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Message: [QUOTE="javadoc, post: 1539093, member: 338"] This needs to be emphasized. In the 1980's, we had a national brand in hoops and football. Hoops had the Carrier Dome and the 2-3 zone. Plus the early days of the Big East, and the incredible coaches in the league. Starting in 1987, we became known for our freeze-option offense in football. Deleone was widely regarded as an innovator and top-notch OC. I'll harp on it again, in the 1992 game against #1 Miami, we were getting killed by the Miami D-line, and the announcer on TV said that the only thing he could think of was to line up in a very non-standard, almost academic mad-scientist formation on the OL. And we came out of halftime in that formation. Chills. Even in those years, we would typically lose a What game each year. So I was never comfortable or confident. But we had ground-breaking QB's and NFL talent on display. [/QUOTE]