We dominated those guys from start to finish, and Happy Valley wasn't so happy. Additional contributors included future stars Kellen Winslow II, Sean Taylor, Antrel Rolle, Vernon Carey, and Rocky McIntosh. "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. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? McGahee didnt have the most prolific career, but the two years he suited up in his orange and green gear were exciting. 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. 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. S Ed Reed The Hurricane defense picked up the slack by limiting BC to just seven points. Miami had zero touchdowns. RB Najeh Davenport 1 in both polls -- was sitting at No. In interviews with players and coaches, here . / Davis BC was certainly a good team, and it looked like we weren't supposed to win it, but somehow we did. It was a program that was meant to sink or swim guys. Romberg I would have got drafted higher and everything. Like Portis, McGahee was a two-time Pro Bowl player and a national champion in 2001. That goes for everybody. Jan 7, 2009. Walters Everyone knew [Clinton] Portis, but you had Willis McGahee and Frank Gore. Purchase Tickets. If I slacked off at all, I wasn't going to play as much because Vince Wilfork is my backup. Terms of Service Three trades in a chaotic top five, The new law changing service academy football, and the coaches pushing back, Realignment chatter: How the Pac-12 holds the key to it all. Guess what: He's still not finished . Because we had that extra whatever. The older guys took us under their wings and helped us. "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. 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. After building up a 40 record, Miami won over Florida State in Doak Campbell Stadium, 4927,[8] ending the Seminoles' 47-game home unbeaten streak. We had a player [backup LB Marlin Barnes] murdered on campus. The offense was terrible. Hurricanes Can Finish With Best Regular Season in Program History. McGahee played in the NFL from 2003-2013 including the year of rehab in 2003. They were all self-directed. 1 in both polls -- was sitting at No. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Behind Portis were Gore, McGahee and Payton with Davenport blocking for. Most people think that UM must have been losing, but no. [4] 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. I just remember on that play that the offensive lineman tried to cut my knees, and I remember finally getting it right. Whats taking Mario so long to find Coaches? In interviews with players and coaches, here . He had the respect of those players. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). 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.". It was so scary. When it came time for the 2001 Miami Hurricanes to do their summer workouts, they had one plan in mind: Make it as grueling as possible. Dorsey Gonzalez 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. Guys rallied behind him. 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. All rights reserved. "I'm willing to line our 2001 team up against any collegiate institution, anytime, anywhere," center Brett Romberg said. 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 knew this. We're intense, pulling up on the buses. In an article I wrote in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that October, quarterback Ken Dorsey said, "People around the country don't really respect our talent or our capabilities as a team. He basically announced to everybody, "This is our guy.". Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. The Hurricanes then defeated West Virginia, 453,[9] and Temple, 380,[10] before heading to Chestnut Hill to take on Boston College (BC). Cleveland scored . Walters I'd smile every time when I'd see them before the game and say, "Yeah, we're going to go at it. 4 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. LB D.J. We watched that, perfected that. That atmosphere was crazy. We sucked on offense. Payton didnt enjoy the NFL success as the other running backs but did play for the Tennessee Titans in 2005. DT Matt Walters OL Joel Rodriguez The individual's put on the back burner for your brothers. Rumph It wasn't something given. We've got one goal in mind. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered the greatest college football team in college football history. Some felt that Miami got snubbed in a chance to compete for the BCS Championship game. It was one of those games where the score just got run up. 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. Their roster was loaded with future first-round picks -- from Andre Johnson to Jeremy Shockey to Vince Wilfork and at least one NFL Hall of Famer in Ed Reed. But that goes to the larger point: The focus was not on their talent, but on gaining the respect those players felt had been denied to them going back to high school. 2001 Football Rosters. 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. Sponsorship Opportunities "Because you're trying to recruit the foundation of what's to come for the next four years. 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. How deep was the 2001 Miami Hurricane roster? And if you're not on board with this, you got to go. In 2002, Miami again played for a national title, losing in overtime to Ohio State. 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]. Williams As one of the younger players on the team, that competition only made me better. We were confident. ET on Feb. 10. Payton spent time in NFL Europe as well as the Canadian Football League. Twenty years later, the 2001 Miami Hurricanes are widely regarded as one of the greatest college football teams of all time. It was the Hurricanes' 76th season of football and 11th as a member of the Big East Conference. I still have visions of Tommie Frazier leaving Gator defenders in his wake. When we recruited him in high school, when I actually went to see him in person it was at a basketball game. 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. These guys were special people. Miami took a 34-0 halftime lead before cruising to a 37-14 victory, winning the school's fifth national championship. With BC on the verge of a momentous upset, St. Pierre attempted to pass to receiver Ryan Read at the Miami 2-yard line. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? 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. 