Jan 7, 2009. In interviews with players and coaches, here . They just accumulated so many good players that everybody was looking at them as like, 'How have they done this? "I mean, football, no question, I don't think anybody in college football could play with us. / Payton spent time in NFL Europe as well as the Canadian Football League. We watched that, perfected that. University of Miami; UM Sports Hall of Fame; Tickets. 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. I'd feel good about our team against anybody. They thought that we looked like a high school team. At that point, euphoric adrenaline runs over you. We sucked on offense. On Sept. 27, Miami returned to play at Pitt with a determination to press forward, resulting in a 43-21 win. It gives us extra incentive to go out and perform well every week.". 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. That's always what Miami had been about, and what set it apart in my mind. Gonzalez [15] Miami won its fifth national championship in the last 18 years, and put the finishing touches on a perfect 120 season. Fitzgerald I still have visions of Tommie Frazier leaving Gator defenders in his wake. Former Heisman Trophy Award winner Eric Crouch led the Nebraska Cornhuskers into the Rose Bowl to face the Miami Hurricanes in the 2001 national championship game.. They were a good team. Ed was somebody that would really talk to players. Before we even went to the game, we made "Ballin Boys." Vilma played for the 2001 Hurricanes . Because when Jimmy [Johnson] left after winning two national championships, they really changed the whole program, and I didn't want that to happen to those kids. Vilma got into a debate several years ago with former USC running back Reggie Bush when the two played for the New Orleans Saints. Nobody really wanted to work out at 1 p.m. in the scorching heat and high humidity in South Florida. 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]. And I am a firm believer in that team, too. ET on Feb. 10. Barry Jackson. It was a program that was meant to sink or swim guys. It's something we're used to playing with is that lack of respect. 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. 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. Rankings from AP poll. 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. We were mentally driven. I wanted to win the national championship -- we wanted to win the national championship. / Cleveland scored . A stacked running back room, which featured Frank Gore as the No. The Panthers had six first-round draft picks on its '01 roster while Miami's '01 team eventually There will be unsung heroes picking up blitzes. They would challenge each other to sprints, or whatever it was, and they held each other accountable and would not accept mediocrity. Can the Lions fix their defense? Larry wasn't a sexy hire at the time, and it's rare the players have that kind of influence over who gets hired. 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]. 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. 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. "Because you're trying to recruit the foundation of what's to come for the next four years. The ability to handle situations and adversity. I had to make it tough tough. Like you knew in your bones that we were going to pull it out. But a diving, game-saving interception by Ed Reed sealed the Miami victory, 2624. They had confidence. Rumph All rights reserved. We'd just beaten Florida in the Sugar Bowl and gone 11-1. And I did that, and I was like, "Oh, man, that felt good." Najeh Davenport was in the three headed monster backfield of the 1998 season with Edgerrin James and James Jackson before injuring his knee. Do you have a blog? including 17 first-rounders and at least one Hall of Famer in Ed Reed. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. I say five minutes into the game, they knew in their hearts that they were going to be outclassed and outmatched. And that kind of stuck with me. I would have got drafted higher and everything. Back then, we had availabilities three times a week with players, an open locker room after games and access to practice, too. I remember Ed coming up next to me. They had no chance of winning that game. Maybe Alabama last year. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. / The University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame contributes in many ways to the University and its athletic programs. 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. / I remember the doctor saying he couldn't really throw the ball. 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. I'll never forget, he said he really liked our team. 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. How many Miami Hurricanes are in the NFL Hall of Fame? We could see with our own eyes what made that team go. I turned around, and the next thing you know, the ball is floating to me in slow motion. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. As the 2001 Miami Hurricanes celebrated a fifth national championship in the Rose Bowl locker room 20 years ago, not one person screamed, 'GOAT!' The offense was terrible. 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. The individual's put on the back burner for your brothers. Privacy Policy You had to work. However, the ball ricocheted off the leg of Miami cornerback Mike Rumph, landing in the hands of defensive end Matt Walters. He was the perfect coach for our team, and his personality just meshed with us. We knew what route was coming on that play. A stacked defensive line room, with Vince Wilfork as a backup, too. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. We just knew we were going to win it all. People always say the great teams have to overcome a scare along the way. We hadn't been there. Its game at Florida State on Oct. 13 took on even greater meaning after what happened in 2000. All rights reserved Strength coach Andreu Swasey "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. And as a coach, you almost never want that -- guys on the ground, just a couple days before the game. 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. Dorsey Williams 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. That atmosphere was crazy. It's almost like that life doesn't exist. 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. You had Phillip Buchanon and Mike Rumph, and you had Antrel Rolle behind them. Larry Coker knew that once that baton got handed off, he wasn't changing anything. Rumph Terms of Service Overall, 38 members of the team would be selected in the NFL Draft. But we were a great team. / They pushed each other to the limit, and the one thing that separates that group, they were super, super competitive. With BC on the verge of a momentous upset, St. Pierre attempted to pass to receiver Ryan Read at the Miami 2-yard line. One of the greatest safeties in college football history, Reed twice earned first-team All-America honors while guiding the Hurricanes to a national championship in 2001Led the Hurricanes to four consecutive bowl victories, ending career with perfect 12-0 record and 2001 national championship win over Nebraska2001 BIG EAST Defensive Co-Player 1. The leadership. I was hurt before this game. If I slacked off at all, I wasn't going to play as much because Vince Wilfork is my backup. 