With Notre Dame and Miami set to renew their rivalry in 2025, it’s a good time to look back at one of college football’s most heated matchups. While the two schools don’t share a border, a long history, or even a conference, their clashes in the 1980s and beyond produced as much animosity and national intrigue as any rivalry in the sport.
Some rivalries are noteworthy because of their length. Others because of geography, or natural competition between schools. And sometimes, a rivalry flares up not for any of those reasons, but because of white-hot animosity and hostility born out of a handful of contests and countless words exchanged.