[3]Both universities have prestigious histories in college football, with Miami of Ohio's Redskins/RedHawks having produced some of the most successful football coaches of all time, earning it the nickname of the Cradle of Coaches, and the Hurricanes of Miami, Florida having won five national championships.

Concerns over confusion between the two universities predates the football games and began with the founding of the Florida institution in the 1920s.

But they certainly have not much moral right to usurp the name of a university which has established itself by more than a century of sound scholarship and effective educational service.

[5][6]The first football game between the schools was held in 1945 at Miami, Florida, and was dubbed the "Confusion Bowl" by The Atlanta Journal.

[3][2] The programs met again in 1987, and the Confusion Bowl monicker stuck,[13] with Gannett's newswire joking "The lock of the week is that Miami is going to lose on Saturday".