Williams 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. There's a 78% chance your favorite NFL team has employed a first-round pick from 2001 Miami since an incredible 25 teams have rostered one of them at some point or another. We [were] truly a team. Reed is seen shouting at his teammates, "I'm hurt dog! We had 31 scholarships lost. 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. Dorsey That game solidified our quest to dominate. Reed But there were a few things in the contract we were having a difficult time agreeing on. It started as a joke first, but it just went to like, no matter what you put us through, we can't be hurt. I had a front-row seat as the Miami beat writer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that season. 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 scholarship recipient is chosen each year by the football coaches . When Miami offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski wanted a more versatile player he went with Davenport. A lot of what we did, Butch should get credit for. They were so dialed in on winning a national championship, so focused on leadership, accountability and -- as ridiculous as it sounds now -- proving themselves that it became impossible in the moment to assign this team a place in college football lore. McGahee didnt have the most prolific career, but the two years he suited up in his orange and green gear were exciting. They dominated nearly everyone on their schedule, culminating in a resounding 37-14 win over Nebraska in the BCS National Championship Game in the Rose Bowl. Mission Statement It was the perfect storm for us. As I went to the NFL, we'd always find those Miami guys on the other team and you knew they were going to be the most competitive guys. Sterling, sadly, had. It was a competitive culture and accountability was huge and he built a family environment. These guys were special people. Dorsey / Twenty years later, the 2001 Miami Hurricanes are widely regarded as one of the greatest college football teams of all time. In doing so, Portis ran for 1,200 and 10 touchdowns with a 5.5 yards per carry average for the Canes. When Vince Wilfork took their All-American guard Toniu Fonoti and threw him five yards in the backfield and made a tackle for a loss, their whole sideline s--- their pants, and then all of a sudden Vilma started decapitating tight ends, and it became a whole different animal, and they weren't aware, used to it, privy to, they literally thought they were going to come in there and mop the floor with us. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? We're tougher than you think.". That truly goes to show how much trust we had, for him to hear my voice and give me the ball. It was like, this is going to be outstanding for the next three, four, five years. The Houston Texas took him third overall in the 2003 NFL draft. Rumph As the 2001 Miami Hurricanes celebrated a fifth national championship in the . A lot of people talk about the struggles against Florida State, but we had those struggles against Virginia Tech. But I wasn't leaving these guys. Ed Reed, Kenny Dorsey -- they took ownership of everything: Lifting, the workouts in the summer, coming in to watch film. Renew Now Close Topbar. The Hurricanes led 34-0 at halftime and could have easily won 59-0 had they decided to play their starters the majority of the second half. To me, it was special, and I knew it was going to be a tough game. Miami needed one more win to clinch an undefeated regular season and a spot in the BCS national championship game: On the road, against Big East rival Virginia Tech. That's how it goes in those games. Baseball. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered by some experts and historians to be the greatest team in college football history. "Because you're trying to recruit the foundation of what's to come for the next four years. Don't ask me if I'm alright. The 2022-23 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represents the University of Miami during the 2022-23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Davis left Miami after coaching the Hurricanes to an 11-1 season in 2000. We'd just beaten Florida in the Sugar Bowl and gone 11-1. Join our linker program. I will never forget standing on the goal line at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, when Deshaun Watson threw the winning 2-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow to beat Alabama 35-31 and finish 15-0. As of 2013, they had earned a combined total of 43 trips to the Pro Bowl: Ed Reed (9), Andre Johnson (7), Frank Gore (5), Vince Wilfork (5), Jeremy Shockey (4), Jonathan Vilma (3), Willis McGahee (2), Chris Myers (2), Clinton Portis (2), Antrel Rolle (2), Sean Taylor (2), Bryant McKinnie (1), and Kellen Winslow II (1). 