/ The 2001 team featured six All-Americans, and Dorsey was a Heisman Trophy finalist. The older guys took us under their wings and helped us. Rumph [citation needed] NFL individual records [when?] "They were the hardest workouts we ever did," cornerback Mike Rumph said. Nobody was too "big time" for anything. [15] Miami won its fifth national championship in the last 18 years, and put the finishing touches on a perfect 120 season. But we were a great team. Mission Statement 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.". 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. Coker Do you have a sports website? The atmosphere was too much for them. or thought they had just unlocked legendary status. The Panthers had six first-round draft picks on its '01 roster while Miami's '01 team eventually And they had a great defense. 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.". The ladies win their home finale, prep for their conference tournament matchup on Thursday. Dorsey 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. The players coming to my backing was a big asset in me getting the job. When the team takes ownership of its success, you know you have a championship culture. / Brown, who played for the Hurricanes' baseball team from 1998-2001, is the No . 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. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? S Ed Reed Romberg Miami had zero touchdowns. He was that father figure we were all afraid to disappoint. It wasn't like we were living at the top of the AP poll. The Hokies, ranked No. I'd agreed to a contract before Thanksgiving and my plan was to stay at the University of Miami for decades. If you didn't put in the work, there was somebody behind you ready to take over. Roster includes most starters and key reserves. As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. To me, it was special, and I knew it was going to be a tough game. You're sweating, you're bleeding, you're laying everything on the line for the guy next to you, and there was no envy." Miami followed up the victory with wins over Rutgers,[5] Pitt,[6] and Troy State.[7]. ACC Network FAQs Less than 24 hours to renew your football tickets! Chudzinski By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. We hadn't been there. "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. A jersey worn by late Hurricanes great Sean Taylor. We'd signed a great class. We were confident. Frank Gore was also on the 2001 national title Hurricanes roster. This team, who kept us out of the national championship, beat us our freshman year slammed the quarterback in the goal post that's what that was all about. When he dropped the two-point conversion, I was like, I need some prayer right now. QB Ken Dorsey Imagine that, a team with 38 future NFL picks feeling disrespected. In 2002, Miami again played for a national title, losing in overtime to Ohio State. "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. It was a program that was meant to sink or swim guys. I just remember on that play that the offensive lineman tried to cut my knees, and I remember finally getting it right. Hurricanes basketball coach Jim Larraaga highlights a 10-member University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame class. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. You could feel the crowd; you could feel the anger that we had, and how bad we wanted to beat them. Adversity hit shortly after the calendar turned to 2001, when coach Butch Davis left to become head coach with the Cleveland Browns. We probably could have scored 80 points. Reed Miami won 187.[11]. 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 got a lot of attention. That's how it goes in those games. And I did that, and I was like, "Oh, man, that felt good." We dominated those guys from start to finish, and Happy Valley wasn't so happy. 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. How good is that? I think it was kind of a weight off everybody's shoulders at the end. We had it in us, and we knew we had it in us. "But it was crucial to never show how much pain we were in. At the very end of January, [my family and I] ended up making the decision to leave. We wanted to beat them for two reasons, right? 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. A stacked defensive backs room, with Sean Taylor and Antrel Rolle as backups. As a true freshman coming in, I'm all smiles. Renew Now Close Topbar. 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. We liked what we had already, and we really wanted to just keep what we had. That atmosphere was crazy. 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. It was a bunch of these things that made us feel disrespected. #14. Internships Baseball. They've never seen an atmosphere like that. The Pro Football Hall of Fame class will be inducted during NFL Honors, which airs on ABC at 9 p.m. A lot of people don't realize the rivalry between Miami and Virginia Tech. Soldinger We were mentally driven. . We [were] truly a team. 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. They knew he was the straw that stirred the drink. 2001 Miami Hurricanes 1 of 20 Ronald Martinez/Getty Images One of the greatest college teams of all time also had one of the greatest draft pools of all time. They're just telling us we're No. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered the greatest college football team in college football history. This was because Miami had lost to No. ACC Network FAQs Oh, absolutely I was scared. We were pissed. It didn't really hit me until afterward. 