[1] The Hurricanes scored 512 (42.6 points per game) points while yielding only 117 (9.75 points allowed per game). And I did that, and I was like, "Oh, man, that felt good." Kenny was the perfect guy. The heart and soul of that team was our strength coach, Andreu Swasey. 14 Syracuse, 59-0", "No. Strength coach Andreu Swasey 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. McGahee played in the NFL from 2003-2013 including the year of rehab in 2003. We spread the ball around to a lot of different guys because, at that time, Andre Johnson wasn't a proven commodity -- or Ethenic Sands or Kevin Beard. I turned around, and the next thing you know, the ball is floating to me in slow motion. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. / I was hurt before this game. CB Mike Rumph Everything that we put into this, everything lined up when it needed to. Coker The 2001 Miami Hurricanes were the only team picked by fans to defeat the '05 Trojan squad, reflecting the esteem with which the 2001 Hurricanes are held in the college football world.[18]. I would have got drafted higher and everything. What players and coaches insist set this team apart was their camaraderie, accountability and willingness to do whatever it took to win a championship -- especially those afternoon workouts. Miami had zero touchdowns. "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. 1 in both polls -- was sitting at No. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Our freshman year, we redshirted, but we would go on road trips and have our jerseys on with sweatpants on the sideline. Some felt that Miami got snubbed in a chance to compete for the BCS Championship game. We made a song like the Super Bowl Shuffle, letting them know, "We're going to whoop y'all." The combined 1247 score is an NCAA record for largest margin of victory over consecutive ranked opponents. They pushed each other to the limit, and the one thing that separates that group, they were super, super competitive. At halftime, Reed delivered his now famous, "I'm hurt, dog" speech and it was captured by a documentary film crew that was working on an all-access show for ESPN. (gofundme.com) It's Ed!". I was thinking in my mind, "There's not a lot of time left in this game. February 26, 2023 11:32 AM. 1.". He was that father figure we were all afraid to disappoint. We have the recipe, we have the tools, we have everything to be successful. Fitzgerald The players and coaches, first and foremost, were accessible. Men's Basketball . Davis left Miami after coaching the Hurricanes to an 11-1 season in 2000. Jan 7, 2009. 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. It was one of those games where the score just got run up. I tried to display that my senior year, 'cause I could have left my junior year. A jersey worn by late Hurricanes great Sean Taylor. I was chasing Ed, and Ed did some little backyard football by running zig zags in order not to get caught, and then he spikes the ball to put the emphasis on that play. When we recruited him in high school, when I actually went to see him in person it was at a basketball game. Miami took a 34-0 halftime lead before cruising to a 37-14 victory, winning the school's fifth national championship. That goes for everybody. The players coming to my backing was a big asset in me getting the job. Dorsey was also a Heisman finalist, finishing third. Whats taking Mario so long to find Coaches? The toughness, the mental toughness. When I look back at our workouts, and the pressure that we put on each other of not letting each other down, there was so much pressure that I would think twice about skipping a workout, I would think twice about skipping a rep, I would think twice about letting my brother down because there was so much invested into it. That was the first time, for a portion of the game at least, we let our gaze get to the horizon and not on the task at hand. He didn't want it to be close. [citation needed] NFL individual records [when?] Payton ran for 985 yards and 7 touchdowns as a senior and averaged 5 yards per carry over his career. We were trying to showcase how tough we were. 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. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. At that point, euphoric adrenaline runs over you. So I think that describes how good they were.". ", Rumph And when he spoke, the coaches listened. The ladies win their home finale, prep for their conference tournament matchup on Thursday. We knew, we got them out here, with the weather, the physicality, they weren't going to be ready for that. And so much more. Instead, they played their backups and won 37-14, a score that does not reflect the sheer dominance of that game. 1 in both polls -- was sitting at No. Women's Basketball. You had Phillip Buchanon and Mike Rumph, and you had Antrel Rolle behind them. 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. I went to a JUCO in Scranton, Penn. When the team takes ownership of its success, you know you have a championship culture. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered the greatest college football team in college football history. I put my heart in this (expletive) dog. We sucked on offense. Like Portis, McGahee was a two-time Pro Bowl player and a national champion in 2001. Download Our App. 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. "We had that mentality of, 'You may get a run, but I promise you for the next 60 minutes, we're gonna kick your ass. Williams We all felt that that Sugar Bowl game against Florida, we knew that we should have been playing for a national title. All rights reserved The guys suffer their worst loss of the season, but can still win the ACC. #14. I had to make it tough tough. When Butch left, we were kinda stuck, and I remember we all went upstairs to talk to Mr. Dee, myself, Bryant McKinnie, Ed Reed, Ken Dorsey and a couple more guys. Walters Because we had that extra whatever. ", Flashback Friday pic.twitter.com/qCE9gnzI5E. Miami (2001) Michigan (1947) Notre Dame (1947) Oklahoma (1956) How many NFL players came from Miami? Dorsey Our physicality wasn't good. DC Randy Shannon You could feel the crowd; you could feel the anger that we had, and how bad we wanted to beat them. The older guys took us under their wings and helped us. As one of the younger players on the team, that competition only made me better. 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. Coker We didn't want to have to change and have to learn a new offense, defense, or anything. Butch did a great job recruiting and developing and building the culture. There are currently 44 players in the NFL who were brought up at the "U." One NFL team has quite a collection of Miami alumni. They were all self-directed. 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?" He basically announced to everybody, "This is our guy.". Everything in Ed wanted to destroy Florida State for so many reasons. The season began on the road against Penn State, a matchup Miami viewed as a "statement game.". Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. The dominance on the field and at the next level was unparalleled throughout the. / 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. Miami didn't have that edge. They were All-Pro NFL players," said Rick Neuheisel, who was Washington coach at the time. 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. 14, proved to be a formidable opponent. All rights reserved That truly goes to show how much trust we had, for him to hear my voice and give me the ball. They had no chance of winning that game. Not a lot needed to be said. He was the perfect coach for our team, and his personality just meshed with us. OT Bryant McKinnie We all had our careers that take off from there, but from my eyes, I was like, "What now?" Ask Reed about that 2001 team, and he starts not with the championship but with the leadership that drive created. It was the Hurricanes' 76th season of football and 11th as a member of the Big East Conference. You were getting into a street fight when you went and played those guys. Sterling, sadly, had. 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. And I'll never forget, everybody's fired up, and Larry gets up in front of the bus, and said, "Men, don't worry about that. They should have gone back to high school where they do the running clock. The first quarter, we'd always said, once we got the speed of the option down, we'd get it done. A total of 38 . 3 back. It was a somewhat natural transition because I knew the players. They beat us 59-0 and we finished that season with 10 wins. The intelligence he had. It really set the stage -- to not only win but be a dominant team like we were. At fullback the Canes used two starters in Najeh Davenport and Kyle Cobia. There will be unsung heroes picking up blitzes. It got a lot of attention. And whenever you do stuff like that, you believe you're going to win. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. LB Jonathan Vilma We knew what route was coming on that play. 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. or thought they had just unlocked legendary status. That atmosphere was crazy. Were the backups better than the starter? I say five minutes into the game, they knew in their hearts that they were going to be outclassed and outmatched. The University of Miami is known for producing excellent professional football players. Davenport was also an effective weapon as a receiver catching 35 balls for 3 touchdowns in orange and green. Chudzinski Shockey was diving for balls, Ed Reed was coming up full-speed, full-tackle. Schumann returning to Georgia, Adelson: 2001 Canes make case for college football's GOATs, Miami's turnover chain set a celebratory standard across the college football landscape. It was one of those games. You can make the argument it's the most talented team to ever play. It's almost like that life doesn't exist. Little did I know that one line would take on a far more powerful meaning in the years to come. Six players earned All-American status and six players were finalists for national awards, including Maxwell Award winner, Ken Dorsey, and Outland Trophy winner, Bryant McKinnie. That gave us a chance. 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. After that, there are issues like roster. / We had a player [backup LB Marlin Barnes] murdered on campus. It has been estimated that the 2001 Hurricanes would cost nearly $120 million as an NFL team as early as 2009. It was a challenge to figure out how to get through the rest of that game. 15 Washington 3429 on the road, while the Seminoles' lone loss was on the road to the #7 team in the country by 3. I remember when I recruited him, his coach told me, "You don't really know what you're getting." Record: 12-0 (1st of 117) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Won Rose Bowl 37-14 versus Nebraska. 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. Williams Portis is now a member of the Miami Hurricanes Hall of Fame. 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. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. ACC Network FAQs Reed has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 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. Sure enough, they run a slant, I go in to pick it off, and I spread my fingertips, and had my hands below my knee. Happy to be here, want to high-five everybody, and from the moment I walked into the locker room, it was you're gonna work. We let the country know what this whole season was going to be about. Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer In interviews with players and coaches, here . 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. Dorsey Roster includes most starters and key reserves. It goes beyond the talent, which speaks for itself: 38 NFL draft picks, including 17 first-rounders and at least one Hall of Famer in Ed Reed. A stacked defensive line room, with Vince Wilfork as a backup, too. They listened to us. Among the numerous stars on the 2001 Miami squad were: quarterback Ken Dorsey; running backs Clinton Portis, Willis McGahee, Najeh Davenport, and Frank Gore; tight end Jeremy Shockey; wide receiver Andre Johnson; offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie; defensive linemen Jerome McDougle, William Joseph, and Vince Wilfork; linebackers Jonathan Vilma and D.J. It really gave the players and the coaching staff somebody to rally behind. There were moments in that season that we felt we deserved to win those close games, because we outworked those teams in that offseason. Davis It has been achieved by the 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football teams and the 2012 Wisconsin Badgers football team. The Hokies, ranked No. Davenport went on to a seven year NFL career with the Packers, Steelers, and Colts, while averaging 4.6 yards per rush and scoring 13 touchdowns as a pro. 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. We let them drive right before the half and Ed Reed wasn't in that drive because he had dinged up his shoulder. Dorsey This past January, I sat in the press box at Hard Rock Stadium in the most bizarre setting for a national championship game, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Their closest test came on road against the Boston College Eagles in an 18-7 victory, that included a late Ed Reed-Matt Walters pick-six. But a diving, game-saving interception by Ed Reed sealed the Miami victory, 2624. Chudzinski Both teams were ranked in the top 15 at the time they played. So can 2016 Clemson, a team I covered throughout the season as an ACC reporter. The Panthers had six first-round draft picks on its '01 roster while Miami's '01 team eventually Joaquin said dominate, and we're not doing it! LB D.J. I think also, what rattled them was how much fun we had while being violent and being intense. S Ed Reed We were just too big, strong and fast, and way too physical. .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}. We look at each other, like how the hell did we do this? Miami beat Florida State 49-27 to remain undefeated, but a bigger test awaited Nov. 10 on a cold day at Boston College. In addition, Vilma, Shockey, Wilfork, Joseph, Rolle, McKinnie, and Reed have won the Super Bowl. 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