@@vershawnsea9219 Know wuts crazier!? In that years NFL draft... 17, SEVENTEEN HURRICANES WERE DRAFTED!! Like, we will never see that again!! INSANE...
Willis McGahee playing fullback lol... the next season he was 2nd in the Heisman as the starting RB.. and he only started because frank gore tore his ACL
As an Oregon fan, I'm miffed we didn't get the shot over Nebraska but also kind of relieved because nobody was touching Miami that year. That roster was insane.
As a Husker fan, this one hurt for a while. Years later it did make me feel a little better knowing how many future NFL players that Miami team had. If we played them 10 times we might have come close once, lol.
@@masbells9793 Please stop the🧢. The luck eyes were essentially gift wrapped a NC with one of the worst P.I. calls in college football history, that literally would have given Miami the win and the title in OT. That 02 Miami squad would've REALISTICALLY beaten 02 Ohio State 9 out of 10 times. Y'all got your 1 that night, which really shouldn't have been.
@@jeffreyleohner3247 2001 Miami played there regular season in 2001. The Rose Bowl was played in early January 2002. The 2002 Hurricanes played there regular season in 02. National Championship in early January 2003.
In a 32-season span, Miami and Nebraska won 10 national championships. 1970, 71, 83, 87, 89, 91, 94, 95, 97, 01. Since 2002, these two teams have done almost nothing.
Both teams really have dropped to the bottom of college football. Canes went to the ACC CCG only once and couldn't even win that one. College kids today have grown up never seeing either of these teams be good.
Imagine if Frank didn’t blow out both his knees and McGahee didn’t totally blow out his knee we would’ve beat Ohio State with ease. Frank Gore would’ve been NFL all time leader in yards and probably would’ve had a couple of 2k seasons. He is a Hall of Famer now after having to change his running style once he got there. I was on the team from 87-89 and there was a stable of great backs there Melvin Bratton, Cleveland Gary, Warren Williams, Stephen McGuire, Leonard Conely and others after I left I love the position and know when I see good to great backs but Frank Gore is the best I’ve ever seen. I think Barry Sanders is the best ever as far his stats and his abilities with that being said I feel a injury free Frank Gore is better and even more of a natural than the GREAT BARRY SANDERS.
and here we are 20 years later, and Nebraska still hasnt caught up to modern offenses...I cant name a single WR, TE or QB that Nebraska has put in the NFL since the turn of the century..it seems like Nebraska was the school you went to if you want and OL, DL, LB or RB..
Without this game, we wouldn't have the zone read option and the spread to run philosophy of offense we have now. This defense forced that change, and it should have happened well before this game.
Wow this might be the most dominant team in the history of college football. So many future NFL superstars..some on the bench because the guys in front of them are just so good. Yeah I think the triple option offense died on this night.
It's the most talented team in the history of college football, not the most dominant and not the greatest. They had at least two games which were close in the 4th quarter. The 1995 Huskers were the most dominant team in the history of college football, because they never trailed any game all season in the last 40 minutes, along with 10+ other stats. The 1971 Huskers are the greatest team of all time.
@@LizardCane I just said they were the most talented team in the history of college football, that's hardly minimizing them. That team produced SEVENTEEN First Round NFL Draft picks, of which Frank Gore and Clinton Portis WEREN'T a part of.
Neb fan here. We had no business being in that game. Props to Miami. One of the greatest CFB teams of all time. Would love to see them head to head against the 95 Huskers
You guys were good, but we were literally shutting out and blowing out ranked teams consistently all season. Miami was just on a different level from everyone
I don’t think there was a player on the Nebraska team that could’ve started on this Miami team. The final score doesn’t accurately reflect the talent gap.
He was EXTREMELY BIASED against Miami.. How many complements or excitement for Miami like he does for Good Ole' Nebraska... Thats all im goin to say about his Character #FalseProphets
@@rashadellison9458 your opinion. Watched Keith from the late 70s. Where he was truthful, I never heard bias. Please point to this "extreme bias" with examples vs his truthful about the situation. We'll wait.
They literally called any and everything on the canes but damn what a game brings back memories this is when college football was real football love it great video
Everyone talks about the P.I. call, but conveniently ignores the blown call on Jenkins catch with 1:40 to go in the 4th that would've ended the game. Nope, Miami fans don't get that excuse.
I remember watching the BCS bowl selection show. When my dad asked where we were playing and i said we are playing Miami he couldnt believe and neither could I.
Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Sean Taylor, Vince Wilfork, Antrel Rolle, and Kellen Winslow Jr were all backups during this season. That's how loaded this Miami squad was.
Miami has 2 maybe 4 NFL hall of famers. Shockey was a star in the NFL as well. Portis, Mcgahee, Dorsey also played in the NFL. Insane roster for Miami, especially offensively.
:49 seconds in I see myself with the 44 Dan Morgan jersey. Being a California Cane who lives ten minutes from the Rose Bowl there was no way in hell I would miss this game!
