Before we even went to the game, we made "Ballin Boys." Payton ran for 985 yards and 7 touchdowns as a senior and averaged 5 yards per carry over his career. Greatest position rooms in Canes history: 2001 Running Backs. That 2001 season, it was like the season was already written. 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. The dominance on the field and at the next level was unparalleled throughout the. Johnson was a member of the Hurricanes' most recent national championship team in 2001. We're tougher than you think.". The season began on the road against Penn State, a matchup Miami viewed as a "statement game.". ", Rumph I say five minutes into the game, they knew in their hearts that they were going to be outclassed and outmatched. They were all self-directed. McGahee ran for 4.7 yards per carry and three touchdowns in reserve duty behind Clinton Portis in 2001. OC Rob Chudzinski We could see with our own eyes what made that team go. Adversity hit shortly after the calendar turned to 2001, when coach Butch Davis left to become head coach with the Cleveland Browns. We all felt that that Sugar Bowl game against Florida, we knew that we should have been playing for a national title. / 1 offense against the No. The consensus among college football analysts is that the 2001 Hurricanes had the most talented roster in history. Williams We were exhausted. RBs coach Don Soldinger He didn't care about scolding players if they didn't do their jobs. 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. (gofundme.com) Twenty years later, the 2001 Miami Hurricanes are widely regarded as one of the greatest college football teams of all time. Wayne and Moss were Seniors on that . Media Requests The nearly hundred-year-old Hurricanes pennant once waved by a member of Miami's original freshman class. Mission Statement At that point, euphoric adrenaline runs over you. Romberg 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. Its game at Florida State on Oct. 13 took on even greater meaning after what happened in 2000. Guys rallied behind him. Gonzalez Chudzinski Miami beat Florida State 49-27 to remain undefeated, but a bigger test awaited Nov. 10 on a cold day at Boston College. Not a lot needed to be said. The one newspaper that I still love to this day is the New York Times because they picked us as national champions at the end of the season. They embraced it, and that's when I learned the great ones want to be driven. I'd smile every time when I'd see them before the game and say, "Yeah, we're going to go at it. Dorsey passed for 362 yards and 3 touchdowns, while wide receiver Andre Johnson caught 7 passes for 199 yards and 2 touchdowns. Miami didn't have that edge. This Week in Miami Hurricanes Basketball: 2/27 Edition. February 26, 2023 11:32 AM. 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. We had 31 scholarships lost. 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. Gore finished his Miami career with 1,975 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground. [15] Miami won its fifth national championship in the last 18 years, and put the finishing touches on a perfect 120 season. And then on the practice field, he had that voice. 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. Internships Roster includes most starters and key reserves. The final hurdle to the Rose Bowl BCS National Championship Game was at Virginia Tech. / It was cold. It was the Hurricanes' 76th season of football and 11th as a member of the Big East Conference. 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. It was one of those things where it was kind of like inevitable for us, you know what I mean? I'll never forget the speed and tempo and competitiveness. 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. 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 And as a coach, you almost never want that -- guys on the ground, just a couple days before the game. 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. 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. McGahee didnt have the most prolific career, but the two years he suited up in his orange and green gear were exciting. We just knew we were going to win it all. We didn't do anything right. All rights reserved. or thought they had just unlocked legendary status. ACC Network FAQs Single Game Season Group. It is only now, with the perspective of history and time that those who suited up in 2001 understand -- and brag about -- what they accomplished in one magical season. You had Sean Taylor behind him. [1] The Hurricanes scored 512 (42.6 points per game) points while yielding only 117 (9.75 points allowed per game). It wasn't like we were living at the top of the AP poll. 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. It started as a joke first, but it just went to like, no matter what you put us through, we can't be hurt. We just hope that this train just doesn't go off the track. They were All-Pro NFL players," said Rick Neuheisel, who was Washington coach at the time. Vilma played for the 2001 Hurricanes . Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. The motivation of being upset and disappointed, that played a huge role in going to the Sugar Bowl and what we did against Florida to make a statement that we probably should've been the champs. Romberg We weren't trying to sit here and showcase how fast and athletic we were. This endowed scholarship was created in 1992, in the memory of beloved Hurricanes' Hall of Fame player and coach Walter Kichefski. There will be unsung heroes picking up blitzes. I turned around, and the next thing you know, the ball is floating to me in slow motion. . Women's Basketball. We were pissed. Gonzalez When I caught it, I wasn't thinking about running it back for a touchdown. 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. Like, literally none. Our freshman year, we redshirted, but we would go on road trips and have our jerseys on with sweatpants on the sideline. Ed was definitely yelling my name, "Matt! Reed has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I'd agreed to a contract before Thanksgiving and my plan was to stay at the University of Miami for decades. "We really had leaders on that team, and I don't think that can be matched," Reed said. Yea I've been hurt. It didn't really hit me until afterward. 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. We were bad that day. (From 1937 to 2001, bowl games did not count towards season statistics). But nobody wanted to waste the opportunity in front of them, either: A shot at the school's first national championship in 10 years. As cliche as it sounds, Miami wanted revenge. You grow up with the Rose Bowl and watching the parade and those games. Walters Shannon We sucked on offense. 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. We look at each other, like how the hell did we do this? 