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). It took that extra X Factor. Walters All rights reserved Dorsey / 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. Because we had that extra whatever. You were getting into a street fight when you went and played those guys. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Gonzalez Purchase Tickets. The thing that was most impressive about that team is that, at any point in time, a younger player could take your position. Rumph 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. Payton was on campus for five season and waiting his turn to be the starter which came after McGahees departure for the 2003 season. 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. It was so scary. We were bad that day. The leaders on that team were their best representatives -- doing all interviews asked of them. It's nothing new to us. Gore was a true freshman that got Hurricanes fans excited for the future as he averaged 9.1 yards per carry with 5 touchdowns in his first year on-campus. Our communication wasn't good. The University of Miami is known for producing excellent professional football players. In addition, Vilma, Shockey, Wilfork, Joseph, Rolle, McKinnie, and Reed have won the Super Bowl. '", Added former Syracuse coach Paul Pasqualoni: "That team was so talented, so explosive, so good on defense. OL Joel Rodriguez 1 defense. Vilma played for the 2001 Hurricanes; Bush played for the 2004 Trojans, widely regarded as two of the most talented teams ever assembled. Vilma The 2001 roster was loaded from top to bottom all over the field with names like Bryant McKinnie, Andre Johnson, and Jeremy Shockey as just the tip of the ice berg. Single Game Season Group. It is through the support of Hurricane fans and alumni that we are able to make a difference. And then on the practice field, he had that voice. Instead, they played their backups and won 37-14, a score that does not reflect the sheer dominance of that game. CB Markese Fitzgerald In all, 17 players from the team became first-round draft picks, and 38 players would be drafted, with stars like Vilma, Reed, Shockey, Wilfork and Portis earning multiple Pro Bowl bids. Reed has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Payton didnt enjoy the NFL success as the other running backs but did play for the Tennessee Titans in 2005. It really gave the players and the coaching staff somebody to rally behind. All rights reserved Though Miami dominated nearly every team it played, it had to survive a close one at Boston College in November. I wanted to win the national championship -- we wanted to win the national championship. 14 Syracuse, 59-0", "No. It was always tough. 1. 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. 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. Williams, Antrel Rolle, Vince Wilfork, Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Chris Myers, Andre Johnson No other team is even in the conversation. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. there was no mention of GOATs or legacies, just one line at the bottom that noted: "This UM team has joined elite company.". And I am a firm believer in that team, too. I have covered more national champions since 2001 Miami that could make their own claim, too. Jump inside of it. Najeh Davenport was in the three headed monster backfield of the 1998 season with Edgerrin James and James Jackson before injuring his knee. That's how much we've been around each other. BC was certainly a good team, and it looked like we weren't supposed to win it, but somehow we did. That off-season, the team resolved to take the matter entirely out of the discretion of the computers by going a perfect 120. The ability to handle situations and adversity. University of Miami; UM Sports Hall of Fame; Tickets. 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]. The Hurricane defense picked up the slack by limiting BC to just seven points. The Houston Texas took him third overall in the 2003 NFL draft. They kept telling us don't listen to our coaches, because we're getting our butts kicked. There's something about a night game in the Orange Bowl, there's something about that mystique. Miami took a 34-0 halftime lead before cruising to a 37-14 victory, winning the school's fifth national championship. 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. C Brett Romberg That roster included 38 players who went on to . The 2001 Hurricanes, who are . He was right. And he comes to me when we're in Pasadena, he's like, "Look, don't worry, it's gonna be easier in the game. Chudzinski You look back on it, and man, that was a great play by Mike, by me, by Ed. Davis If we needed to win it on defense, let's go win it on defense. We felt very disrespected, for the simple fact that we were coming into the season highly ranked, and they had a White Out game. They were all self-directed. In interviews with players and coaches, here . OT Bryant McKinnie I'm talking about the energy, the heat. Everybody's fired up. You had Phillip Buchanon and Mike Rumph, and you had Antrel Rolle behind them. So I continue to stick with Miami as the greatest team of all time. 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 played with Richie Incognito with the Rams, and he told me when they saw us get off the bus at Disney [during the week], they started laughing. In interviews with players and coaches, here . 2001 Football Rosters. And so much more. It happened twice in the Coliseum. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. Most people think that UM must have been losing, but no. And as a coach, you almost never want that -- guys on the ground, just a couple days before the game. Chudzinski Sponsorship Opportunities We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. And that kind of stuck with me. Odds & lines subject to change. 