I wanted to be there. I couldn't get off the ground fast enough to go give him a hug. Payton didnt enjoy the NFL success as the other running backs but did play for the Tennessee Titans in 2005. Walters HURRICANES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: NAME: SCHOOL(S) POS: YEARS: INDUCTED: Bennie Blades: Miami: S: 1984-87 2006: Don Bosseler: Miami FB: 1953-56 1990: Andy . The Hokies, ranked No. Dorsey It really set the stage -- to not only win but be a dominant team like we were. You know I'm hurt, yet we let them score two touchdowns. Like it was a fairy tale.". Dorsey But the defense came through, as Mike Rumph, Matt Walters and Reed combined to save the day with one of the most iconic plays in Miami history -- a Walters interception, deflected off Rumph's knee, that ended up in Reed's hands for the defensive score. OL Joel Rodriguez We're intense, pulling up on the buses. How deep was the 2001 Miami Hurricane roster? When the team takes ownership of its success, you know you have a championship culture. Coach had taught me for four years to get my hands down, get on his helmet and push his head down on the ground so that he doesn't get to your legs. And as a coach, you almost never want that -- guys on the ground, just a couple days before the game. At the very end of January, [my family and I] ended up making the decision to leave. Purchase Tickets. The first series, we line up, they run their option, and for as fast as it went for us in practice, it was like they were in sand. Given all the challenges associated with the 2020 season, the Crimson Tide could easily make their case. As I remember, the fans are standing right over the bench and they were yelling at our coaches, and they were throwing Skittles at us. A stacked running back room, which featured Frank Gore as the No. How many Miami Hurricanes are in the NFL Hall of Fame? Coker But Ernest Wilford dropped it. It was always like a family. Syracuse and Washington were not exactly nobodies. Fitzgerald Women's Basketball. Media Requests In the 2002 Rose Bowl against Nebraska, Portis ran for 104 yards and a touchdown with another long touchdown run called back for a phantom holding. We never got worried. I have covered more national champions since 2001 Miami that could make their own claim, too. Gore finished his Miami career with 1,975 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground. "We really had leaders on that team, and I don't think that can be matched," Reed said. Miami didn't have that edge. Coker At that point, euphoric adrenaline runs over you. Miami led 12-7 with under a minute to play, but BC had first-and-goal at the Miami 9-yard line. It was a challenge to figure out how to get through the rest of that game. Because that whole season, our mind was set on one goal, and you really don't understand how exhausting something can be when you're in pursuit of it. Terms of Service 1 in both polls -- was sitting at No. But there were a few things in the contract we were having a difficult time agreeing on. We were trying to showcase how tough we were. Less Than 24 Hours to Renew Your Tickets. Chudzinski They finished the season 120 overall and 70 in the Big East to finish as conference champion. That gave us a chance. And they had a great defense. We knew that was going to be a tough game. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered by some experts and historians to be the greatest team in college football history. And to stand up at the podium with guys like Andre Johnson, who was my suite mate since my freshman year, and hold up that trophy -- that was special. / A jersey worn by late Hurricanes great Sean Taylor. I remember just sitting there like, "Damn.". Our physicality wasn't good. We were winning, but we left a lot of points on the field. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. We had 31 scholarships lost. He was the perfect coach for our team, and his personality just meshed with us. We're dead. The eccentric Portis is said to have played mind games with his backups in order to hold them down and keep the football in his hands. Or write about sports? I went to the University of Florida, where as a freshman in 1995, the Nebraska Cornhuskers staked their claim to the greatest-of-all-time throne after dismantling the Gators in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl. Ask Reed about that 2001 team, and he starts not with the championship but with the leadership that drive created. They always had a good running back and good offensive line, and that is a hostile environment. Ed Reed, Kenny Dorsey -- they took ownership of everything: Lifting, the workouts in the summer, coming in to watch film. As cliche as it sounds, Miami wanted revenge. To solidify going to a national championship without having to worry about if somebody else was going to lose -- that was special. / However, they had to do so under a new head coach, Larry Coker, who was named to the post after Butch Davis left to become head coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns. It was a competitive culture and accountability was huge and he built a family environment. As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. Jan 7, 2009. 