Manny Navarro

We on our way to my crib.

I was a young reporter who wanted to do something cool.

MTV Cribs was sort of big back then.

So my idea was just make these guys personable.

Tell a story that is unique in Miami.

These are Miami guys playing for Miami football program.

Brian was really the first guy I threw the idea across.

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm down.

I'm down, let's do it, let's do it.

And you know, I got the camera on him, because I want to make sure I get the audio and the video, you know, the whole thing.

We get to his apartment, he runs in there, he starts picking stuff up, moving stuff around.

He's like, don't record yet.

And he says, how do you want me to, where do you want to start?

I said, well, why don't you open the door?

This is what they do in MTV Cribs, right?

They open the door, they welcome you in.

He was just, he was so happy to kind of be the star of the show.

You know, I think in his mind, I think he started to think, like, yeah, it's only the Miami Herald right now, but I could do this for MTV.

Like, this is like a nice little practice run, you know?

Here's some of my family during the Florida State game.