Aren’t the DU’s still on double secret probation
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That was always the Dekes back in my day..
SSHHH…….
(But it is DU, we don’t have secrets!)
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Never will forget the time the Dekes, whose house was next to Miami Field, celebrated Homecoming by digging a hole in their front yard, tethering a donkey in the hole and put a sign next to it saying “ASSHOLE”.
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They used to randomly carry a wooden casket around campus.
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Good stuff - news on our other recruit?
Yes-he is still signed! 
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Oh, the memories of my days at Miami, 1959-63.
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Gene I think you might be the longest tenured poster on this forum. Hats off to you as you are the only one who likely ever saw the highest ranked ever Miami team of the 50’s ever play.
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=>Actually, that would be me
Miami class of 1813.
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1813? Then you probably remember the big controversy when Herron Gymnasium was built (the young ‘uns renamed it Van Voorhis - a separate controversy). Split town and gown. The damn university took prime sheep grazing land and built a place to play. I guess you’d call that green space now. All the students used the pasture as recreation. The sheep shit tossing episodes were epic.
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=> @Olaf…
First of all, it was not “sheep shit tossing.” It was an agricultural morale-building exercise sanctioned by the Territorial Board of Regents. Get your history straight.
Second, Herron Gym wasn’t “built.” We raised it in a weekend barn-raising. I personally held up the east wall while President Bishop argued that a peach basket nailed to a wagon wheel qualified as “regulation.”
And yes, the pasture controversy was real. Town said we were “ruining grazing infrastructure.” Gown said, “It’s called a fast break, Ezekiel.”
Also, minor correction: the sheep weren’t angry about losing green space. They were furious about the implementation of the three-baa line. Changed the whole flow of the game.
As for Van Voorhis? Please. We renamed it after the Great Butter Churn NIL Scandal of 1821. Dark times. Dark, creamy times.
Anyway, I’d stay and reminisce, but my horse is double-parked outside the blacksmith and I left my powdered wig in the student section.
— Miami Class of 1813 (undefeated in intramural muskets)
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Interesting that all of that happened nearly 50 years before James Naismith was born.
This is andystef erasure!
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Oh crap. Yes. Andy is also right there. Wonder what year he was…
Ah, the classic “Naismith wasn’t born yet” rebuttal. A strong play. Fundamental. Textbook. Very 1891 of you.
But you’re making the common mistake of assuming history began when someone wrote it down.
We didn’t invent basketball. We simply beta-tested it.
Back in 1813 we called it “Peach Basket Adjacent Vertical Object Contest.” Very catchy. The guidelines of play were simple:
• No dribbling (mostly because the ball was a moderately cooperative goat).
• No double dribble (because if you double-dribbled the goat, it kicked you).
• First team to 11 bushels wins.
Young James eventually streamlined things. Took out the livestock. Added “rules.” Very corporate.
Also, fun fact: I personally mailed Dr. Naismith a parchment outlining the concept. Unfortunately, the Pony Express hadn’t been invented yet, so delivery was… delayed.
By 78 years.
Honestly, we were ahead of our time. It’s not my fault the rest of the century couldn’t keep up.
— mollautt
Miami Class of 1813
Founder, Pre-Naismith Analytics
Still bitter about the original shot clock (it was a sundial)
So how about Alan Horton, huh?
I will concede that there are times when oral histories and the archeological record contradict (and at times prove wrong) the archival (written history) record, but by and large they are not as informative, as detailed, and voluminous as the archival record. I don’t want to say you’re full of crap, but I guess I am.
By the way, I copied and pasted your post on RockChalk.com, posters there want to know where you live, where you work, and what your real name is.