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Jimmy Johnson ran up scores too, he had a killer mentality while bashing opponents in Dallas. He was on local radio and had no problem with what Hoodie was doing to NFL.
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University of Miami
In 1984, Johnson was hired by the University of Miami to replace former coach Howard Schnellenberger who had won Miami's first national championship in 1983 and who had departed for the recently formed United States Football League. Amidst an initial response of "Jimmy Who?" by the fans and media and a shaky 8–5 record his first season (which included a game in which Johnson's Hurricanes blew a 31-0 halftime lead in a loss to Maryland and also included a 47-45 loss to Boston College immortalized by Doug Flutie's "Hail Mary" touchdown pass on the game's final play), Johnson continued what came to be known as "The Decade of Dominance". In his five years at Miami, Johnson compiled a 52–9 record, appeared in five New Year's Day bowl games, winning one national championship (1987) and playing for a second.
Johnson's program was also marred by several off-the-field problems, including an alleged pay-for-play scheme funded by 2 Live Crew member Luther Campbell reported to have occurred between 1986 and 1992 inclusive [5]. He was also widely accused of deliberately running up the score against Notre Dame in the 1985 season finale, a 58-7 shellacking in which Miami was still throwing passes in the fourth quarter with the game well in hand after the Irish had clearly given up in the second half. However, it has been pointed out that Notre Dame was loading the line of scrimmage with defenders, making it virtually impossible to run. Faced with a barrage of criticism and second guessing, Johnson maintained that the Hurricanes were simply playing their game and that it was up to their opponent to hold down the score. In his book, Jimmy mentions that he knew Irish coach Gerry Faust had resigned and that it was his last game, but had no idea of just how bad the situation was with the Notre Dame squad - that many of the players were miserable and fed up with Faust. A blowout win was the last thing he expected; in fact, Jimmy was certain his team would run into a buzzsaw. In his opinion, Miami had put a score on Notre Dame that they'd been putting on other teams for years (also saying that "no one cried for me" when Oklahoma or Nebraska would defeat teams like his former Oklahoma State squad and others by the same margin) and finally pointed out, "I couldn't help it if Gerry Faust had a demoralized football team." Jimmy now admits he's a big Notre Dame fan, although for a time he was probably the most despised man in South Bend.
sOURCE - wIKI
University of Miami
In 1984, Johnson was hired by the University of Miami to replace former coach Howard Schnellenberger who had won Miami's first national championship in 1983 and who had departed for the recently formed United States Football League. Amidst an initial response of "Jimmy Who?" by the fans and media and a shaky 8–5 record his first season (which included a game in which Johnson's Hurricanes blew a 31-0 halftime lead in a loss to Maryland and also included a 47-45 loss to Boston College immortalized by Doug Flutie's "Hail Mary" touchdown pass on the game's final play), Johnson continued what came to be known as "The Decade of Dominance". In his five years at Miami, Johnson compiled a 52–9 record, appeared in five New Year's Day bowl games, winning one national championship (1987) and playing for a second.
Johnson's program was also marred by several off-the-field problems, including an alleged pay-for-play scheme funded by 2 Live Crew member Luther Campbell reported to have occurred between 1986 and 1992 inclusive [5]. He was also widely accused of deliberately running up the score against Notre Dame in the 1985 season finale, a 58-7 shellacking in which Miami was still throwing passes in the fourth quarter with the game well in hand after the Irish had clearly given up in the second half. However, it has been pointed out that Notre Dame was loading the line of scrimmage with defenders, making it virtually impossible to run. Faced with a barrage of criticism and second guessing, Johnson maintained that the Hurricanes were simply playing their game and that it was up to their opponent to hold down the score. In his book, Jimmy mentions that he knew Irish coach Gerry Faust had resigned and that it was his last game, but had no idea of just how bad the situation was with the Notre Dame squad - that many of the players were miserable and fed up with Faust. A blowout win was the last thing he expected; in fact, Jimmy was certain his team would run into a buzzsaw. In his opinion, Miami had put a score on Notre Dame that they'd been putting on other teams for years (also saying that "no one cried for me" when Oklahoma or Nebraska would defeat teams like his former Oklahoma State squad and others by the same margin) and finally pointed out, "I couldn't help it if Gerry Faust had a demoralized football team." Jimmy now admits he's a big Notre Dame fan, although for a time he was probably the most despised man in South Bend.