We could have scored 70 on these boys in the national title game. Bring it back Mario. Some people have amnesia but give us 3 recruiting classes. You'll see. Remember this team had to come from probation and the program decimated
Nebraska in their history have a couple teams that are routinely listed among the best ever. It's hard to see a road back to that level of dominance at this point
@@dumbguy6843 Yeah. That option was run to perfection by the Huskers and was just about unstoppable. But it's a new era and they can't recruit skill players like they once did
1:35 rofl Pro Bowler, Pro Bowler, Pro Bowler, Pro Bowler/Hall of Fame Probably the least gifted player on this team was Ken Dorsey who only went something like 38-2, won the Maxwell, and was a 2 x Heisman Finalist. The running backs have over 36,000 NFL rushing yards, 9 Pro Bowls and a Gold Jacket between the 4 men. There'll never be another team like this.
This was absolutely brutal if you watch the game in the trenches. Nebraska was getting destroyed everywhere and it wasn’t even close. @38:20 pretty much summed this one up
This game was the end of the Huskers years of 10 win seasons and dominance. Starting in 2002, they'd fall back and haven't been a title threat since. As for this game, its hard to say who should have played MIA in the game. All hell broke loose after the Huskers got stomped by Colorado and every team with a chance to play for a title after that lost. Colorado should have gotten the shot here, they beat Nebraska and won the Big 12. Would it have mattered? No, Miami would have curb stomped them as well. The 2001 Canes should be seen as one of the 2 or 3 greatest teams of all-time in college football.
Jonathon Vilma!!! The only linebacker fast enough to catch Vick on madden. Back then (madden 2004) Vick was a menace, the only counter was picking the jets and putting Vilma as a qb spy full time. He always ran vick down.
Nebraska has zero business playing in this game and it showed. Colorado put up 60 on this team. Nebraska didn’t even win their division within the big 12
I was a Nebraska fan (don't really follow sports anymore), but I am not sure how I would have felt if they had somehow managed to beat Miami because of the way they lost to Colorado. I know there was some sort of math formula that put them into the game, and my memory is hazy as to the other potential contenders, but losing 62-36 (and looking like a Division 3 team playing on defense) doesn't scream "We deserve to be there." I guess I would have rationalized that beating Miami would negate the loss, but I don't know. Miami saved me from any moral football anguish, lol. If someone like Jimmy Johnson were the coach, the score would have been worse - he definitely would have run it up.
Yup I always thought Larry Coker showed a lot of class in that second half because this game surely could have ended up with a score of 70-0 or thereabouts.
How many touchdowns were called back on Miami due to penalties and yet they still scored ! Still the best “team” of all time in college history. It really gets obvious when you see how many in this team went on to be NFL Hall of Fame members .. no other college team compares… not even close!
Crouch actually did very well this game….114 yds rushing…they had trouble with him…watching the game live 21 years ago seemed worse…just got done watching here, Miami didn’t look as dominating as I remembered…they had one running play that was good, and about 5 passes that went long (one where the defender slipped)…very talented team no doubt, but not the best ever….95 Nebraska completely dismantled (with the run mind you) #2 Florida 63-24 in a game Florida was picked to win. The blackshirts shut down the passing game of a Heisman winning QB in that game. Miami beat a Nebraska team that didn’t deserve to be in the BCS game by 3 scores. Not even close to being the best ever, 95 Nebraska was easily better and more dominating….
You confuse future NFL talent with a great college team. Miami needed a last minute pick 6 to beat a BC team that ended up 8-4. The barely beat a VT (2 points) team that ended up 8-4 also. The closest Husker game after the 3Q was a 21 point lead & Nebraska beat 4 top 10 teams by an average of 19 to 18.25. Nebraska was far more dominant than the Hurricanes.
As a Nebraska fan, I knew going in that the Huskers had no business playing in this game. They got blown out and couldn't win their own division, let alone their own conference. And given how much of a tear Miami was on, no one was going to beat them.
This was a complete mismatch!! But, what caused Nebraska to be beaten so badly was mistakes and a flawed offensive strategy. There are offensive plays within the option system that were developed to handle a massive upfield rush like this Miami team had. They existed back then. That play series is the midline option. The fundamental theory like the load option, triple option and counter option is to eliminate at least one defender. In the case of the mid-line option, the defensive tackle is read while the guard goes to the LB. If the DT hesitates, release the ball to the FB in an isolation play. If DT crashes, QB pulls the ball and goes in behind the guard like a RB isolation play. This is usually run out of double wing sets, twins and trips sets. The cousin of this play is the zone read option that is popular now. What gets me is why in such an important game the preparation for this opponent wasn't more extensive. There were at least 12 game tapes for Miami that season. Certainly, some strategy could have been developed to handle that upfield rush. Whether it would have turned the tide of the game, I can't say. But, Nebraska showed they could run the ball with some effectiveness, no matter how intermittent. Still, something should have been done to force Miami to run only base stuff.
@@Mike-yj5yw yes, the Miami players were better. But, Nebraska didn't do themselves any favors. Regardless of what they did, Miami would have won, I agree. But, a better strategy would likely have meant a more respectable showing.
@@charlesshankle3178 This was a total mismatch. U can’t run that 80’/90’s style option against a defense with that kind of talent & speed. I’m still pissed Coker completely took his foot off the pedal in the 2nd Half.
