What Happened to Miami Hurricanes Football?
Hurricane Andrew destroyed everything around Miami and Coral Gables in 1992. When Andrew blew down UM football’s home their powerhouse standing in college football went with it. Changes in coaching, players, and style went into a tragic spiral back in 1993 with the University having a reputation for being one of the biggest party schools in America and the football team had to deal with pressure for the players to be more students and less players the Hurricanes lost their edge. I have been a loyal but not always diligent fane of the Canes since watching them win the Orange Bowl in 1992 and had the great opportunity to see and know some of the team first hand sitting next to them in classes during 1992 and 1993 and I think that the decline of Miami football came as the team lost its creative leeway and tried to make the players fit into the academic university instead of just letting them be themselves. The football program was its own celebrity universe at Miami in the early 1990’s wh
