David Diaz-Infante was dominant as their middle linebacker. I think he played some in the NFL.
And you noted they had a really good QB in Perez. I also was at the LSU game in Baton Rouge that season when we beat #8 LSU 21-12. We used to play the big boys tough in days gone by…
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I was at the University of Glasgow that year, so I didn’t get the score until about two days later in the agate type of the International Herald Tribune. Probably just as well.
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That was the first bowl game I ever attended. Bob Babich and two of his friends from San Diego had the room next to mine at the hotel. Bob was a very nice guy.
Former Bengals QB John Stofa’s kid was on the team. John was a very good guy. We hung out together at the practice on Friday afternoon. I ran into Bob Hitchens at the hotel bar after the game. We hit a club in the area later that evening. I was single and 37! lol
Everything about the trip was great except the result of the game.
Clubbing with Bob Hitchens is…something.
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Yes, my junior year at Miami. That 1986 team was terrific.
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Stofa’s kid caught our TD pass in that game IIRC. He ended up leaving the team the following year ..had a fall out w Rose apparently.
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Stofa was on the roster in 1988
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Swarn couldn’t run the ball that game. Rushed for over 1100 yards that year, 1986, yet in the bowl could only get 46 on 15 carries. Morris threw 4 INT. Miami great Andy Marlatt was the Miami MVP for that game. Before there was a Caiden Woullard or Adam Trick there was Andy Marlatt, 6’4" 250 DE who brought havoc to MAC QBs. Played in the Arena League and was also a coach at Wisconsin I believe.
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No. Miami played San Jose State in that 1986 bowl game.
I ran into his Dad at a UC Miami game after he transferred to UC. John didn’t want to talk about his kid’s experience at Miami.
That is correct.