4 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. We want somebody from in-house who knows us, and that's Coach Coker." I wanted to win the national championship -- we wanted to win the national championship. 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DT Matt Walters So I continue to stick with Miami as the greatest team of all time. Williams 15 Washington 3429 on the road, while the Seminoles' lone loss was on the road to the #7 team in the country by 3. He didn't care about scolding players if they didn't do their jobs. This was because Miami had lost to No. Williams "Dominate" had started the year before, breaking down the team before going into the locker room right before we came out for the game. The loudest game. Nobody was too "big time" for anything. That's always what Miami had been about, and what set it apart in my mind. Rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: Top prospects at every position from Kiper, McShay, Miller, Reid, Kiper's new Big Board rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: Top 25 prospects, Syracuse QB Shrader to miss spring practice, Sources: Asst. In 2002, Miami again played for a national title, losing in overtime to Ohio State. After a Virginia Tech touchdown and two-point conversion cut Miami's lead to 2618, the Hokies blocked a Miami punt and returned it for another score, cutting Miami's lead to just two points. The final hurdle to the Rose Bowl BCS National Championship Game was at Virginia Tech. That's how much we've been around each other. Williams Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Vilma played for the 2001 Hurricanes . The 2001 Miami Hurricanes have been called "the single most talented college roster" ever. Larry Coker knew that once that baton got handed off, he wasn't changing anything. The way Miami broke the will of Syracuse and Washington in back-to-back games, outscoring them by a combined 124-7. You had Sean Taylor behind him. Hurricanes basketball coach Jim Larraaga highlights a 10-member University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame class. McKinnie The Houston Texas took him third overall in the 2003 NFL draft. "They were really good, but I told Reggie, 'Yeah, you guys were fast and athletic, and we were equally fast and athletic," Vilma recalled recently. Ed Reed, a free safety, is in the Hall of Fame (elected in 2019), and his backup was Sean Taylor, arguably the greatest safety who ever played the game. So can 2016 Clemson, a team I covered throughout the season as an ACC reporter. It was intense. Chudzinski Miami took a 34-0 halftime lead before cruising to a 37-14 victory, winning the school's fifth national championship. Najeh Davenport was in the three headed monster backfield of the 1998 season with Edgerrin James and James Jackson before injuring his knee. We hadn't been there. Buy Now. Join our linker program. I'll never forget, he said he really liked our team. I said, "Coach, they're slow as hell.". Because we had that extra whatever. That's how comical it became. Portis is now a member of the Miami Hurricanes Hall of Fame. Nobody really wanted to work out at 1 p.m. in the scorching heat and high humidity in South Florida. We sucked on offense. Mark Richt - 171-64- (72.8%); Georgia (2001-15), Miami [FL] (2016-18) New Hurricanes transfers The Canes have secured pledges from two talented transfers in the past two days: Purdue defensive . Walters ran ten yards with the ball before teammate Ed Reed grabbed the ball out of his hands at around the Miami 20-yard line and raced the remaining 80-yards for a touchdown. It took that extra X Factor. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. The one newspaper that I still love to this day is the New York Times because they picked us as national champions at the end of the season. I turned around, and the next thing you know, the ball is floating to me in slow motion. Rumph It was a somewhat natural transition because I knew the players. Terms of Service The nearly hundred-year-old Hurricanes pennant once waved by a member of Miami's original freshman class. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. The season began on the road against Penn State, a matchup Miami viewed as a "statement game.". The combined 1247 score is an NCAA record for largest margin of victory over consecutive ranked opponents. One of the things that happened in practice, we caught a few guys in the stadium trying to record our practices, seeing how we were going to stop the triple option. The dominance on the field and at the next level was unparalleled throughout the. 1 Miami Flattens No. ", Flashback Friday pic.twitter.com/qCE9gnzI5E. I said to our athletic director Barbara Hodges, "Let's reschedule that game for another year," and she was like, "No, We have to go." I was like, "Coach, call whatever you want, we're gonna win." With BC on the verge of a momentous upset, St. Pierre attempted to pass to receiver Ryan Read at the Miami 2-yard line. Payton ran for 985 yards and 7 touchdowns as a senior and averaged 5 yards per carry over his career. