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Miami University's Greatest Claims to Athletic Fame

Miami earned the nickname for all college and pro football talent that seems to have passed through Oxford. Unfortunately, none of them stuck around long enough to fix Miami football. Notables include: Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Ara Parseghian, Bo Schembechler, Jim Tressel, Ron Zook, Randy Walker, John Harbaugh, Terry Hoeppner, and Sean Payton.

In both the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons, Miami Hockey reached #1 in the polls. The first time any Miami team had ever been ranked first. Miami has won CCHA Championships twice, in 1992-93 and 2005-06. They've also made it to the the NCAA Tournament four times.

Perhaps his greatest accomplishment was dating pro golfer and swimsuit model Natalie Gulbis. But... For at least one glorious season, he put Miami football on the map. In 2003 Roethlisberger led the Hawks to an A.P. ranking of #10, dropping only one game the entire season. Drafted 11th by the Steelers in 2004. Became the youngest QB to win a Super Bowl in the 2005-2006 season. Signed a contract worth more than $100 million in the 2008 off season.

Picked 8th overall by the Cavs in the 1986 draft and averaged more than 22 points/game as a rookie. (source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Harper) 5-time NBA Champion. Harper won 3 with the Jordan-era Bulls and 2 with Shaq and Kobe with the Lakers.

Wally took Miami on one hell of a Sweet 16 ride as a #10 seed in 1999. Sczcerbiak scored 43 while beating #7 University of Washington in the first round, 24 in a win against #2 University of Utah, and 23 in the eventual loss to Kentucky. The Minnesota Timberwolves reached big time, drafting him #6 in the 1999 draft. Wally's had a nice NBA career as a role player, and did make an NBA All-Star Team in 2002.

The iconic University of Michigan coach was a Miami alumnus and football coach before making the move north.

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