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[QUOTE="FrancoPizza, post: 1918369, member: 5195"]
Those adjectives are not adequate.   There have been many great games where the dome was rocking, but that title fight was an event that unified the entire town, sports fans and non-sports fans - everyone rallied to show their support.  The BC road win set the stage for "Miami week" - and never before or since was the entire town buzzing for a whole week leading up to the game.  Nov 21 was circled on the calendar not just by SU but was hyped as a nationally significant game by the media before the season started.   It was the game that would put the newly formed Big East conference on the map.  Miami survived 3 scares and SU escaped Morgantown to set the stage.

Last but not least, we had Musberger announcing on a nationally televised ABC broadcast which did not mute the crowd noise like other networks.  Except for the final outcome, the flow of the game could not have been scripted any better unless Sorkin was writing it himself.   As someone earlier alluded, it was the classic Rocky-Apollo/Drago heavyweight bout where the underdog is intimidated but then realizes that if you punch back they can bleed.

Some argue WVU 87 was better for select reasons, but Miami 92 was the bigger, more advertised stage with a far more deserving villain.
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