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered the greatest college football team in college football history. In interviews with more than two dozen players, coaches and opposing coaches, here is the story of the 2001 season, told in their own words. From there, this iconic team started its journey toward greatness. I'd smile every time when I'd see them before the game and say, "Yeah, we're going to go at it. Before we even went to the game, we made "Ballin Boys." Less than 24 hours to renew your football tickets! You grow up with the Rose Bowl and watching the parade and those games. Men's Basketball . (gofundme.com) Mission Statement CB Markese Fitzgerald I don't know if this ever got released to the media, but Kenny [Dorsey] got hit and took a hard shot to the ribs. How good is that? Football. So I think that describes how good they were.". It has been estimated that the 2001 Hurricanes would cost nearly $120 million as an NFL team as early as 2009. That game solidified our quest to dominate. The way we were able to play, come out firing on all cylinders, was huge. As much as the 2001 team has been glorified in the years since it won the national title, the Hurricanes opened the year ranked No. The fourth quarter was fun for us, because at that point, the game was kind of in hand, and everybody got to enjoy and be part of it: first, second, third string guys, everybody was getting in and getting to play. That felt good for all of us. LB Jonathan Vilma Miami clinched a spot in the national title game against Nebraska at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., and felt confident this game would be its crowning achievement. But with a chance to tie the game with another two-point conversion, Virginia Tech sophomore Ernest Wilford dropped a pass in the endzone. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Vilma played for the 2001 Hurricanes; Bush played for the 2004 Trojans, widely regarded as two of the most talented teams ever assembled. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? We let the country know what this whole season was going to be about. (0:44). I don't know a single person that wasn't pissed headed into that game. The offense was terrible. 2001 Football Rosters. Williams The heart and soul of that team was our strength coach, Andreu Swasey. Portis was an even bigger weapon in the NFL over his nine year career. They were cracking jokes at us, and they thought that they were gonna just drag us all over the football field and just pound us. "It was literally, you're doing the same thing that I'm doing. Strength coach Andreu Swasey Kenny was the perfect guy. Romberg Gambling problem? It was cold. A stacked defensive backs room, with Sean Taylor and Antrel Rolle as backups. Mario Cristobal has not only flipped the roster following his first season in Coral Gables he's been busy tinkering with his coaching staff, too. With a 30-0 halftime Miami lead, Coker pulled his starters and Miami cruised in the second half to a 337 victory. On the field in front of me, Alabama beat down Ohio State to close a 13-0 season with three Heisman Trophy finalists on offense -- including winner DeVonta Smith. Dorsey / Read more about our data coverage. Soldinger Then there was the first half against Nebraska in the BCS national championship game, in which Miami made the Cornhuskers look like a slow backyard team with no business being on the big stage. We used to say that was the easiest workout and we would suck our fingers, like that was pie. He was like, "You serious?" Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 12:48AM. There's going to be some tremendous 3- or 4-yard runs. Shockey was diving for balls, Ed Reed was coming up full-speed, full-tackle. It was one of those games where the score just got run up. But Larry was a perfect fit for that team. Dorsey passed for 362 yards and 3 touchdowns, while wide receiver Andre Johnson caught 7 passes for 199 yards and 2 touchdowns. 