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. The Canes became arguably the greatest team in CFB history 20 years ago, finishing 12-0, winning the national title and producing 38 NFL draft picks. .mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}. And I felt like I was a chess piece to that. It's a really tight locker room, we're getting ready to go out, and I absolutely remember it like it was yesterday, and I remember getting chills from hearing his battle cry, just like coming out in the second half, we're putting this away. Barry Jackson. Johnson was a member of the Hurricanes' most recent national championship team in 2001. MIAMI, Fla. - Matthew Cleveland scored a last second three-pointer of the game to lead the Seminoles to an 85-84 victory over the top ranked Miami Hurricanes at the Watsco Center. We'd been through so much pain. That gave us a chance. Rumph There were moments in that season that we felt we deserved to win those close games, because we outworked those teams in that offseason. Nobody really wanted to work out at 1 p.m. in the scorching heat and high humidity in South Florida. there was no mention of GOATs or legacies, just one line at the bottom that noted: "This UM team has joined elite company.". OT Bryant McKinnie "I said, 'Our difference is, we were gonna try to outhit you.' Chudzinski Miami has two games remaining before the postseason begins and winning out has big implications for their place in the programs best all-time regular seasons. Before we even went to the game, we made "Ballin Boys." Of course, Miami players are going to take up for their own team and scream from the rooftops that 2001 Miami is the GOAT. Brown, who played for the Hurricanes' baseball team from 1998-2001, is the No . I'll never forget the speed and tempo and competitiveness. And we went into the Hall of Fame together this past year. 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 the NFL he ran for 8,474 yards and 65 touchdowns over his career. We had it in us, and we knew we had it in us. I don't want to sound disrespectful, but we were five steps faster than them, 10 pounds hungrier, much more violent, which is a different style of football. In the NFL he only ran for 105 yards and 2 touchdowns over his one year career. McGahee also was a consensus All-American in 2002. We knew when I was there, but in 2001, it became reality. Both teams were ranked in the top 15 at the time they played. Nebraska proved to be no competition for Miami, which opened up a 340 halftime lead en route to a 3714 final score. 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. It has been estimated that the 2001 Hurricanes would cost nearly $120 million as an NFL team as early as 2009. A lot of people don't realize the rivalry between Miami and Virginia Tech. . I had to make it tough tough. When the team takes ownership of its success, you know you have a championship culture. When you've got guys that are doing workouts, even though it was hell on earth in July in 115 degrees, like you're breathing through a sock, and turn around and just do it again for a teammate because he needs help, that's remarkable. Additional contributors included future stars Kellen Winslow II, Sean Taylor, Antrel Rolle, Vernon Carey, and Rocky McIntosh. Still, the resilient Hokies had one more chance to win the game late, taking possession of the ball at midfield and needing only a field goal to take the lead. Our communication wasn't good. Randy Shannon told me, "If you come back to school, I'm not going to promise you or guarantee it, but there's a good chance you will never lose another college football game.". This endowed scholarship was created in 1992, in the memory of beloved Hurricanes' Hall of Fame player and coach Walter Kichefski. It was a bunch of these things that made us feel disrespected. 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. And so much more. Nobody was too "big time" for anything. But we were a great team. You're sweating, you're bleeding, you're laying everything on the line for the guy next to you, and there was no envy." Cleveland scored . 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. RB Najeh Davenport That's how comical it became. The Canes Collapse Against The Noles, Lose 85-84. We want somebody from in-house who knows us, and that's Coach Coker." / Ed was definitely yelling my name, "Matt! Everyone knew [Clinton] Portis, but you had Willis McGahee and Frank Gore. But when you play a team like that, you can't turn the ball over, and I think we ended up throwing four interceptions. 1 Hurricanes Roll Over Washington, 65-7", "Cane Whuppin': Unbeaten Miami Flogged Nebraska Early and Often to Win an Undisputed National Title", "A Handy List of College Football's Heisman Trophy Winners", "2002 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com", College football national champions (championship game era), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2001_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team&oldid=1122701728, Big East Conference football champion seasons, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox college sports team season with no sport parameter, Pages using CFB schedule with named parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Sands 27 yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), Davenport 28 yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), Shockey 10 yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), B. 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 think it was kind of a weight off everybody's shoulders at the end. Download Our App. It was one of those games where the score just got run up. Media Requests And I've debated that, and it's like, 'Yeah, whatever, you can talk.' Last edited by a moderator: Jan 7, 2009. The 2001 Hurricanes, who are . They listened to us. Like, literally none. 1.". 