Like you knew in your bones that we were going to pull it out. Cleveland scored . They're wearing hoodies and sweatshirts and jackets all up underneath their shoulder pads and the coaches were like, "How are you going to function and play football?" / 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. The Panthers had six first-round draft picks on its '01 roster while Miami's '01 team eventually "We felt like we couldn't miss on anyone in recruiting," said Andreu Swasey, who was the strength and conditioning coach at Miami in 2001. Joaquin said dominate, and we're not doing it! 1. Clinton Portis was one of the many future NFL stars who led the Hurricanes to the 2001 title -- and a place in football lore. With a 30-0 halftime Miami lead, Coker pulled his starters and Miami cruised in the second half to a 337 victory. Odds & lines subject to change. How many Miami Hurricanes are in the NFL Hall of Fame? / Take Ed Reed. Every one of those games was a physical, physical affair. He made things happen. Privacy Policy We made a song like the Super Bowl Shuffle, letting them know, "We're going to whoop y'all." I wanted to win the national championship -- we wanted to win the national championship. The Hurricanes began the season with a nationally televised primetime win over Penn State in Beaver Stadium. Its hard to say in the case of Willis McGahee. OT Joaquin Gonzalez And so much more. In my game story, headlined "UM-BELIEVABLE!" Wayne and Moss were Seniors on that . Renew Now Close Topbar. Romberg That was the first time I was ever a champion of anything, so I just wanted to stay in the locker room. The players and coaches, first and foremost, were accessible. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 12:48AM. 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. I had so many friends from high school who were there to support me, guys I grew up with and loved and had always been there for me. Frank Gore was also on the 2001 national title Hurricanes roster. All rights reserved (gofundme.com) So I think that describes how good they were.". Every team has to go through that, because that's how you get calloused to know that no matter what happens, you're going to find a way to win. No team past that's been here [at Miami]. He made good decisions and he made everyone around him better. It was so scary. 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. The Hokies, ranked No. Fitzgerald We're tougher than you think.". You may win one, but we're gonna win 20 of them, and it's not gonna stop.'". We felt very disrespected, for the simple fact that we were coming into the season highly ranked, and they had a White Out game. I think they added extra bleachers so now they had the biggest stadium in college football. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. That [last] interception was by Ed Reed. Terms of Service I'll never forget the speed and tempo and competitiveness. 1 Miami Flattens No. . McGahee also was a consensus All-American in 2002. Record: 12-0 (1st of 117) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Won Rose Bowl 37-14 versus Nebraska. I'd been at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for years and we'd never beaten [Nebraska]. The team's first-, second- and third-string running backs all later became running backs with a start in the NFL, a feat only done at least five other times. Williams We liked what we had already, and we really wanted to just keep what we had. Jump inside of it. We were pissed. You look back on it, and man, that was a great play by Mike, by me, by Ed. Vilma We knew what we had on paper, but to see how we were dominating, and the energy we produced in such a hostile environment, it was like, "OK, wow, we are who we think we are.". Do you have a blog? After a blocked punt returned for a touchdown cut Miami's lead to 26-24, Virginia Tech lined up for a 2-point conversion to tie the game. The intangibles he had. 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After suffering a gruesome injury in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, McGahee entered the 2003 NFL Draft knowing he would have to sit out a season to rehab. 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. We were trying to showcase how tough we were. Before we even went to the game, we made "Ballin Boys." 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. He was probably the most hated guy in all of Blacksburg that night, but at the same time thank you so much, because you just kind of saved us some heartache. The 2001 team featured six All-Americans, and Dorsey was a Heisman Trophy finalist. The events of 9/11 caused a pause in college football, with games that weekend either being canceled or postponed, and Miami's game against Washington would be rescheduled for later that season. I helped cover that team, too. I say five minutes into the game, they knew in their hearts that they were going to be outclassed and outmatched. So a lot of times when I hear his voice, I can sense that disappointment that he felt with that being his last go around. Romberg So the following year was definitely a salt-in-the-wound, chip-on-the-shoulder type of season where we wanted to obviously take no prisoners and rectify what happened the year before. Because we had that extra whatever. We were all each other's biggest fans, but we all knew that if you went into the week, and you slacked or you wanted to hang out late on a Tuesday night, and didn't bust your ass in practice, you ain't going to be getting the reps. CB Antrel Rolle We were bad that day. But despite being outgained by the Hurricanes by 134 yards and being dominated in time-of-possession, the Hokies never quit. And whenever you do stuff like that, you believe you're going to win. It was cold. 