@@Mike-yj5yw I fully agree with your statement. I played in an option offense when I played football. But, there are techniques in regards to blocking to try and mitigate some of the upfield rush.Those techniques weren't even tried in this game and that's astonishing. With a defense like this, the I formation with power and load options is a terrible system to use. Even coaches that adhere to option systems state this. This game caused them to convert to double-wing, flexbone and shotgun based option sets with linemen using wide splits and more than two receiving threats at the LOS. The RPO started being used after this game because of what this defense could do. This game really was the game that caused option coaches to alter some of their offensive and game planning principles. Twenty-one years later, this game is still studied and used as a demonstrator for what not to do in a game and what can happen when appropriate adjustments are not made regardless of who one is playing against. The reason being is the mismatch was so staggering. To your point it was a total mismatch in every possible way. Still, a strategy has to be undertaken that keeps the damage down and eliminates errors. This didn't happen. You're right to be mad at Coker for not dropping 70.
Yah, This nebraska team was the beginning of the end. Basically the first team without Osborne recruited and trained players. I believe two years after McBride (great defensive coordinator) retired. The reason Crouch got so many yards is because Nebrskas RBs werent what they used to be. No one to pitch to. And Solich just wasnt the offensive innovator Osborne was. Wasnt really that great at determining the best talent to start either. That game where they got blown out by Colorado was 2 things, CU's offensive line dominated and total incompetency by the Defensive coordinator in not leaving a middle linebacker in the middle behind the line. Even the commenters were basically saying WTF. But lets be honest, this Miami team had ridiculous amount of talent, but really didnt play that well together considering. I think the 96 NU team would have handled this 2002 Miami team. That team could do everything including pass the ball and they were fast, big, and tough as hell.
Great assessment. As great as the 1995 NU team was, I would still give the 01’ Canes the win by a slight margin. I don’t think NU would have ran up and down the field against Miami. As gifted as TF was, I don’t think his passing would have been good enough to keep them at bay.
@@reggieshuford965 right too bad 1995 Nebraska had better talent then 2001 team. Nebraska had talent on that 1995 team, nothing else ask Ray Lewis, Warren Sapp and so on what it was like facing the 1994 team
Sorey98....... sorry but Miami had the most talent far as any college team.... look at all the NFL players they produced off that team!!!!!! HOF players and pro bowlers!!!! Check the history no cap!!!
@@reggieshuford965 oh goodie yet that talent only won them one National Championship, plus didn't win few game big unlike some teams. 1995 Nebraska won easily plus also put guys in the NFL as well
@@adeenbenyasharal5412 Miami joined the ACC in 2004. Miami's overall record while still in the Big East the 3 years PRIOR to leaving for the ACC is as follows: 2003: 11-2 2002: 12-1 2001: 12-0 Now compare that to their first 3 years in the ACC: 2004: 9-3 2005: 9-3 2006: 7-6 you cant be this clueless, lol....maybe do some simple research before you run your mouth next time. the records show they clearly fell, after they left, not before.
@@Central_Media3656 so Miami was 35-3 in their last 3 years in Big East, then went to the ACC and in the next 3 years went 25-12, and that idiot needs the point of it all explained to him???? 🤨 When the acc invited miami, they were one of the hottest teams in CFB. you just trolling??
@@Central_Media3656 you're the one that's clueless. Miami had clearly lost there dominance by 2004. 11-2 in '03 with declining discipline, inconsistent offense, close calls. Even the '02 team was at times clearly not prepared as good as they would've been under Butch. Those records '01-'03 prior to joining the ACC were of the backs of Butch's players. Again, by '04 Miami was already a shadow of what they had just recently been. A lot of it having to do with Larry Coker not being as good a recruiter as Butch as well not as much of a disciplinary coach.
@@adeenbenyasharal5412 Miami was 35-3. thats THRITY FIVE WINS, and just THREE losses in three years. One of us is clueless. I will let the facts stand, and you can trip over that record all you want to try and save some face. Enjoy.
And Miami was better than FSU and should have played Oklahoma for the National Championship for the 2000 season. Either way Miami would have beaten UF and Oklahoma. Go Canes!
@@jeremiahhudson302 Florida lost to aubrun AND tennessee AT home when travis stephens went for over 200 yards rushing. Florida is pathetic for letting the vols come into town and do that to them. Miami would have obliterated them, don't forget that same tenn team went on to lose to lsu in the sec championship. The only team that could have maybe made it a game is maybe colorodo and maybe oregon
@@TheVirtualSportsNetwork Harrington wouldn't have fared any better against that Miami team. Oregon played a soft PAC10 schedule and lost to an unranked Stanford. The only reason you heard talk about how Oregon should have gotten a shot is because Colorado shat the bed in the Fiesta Bowl. There is a reason this Miami team gets the clout it does. Nobody that year even came close to touching Miami. You would have had to go back to the 94' and 95' Nebraska teams to try and find an opponent to put up a fight.
I've watched a few of these 2001 Miami Hurricanes highlights videos and I can't help but wonder who would if they played any of Saban's national championship teams at Alabama. Also is it just me or was this a heavily penalized teams, considering how talented and dominant they were? This team seemingly had a whole bunch of illegal procedure or illegal shift penalties against them
Saban watched the same clips from the U 😭 how you think they was so good saban made sure he have a backup warming up on the bench if something was to happen to his starter he learned from Miami 🙌🏾
If Miami had a Great Qb this would be the best team ever! might be even without one? I can't believe NEB ran the triple option on DJ, Vilma, and Ed Reed! lol
"Andre Johnson and Frank Gore are back waiting for the kick off" is ALL you should know about this Miami team! LOL
Thats crazy lol
@@vershawnsea9219 Know wuts crazier!? In that years NFL draft...
