Dan Marino: Meet your favorite football player ever, smell like a “Boss”

By Fernie Ruano Jr.

If you became an adolescent in 1990’s Miami and love the Dolphins, chances are you still have a Dan Marino jersey tucked away somewhere in your closet and will probably wear it around your buddies at the bar on Sunday, if your wife didn’t trash it during her recent before-the-holidays sweep through because it’s way too small in her opinion, and you’re now 45 and have three children.

But no matter what your wife says or does, Marino, the former Dolphins quarterback who provided you with enough childhood memories to last a lifetime on his way to securing his place in NFL lore during a 17-year career, is off limits because you will never forget the 421 passing yards and four touchdown passes to help knock off the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1984 AFC Championship Game, the shredding of the vaunted Chicago Bears’ defense in route to a 1985-victory over the then-undefeated and eventual Super Bowl champions, and the fake spike play that resulted in a touchdown, capping a 17-point rally to beat the Jets in a crucial 1994-divisional game.

And you wore Isotoner gloves this morning because it was 60 degrees and in your heart Dan Marino is still the greatest quarterback to ever step on a professional football field. But for all your fandom of No. 13, you have never come close enough to express your lifelong obsession to the man you adored so much you named one of your kids after. Well, your time has finally arrived.

All you have to do is make sure you’re at Macy’s Dadeland at 6 p.m. this Friday, where you will have the opportunity to meet Marino, who will make an appearance at the store in conjunction with Hugo Boss Parfums. All you have to do is be one of the first 200 customers to make a $72 or more Hugo Boss Fragrance purchase and you will have the opportunity to hug and kiss Marino. Alright, all kidding aside: Marino will
sign a complimentary Boss Parfums football and you will be sent on your way before you have a chance to hug him and invite him over for Thanksgiving.

Do you want to make sure your wife doesn’t find out you still have a man crush on Marino? You can pre-select your Hugo Boss Fragrance before the event and receive exclusive VIP access to the line So, basically if you want to leave early from work on Friday in order to come face-to-face and shake hands with the man you pretended to be in your backyard in the summer of 1989, you should go online right now and buy your ticket (http://www.hugoboss.com).

And if you’re smart you won’t tell your wife you’re going to be standing in line on Friday night waiting for an autograph from your favorite football player ever because she’s probably going to be really upset when you get home at 4 a.m. But at least you will smell good when you try sneaking into bed after brushing your teeth.

Do you want to know more about this 305-reeking, beach-bumming, Cuban food-obsessed dude? Well, then.. You can connect with Fernie @wordbyfernie (Twitter) and Fernie Ruano (Facebook). Who knows? If he really likes you, he might even give you his email.