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. We're intense, pulling up on the buses. I'd been at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for years and we'd never beaten [Nebraska]. I don't know how General Custer felt, but I felt like General Custer. 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. 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. Gambling problem? $400,000 was initially raised to endow the scholarship, the only undergraduate award presented by the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame. It's Ed!". To go and win the game was quite an experience. Some of our most beloved Canes shared a meeting room in 2001. As a coach and players, you don't want to talk about it too much, but it's hard not to. 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. Little did I know that one line would take on a far more powerful meaning in the years to come. 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. Rankings from AP poll. 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. Former coach Butch Davis We're dead. 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. "Those guys were not just NFL players. 1 Miami Flattens No. 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 You grow up with the Rose Bowl and watching the parade and those games. "We really had leaders on that team, and I don't think that can be matched," Reed said. That was the first time I was ever a champion of anything, so I just wanted to stay in the locker room. 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. Don't ask me if I'm alright. Our freshman year, we redshirted, but we would go on road trips and have our jerseys on with sweatpants on the sideline. At that point, it was like, all right, the last game then we're going to ship. "I said, 'Our difference is, we were gonna try to outhit you.' And I'll never forget seeing the wave of red of Nebraska fans pulling up that seemed like it went for miles. 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. 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. McGahee played in the NFL from 2003-2013 including the year of rehab in 2003. They beat us 59-0 and we finished that season with 10 wins. That's to win the national championship. Like you knew in your bones that we were going to pull it out. 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. We all loved Dorsey, but we knew we had other skill sets and talent on that team. I was hurt before this game. That goes for everybody. We all had our careers that take off from there, but from my eyes, I was like, "What now?" Romberg Romberg Back at Miami, where he was named to the university's Hall of Fame back in 2011, Wayne helped The U to the 2001 national championship as a four-year starter, registering 173 catches for 2,510 . Behind Portis were Gore, McGahee and Payton with Davenport blocking for. I was tired. It seems like that every year. (From 1937 to 2001, bowl games did not count towards season statistics). Employment It was the other intangibles we were looking for.". I wanted to play more. 4 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. 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. 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. He made good decisions and he made everyone around him better. So can 2016 Clemson, a team I covered throughout the season as an ACC reporter. If you don't drive them, you're going to be in trouble. We gave up the bowl in 1995. 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. "I'm willing to line our 2001 team up against any collegiate institution, anytime, anywhere," center Brett Romberg said. Led by twelfth-year head coach Jim Larraaga, they play their home games at the Watsco Center on the university's campus in Coral Gables, Florida as members of the Atlantic . It started as a joke first, but it just went to like, no matter what you put us through, we can't be hurt. 1 offense against the No. After the close win over Boston College, Miami went on to win over #14 Syracuse, 590,[12] and #12 Washington, 657,[13] in consecutive weeks in the Orange Bowl. Kenny didn't have the strongest arm in football, but he was just a tremendous leader and just a playmaker. As cliche as it sounds, Miami wanted revenge. Shockey was diving for balls, Ed Reed was coming up full-speed, full-tackle. People were literally afraid to let the person next to them down. 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. . Rumph It was like, this is going to be outstanding for the next three, four, five years. 3 back. 14, proved to be a formidable opponent. Miami beat Florida State 49-27 to remain undefeated, but a bigger test awaited Nov. 10 on a cold day at Boston College. Football. I don't know a single person that wasn't pissed headed into that game. Like Portis, McGahee was a two-time Pro Bowl player and a national champion in 2001. ", Rumph 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. Rumph I'll never forget the year before, we beat Florida State and guys were celebrating, and Ed Reed told Dorsey to stand up and told everyone to start cheering for Ken Dorsey. It was the Hurricanes' 76th season of football and 11th as a member of the Big East Conference. The individual's put on the back burner for your brothers. It really set the stage -- to not only win but be a dominant team like we were. Gore finished his Miami career with 1,975 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground. 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