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Smyrna, Ga.
National sports columnist for AOL FanHouse
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"One of the wildest football games I ever saw was Miami playing Kent State in 1974. Miami Field had the most unique clock in college football. There were only four people on the face of the earth who could read the clock, and it always worked to Miami’s advantage. The Kent State coach was screaming on the sidelines that the game was over. And it probably was. One of the guys who could read the clock was trying to explain to the officials that there was four seconds left. Lo and behold, Miami gets another chance. They end up scoring in the last second to win the game and go to the Tangerine Bowl."
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 April 15, 1970, war protesters and Black Student Action Association occupy Rowan Hall, 176 are arrested; on April 16, a strike is called on Oxford campus; on May 4, four students are killed by National Guard at Kent State University; on May 7, President Shriver closes Oxford campus; it reopens May 17.
Unbeaten Miami football team defeats University of Florida in Tangerine Bowl. From 1973-75, football puts together a 31-1-1 record for three trips to (and three wins at) the Tangerine Bowl.
Western College for Women closes and merges with Miami.
Streaking becomes a popular prank.
Bruce Springsteen performs at Millett.
The blizzard of '78 hits, canceling classes for two days.
Fisher Hall is torn down.
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