'Cane Mutiny How the Miami Hurricanes Overturned the Football Establishment

by Feldman, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780451215260
• ISBN10: 0451215265
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-26
• Publisher: NAL Trade

Summary

One team. One Dynasty. One book that goes inside the legend. Features a new chapter on the 2004-05 season-and 8 pages of photographs. When fans think of college football, they think of Miami-the cool school with street cred that all the kids dream of playing for. A sports powerhouse unlike any other, it is a dynasty fueled not by individuals but by the aura of "the Miami Vice"-a swaggering, trash-talking, us-against-the-world mentality. But less than 25 years ago, the program faced extinction. Now, five national championships later, Miami is the preeminent football factory, boasting such NFL star alumni as Michael Irvin, Ray Lewis, Warren Sapp, Jim Kelly, Vinny Testaverde, and Jeremy Shockey. Now, award-winning sportswriter Bruce Feldman gives readers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how Miami won more national championships over the last two decades than Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and Florida State combined-and went from near-death to dynasty.

Author Biography

Bruce Feldman covered Hurricanes football while a student at University of Miami and as the college football beat writer for ESPN: The Magazine, where he is now a senior writer. He has earned mention in three consecutive editions of The Best American Sports Writing, and has written for Maxim, Playboy, Palm Beach Post, Miami Herald, and St. Petersburg Times.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Last Rites	p. 1
Pipe Dreams	p. 19
Howard's End	p. 33
The Renegade	p. 50
Embraceable U	p. 67
It's A 'Cane Thing	p. 92
The Miami Vice	p. 113
The Dirty South	p. 128
The Resurrection	p. 145
The Goodfather	p. 171
The High-Wire Act	p. 187
The Send-Off	p. 212
Free Willie?	p. 239
Afterword	p. 262
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