants from other states and countries? I definitely think it's both of those things and the history of Miami sports that really grinds their gears. Shout out to Family Guy.
The Miami Dolphins - as a relatively new team in the sixties Miami would win not only a championship in the early years of its existence but go undefeated in doing so. To this day, the only NFL team to finish a season undefeated.
The Miami Heat - The Heatles era of Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh is arguably one of the most hated teams in the history of the NBA because of Lebron's exaggeration of how many championships they would win. Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five. rant will live in infamy.
The Miami Marlins - Another franchise that just got here and won championships that many consider were "bought" teams. They outshined teams that have been around for seemingly hundreds of years and some Marlins teams had to come and show them how it's done.
The Florida Panthers - Well, no one hates the Panthers (except the Boston Bruins from the last postseason) because they haven't won a Stanley Cup yet. But when they do, watch out.
Inter Miami - The chosen franchise of arguably the greatest soccer player of all time. We'll see how much the hate grows there.
The Miami Hurricanes - probably the most hated of them all. You either love the Hurricanes or you hate the Hurricanes. There's no in-between. Miami fully came onto the college football scene with a brashness that was not really seen in the sport and on top of that the Canes won and won big and let people know about it.
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If you haven't seen the U documentary, shame on you.
Perhaps it was the 1988 Hurricanes that started it all by wearing the fatigues to the defacto national championship game against Penn State and Heisman winner Vinny Testaverde picked the worst day to have his worst game. I guess then it was fun for the country to root against the bad guy, the villain, that was the Miami Hurricanes. And here we are nearly 40 years later and it is still an adrenaline rush to hate on the Hurricanes.
The lack of filled stadiums to watch a middle-of-the-road team in the past 20 years doesn't help Miami's case either. The nation considers Miami fans "not real fans" because they don't endure the pain of sitting in the stands in 90-degree heat to watch a team they used to watch dominate in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s get blown out by the likes of Middle Tennessee State and others.
The hate is certainly something that Miami fans embrace and certainly will never go away.
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