Spring Break
Penno's 3-pointer tops '06-'07
Emile Dawisha
Issue date: 4/27/07 Section: Sports
No. 6: Softball dedication game - March 23, prior to its game against Purdue, the Miami softball team trumpeted the official unveiling of its new $4.5 million softball stadium - perched atop a hill tucked behind Yager stadium's upper decks - with a stately dedication ceremony punctuated by Miami President David Hodge throwing out the first pitch. Nearly four hours later, after two torrential storms rolled in and drove out most of the 500 plus fans in attendance, the game ended with the anticlimactic result of a 3-3 tie.
No. 5: Hockey dedication game - After rising to the top of the rankings in the 2005-06 season, the unveiling of the $34.8 million brick-laden Goggin Ice Center was a projection of the teams new found prominence, a bold declaration to the college hockey world that Miami had legitimately arrived as an elite program.
With the college hockey spotlight shining bright over Steve Cady Arena, Miami wanted to win in resounding fashion over an elite program in Denver. And that's what they got, winning 5-2. Ultimately though, Miami's 4-0 season-ending defeat to Boston College was a sobering reminder of the gap that still remains between Miami and the nation's elite.
No. 4: Ryne Robinson breaks receiving record - After spending three hours battling double teams and absorbing the lion's share of hits for his team, Robinson sat slumped in the press room looking distressed and beat up as hell. Robinson had just broken Miami's single-season reception record; but his team had suffered its 10th loss of the season, falling to Ohio 34-24. Having just ended his career in such dreary anticlimax, he was in no mood to fete his recent achievement.
In three years, as Miami plummeted from top 10 to ESPN.com's Bottom-10, Robinson continued to improve and break all sorts of records. But his poster-child persona faded, and by his senior year, he had become the oft-forgotten face of a befuddled football program. He now sets his sights on the upcoming NFL Draft, where he is projected as a late-round selection.
No. 5: Hockey dedication game - After rising to the top of the rankings in the 2005-06 season, the unveiling of the $34.8 million brick-laden Goggin Ice Center was a projection of the teams new found prominence, a bold declaration to the college hockey world that Miami had legitimately arrived as an elite program.
With the college hockey spotlight shining bright over Steve Cady Arena, Miami wanted to win in resounding fashion over an elite program in Denver. And that's what they got, winning 5-2. Ultimately though, Miami's 4-0 season-ending defeat to Boston College was a sobering reminder of the gap that still remains between Miami and the nation's elite.
No. 4: Ryne Robinson breaks receiving record - After spending three hours battling double teams and absorbing the lion's share of hits for his team, Robinson sat slumped in the press room looking distressed and beat up as hell. Robinson had just broken Miami's single-season reception record; but his team had suffered its 10th loss of the season, falling to Ohio 34-24. Having just ended his career in such dreary anticlimax, he was in no mood to fete his recent achievement.
In three years, as Miami plummeted from top 10 to ESPN.com's Bottom-10, Robinson continued to improve and break all sorts of records. But his poster-child persona faded, and by his senior year, he had become the oft-forgotten face of a befuddled football program. He now sets his sights on the upcoming NFL Draft, where he is projected as a late-round selection.
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