VARIETY: 'The U' sets docu record at ESPN

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Closing out the fall slate of ESPN's "30 on 30" series, "The U" drew the most viewers ever for a documentary on the sports cabler.

Airing Saturday night, director Billy Corben's look back at the heyday of the U. of Miami football program drew a record-setting 2.3 million viewers. "The Greatest Game," which aired last December and examined the 1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants, held the previous record at 1.8 million.

Comments

[BamaFanMan]

Billy, nice show about "The U" but being a huge Alabama fan I couldn't help but notice that you conveniently left out the 1993 Sugar Bowl when "The Alabama Crimson Tide" squashed your beloved Hurricanes 34-13 and shut their disrespectful pieholes. I guess showing that beatdown would have exposed the truth that "The U" wasn't invincible during their great run and that there was another university just to the north that had a little tradition and history of it's own. Last time I checked, Alabama is on top again after teaching the mighty Tebow a little respect too. Not taking anything away from what Miami did during their run, it truely was great, but next time tell the whole story. I believe the 1993 whipping Alabama gave Miami would have been relevant in your documentary because it came the season after Miami won their 4th championship and both teams were undefeated entering that game. Roll Tide Roll !

[Gusty]

Great documentary, and the new ESPN record backs up both the quality of the show and the interest in what was arguably one of the greatest legacies in College Football. Congratulations on your great accomplishment.

I would love to see more (DVD with additional bonus material or links on your site?) as would many others who followed the team then and now.

It was very interesting to see the interviews of the coaches - Schnellenberger was just before my time so those clips were very interesting for me. Jimmy Johnson was as inspirational and entertaining as ever. I was surprised to see Erickson so humble (as he should have been).

I wish there could have been more players in the line up, and it would have been interesting to show another stat about the # of first round NFL draft picks during the 80s to mid-90s. If I remember correctly there were more from Miami than the next next several teams combined.

Overall, awesome job!

[U Alum]

What those ratings don't show is those of us who DVR'd it and have watched it five times in the last week!