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Johnson 44 yard pass from Mills (Kimball kick), Fitzgerald 5-yard blocked punt return (Sievers kick), Andre Johnson 27-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Sievers kick), Jeremy Shockey 1-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), A. Johnson 18-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), Jonathan Vilma 36-yard fumble return (Sievers kick), Gardner 57-yard pass from Chris Rix (Beitia kick), Michael Boulware 73-yard fumble return (Beitia kick), Sean Ryan 9-yard pass from Brian St. Pierre (Kevin McMyler kick), Ed Reed 80-yard interception return (kick failed), Clinton Portis 4-yard run (Todd Sievers kick), Portis 5-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Sievers kick), Andre Johnson 25-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), McDougle 18-yard interception return (Sievers kick), Najeh Davenport 1-yard run (Sievers kick), A. Johnson 3-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), Geathers 13-yard pass from Crudup (Sievers kick), Jeremy Shockey 14-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Todd Sievers kick), Manning 22-yard blocked punt return (pass failed), Andre Johnson 50-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Todd Sievers kick), Clinton Portis 39-yard run (Sievers kick), James Lewis 47-yard interception return (Sievers kick), Jeremy Shockey 21-yard pass from Dorsey (Kick failed), Andre Johnson 8-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), Judd Davies 16-yard run (Josh Brown kick), DeJuan Groce 71-yard punt return (Brown kick), $ BCS representative as conference champion, This page was last edited on 19 November 2022, at 03:33. I went to a JUCO in Scranton, Penn. The thing that was most impressive about that team is that, at any point in time, a younger player could take your position. Rumph "It wasn't about elite, starters, pecking orders, all that other great stuff," center Brett Romberg said. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered to be the greatest collection of players in college football history, at least as measured by the NFL Draft. All I could think as I looked on from the press box was, "I can't believe they're about to blow this," knowing full well a trip to the national championship and the Rose Bowl was on the line. McGahee single handedly beat the Florida Gators in 2002 rushing for over 200 yards in the contest. I remember Ed coming up next to me. Cleveland scored . He made things happen. Our communication wasn't good. There are vivid moments that stand out to me that season. When I caught it, I wasn't thinking about running it back for a touchdown. I think the next year, we had the mindset that, no matter what happens, we have to take care of business. I'm talking about the energy, the heat. The dominance of the team during its 2001 campaign combined with the legacy those players left -- both in college and the pros -- makes a strong argument that this is the best college football team ever assembled. The debate over the greatest team in college football history will never end, and that is one of things we love so much about sports. Find out more. The players and coaches, first and foremost, were accessible. That goes for everybody. Prior to the 2006 Rose Bowl, ESPN's SportsCenter ran a special in which the 2005 USC Trojans, led by stars Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, and LenDale White, were compared with the greatest college teams of the past 50 years, as picked by sports fans voting on ESPN.com, to determine their place in history. I told Mike they ought to bronze your knee and put it in the Hall of Fame, because if that didn't happen, we wouldn't have played for a national championship. Whats taking Mario so long to find Coaches? And we went into the Hall of Fame together this past year. OC Rob Chudzinski Our team was beat up and tired and the kids wanted to go home for Thanksgiving, and now we're having to go to Miami, a team that I knew was gonna want revenge. I never experienced that, just to sit there and say, "I'm the best, and that was a product of all our work." They're driving to win, the whole stadium thought they were about to win. "I'm willing to line our 2001 team up against any collegiate institution, anytime, anywhere," center Brett Romberg said. Like you knew in your bones that we were going to pull it out. That off-season, the team resolved to take the matter entirely out of the discretion of the computers by going a perfect 120. Its game at Florida State on Oct. 13 took on even greater meaning after what happened in 2000. You can make the argument it's the most talented team to ever play. Rumph It is only now, with the perspective of history and time that those who suited up in 2001 understand -- and brag about -- what they accomplished in one magical season. We thought we had a great team, but you don't know until the bullets start flying. The environment was pretty spectacular. As a true freshman coming in, I'm all smiles. We liked what we had already, and we really wanted to just keep what we had. In addition, Vilma, Shockey, Wilfork, Joseph, Rolle, McKinnie, and Reed have won the Super Bowl. Sterling, sadly, had. It was a bunch of these things that made us feel disrespected. Sports. Fitzgerald Washington had beaten Miami the year before, but in 2001, it looked as if the Huskies wanted to be anywhere but playing in prime time in the Orange Bowl as the Hurricanes gleefully kept their foot on the gas to prove a point. It wasn't a surprise. 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