17, SEVENTEEN HURRICANES WERE DRAFTED!! Like, we will never see that again!! INSANE...
@@RequiemForABuckeye I meant to type total in the draft... Good catch
Willis McGahee playing fullback lol... the next season he was 2nd in the Heisman as the starting RB.. and he only started because frank gore tore his ACL
I played against Frank in high school. Dude was no joke! Hard to tackle
As an Oregon fan, I'm miffed we didn't get the shot over Nebraska but also kind of relieved because nobody was touching Miami that year. That roster was insane.
I just looked at the BCS to see who was 3rd and 4th. You guys just missed out but don't think the outcome would have been different.
Oregon and UF were the next best teams, although uf wet the bed vs Tenn. At home in the reschedulef finale.imo. Smh.
Hell this made me ok with Texas losing to Colorado in the Big 12 title game. Texas would have been humiliated by Miami.
The greatest collection of college players.. and great pro players, HOF greats. UM was loaded 4 NFL RBs on that team. The great ED Reed, etc.
As a Husker fan, this one hurt for a while. Years later it did make me feel a little better knowing how many future NFL players that Miami team had. If we played them 10 times we might have come close once, lol.
After this game I had 8tds with Eric couch against them next season in ncca football
Too bad it wasn’t your team to beat the U, Ohio State did it the next year. My U could’ve beaten them 9 of 10 times.
@@masbells9793 Please stop the🧢. The luck eyes were essentially gift wrapped a NC with one of the worst P.I. calls in college football history, that literally would have given Miami the win and the title in OT. That 02 Miami squad would've REALISTICALLY beaten 02 Ohio State 9 out of 10 times. Y'all got your 1 that night, which really shouldn't have been.
How is Miami playing Nebraska in the 2002 Rose Bowl, when Ohio State beat Miami in the 2002 National Championship?
@@jeffreyleohner3247 2001 Miami played there regular season in 2001. The Rose Bowl was played in early January 2002. The 2002 Hurricanes played there regular season in 02. National Championship in early January 2003.
In a 32-season span, Miami and Nebraska won 10 national championships. 1970, 71, 83, 87, 89, 91, 94, 95, 97, 01. Since 2002, these two teams have done almost nothing.
rather be Miami today than Nebraska.
The NCAA changed so many rules were changed because of Miami, not to mention getting robbed against Ohio State
and 3 of those teams are top 3 of all time
Add Oklahoma. 74, 75, 84, 2000
Both teams really have dropped to the bottom of college football. Canes went to the ACC CCG only once and couldn't even win that one. College kids today have grown up never seeing either of these teams be good.
This game alone dropped every player on that Nebraska team draft stock, while raising every Cane’s 😂
Actually no that would have been the Colorado game. This was a formality.
This team was so good Shawn Taylor frank gore and mcgahee came off the bench
Imagine if Frank didn’t blow out both his knees and McGahee didn’t totally blow out his knee we would’ve beat Ohio State with ease. Frank Gore would’ve been NFL all time leader in yards and probably would’ve had a couple of 2k seasons. He is a Hall of Famer now after having to change his running style once he got there. I was on the team from 87-89 and there was a stable of great backs there Melvin Bratton, Cleveland Gary, Warren Williams, Stephen McGuire, Leonard Conely and others after I left I love the position and know when I see good to great backs but Frank Gore is the best I’ve ever seen. I think Barry Sanders is the best ever as far his stats and his abilities with that being said I feel a injury free Frank Gore is better and even more of a natural than the GREAT BARRY SANDERS.
There were 7-8 first rounders on kickoff coverage in that game 😂
Along with Vince Wolfork
Not to mention Antrel Rolle and KW2
Buckeyes were the more solid team
This is the game that effectively ended major college programs running the triple option. With all that NFL talent, the Huskers never stood a chance.
and here we are 20 years later, and Nebraska still hasnt caught up to modern offenses...I cant name a single WR, TE or QB that Nebraska has put in the NFL since the turn of the century..it seems like Nebraska was the school you went to if you want and OL, DL, LB or RB..
Without this game, we wouldn't have the zone read option and the spread to run philosophy of offense we have now. This defense forced that change, and it should have happened well before this game.
Wow this might be the most dominant team in the history of college football. So many future NFL superstars..some on the bench because the guys in front of them are just so good. Yeah I think the triple option offense died on this night.
It's the most talented team in the history of college football, not the most dominant and not the greatest. They had at least two games which were close in the 4th quarter. The 1995 Huskers were the most dominant team in the history of college football, because they never trailed any game all season in the last 40 minutes, along with 10+ other stats. The 1971 Huskers are the greatest team of all time.
@@gynandroidhead 2020 Alabama is now the greatest of all time without a doubt.
@@gynandroidhead why are you minimizing Miami 2001?
@@keiththomas8446 NO
@@LizardCane I just said they were the most talented team in the history of college football, that's hardly minimizing them. That team produced SEVENTEEN First Round NFL Draft picks, of which Frank Gore and Clinton Portis WEREN'T a part of.
