Recently found this old VHS tape that gives a retrospective of the Miami Hurricanes' 1999 football season-year five under head coach Butch Davis and an expected step-forward year after closing the 1998 campaign with an upset of No. 2 UCLA at the Orange Bowl (12/5/98) and a bowl win over North Carolina State, as the Hurricanes finished 9-3.
The 1999 season opened with #12 Miami taking out #9 Ohio State in the Kickoff Classic, before a week three stumble against #3 Penn State-where the Canes took a late lead, but gave up an 80-yard touchdown bomb in the final minutes.
The hangover continued for a road loss against East Carolina, which took place in Raleigh, as the Purple Pirates were displaced due to Hurricane Floyd-Miami blowing a 23-3 early third quarter lead.
Miami hung tough a week later in Tallahassee, tied 21-21 against #1 Florida State before falling 31-21 to the eventual national champs. The Canes only other loss came weeks later, at #2 Virginia Tech, where Miami was steamrolled after losing starting quarterback Kenny Kelly-yielding to true freshman Ken Dorsey.
Upside; Dorsey started the next three games, rolled Rutgers, Syracuse and Temple-while outplaying Kelly in the Gator Bowl win over Georgia Tech-which saw Kelly heading out to play pro baseball and Dorsey getting the nod in 2000; the start of what as a 38-2 run for the two-time Heisman finalist and national champion-who should've been 39-1 with two rings, if not for that motherfucker Terry Porter throwing a flag five minutes after a supposed pass interference call in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl against mouth-breathing Ohio State.