Never underestimate those Miami Hurricanes. Tell them their opening stretch against four ranked opponents is the gridiron equivalent of a minefield in which they might get blown away, and they’ll rack up three wins. Tell them the rest of their season should be a breeze, and they’ll somehow lose at home to…
For all the gargantuan shit stains Nick Saban left on the Dolphins’ proverbial bed, no shit stain was as big a shit stain as the shit stain he left in the form of not signing Drew Brees when the Chargers made him available. Instead, Saban went with Daunte Culpepper. The…
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…
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…
The Dolphin’s Joey Porter hasn’t quite lived up to his trash talker potential this season, probably due to injury, but that’s okay because it seems linebacker Channing Crowder is more than making up for it.Hell, with this quote he might be the trash talker MVP for the entire league.Here he…
Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas used to be such good friends they exchanged kisses on the cheek when the Lakers met the Pistons in the 1988 NBA Final, but in a new book due to be released November 4 Johnson admits that there’s been bad blood between the two since…
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…
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…
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…
On Sunday, October 18, 2009, the Buffalo Bills defeated the New York Jets 16-13 when Rian Lindell kicked a 47-yard field goal with 2:44 remaining in overtime. However, whoever had the ball last would have been victorious.The game, played at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was marred by…
For the first time this season, the Miami Hurricanes are ranked in the top ten of all of the major polls: eighth in the AP, ninth in the coaches’, and tenth in the Harris Interactive and BCS standings. But, with the exception of LSU, we’re the only team in the…
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…
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…
If there’s anything I’ve learned from listening to right-wing radio, it’s that (1) it’s OK to be unfair to people as long as it makes economic sense, and (2) it’s OK to dredge up old quotes in order to defame someone and keep them out of positions of power. So, I’m…
Last night’s Pink Dress Collection fashion show at the Eden Roc was for a good cause — the Susan G. Komen for the Cure — so we’re sure Dennis Rodman meant to look as ridiculous as possible to guarantee maximum coverage. OK, we’ll gleefully play along. Seriously, the former NBA player took to…
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…
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…
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…
The fine lady who has brought us lyrical gems such as “And I know I’m comin’ off just a little bit conceited / And I keep on repeatin’ / how the boys wanna eat it” and “I’ma get, get, get, get, you drunk, get you love drunk off my hump” is reportedly…
The Miami Dolphins coaching staff must be avid readers of Riptide. Because they pretty much ran down the checklist of our three keys for a Dolphins victory post and came out on top with a thrilling, last-second 31-27 victory over the Jets on Monday Night Football. You’re welcome, everybody!It was…
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…
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…