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. 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. I think they might have called us Michelin men because some of the guys when they first put clothes on, they literally look like the Michelin tire guy because they were loading up like they were going into a frickin' blizzard. This 2001 Miami team crushed Nebraska for the title in the Rose Bowl. I grew up in South Florida, and watched the previous four Miami national champions closely. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? Vilma They would challenge each other to sprints, or whatever it was, and they held each other accountable and would not accept mediocrity. Head coach Larry Coker However, the ball ricocheted off the leg of Miami cornerback Mike Rumph, landing in the hands of defensive end Matt Walters. The ladies win their home finale, prep for their conference tournament matchup on Thursday. A lot of people don't know how close that was, but he was a huge leader for us, and he wasn't coming out of that game. The way Miami broke the will of Syracuse and Washington in back-to-back games, outscoring them by a combined 124-7. Yea I've been hurt. Reed The 26-point margin tied for Penn State's worst home loss under Joe Paterno. At the very end of January, [my family and I] ended up making the decision to leave. I think also, what rattled them was how much fun we had while being violent and being intense. But Ernest Wilford dropped it. The motivation of being upset and disappointed, that played a huge role in going to the Sugar Bowl and what we did against Florida to make a statement that we probably should've been the champs. So can 2016 Clemson, a team I covered throughout the season as an ACC reporter. 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. A stacked defensive backs room, with Sean Taylor and Antrel Rolle as backups. This Week in Miami Hurricanes Basketball: 2/27 Edition. [citation needed] NFL individual records [when?] I went to a JUCO in Scranton, Penn. 4 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. People always say the great teams have to overcome a scare along the way. I say five minutes into the game, they knew in their hearts that they were going to be outclassed and outmatched. We were confident. The heart and soul of that team was our strength coach, Andreu Swasey. That roster included 38 players who went on to . Miami led 12-7 with under a minute to play, but BC had first-and-goal at the Miami 9-yard line. Employment We were trying to showcase how tough we were. Walters 4 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. It really set the stage -- to not only win but be a dominant team like we were. They were invited to the Rose Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game, and defeated Nebraska, 3714, to win the school's 5th national championship. You look back on it, and man, that was a great play by Mike, by me, by Ed. You grow up with the Rose Bowl and watching the parade and those games. Our freshman year, we redshirted, but we would go on road trips and have our jerseys on with sweatpants on the sideline. Take Ed Reed. 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. At the time, [Paterno] wasn't taking JUCO transfers, and that was one of the schools I would've went to, so when I got a chance to play against them I said, "I'm gonna show him. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. Like it was a fairy tale.". Miami beat Florida State 49-27 to remain undefeated, but a bigger test awaited Nov. 10 on a cold day at Boston College. The toughness, the mental toughness. Coker The intangibles he had. The older guys took us under their wings and helped us. We knew we were good, and when we got out there and played on Saturdays, the people we went against were not as good as the guys we had on our scout team. Davis Williams, Antrel Rolle, Vince Wilfork, Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Chris Myers, Andre Johnson No other team is even in the conversation. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. Soon, that entire mentality took hold across the entire team. [1] The Hurricanes scored 512 (42.6 points per game) points while yielding only 117 (9.75 points allowed per game). The guys before us set an expectation of how hard you had to work and what that standard was, and we knew we had to live up to that. A stacked defensive line room, with Vince Wilfork as a backup, too. We have the recipe, we have the tools, we have everything to be successful. The year before, Miami lost at Washington 34-29 -- and that loss ultimately kept the Hurricanes out of the national title game they felt they deserved. And that kind of stuck with me. Rumph They could have scored a touchdown or kicked a field goal and that season has an asterisk next to it. It is unreal how deep their roster was in 2001. After an interception, Ed Reed strips the ball from his teammate and takes it for a touchdown to seal Miami's win vs. Boston College during the 2001 season. Larry Coker knew that once that baton got handed off, he wasn't changing anything. They've never seen an atmosphere like that. 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. 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