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. If Greg Schiano had not left and gone to Rutgers it would've been a potential for him to get the job, but I was glad for the staff and players that there wouldn't be a blow-up. I put my heart in this (expletive) dog. 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. 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. / 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. In the NFL he ran for 8,474 yards and 65 touchdowns over his career. They had confidence. I remember just sitting there like, "Damn.". Former Miami Dolphin and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jason Taylor and defensive ends coach Rod Wright talk on the field during practice at Greentree . 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. Can the Lions fix their defense? The Hurricanes began the season with a nationally televised primetime win over Penn State in Beaver Stadium. Hell, nah. We blocked a kick and a punt and blocked a field goal that day. He was the perfect coach for our team, and his personality just meshed with us. That drive starts with where this team started: in 1997, when Miami was at its lowest point as a football program, in the midst of NCAA sanctions that reduced its scholarship total to 15 in that signing class. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. C Brett Romberg 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. Dorsey Miami may have cost themselves an ACC title with their first home loss of the season. Shockey was diving for balls, Ed Reed was coming up full-speed, full-tackle. It's something we're used to playing with is that lack of respect. No team past that's been here [at Miami]. Miami beat opponents by an average of 32.9 points per game, the largest margin in the school's history, and set the NCAA record for largest margin of victory over consecutive ranked teams (1247). As one of the younger players on the team, that competition only made me better. Everything that we put into this, everything lined up when it needed to. 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 knew what route was coming on that play. Butch did a great job recruiting and developing and building the culture. 4 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. Chudzinski 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.". That goes for everybody. And whenever you do stuff like that, you believe you're going to win. / Williams 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. I wanted to win the national championship -- we wanted to win the national championship. Here's a look at 2001 Miami and 2017 . In the 2002 Rose Bowl against Nebraska, Portis ran for 104 yards and a touchdown with another long touchdown run called back for a phantom holding. 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. We had it in us, and we knew we had it in us. Like it was a fairy tale.". Davis left Miami after coaching the Hurricanes to an 11-1 season in 2000. I have covered more national champions since 2001 Miami that could make their own claim, too. 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. Everything in Ed wanted to destroy Florida State for so many reasons. 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. The guys suffer their worst loss of the season, but can still win the ACC. The intangibles he had. Find out more. ET on Feb. 10. He was that father figure we were all afraid to disappoint. Sponsorship Opportunities Williams They're driving to win, the whole stadium thought they were about to win. Less Than 24 Hours to Renew Your Tickets. It is through the support of Hurricane fans and alumni that we are able to make a difference. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. We hadn't been there. 14, proved to be a formidable opponent. 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. Walters You're gonna communicate and you're gonna stay together, or you've got to go. 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. Beamer Instead, they played their backups and won 37-14, a score that does not reflect the sheer dominance of that game. We made a song like the Super Bowl Shuffle, letting them know, "We're going to whoop y'all." To win a national championship, you have to win some you're not supposed to win. Privacy Policy Imagine that, a team with 38 future NFL picks feeling disrespected. That atmosphere was crazy. Barry Jackson. It's not the individual talent. Everyone knew [Clinton] Portis, but you had Willis McGahee and Frank Gore. Rumph The Houston Texas took him third overall in the 2003 NFL draft. Nobody was too "big time" for anything. Led by quarterback Ken Dorsey, free safety Ed Reed, running back Clinton Portis, wide receiver Andre Johnson, tight end Jeremy Shockey, offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie, and linebacker Jonathan Vilma, Miami won the 2001 national championship. 2. A lot of people don't realize the rivalry between Miami and Virginia Tech. All rights reserved I was like, "Coach, call whatever you want, we're gonna win." The scholarship recipient is chosen each year by the football coaches . Men's Basketball . That felt good for all of us. OT Bryant McKinnie That's always what Miami had been about, and what set it apart in my mind. It is unreal how deep their roster was in 2001. You may win one, but we're gonna win 20 of them, and it's not gonna stop.'". It was my first game ever to be a head coach and it was against Joe Paterno. The older guys took us under their wings and helped us. Gore has added another 77 rushing touchdowns on his way into the NFL record books. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 12:48AM. I remember Ed coming up next to me. So can 2016 Clemson, a team I covered throughout the season as an ACC reporter. 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. I got you over the top." 2001 Football Rosters. The ability to handle situations and adversity. Portis was an even bigger weapon in the NFL over his nine year career. Years later in the NFL, I'm hearing people like, "Man, I listened to that song.". You know I'm hurt, yet we let them score two touchdowns. Clinton Portis was one of the many future NFL stars who led the Hurricanes to the 2001 title -- and a place in football lore. That was the first time I was ever a champion of anything, so I just wanted to stay in the locker room. 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. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Portis is now a member of the Miami Hurricanes Hall of Fame. With Coker in place as head coach and key players like Reed and McKinnie returning for their senior seasons, the Hurricanes knew what was in front of them. It was unreal, just to see the trophy come out. 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. After that, there are issues like roster. My AC [joint] was sprained, and everybody came and asked me if I'm hurt. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). The environment was pretty spectacular. We were mentally driven. The 2001 Hurricanes, who are . 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