14 Syracuse, 59-0", "No. And so much more. Gore finished his Miami career with 1,975 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground. McGahee played in the NFL from 2003-2013 including the year of rehab in 2003. All I could think as I looked on from the press box was, "I can't believe they're about to blow this," knowing full well a trip to the national championship and the Rose Bowl was on the line. 15 Washington 3429 on the road, while the Seminoles' lone loss was on the road to the #7 team in the country by 3. He basically announced to everybody, "This is our guy.". Coker Or write about sports? 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. Men's Sports . Vince Wilfork, Frank Gore, Kellen Winslow, Sean Taylor -- they were all NFL first-rounders and they were all back-ups on that team. It's a fun debate, but at the same time, the competitor in you has no doubt about where we stood. [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. I got you over the top." 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. The intelligence he had. Men's Basketball . There was a rumor that we were going to get that coach from Wisconsin, Barry Alvarez, and we were like, "We don't want him. Miami also holds a number of NFL Draft records, including most first-round selections in a single draft and most consecutive drafts with at least one first-round selection. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? We didn't know it was going to come down to a 2-point conversion, but the football Gods were with us on that day, and that kid dropped that ball. When we recruited him in high school, when I actually went to see him in person it was at a basketball game. I remember just sitting there like, "Damn.". OT Joaquin Gonzalez We line up, and Ed goes, "Mike, here comes the slant. We felt very disrespected, for the simple fact that we were coming into the season highly ranked, and they had a White Out game. There's something about a night game in the Orange Bowl, there's something about that mystique. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. When the team takes ownership of its success, you know you have a championship culture. Walters ACC Network FAQs It has been achieved by the 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football teams and the 2012 Wisconsin Badgers football team. "It wasn't about elite, starters, pecking orders, all that other great stuff," center Brett Romberg said. Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer 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. Renew Now , University of Miami 2023. Additional contributors included future stars Kellen Winslow II, Sean Taylor, Antrel Rolle, Vernon Carey, and Rocky McIntosh. If you dominate your responsibility and enough guys do that, then we'll be OK. A lot of people don't understand the context. Payton ran for 985 yards and 7 touchdowns as a senior and averaged 5 yards per carry over his career. What I remember most, though, is the sheer dominance. But when you play a team like that, you can't turn the ball over, and I think we ended up throwing four interceptions. Williams I didn't know at the time that this would be talked about as one of the best teams in college football. It was the other intangibles we were looking for.". It was one of those games where the score just got run up. At that point, it was like, all right, the last game then we're going to ship. [4] You were getting into a street fight when you went and played those guys. In addition, Vilma, Shockey, Wilfork, Joseph, Rolle, McKinnie, and Reed have won the Super Bowl. Chudzinski, Shannon and defensive backs coach Mark Stoops all went on to head-coaching jobs. But there was never any pressure on anybody because they always thought they were going to get it done. The Hurricanes began the season with a nationally televised primetime win over Penn State in Beaver Stadium. I knew this. There were moments in that season that we felt we deserved to win those close games, because we outworked those teams in that offseason. We were winning, but we left a lot of points on the field. Dorsey He didn't want it to be close at all. I was like, "Coach, call whatever you want, we're gonna win." This endowed scholarship was created in 1992, in the memory of beloved Hurricanes' Hall of Fame player and coach Walter Kichefski. 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. 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. Williams They were all self-directed. It was a bunch of these things that made us feel disrespected. I have covered more national champions since 2001 Miami that could make their own claim, too. 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. I went to a JUCO in Scranton, Penn. 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. 1 Miami Flattens No. Not a lot needed to be said. But Ernest Wilford dropped it. 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. He made good decisions and he made everyone around him better. To me, it was special, and I knew it was going to be a tough game. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. I'm talking about the energy, the heat. That's how it goes in those games. 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. Purchase Tickets. We weren't trying to sit here and showcase how fast and athletic we were. We've got one goal in mind. 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. We had 31 scholarships lost. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. You're gonna to fight. Read more about our data coverage. 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. Sponsorship Opportunities The same standings that kept Miami out of the 2000 national championship game. Dorsey Shannon "Dominate" had started the year before, breaking down the team before going into the locker room right before we came out for the game. Payton was on campus for five season and waiting his turn to be the starter which came after McGahees departure for the 2003 season. / 2001 Football Rosters. Don't ask me if I'm alright. We lost the year before, and it kept us out of the national championship game. It happened twice in the Coliseum. As much as the 2001 team has been glorified in the years since it won the national title, the Hurricanes opened the year ranked No. Kenny was the perfect guy. 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." Whats taking Mario so long to find Coaches? 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. 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