Miami ended Syracuse's short reign as holders of the jiMpossible-sarcasMike trophy at 1 week (technically 8 days) 27-19 on Saturday. I flipped back and forth to the game but never got the feel that Syracuse was as close as the score indicated. The Orange cut Miami's lead to 20-19 with just over 5 minutes to play - but they could not stop Miami on their last drive, giving up a touchdown with 2:48 on the clock. Syracuse could not get a score at the end.
Miami has not held or even played for the trophy since losing to Ohio State in Tempe in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl. They hold an over all record of 39-12 in trophy games.
Prior to the Jimmy Johnson era, Miami had only a few weeks as trophy holder. Their first win was in October of 1954 over Mississippi State. They won twice more before falling to Auburn.
Then, in 1957 they held the trophy for 1 game by defeating Baylor before losing to North Carolina in their next game.
They had 4 failed chances to take the trophy over the next 25 + years. Miami lost to LSU in 1959 and 1962, Notre Dame in 1973 and Alabama in 1977.
As returning National Champs they took the trophy from Auburn in 1984, won the next week and then lost to Jim Harbaugh and Michigan in Ann Arbor. They had a chance to win it back in the 1985 Fiesta Bowl, but lost to UCLA. This was followed by 2 more Fiesta Bowl losses - 1987 to Penn State and 1994 to Arizona.
A final loss before their domination of the 2000s was to Florida State in 1999.
In 2000 Miami began the 2nd longest trophy holding in history . They defeated arch-rival Florida State on October 7, 2000 then ran off 31 more wins before losing to the Buckeyes.
Miami's schedule for the remainder of the season:
10/28 @ North Carolina
11/4 vs. Virginia Tech
11/11 vs. Notre Dame
11/18 vs. Virginia
11/24 @ Pittsburgh
They have a decent chance of winning their division setting up a conference title match-up with potentially Clemson or North Carolina State. If they complete this unscathed, they will certainly take the trophy into the playoffs.
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