* 1992 Heisman Trophy Winner Gino Torretta is from Pinole.

Seven Italian American players won the Heisman Trophy: Angelo Bertelli of Notre Dame, Alan Ameche of Wisconsin, Gary Beban of UCLA, Joe Bellino of Navy, John Cappelletti of Penn State, Gino Torretta and Vinny Testaverde of Miami.

Miami received the ball first and went on an impressive 74-yard opening drive that featured a 30-yard run by running back Stephen McGuire and a critical third-down scramble by quarterback Gino Torretta.

Gino Louis Torretta ( born August 10, 1970 ) is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League ( NFL ) for five seasons.

After a nine-year hiatus, five new players were added in 2008: Pro Football Hall of Famers Jim Kelly and Jim Otto, former Heisman Trophy-winner Gino Torretta, running back Edgerrin James, and defensive lineman Cortez Kennedy.

Gino Bartali holds the record for the Giro d ' Italia, also with seven wins, while José Luis Laguía has won the Vuelta equivalent five times.

Additionally, Mario Cipollini won 4 stages in a row, setting the post-World War II record for consecutive stage wins ( breaking the record of three, set by Gino Bartali in 1948.

Past LBC presenters include: Adrian Allen ; Carol Allen ; Dominic Allen ; Mike Allen ; Toby Anstis ; Dickie Arbiter ; Tre Azam ; Phillip Bacon ; Bill Bailey ; David Bassett ; * Jeni Barnett ; Simon Bates ; Jeremy Beadle ; Alison Bell ; Bill Bingham ; Therese Birch ; Frank Bough ; Tommy Boyd ; Gyles Brandreth ; Bill Buckley ; Paul Callan ; Douglas Cameron ; Mike Carlton ; Mike Carson ; Clare Catford ; Marcus Churchill ; Nick Conrad ; Andy Crane ; Jamie Crick ; Jono Coleman ; Steve Crozier ; Tim Crook ; Gino D ' Acampo ; Dan Damon ; Peter Deeley ; Anne Diamond ; Mike Dickin ; Richard Dallyn ; Jenny Eclair ; Richard Fairbrass ; Caroline Feraday ; John_Forrest_ ( Producer-Director ); Mariella Frostrup ; George Gale ; Krishnan Guru-Murthy ; Boy George ; Charlie Gibson ; Charles Golding ; Angie Greaves ; Eric Hall ; Bob Harris ; Brian Hayes ; Chris Hawkins ; Phillip Hodson ; Bob Holness ; Eamonn Holmes ; Jon Holmes ; Fred Housego ; Rufus Hound ; Howard Hughes ; Sue Jameson ; Bob Johnson ; Bryn Jones ; Steve Jones ; Barry Jordan ; Charlie Jordan ; Lesley Judd ; Henry Kelly ; Allan King ; Gary King ; Jenny Lacey ; Iain Lee ; Richard Littlejohn ; Wendy Lloyd ; Sir Nicholas Lloyd ; Adrian Love ; Dave Luddy ; Kelvin MacKenzie ; Richard Mackney ; Mike Mendoza ; Daisy McAndrew ; Rod Lucas ; Carol McGiffin ; Monty Modlin ; Nathan Morley ; Douglas Moffatt ; Bel Mooney ; Jane Moore ; Elliot Moss ; Pete Murray ; Paddy O ' Connell ; Rod Lucas ; Tom Parker-Bowles ; Michael Parkinson ; Frank Partridge ; John Perkins ; David Prever ; Martin Popplewell ; Gill Pyrah ; Anna Raeburn ; Angela Rippon ; Rowland Rivron ; Richard Robbins ; Paul Ross ; Kenny Sansom ; Adrian Scott ; Valerie Singleton ; Penny Smith ; Jon Snow ; Julia Somerville ; Laurence Spicer ; Dr Pam Spurr ; Janet Street-Porter ; Peter Stringfellow ; Carol Thatcher ; Sandi Toksvig ; Petroc Trelawny ; Michael Van Straten ; Robbie Vincent ; Becky Walsh ; Sandy Warr ; Brian Widlake ; James Williams, Matthew Wright, and Martin Young ;.

A few famous songs in Carosone's repertoire were not written by Nisa: "... E la barca tornò sola " ( a lively parody of a song performed by Gino Latilla at Sanremo Music Festival in 1954 ), " Tre numeri al lotto ", " Maruzzella " ( dedicated to his wife Marisa ), "' O russo e ' a russa ".