Neb fan here. We had no business being in that game. Props to Miami. One of the greatest CFB teams of all time. Would love to see them head to head against the 95 Huskers
SAME OUTCOME. FOR SURE - GO BUCKEYES
95 NEB vs 01 MIA would be great.
You guys were good, but we were literally shutting out and blowing out ranked teams consistently all season. Miami was just on a different level from everyone
I don’t think there was a player on the Nebraska team that could’ve started on this Miami team. The final score doesn’t accurately reflect the talent gap.
95 Huskers wasn’t going to let anyone get in their way even beat Miami then
I miss keith jaccson. Made my childhood watching all the college football he covered...."no flags behind em...iiiitts touchdown...". Whoa nelly!
@Cris Williams, his voice had so much compassion for the game and each player, miss him too!
try to find the times he said "whoa nelly." I remembered him saying it more often, but it's hard to find.
@@orgeebaharvin6284 LOL. You mean passion?
He was EXTREMELY BIASED against Miami.. How many complements or excitement for Miami like he does for Good Ole' Nebraska... Thats all im goin to say about his Character #FalseProphets
@@rashadellison9458 your opinion. Watched Keith from the late 70s. Where he was truthful, I never heard bias.
Please point to this "extreme bias" with examples vs his truthful about the situation.
We'll wait.
They literally called any and everything on the canes but damn what a game brings back memories this is when college football was real football love it great video
😭 refs was trying to stop the bleeding Nebraska didn't have a chance
miami let up in 2nd half
Nebraska hung in there for about 8 minutes , not bad
Miami has like 20 NFL players……insane
This Miami team prolly deserved 3 straight titles. Hiccup in Seattle and bad call v OSU.
I’m still pissed about that call
What do you mean by prolly? Did you meant to say probably?
@@khainguyen3056 LOL. Prolly is slang and bec even you deduced what he meant, it passes the ok test.
Everyone talks about the P.I. call, but conveniently ignores the blown call on Jenkins catch with 1:40 to go in the 4th that would've ended the game. Nope, Miami fans don't get that excuse.
@drby0788 LOL. Poor stupi.d OSU fans.
Call the 1st and the game CONTINUES.
Don't call the 2nd and the games ENDS.
They are not the same.
I remember watching the BCS bowl selection show. When my dad asked where we were playing and i said we are playing Miami he couldnt believe and neither could I.
Remember that time when Nebraska joined the Big10 thinking they were gonna run shit lol
I honestly dont think Nebraska thought that..by the time they joined the BIG, their glory days were long past
This is so crazy! The U was playing at a totally different speed that night 🙌🏼. Boomer Sooner
Blow.U
Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Sean Taylor, Vince Wilfork, Antrel Rolle, and Kellen Winslow Jr were all backups during this season. That's how loaded this Miami squad was.
Miami got robbed before our eyes against Ohio State, it still burns me!
Me too
That was a great game
Miami never recovered. They've been irrelevant since.
@@afridgetoofar1818 you're right, that was a bad rap.
OSU whooped that ass
This game pretty much RIP'D the option offense in college football. Nebraska was literally never the same after this night.
Best team in the history of college football 2001 Miami Hurricanes 💯
By a big margin
Yes!!!! From 2000-2003 they were untouchable but 01 team speacial..
Nope sorry they aren't but thanks for playing
Miami hurricanes is my favorite college football team but Nebraska cornhuskers are my team 2
How the hell is that possible?
Miami has 2 maybe 4 NFL hall of famers. Shockey was a star in the NFL as well. Portis, Mcgahee, Dorsey also played in the NFL. Insane roster for Miami, especially offensively.
:49 seconds in I see myself with the 44 Dan Morgan jersey. Being a California Cane who lives ten minutes from the Rose Bowl there was no way in hell I would miss this game!
One of the greatest games I've ever seen.
Fun fact_Joe Burrow's brother Jamie Burrow was on Nebraska's defense starting
The NFL talent on this Miami team was RIDICULOUS.
This is the best Miami game to watch, holy crap they could bring it on D!
We could have scored 70 on these boys in the national title game. Bring it back Mario. Some people have amnesia but give us 3 recruiting classes. You'll see. Remember this team had to come from probation and the program decimated
*John Ruiz
and scoring 70 would have meant what? Exactly! Nothing. CO had already exposed Neb. This win meant nothing other than it was not a loss.
@@mas5867 I said what I said. Has to be someone hating for no reason.
@@mas5867 …it meant a National Championship..but do go on.
@@bundeswehr7676 LOL. so did 13-0 BYUs NC over 6-6 Michigan. Sure, right, ok.
Greatest college football team EVER.
Don’t ever mention 19 LSU with this team. We did it on both sides of the ball all around domination. LSU allowed 24ppg on D we allowed 9.
Nebraska in their history have a couple teams that are routinely listed among the best ever. It's hard to see a road back to that level of dominance at this point
Those days are LOOOONNNNGGG GONE!!!!!
@@dumbguy6843 Yeah. That option was run to perfection by the Huskers and was just about unstoppable. But it's a new era and they can't recruit skill players like they once did
1:35 rofl Pro Bowler, Pro Bowler, Pro Bowler, Pro Bowler/Hall of Fame
Probably the least gifted player on this team was Ken Dorsey who only went something like 38-2, won the Maxwell, and was a 2 x Heisman Finalist. The running backs have over 36,000 NFL rushing yards, 9 Pro Bowls and a Gold Jacket between the 4 men. There'll never be another team like this.
