Whirlwind of circumstances reschedules duel with Miami
By Daily Bruin Staff
Dec. 3, 1998 9:00 p.m.
Friday, December 4, 1998
Whirlwind of circumstances reschedules duel with Miami
THEN: Bruins concerned postponed game would endanger team’s
ranking
By Vytas Mazeika
Daily Bruin Senior Staff
Due to Hurricane Georges, the Sept. 26 UCLA vs. Miami football
game at the Orange Bowl was postponed.
When word came that the game would be cancelled, the Bruins were
about to get on a bus that would take them to LAX.
At the time, UCLA (2-0) was ranked No. 5 in the nation. The
Bruins had a 49-31 victory against Texas and a 42-24 win at
Houston. The Bruin players were hungry for more and ready to
improve their record to 3-0.
Back then, Miami (2-1) was coming off a demoralizing 27-20
overtime loss to Virginia Tech. Considering how young the
Hurricanes were at the time, UCLA was poised to roll over
Miami.
Instead, the Bruins were left with an open date and weekly
questions about how much not playing a potent out-of-conference
team such as Miami would hurt UCLA in the polls – especially in the
yet to be released Bowl Championship Series (BCS) poll.
With the Hurricanes eager to get the game back on the schedule
and a national championship season possibly at stake, Bruin
athletic director Peter Dalis rescheduled the game for Dec. 5 – aka
tomorrow.
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