They don’t know the details the way those now middle-aged players do, or their aging fans, or Jimmy Johnson does when prompted in a way that always makes Miami Hurricanes football sound enduring and romantic.

None of the today’s Hurricanes were even born for the 58-0 win over Notre Dame where Jimmy’s second-stringers supposedly ran up the score in 1985. They don’t know if Cleveland Gary, broken ribs and all, scored or fumbled or his knee touched down in the 1989 play that’s still debated in weeks like this.

“We know the answer to that question,” said Miami coach Mario Cristobal, a Hurricanes recruit then, about Gary officially fumbling and Notre Dame winning.

But the Hurricane players who open their season Sunday night against Notre Dame in Hard Rock Stadium know “Catholics vs Conv

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