The baddest college 🏈 team
Of all time
I agree 110%.... the reggie bush led usc teams and nic saban Bama led teams will be a distant 2nd..... that's just facts..
Too much talent (Miami)
This was absolutely brutal if you watch the game in the trenches. Nebraska was getting destroyed everywhere and it wasn’t even close. @38:20 pretty much summed this one up
I loved both teams, but I was a Nebraska fan all my life. Loved Eric crouch .... it was a tough game for me to watch I remember it well.
This game was the end of the Huskers years of 10 win seasons and dominance. Starting in 2002, they'd fall back and haven't been a title threat since.
As for this game, its hard to say who should have played MIA in the game. All hell broke loose after the Huskers got stomped by Colorado and every team with a chance to play for a title after that lost. Colorado should have gotten the shot here, they beat Nebraska and won the Big 12. Would it have mattered? No, Miami would have curb stomped them as well. The 2001 Canes should be seen as one of the 2 or 3 greatest teams of all-time in college football.
I'm a Huskers fan and we didn't belong in that game. Lost to Colorado at the end of the season badly and didn't even play in the Big 12 Championship
38:17 play sums up the game..
Vilma was a beast.
That was men amongst boys greatest college football team ever
Hurricanes fan since 88
watching the first quarter, these honestly look like two fairly closely matched teams that deserved to be there. after that though, my boys looked bad
The 2001 U were just to talented and couldn't be stopped GOOOO UUUUUUU!!!!!!
Now both of these teams have been horrible for 20 straight years.
Not the whole time... Miami had been better...
@@keyroncampbell when to speak of from a national perspective.
@@mas5867 they wasn't bad all 20 like a Tennessee or a program like that
yo steel any chance we can speed games for 1996 fiesta and 1997 sugar bowls?
97 Sugar is up, 96 Fiesta was up but was apparently taken down. i'll re-up
I miss keith jackson falls are not the same in college football anymore and 2001 miami hurricanes greatest college football team of all time
Can't believe how much Nebraska ran the ball being down by so much
Crouch couldnt throw worth a lick.
It was nice of Miami to let them score some...
Jonathon Vilma!!! The only linebacker fast enough to catch Vick on madden. Back then (madden 2004) Vick was a menace, the only counter was picking the jets and putting Vilma as a qb spy full time. He always ran vick down.
Vilma had some insane tackles in this game.
Nebraska has zero business playing in this game and it showed. Colorado put up 60 on this team. Nebraska didn’t even win their division within the big 12
That's a BIG ZERO at that
36:50 & 38:20 😳😳 that look like a couple of SEC tackles 🤷🏾♂️
2002 Miami vs 2019 LSU, who y'all got?
Miami Hurricanes. Miami D to much for LSU
¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Rose Bowl host the Big 10 vs PAC 12, which one of those two teams are the PAC 12 ????????
Clinton portis
One of the best
Eric crouch got over a 100 on this NFL team. Mans was a goat fr lol
You could hear the husker players screams of terror in this game. Just a brutal murder
Miami used to recruit tight ends well, Bubba franks, Jeremy shocky and Kellen Winslow
They still do, I believe they have 4 or 5 TE active on NFL rosters. They just haven’t won anything in 20 years so those names go under the radar
Hard to see Nebraska going to a Rose 🌹Bowl these days. And they're in the Big Ten which goes in non playoff seasons
this was andre johnson's coming out party
The greatest team of all time just look at this roster everybody every starter made the NFL how many Hall of Famer count them
The two KICK RETURNERS are borderline NFL Hall of Famers dear lord lol
Andre Johnson in the HOF & Gore in the 49ers HOF ! Go CANES !
I was a Nebraska fan (don't really follow sports anymore), but I am not sure how I would have felt if they had somehow managed to beat Miami because of the way they lost to Colorado. I know there was some sort of math formula that put them into the game, and my memory is hazy as to the other potential contenders, but losing 62-36 (and looking like a Division 3 team playing on defense) doesn't scream "We deserve to be there." I guess I would have rationalized that beating Miami would negate the loss, but I don't know. Miami saved me from any moral football anguish, lol. If someone like Jimmy Johnson were the coach, the score would have been worse - he definitely would have run it up.
What made you stop watching sports?
Better things to do with my time.
Yup I always thought Larry Coker showed a lot of class in that second half because this game surely could have ended up with a score of 70-0 or thereabouts.
How many touchdowns were called back on Miami due to penalties and yet they still scored ! Still the best “team” of all time in college history. It really gets obvious when you see how many in this team went on to be NFL Hall of Fame members .. no other college team compares… not even close!
Against the number 2 team and I believe Crouch won the Heisman that year and had him on lock
Crouch actually did very well this game….114 yds rushing…they had trouble with him…watching the game live 21 years ago seemed worse…just got done watching here, Miami didn’t look as dominating as I remembered…they had one running play that was good, and about 5 passes that went long (one where the defender slipped)…very talented team no doubt, but not the best ever….95 Nebraska completely dismantled (with the run mind you) #2 Florida 63-24 in a game Florida was picked to win. The blackshirts shut down the passing game of a Heisman winning QB in that game. Miami beat a Nebraska team that didn’t deserve to be in the BCS game by 3 scores. Not even close to being the best ever, 95 Nebraska was easily better and more dominating….