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 . We knew a kid could run and be athletic and we had the blueprint for that. The season began on the road against Penn State, a matchup Miami viewed as a "statement game.". It's one of those weird ones you can't explain, but you've got to get through. Overall, 38 members of the team would be selected in the NFL Draft. We've got one goal in mind. Former coach Butch Davis 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. That game solidified our quest to dominate. That's always what Miami had been about, and what set it apart in my mind. Chudzinski It was unreal, just to see the trophy come out. Dorsey This Week in Miami Hurricanes Basketball: 2/27 Edition. When he spoke, the team listened. Chudzinski 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. Ohio State beat Miami in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl (2002 BCS Championship Game). Chudzinski It seems like that every year. Gore has been named to five Pro Bowl rosters and has ran for 14,028 yards over his career. That's how much we've been around each other. Gambling problem? That was it for Miami. Like, literally none. Some of our most beloved Canes shared a meeting room in 2001. I still have visions of Tommie Frazier leaving Gator defenders in his wake. "Those guys were not just NFL players. There's something about a night game in the Orange Bowl, there's something about that mystique. Coker What set those guys apart was what was inside of them -- in their heads and in their hearts, how they competed and how they prepared and how they loved and how they were passionate about playing the game. / Being from California, playing in the Rose Bowl was special for me. I remember four or five guys jumped on me and next thing you know I'm looking at the ground and by the time I roll over and look up, I see Ed going. Williams, Antrel Rolle, Vince Wilfork, Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Chris Myers, Andre Johnson No other team is even in the conversation. / I was like, "Coach, call whatever you want, we're gonna win." 1 offense against the No. / He didn't want it to be close at all. The Hurricane defense picked up the slack by limiting BC to just seven points. 1 in both polls -- was sitting at No. We let them drive right before the half and Ed Reed wasn't in that drive because he had dinged up his shoulder. The same standings that kept Miami out of the 2000 national championship game. I couldn't get off the ground fast enough to go give him a hug. 13. I just remember on that play that the offensive lineman tried to cut my knees, and I remember finally getting it right. This endowed scholarship was created in 1992, in the memory of beloved Hurricanes' Hall of Fame player and coach Walter Kichefski. CB Mike Rumph LB Jonathan Vilma And as a coach, you almost never want that -- guys on the ground, just a couple days before the game. We knew that was going to be a tough game. [citation needed] NFL individual records [when?] [17] The offense set the school scoring record, while the defense led the nation in scoring defense (fewest points allowed), pass defense, and turnover margin. It is through the support of Hurricane fans and alumni that we are able to make a difference. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. These guys were special people. The Pro Football Hall of Fame class will be inducted during NFL Honors, which airs on ABC at 9 p.m. Players lobbied then-athletic director Paul Dee to elevate offensive coordinator Larry Coker to become head coach. I didn't know at the time that this would be talked about as one of the best teams in college football. Williams; and defensive backs Ed Reed, Mike Rumph, and Phillip Buchanon. We line up, and Ed goes, "Mike, here comes the slant. If you look at the film, at the last second as he's falling to the ground, he looks up to see if it's Ed, and he lets the ball go. Beamer Sponsorship Opportunities I'll never forget, he said he really liked our team. Of course, Miami players are going to take up for their own team and scream from the rooftops that 2001 Miami is the GOAT. Yea I've been hurt. We blocked a kick and a punt and blocked a field goal that day. It pushes you through those workouts and the offseason, and it was a huge motivator for me, because guys like Reggie Wayne and Santana Moss put their heart and soul into the program, to not be able to give them a national championship when you thought you could've -- it's one of those things that sticks with you. As the 2001 Miami Hurricanes celebrated a fifth national championship in the . In addition, Vilma, Shockey, Wilfork, Joseph, Rolle, McKinnie, and Reed have won the Super Bowl. Additional contributors included future stars Kellen Winslow II, Sean Taylor, Antrel Rolle, Vernon Carey, and Rocky McIntosh. Terms of Service 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. 