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. / Nobody really wanted to work out at 1 p.m. in the scorching heat and high humidity in South Florida. They should have gone back to high school where they do the running clock. And whenever you do stuff like that, you believe you're going to win. Find out more. Media Requests We'd been through so much pain. My AC [joint] was sprained, and everybody came and asked me if I'm hurt. The players and coaches, first and foremost, were accessible. I remember when I recruited him, his coach told me, "You don't really know what you're getting." 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. Its game at Florida State on Oct. 13 took on even greater meaning after what happened in 2000. Despite Miami beating Florida State head-to-head that season and being higher ranked in both human polls, it was Florida State, and not Miami, that BCS computers selected to challenge the Oklahoma Sooners for the national championship (Oklahoma would win, 132). 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. 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 . It didn't really hit me until afterward. there was no mention of GOATs or legacies, just one line at the bottom that noted: "This UM team has joined elite company.". 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 was my first game ever to be a head coach and it was against Joe Paterno. And so much more. McGahee single handedly beat the Florida Gators in 2002 rushing for over 200 yards in the contest. There are vivid moments that stand out to me that season. Little did I know that one line would take on a far more powerful meaning in the years to come. Clinton Portis was one of the many future NFL stars who led the Hurricanes to the 2001 title -- and a place in football lore. And that kind of stuck with me. A lot of people doubted if they should have made the championship. Incognito told me at halftime, their coach basically said, "Guys let's just try to keep this thing close," and he said that right in front of the athletic director. It was grit and toughness for him, and it was important he was in there the whole time. In the NFL he ran for 8,474 yards and 65 touchdowns over his career. It is through the support of Hurricane fans and alumni that we are able to make a difference. Chudzinski DC Randy Shannon Romberg Reed is seen shouting at his teammates, "I'm hurt dog! Williams, Antrel Rolle, Vince Wilfork, Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Chris Myers, Andre Johnson No other team is even in the conversation. A stacked defensive line room, with Vince Wilfork as a backup, too. Miami hasn't won a title since 2001, although the Hurricanes have cause for debate about the next season's Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio State. 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. We gave up the bowl in 1995. Beamer They just accumulated so many good players that everybody was looking at them as like, 'How have they done this? / Rumph "It wasn't about elite, starters, pecking orders, all that other great stuff," center Brett Romberg said. It was the other intangibles we were looking for.". . To solidify going to a national championship without having to worry about if somebody else was going to lose -- that was special. CB Mike Rumph In all, an extraordinary 17 players from the 2001 Miami football team were drafted in the first-round of the NFL Draft (5 in the 2002 NFL Draft: Buchanon, McKinnie, Reed, Rumph, and Shockey; 4 in 2003: Johnson, Joseph, McDougle, and McGahee; 6 in 2004: Carey, Taylor, Vilma, Wilfork, Williams, and Winslow; 1 in 2005: Rolle; and 1 in 2006: Kelly Jennings). He was leading stuff, telling guys what to do, up and down the court with the ball in his hands, and you could just see this guy had that magical feel for how to play team games. Coker Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. So can 2016 Clemson, a team I covered throughout the season as an ACC reporter. 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. 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. "We really had leaders on that team, and I don't think that can be matched," Reed said. ACC Network FAQs 2001 Miami Hurricanes footballconsensus national champions, 2001 Big East Conference football standings, 2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, 2001 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, 2001 Florida State Seminoles football team, 2001 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, would cost nearly $120 million as an NFL team, "CFB 150: Top 10 teams in college football history - Sporting News", "The 150 greatest teams in college football's 150-year history - ESPN", "The 2001 Miami Hurricanes Would Beat Any Team, Any Time - FanBuzz", "Hurricanes Roll Past Penn State, 33-7:: Ken Dorsey throws three touchdown passes to lead Miami", University of Miami (FL) Athletic Department, "No. And I've debated that, and it's like, 'Yeah, whatever, you can talk.' We win, and we're in that locker room, and when you work for something for so long, and you achieve it, there's a certain sadness. Soon, that entire mentality took hold across the entire team. "I just think our mental toughness was just as impressive as our physical and athletic ability. Brown, who played for the Hurricanes' baseball team from 1998-2001, is the No . It really set the stage -- to not only win but be a dominant team like we were. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. I say five minutes into the game, they knew in their hearts that they were going to be outclassed and outmatched. 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. I never experienced that, just to sit there and say, "I'm the best, and that was a product of all our work." McGahee ran for 4.7 yards per carry and three touchdowns in reserve duty behind Clinton Portis in 2001. The leadership. 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. Women's Basketball. Najeh Davenport was in the three headed monster backfield of the 1998 season with Edgerrin James and James Jackson before injuring his knee. The ladies win their home finale, prep for their conference tournament matchup on Thursday. The knee injuries couldnt hold Gore back as hes still running the rock in the NFL today. Let's go, man! 1 offense against the No. Please consider making a secure donation today by clicking the link below. The 2001 team featured six All-Americans, and Dorsey was a Heisman Trophy finalist. It has been estimated that the 2001 Hurricanes would cost nearly $120 million as an NFL team as early as 2009. We never got worried. Vilma played for the 2001 Hurricanes . Compete for the next four years but the two years he suited up in his orange and green gear exciting. 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