You confuse future NFL talent with a great college team. Miami needed a last minute pick 6 to beat a BC team that ended up 8-4. The barely beat a VT (2 points) team that ended up 8-4 also. The closest Husker game after the 3Q was a 21 point lead & Nebraska beat 4 top 10 teams by an average of 19 to 18.25. Nebraska was far more dominant than the Hurricanes.
@@scottschafer8422 Coker had class and eased up. This game could have been 62 0 if Miami wanted it to be.
Stop smoking those mushrooms
Vilma hit them hard like a Mack truck LOL
Just imagine if the Canes had a good quarterback instead of Dorsey. HE was the weak link on these INCREDIBLE teams.
He was good wtf are you talking about?
Dorsey was a great, not good college qb.
Dorsey was money. What the fuck were you watching all those years?
Andre John’s and Gore. 2 HOF’ers
That 2nd quarter legitimately looked like an NFL team going all out against a college team.
Hard to watch this game then, and 19 years later still hard to watch
I don’t even remember competing for a few mons
Jesus Christ that Miami offense was stacked
Crouch 5/14 for 62yds 0TD 1Int ?
And over a hundred rushing. Sounds about right for his season.
The game that marked the beginning of "The Curse of Frank Solich"
As a Nebraska fan, I knew going in that the Huskers had no business playing in this game. They got blown out and couldn't win their own division, let alone their own conference. And given how much of a tear Miami was on, no one was going to beat them.
That announcer had the nerve to say Nebraska coming back…
This was a complete mismatch!! But, what caused Nebraska to be beaten so badly was mistakes and a flawed offensive strategy. There are offensive plays within the option system that were developed to handle a massive upfield rush like this Miami team had. They existed back then. That play series is the midline option. The fundamental theory like the load option, triple option and counter option is to eliminate at least one defender. In the case of the mid-line option, the defensive tackle is read while the guard goes to the LB. If the DT hesitates, release the ball to the FB in an isolation play. If DT crashes, QB pulls the ball and goes in behind the guard like a RB isolation play. This is usually run out of double wing sets, twins and trips sets. The cousin of this play is the zone read option that is popular now. What gets me is why in such an important game the preparation for this opponent wasn't more extensive. There were at least 12 game tapes for Miami that season. Certainly, some strategy could have been developed to handle that upfield rush. Whether it would have turned the tide of the game, I can't say. But, Nebraska showed they could run the ball with some effectiveness, no matter how intermittent. Still, something should have been done to force Miami to run only base stuff.
It wasn't a "flawed strategy". It was better players playing an entirely different level of defense that Nebraska had seen all year.
@@Mike-yj5yw yes, the Miami players were better. But, Nebraska didn't do themselves any favors. Regardless of what they did, Miami would have won, I agree. But, a better strategy would likely have meant a more respectable showing.
@@charlesshankle3178 This was a total mismatch. U can’t run that 80’/90’s style option against a defense with that kind of talent & speed. I’m still pissed Coker completely took his foot off the pedal in the 2nd Half.
@@Mike-yj5yw I fully agree with your statement. I played in an option offense when I played football. But, there are techniques in regards to blocking to try and mitigate some of the upfield rush.Those techniques weren't even tried in this game and that's astonishing. With a defense like this, the I formation with power and load options is a terrible system to use. Even coaches that adhere to option systems state this. This game caused them to convert to double-wing, flexbone and shotgun based option sets with linemen using wide splits and more than two receiving threats at the LOS. The RPO started being used after this game because of what this defense could do. This game really was the game that caused option coaches to alter some of their offensive and game planning principles. Twenty-one years later, this game is still studied and used as a demonstrator for what not to do in a game and what can happen when appropriate adjustments are not made regardless of who one is playing against. The reason being is the mismatch was so staggering. To your point it was a total mismatch in every possible way. Still, a strategy has to be undertaken that keeps the damage down and eliminates errors. This didn't happen. You're right to be mad at Coker for not dropping 70.
@@Mike-yj5yw facts you. Can't run the option vs. An NFL defense miami was basically Tha
Yah, This nebraska team was the beginning of the end. Basically the first team without Osborne recruited and trained players. I believe two years after McBride (great defensive coordinator) retired. The reason Crouch got so many yards is because Nebrskas RBs werent what they used to be. No one to pitch to. And Solich just wasnt the offensive innovator Osborne was. Wasnt really that great at determining the best talent to start either.
That game where they got blown out by Colorado was 2 things, CU's offensive line dominated and total incompetency by the Defensive coordinator in not leaving a middle linebacker in the middle behind the line. Even the commenters were basically saying WTF.
But lets be honest, this Miami team had ridiculous amount of talent, but really didnt play that well together considering. I think the 96 NU team would have handled this 2002 Miami team. That team could do everything including pass the ball and they were fast, big, and tough as hell.
Great assessment. As great as the 1995 NU team was, I would still give the 01’ Canes the win by a slight margin. I don’t think NU would have ran up and down the field against Miami. As gifted as TF was, I don’t think his passing would have been good enough to keep them at bay.
24:36 HANK HILL?
When portis is your starter at rb but you still have mcgheee, and gore on the bench? Thats a loaded team
And Ed Reed starting with Sean Taylor on the bench only playing special teams.
Not to mention having Andre Johnson and Jeremy Shockey to chuck the ball to. They could have anyone as a QB and the team would still kick ass.
Bruh I died laughing reading this comment 😂😂😂 but so true lol
If both programs knew how far they would fall.