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. 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." We were mentally driven. I'd smile every time when I'd see them before the game and say, "Yeah, we're going to go at it. I was tired. Two weeks later, the game everybody in the locker room had circled on the calendar had finally arrived: Washington. Hurricanes basketball coach Jim Larraaga highlights a 10-member University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame class. 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. Quarterbacks Dorsey Rumph Truly perfected that.". When the team takes ownership of its success, you know you have a championship culture. S Ed Reed There were a lot of expectations, and Larry took the pressure off of them. But I remain partial to 2001 Miami, and I will let former Miami linebacker Jon Vilma explain why. I was hurt before this game. I knew this. We knew what route was coming on that play. We were just too big, strong and fast, and way too physical. With BC on the verge of a momentous upset, St. Pierre attempted to pass to receiver Ryan Read at the Miami 2-yard line. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Walters Dorsey Syracuse and Washington were not exactly nobodies. When he dropped the two-point conversion, I was like, I need some prayer right now. I went to a JUCO in Scranton, Penn. If I slacked off at all, I wasn't going to play as much because Vince Wilfork is my backup. "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. ", Reed But the number of great players, first-round draft choices and players who got drafted, it's amazing really. [1] The Hurricanes scored 512 (42.6 points per game) points while yielding only 117 (9.75 points allowed per game). [17] Additionally, the Hurricane defense scored eight touchdowns of its own. 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.". The dominance on the field and at the next level was unparalleled throughout the century-plus existence of our version of the sport. You're sweating, you're bleeding, you're laying everything on the line for the guy next to you, and there was no envy." "I'm willing to line our 2001 team up against any collegiate institution, anytime, anywhere," center Brett Romberg said. They signed players such as two-star safety Ed Reed, out of Louisiana, and Joaquin Gonzalez, an under-the-radar offensive lineman from Miami, and overlooked junior college transfers such as Jeremy Shockey and Bryant McKinnie. When I caught it, I wasn't thinking about running it back for a touchdown. Fitzgerald 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. The 2001 Hurricanes, who are . "Dominate" had started the year before, breaking down the team before going into the locker room right before we came out for the game. Reed has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. February 26, 2023 11:32 AM. That goes for everybody. But when you play a team like that, you can't turn the ball over, and I think we ended up throwing four interceptions. Rumph We thought we had a great team, but you don't know until the bullets start flying. That truly goes to show how much trust we had, for him to hear my voice and give me the ball. 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. The 26-point margin tied for Penn State's worst home loss under Joe Paterno. Whats taking Mario so long to find Coaches? We had a player [backup LB Marlin Barnes] murdered on campus. The atmosphere was too much for them. So I continue to stick with Miami as the greatest team of all time. People were literally afraid to let the person next to them down. McGahee ran for 4.7 yards per carry and three touchdowns in reserve duty behind Clinton Portis in 2001. That 2001 Miami team, led by head coach Larry Coker in his first season, went undefeated and had just two games finish within 20 points. The offense was terrible. We'd signed a great class. 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. They had confidence. It was always like a family. ACC Network FAQs Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Jan 7, 2009. It's something we're used to playing with is that lack of respect. 2001 Miami Hurricanes Record: 12-0, national champions Players: Bryant McKinnie, Jeremy Shockey, Ed Reed, Clinton Portis, Phillip Buchanon, Sean Taylor, Jonathan Vilma, D.J. Reed or thought they had just unlocked legendary status. It wasn't like we were living at the top of the AP poll. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Larry Coker knew that once that baton got handed off, he wasn't changing anything. He was the perfect coach for our team, and his personality just meshed with us. All rights reserved. . Portis was an even bigger weapon in the NFL over his nine year career. We sucked on offense. [6] [7] The Hurricanes have had at least one former player make the Pro Bowl every season since 1985, 31 years in a row. The deck was loaded. The heart and soul of that team was our strength coach, Andreu Swasey. 