Football: Clemson Would Love to Upset Miami’s Cake Walk

​While UCF was an easy win, watching their defense sack Jacory Harris six times wasn’t a pretty picture. Especially considering that the on-going saga of Sam Bradford’s shoulder was still fresh in the mind. It’s not exactly great news that this week the Hurricanes take on the 12th ranked defense…

Isiah Thomas Promises A Scrappy Team For FIU Fans

Shortly before 7:30 p.m. last night, a sparse crowd gathered outside the entrance to the freshly renovated $5 million U.S. Century Bank Arena at Florida International University’s south campus.A bald man with a goatee wearing a navy blue FIU t-shirt talking to three other Golden Panthers fans relayed the latest…

Dolphins® Game Won’t Be a Snore-Fest

First it was free Jack Black® skin care and Kangaroo® handheld devices. Now fans attending the Dolphins-Saints game this Sunday at LandShark® Stadium will get a free Breathe Right® Nasal Strip in teal and orange!The strips are mainly used to prevent obnoxious storing, but some athletes use them because it…

Is All Forgiven for A-Rod?

2009 was shaping up to be one of the worst years of Alex Rodriguez’s life. He was already embroiled in a public divorce underscored by rumors that he was schtupping a woman 17 years his season — ok it was Madonna, but still.Then in February, Sports Illustrated and that pesky…

Could the End of the Ted Ginn Era Be Upon Us?

Here at Riptide, we haven’t exactly moderated our feelings for the Dolphins’ resident maestro of the skillet-hands and master of the 1.5-yards-after-catch Ted Ginn Jr.Indeed, we once threatened to “build a time machine” to travel back to the ’07 draft just to “punch Cam Cameron in the dick” for drafting…

Weekend Football: Magic City vs. Magic Kingdom

Land Shark stadium will sit empty this weekend, as your newly energized Dolphins take a bye week, and your Hurricanes head on a bus from the Magic City to the Magic Kingdom.Miami Hurricanes @ UCF Golden Nights, Saturday 7:30 pm on CBS CSN and streaming in HD onlineThe UCF Golden…

Jets Fans Whining on Wikipedia?

As we know from the “Wikipedia” entry on Wikipedia, Wikipedia can be edited by anyone. And apparently a few select Jets fans have put down their stone tools and cave paint brushes and figured out a little basic HTML. How do I know? Just check out the Wikipedia entry on…

Jacory Harris’s Head Is a Work of Art

Canes get cuts from Miami Hurricane on Vimeo.We were kind of hoping Jacory Harris would make good on his promise to grow out an Afro until the Canes won a national championship, but January 2011 is an awful long time to wait to trim your tresses. Instead, you’ll notice his intricate…

C’mon, A-Rod, Help Your ‘Roid-Fetching Cousin. He Has Kids!

Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is finally playing hero in the post-season. That whole notion of A-Rod-can’t-hit-in-the-clutch seems but a distant dream this October. Ditto for the steroid revelations that dominated sports pages this off-season and Spring Training. But Miamian Yuri Sucart, his cousin and right-hand man made infamous for…

It Never Gets Old: Henne Beat the Jets

Video remix gold, brought to my attention courtesy of “CK” on the comment board at finsnation.com, the Dolphins fan site partially run by Miami New Times sports guy Chris Joseph. This is already on repeat in my iPod.And I swear I’d tattoo the highlights of the game to the inside…

Hank Williams Jr. Sings in Spanish Tonight

The only way to make the Monday Night Football intro that will air tonight for the Dolphins-Jets game better (worse? more surreal? soulless?) is if Jimmy Buffett also sang in Spanish. But having Gloria Estefen beside Hank Williams Jr. as he belts out, “Estos listos para football?” is pretty damn…

Miami Dolphins Preview: Grudge Match

Tonight is the Judgment Day, Hour of Reckoning, massively hysterical, Road to Armageddon, cats-and-dogs-living-together apocalyptic showdown between the Dolphins and Jets at Land Shark Stadium. Here are three key factors:1. Rex Ryan Knows How to Stop the Wildcat, Can Eat an Entire X-Mas Ham: Yes, Jets head coach Rex Ryan acts like…

Weekend Football: Let the Band Play On

 FAMU Rattlers @ Miami Hurricanes, Saturday 7pm on ESPN 306 and WVUM 90.5 FMThe Fins will play Monday, but first will come the Canes vs. FAMU game this Saturday. Let’s hope the latter doesn’t turn into a notable matchup. There are a few story lines, but mostly “yawn.” The most…

Yet Another Canes Rap Song, This Time from Alum

After the Seventh Floor Crew’s smash hit “If Your Ho Only Knew,” and “Orange on one side, green on the other,” the Miami Hurricanes continue to be the best rap posse in college football. Rivals.com is hosting the “world premiere” of a new song by former players Gerard Daphnis and Dinavon “X1” Bythwood,…