From: gdw@wylie.b17d.ingr.com (Gary Wylie)
Subject: Re: Pick on this Cane - I CAN TAKE IT ! 
Reply-To: gdw@wylie.b17d.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corp.- Imaging Systems Development
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:41:03 GMT

In article <C0ELsD.580@encore.com>, jfrederi@encore.com (Justin Frederich) writes:
|> Well Mitch this is one Cane fan who can take it. After the game my son,
|> my nephew and his friend and I went back to the French Quarter and took
|> our licks for over 2 hours. You could tell from any angle that we were
|> Cane fans we proudly wore our colors. It really wasn't that bad because I was
|> sincerely congratulating the Tide fans on a great victory and admitting
|> that Alabama had thoroughly whipped the Canes ass. Stallings did a super
|> job scouting the Canes and preparing his supurb athletes for the game 
|> of their lives. I don't even see why you are calling it the MNC. There is
|> no doubt about it being the 'National Championship'. Who in the hell can
|> claim that they should be ranked above the Tide ?
|> 
|> Before the game at O'Brians I talked with a lot of Bama fans who were
|> yelling a lot of shit and wearing "FUCK MIAMI" buttons but when I got
|> one on one with them they were fine to talk to and we ended up wishing
|> eachother luck in the game and hoping there were no serious injuries.
|> 
|> I was over the loss before I got completely out of the Super Dome.
|> Sure it hurt and sure I wanted that 5th MNC but this time there were no
|> excuses about playing in a blizzard or bad calls or whatever - it was
|> just an old fashioned ass-kicking and it was over. 
|> 
|> I was at the last Miami loss (at Notre Dame) 2 1/2 years ago and thought
|> to myself that hell any team that loses that seldom is still one of the
|> greatest ever and no one can take that away. It was 1 loss in 30 games !
|> How many other fans would love to be in that situation ?
|> 
|> I am disturbed about what I feel is a lot of bullshit on the net about
|> the Canes and their fans though. (I admit I've only had a chance to read
|> a few postings so far, but things need to quiet down a little.)
|> 
|> I've always been a strong Cane fan and all year I've responded to attacks
|> on the net but I'd like to know when anyone has seen me initiate blowhard
|> type crap about how the Canes are going to kick ass etc. - it hasn't happened.
|> 
|> While the Canes were number 1 this year , I was careful not to brag about 
|> them. The threads I remember said things like 'Michigan - The Best' or
|> 'Washington - the State of College Football' etc. etc. etc.
|> 
|> I like my team and always feel they will win their next game but if you
|> don't feel the same way about your team then I would question your loyalty.
|> I don't think that's being a blowhard and I resent people implying that 
|> I am a blowhard. 
|> 
|> I was with a group of 15 Cane fans that had a good time and had no regrets
|> about driving from Miami to New Orleans. I think the reason I wasn't
|> bothered by the celebrating Tide fans after the game was because I just
|> thought about how my group would have been having a good time if we'd won.
|> And sure, we would have given any Tide fans the same amount of bull if
|> the win was the other way around.
|> 
|> Remember fans 'it's just a game'.
|> 
|> Justin - will get back in your face next year - Frederich
|> 

Justin,

You can't keep your Miami Sweatshirt if you keep talking like this!  (:^)

Gary Wylie - Proud of Alabama's Win but also tired of the 'netcrap' 
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