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. Guess what: He's still not finished . Last edited by a moderator: Jan 7, 2009. Romberg (From 1937 to 2001, bowl games did not count towards season statistics). 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. Miami didn't have that edge. If you weren't doing all the right things, if you weren't going to class, making your grades, if you weren't showing up to work out or something like that, you could easily be cast out. Less than 24 hours to renew your football tickets! Do you have a sports website? Chudzinski Gonzalez It has been estimated that the 2001 Hurricanes would cost nearly $120 million as an NFL team as early as 2009. [14] Defeating Virginia Tech earned the top-ranked Hurricanes an invitation to the Rose Bowl to take on BCS #2 Nebraska for the national championship. And obviously you can point out all the talented guys on the team, but at the time, they weren't the biggest recruits and the five-star guys. "This was happening in the BCS era, so no one really had an edge from a College Football Playoff perspective that all the great talent is going to go to those participants, which is kind of what's going on with Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State right now. 2001 Miami (FL) Hurricanes Roster Previous Year Next Year Record: 12-0 (1st of 117) ( Schedule & Results ) Rank: 1st in the Final AP poll Conference: Big East Conference Record: 7-0 Coach: Larry Coker (12-0) Points For: 512 Points/G: 42.7 (3rd of 117) Points Against: 117 More Team Info Miami (FL) School History 2001 Miami (FL) Statistics But I feel like if you look at the history, every team that's won a national title has had a game like that, where it comes down to the last minute and if you lose, your season's over. They kept telling us don't listen to our coaches, because we're getting our butts kicked. Coker Walters But we were fruits of what they'd done. My knee went between my hands, and hit the tip of the ball and it flipped to Matt Walters. When Miami needed to pick up a 3rd and short the bigger bodied Cobia was on the field to run iso from Miamis 21 personnel base offense at the time. Miami took a 34-0 halftime lead before cruising to a 37-14 victory, winning the school's fifth national championship. including 17 first-rounders and at least one Hall of Famer in Ed Reed. When we recruited him in high school, when I actually went to see him in person it was at a basketball game. Then in 2002, with Frank Gore out, exploded on the scene with 1,753 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns on 6.2 yard per carry. McGahee played in the NFL from 2003-2013 including the year of rehab in 2003. Reed Men's Basketball . Meanwhile, the stifling Miami defense shut down Heisman-winner Eric Crouch and the Huskers vaunted option offense, holding Nebraska 200 yards below its season average. You go into the locker room and everybody is just elated. A lot of people doubted if they should have made the championship. Eventually producing a record 38 NFL Draft picks, the 2001 Hurricanes are considered by many to be the best college football team of all time.[1][2][3]. Let's go, man! Everything that we put into this, everything lined up when it needed to. And I'll never forget seeing the wave of red of Nebraska fans pulling up that seemed like it went for miles. But I did have the feeling that we were going to win the national championship and we were going to do whatever it took to make it happen. Imagine that, a team with 38 future NFL picks feeling disrespected. Can the Lions fix their defense? We weren't trying to sit here and showcase how fast and athletic we were. The thing that was most impressive about that team is that, at any point in time, a younger player could take your position. Backing up the entire unit was football legacy Jarrett Payton. We lost the year before, and it kept us out of the national championship game. You're gonna communicate and you're gonna stay together, or you've got to go. We saw a guy in the 55th row laying down with a camera, and we started pointing him out, and he gets up and runs to one of the exits. The players coming to my backing was a big asset in me getting the job. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. 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. I'd agreed to a contract before Thanksgiving and my plan was to stay at the University of Miami for decades. 3 back. A jersey worn by late Hurricanes great Sean Taylor. Schumann returning to Georgia, 'It's the most talented team to ever play': An oral history of the 2001 Miami Hurricanes, Miami's turnover chain set a celebratory standard across the college football landscape. The final hurdle to the Rose Bowl BCS National Championship Game was at Virginia Tech. Open Menu. McGahee single handedly beat the Florida Gators in 2002 rushing for over 200 yards in the contest. They were all self-directed. No. 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. Davis NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? They beat us 47-0, and I remember walking off the field and everyone was celebrating and he said, "As long as I have something to do with it, I will never be embarrassed by Florida State again." 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