Cane Mutiny: How the Miami Hurricanes Overturned the Football Establishment - Hardcover

Feldman, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0451212975 ISBN 13: 9780451212979

Publisher: NAL Hardcover, 2004

Synopsis

Chronicles the origins and development of the Miami Hurricanes sports program into a powerful football dynasty that boasts such alumni as Michael Irvin, Jim Kelly, Vinny Testaverde, and other superstars, in a behind-the-scenes look at the Miami program and how it works

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About the Author

Bruce Feldman covered Hurricanes football while a student at the University of Miami and as the college football beat writer for ESPN: The Magazine, where he is now a senior writer. He has earned mention in three consecutive editions of The Best American Sports Writing, and has written for Maxim, Playboy, Palm Beach Post, Miami Herald, and St. Petersburg Times.

Reviews

Sportswriter Feldman (ESPN The Magazine) reports on the Miami Hurricanes' legendary success story without sugarcoating the team's notorious problems off the field, which include substance abuse, violence and scandals. The author shows how the team, which has been one of college football's powerhouses for 25 years, put the "nasty" in dynasty. Its players became the bad boys of college football, epitomizing the image of the academically underachieving, macho, entitled athlete; taunting their opponents and, as Feldman demonstrates, committing personal fouls basically for the fun of it. (Indeed, the statute prohibiting such behavior has become known as "the Miami rule.") Not that everything always came easily. With a frenetic, fast-moving narrative, Feldman tells how Miami's coaches stayed consistently ambitious and hungry, always looking to make a name for their team. Several Hurricanes players have gone on to the NFL, more often than not as first-round draft picks (notably, Vinnie Testaverde and Bernie Kosar). The 'Canes' success, says Feldman, lies in their ability to replace departing stars with players of equal or greater talent. Whether he's writing about Ray Bellamy becoming Miami's first black player (in 1966) or the team's amazing track record (they've won more national championships over the last 20 years than Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Florida State combined), Feldman's knack for storytelling will draw readers in.
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Edition details

• Publisher: NAL Hardcover
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451212975
• ISBN 13: 9780451212979
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288