Roberts Award for Chapter Improvement, Donald C. Wolfe for Outstanding Newsletter, George E. Kimball Award for Outstanding Social Service, John L. Blakely Award for Outstanding Philanthropics, Leo T. Wolford Award for Outstanding Campus Involvement, Gino A. Ratti Award for Outstanding Alumni Relations, E. Mayer Maloney Award for Outstanding Faculty Relations, Dr. Harold Osborn Award for Outstanding Intramural Sports, & George E. Shaw Award for Outstanding Public Relations.

The event was made into the 1962 film Dieci italiani per un tedesco directed by Filippo Walter Ratti and starring Gino Cervi.

The rest of the quarter showed missed opportunities on both sides, with Miami receivers dropping three deep passes from Torretta while Florida State's offense short-circuited with penalties.

Miami drove inside the Florida State 30-yard line twice more in the quarter, but Torretta was intercepted each time, first by Terrell Buckley and later by Marvin Jones.

Torretta found Horace Copeland for his only reception of the game, giving Miami a first down at the Florida State 3-yard line.

After taking a knee to run off the remaining few seconds, Torretta tossed the ball skyward in triumph and Miami emerged from the contest with a 17-16 victory.

Torretta accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Miami, where he played for the Miami Hurricanes football team from 1989 to 1992.

Torretta went on to lead Miami to a fourth-quarter comeback win on the road versus # 1 Florida State and ultimately to an undefeated season and a co-national championship.

His career as quarterback at Miami was hugely successful, with Torretta leading the team to 26 wins and only one loss.

On second-and-16, Torretta completed a 22-yard pass to an outstretched Coleman Bell, bringing the Hurricanes to the Seminole 41-yard line.

As a quarterback for the Hurricanes, Torretta spent his first two seasons mostly on the bench behind then starting quarterback Craig Erickson, with his only significant playing time coming with three starts in 1989 after Erickson injured his throwing hand.

Torretta passed for more than 3, 000 yards his senior year in 1992 on his way to winning the Heisman and the Davey O ' Brien Award that season.

All of the Patriots ' games are broadcast on WCTC 1450 AM, with former Miami Hurricanes Play by Play announcer and new " Voice of the Patriots " Justin Antweil.

Their selection of Pittsburgh Panthers forward DeJuan Blair with the # 37 pick was described as a " steal " by analysts ; the Spurs later drafted two guards they had been targeting with the No. 37 pick, taking Miami Hurricanes shooting guard Jack McClinton and point / shooting guard Nando de Colo from France with the No. 51 and No. 53 picks, respectively.

It is also the home of Albert Bentley, who attended and played football at Immokalee High School and went on to play for the Miami Hurricanes and the Indianapolis Colts.

* Jim Burt, Jr. ( born 1981 ), former Miami Hurricanes and New York Mets organization baseball player.

Category: Miami Hurricanes football players

Flutie gained national attention in 1984 when he led the Eagles to victory in a high-scoring, back-and-forth game against the Miami Hurricanes ( led by QB Bernie Kosar ).

* Miami Hurricanes defeat Florida State Seminoles in the College World Series

* 1994 NCAA Division I-A national football championship – The Nebraska Cornhuskers defeat the University of Miami Hurricanes 24-17 on January 1, 1995.

* Alabama Crimson Tide wins the 1992 national championship of college football, beating the Miami Hurricanes in the Sugar Bowl 34-14

* NCAA Football Championship: Washington Huskies 12-0 ( CNN / USA Today Coaches Poll ) and Miami Hurricanes 12-0 ( Associated Press Poll )

* Miami Hurricanes are NCAA Division 1A National Champions for the second time.

* Quarterback Vinny Testaverde of the Miami Hurricanes is awarded the Heisman Trophy

* The Miami Hurricanes win their first national championship over the Nebraska Cornhuskers 31-30 in the Orange Bowl.

The BCS National Championship game returned to the Fiesta Bowl in 2003 with the Big Ten champions Ohio State Buckeyes beating the Big East champions Miami Hurricanes in the first overtime national championship game.

* Miami Hurricanes, the athletic teams of the University of Miami

Campbell was also infamous in the late 1980s – early 1990s for his association with the University of Miami Hurricanes football team.

Campbell was interviewed about his involvement with the Miami Hurricanes for the documentary The U, which premiered December 12, 2009 on ESPN.

** Ohio State Buckeyes win 31-24 over the Miami Hurricanes ( double overtime )

Category: Miami Hurricanes football players

While at Miami, Barry met his wife Pamela, the daughter of Hurricanes head coach Bruce Hale.

It is the home stadium of the Miami Dolphins National Football League team, and the University of Miami Hurricanes football team.

When the Marlins played there, the field was juggled among the Miami Dolphins, Miami Hurricanes, and Florida Marlins, making it an extremely used turf.