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the end of an era.

Posted by eric on November 9, 2007

Tonight (well, early tomorrow morning), the Miami Hurricanes will play their last game ever in the Orange Bowl. The now-rickety steel structure has seen 70 years of Hurricane Football. A lot of mediocre years, then some really good years, a few bad years, some really good years, and now some more mediocre years. Among the bad years: the 1997 season, my freshman year, when the Hurricanes went 5-6 (only three of those five wins were at home: Temple, Arkansas State, and Rutgers). But three years later, you had “The Drive” against FSU, and Wide Right III. What a game. Too bad I missed half of it because I had a kidney stone.
And it hasn’t just been UM football that’s created memories in that stadium. The Orange Bowl bowl game was played there until the mid-90s, so it’s seen plenty of national championship games. Plus decades of Miami Dolphins football, including the perfect 1972 season. Plus five Super Bowls. Plus concerts. And more.
Tonight, plenty of former Hurricane greats will come back, to help say farewell to the OB. I assume we’ll take the smoke, the cannon, and everything else with us to Dolphin Stadium. We’ll be leaving behind the place that witnessed the NCAA-record 58-game home winning streak. But we will take with us the memories.

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freakonomics rules…

Posted by eric on November 9, 2007

I decided to check out the Freakonomics blog tonight, which was spawned from the best-selling book. One of the recent gems: an article detailing an economist’s approach to dating. I feel like I’ve read some of the research before, but it was nonetheless interesting.
Another interesting blog entry: the relationship between TV programs and video that’s posted online. Especially timely given how the internet figures into the WGA strike.
That’s all for now…

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