re: Most unsportsmanlike event in sports history

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Quarterback John Reaves was only a few short yards away from recording what was at the time college football’s all-time passing yards record.

It is a prestigious mark, to be sure, but what Dickey’s defense did to get Reaves the ball back was not quite so glamorous. Reaves had thrown an interception, giving Miami the ball close to the end zone. In order to give Reaves one last shot at the record, Florida’s defense laid down – quite literally – and allowed the Canes to waltz – quite literally – into the end zone. Reaves would eventually hit the legendary Carlos Alvarez to break Jim Plunkett’s mark.

Was it a bush league move? If you ask a Miami fan, of course it was. George Mills, this segment’s reporter, definitely believes so as well. He seems pretty peeved.

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