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[QUOTE="javadoc, post: 2239988, member: 338"]
Yep.  And having read the rest of the thread, this game stands out to me, still.

The week before, we played at BC, who was also ranked, and we beat them soundly and deliberately, something like 27 - 10.  Musberger and Vermeil called the game.  Musberger asked Vermeil if Syracuse had the horses to run with Miami the next week.  Vermeil said YES.

Regroup.  Dick Vermeil said that Syracuse had the horses to run with the #1 ranked team in the country.  The team that had the eventual Heisman-winning QB.

And...  we did, apart from the OL.  Vermeil said at halftime of the Miami game that the only thing he could think of to counter Miami's dominance on the DL was for the SU OL to line up in a non-standard special formation.  And goddammit, we came out of halftime with that formation.  George Deleone, we salute you.

That day, Syracuse football stood toe-to-toe with what people regarded as the best team in the country, and came "this close" to beating.

Gino Torretta came into the game famous for not having thrown an interception in N pass attempts.  We picked him three times!

Our first play from scrimmage, we threw deep to Shelby Hill on a go route.  No fear!

We HAD them on the drive I mentioned.  Warren Sapp, go to hell.

Small reward that Alabama destroyed Miami in the Sugar Bowl.  Ate them alive.  The Alabama D was NFL-caliber that day.
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