Crazy the 1990s premier programs these two, Florida State, Tennessee, Colorado, complete trash now
Nebraska looked like an FCS team, at least in the first half
This was probably Coker's best Miami team. After this his teams would get worse at the rate that Butch Davis recruits graduated.
LMFAO ,there coming back!
Reminded me of the Bama/ND game in 2012.
I think it would be cool to see 2002 miami vs 1995 nebraska
Yeah I would love to see that toooo.
No offense but after the 2nd quarter it would turn into the same results....
Miami would Dominate!!!!!
You mean 2001 Miami.
@@reggieshuford965 right too bad 1995 Nebraska had better talent then 2001 team. Nebraska had talent on that 1995 team, nothing else ask Ray Lewis, Warren Sapp and so on what it was like facing the 1994 team
Sorey98....... sorry but Miami had the most talent far as any college team.... look at all the NFL players they produced off that team!!!!!! HOF players and pro bowlers!!!! Check the history no cap!!!
@@reggieshuford965 oh goodie yet that talent only won them one National Championship, plus didn't win few game big unlike some teams. 1995 Nebraska won easily plus also put guys in the NFL as well
Remember, they did that against the Heisman Trophy winner
Reed, Johnson, Vilma, Portis…crazy.
Taylor, McGahee, Winslow, Davenport, Shockey, Buchannon this team was unbelievable.
And then Miami joined the ACC....🤣🤣🤣
Larry Coker's Miami had already fallen by that time, your point lol?
@@adeenbenyasharal5412 Miami joined the ACC in 2004.
Miami's overall record while still in the Big East the 3 years PRIOR to leaving for the ACC is as follows:
2003: 11-2
2002: 12-1
2001: 12-0
Now compare that to their first 3 years in the ACC:
2004: 9-3
2005: 9-3
2006: 7-6
you cant be this clueless, lol....maybe do some simple research before you run your mouth next time. the records show they clearly fell, after they left, not before.
@@Central_Media3656 so Miami was 35-3 in their last 3 years in Big East, then went to the ACC and in the next 3 years went 25-12, and that idiot needs the point of it all explained to him????
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When the acc invited miami, they were one of the hottest teams in CFB. you just trolling??
@@Central_Media3656 you're the one that's clueless. Miami had clearly lost there dominance by 2004. 11-2 in '03 with declining discipline, inconsistent offense, close calls. Even the '02 team was at times clearly not prepared as good as they would've been under Butch. Those records '01-'03 prior to joining the ACC were of the backs of Butch's players. Again, by '04 Miami was already a shadow of what they had just recently been. A lot of it having to do with Larry Coker not being as good a recruiter as Butch as well not as much of a disciplinary coach.
@@adeenbenyasharal5412 Miami was 35-3. thats THRITY FIVE WINS, and just THREE losses in three years. One of us is clueless. I will let the facts stand, and you can trip over that record all you want to try and save some face. Enjoy.
This game bordered on child abuse.
Just think...Sean T was on the bench and Dan Morgan was injured 😮
Dan Morgan was in his rookie season with the Panthers
@dopeScope561 oh thanks for that
If I remember correctly, Nebraska shouldn't have been in this game ?
ok ty
There is a small grunt/moan by one of the announcers right after each snap! Once you hear it the first time, you'll hear it on every snap. 😭😭
GOAT!
UF was better than Nebraska that year. A playoff was sorely needed.
Yep , and they would've been beat down just like Nebraska.
And Miami was better than FSU and should have played Oklahoma for the National Championship for the 2000 season. Either way Miami would have beaten UF and Oklahoma. Go Canes!
😭😭 Florida got smacked I believe the following year in the swamp
@@jeremiahhudson302 Florida lost to aubrun AND tennessee AT home when travis stephens went for over 200 yards rushing. Florida is pathetic for letting the vols come into town and do that to them. Miami would have obliterated them, don't forget that same tenn team went on to lose to lsu in the sec championship. The only team that could have maybe made it a game is maybe colorodo and maybe oregon
Nebraska had no Business being in this Game.They lost to Colorado that year 62-36...So it was no Surprise that Miami Dominanted
What team would you have put in that game?
@@cwhalesss1071 Oregon. Much better than Nebraska that year and kicked CU's ass in the Fiesta Bowl.
@@TheVirtualSportsNetwork Harrington wouldn't have fared any better against that Miami team. Oregon played a soft PAC10 schedule and lost to an unranked Stanford. The only reason you heard talk about how Oregon should have gotten a shot is because Colorado shat the bed in the Fiesta Bowl. There is a reason this Miami team gets the clout it does. Nobody that year even came close to touching Miami. You would have had to go back to the 94' and 95' Nebraska teams to try and find an opponent to put up a fight.
@@bmonty1915 Not saying Oregon would've won. But Nebraska over Oregon? You'll never convince me that the BCS didn't fuck that up.
I agree. Oregon deserved the chance more than Nebraska. Cornhuskers didn't even win their division within The Big12.
I've watched a few of these 2001 Miami Hurricanes highlights videos and I can't help but wonder who would if they played any of Saban's national championship teams at Alabama. Also is it just me or was this a heavily penalized teams, considering how talented and dominant they were? This team seemingly had a whole bunch of illegal procedure or illegal shift penalties against them
Saban watched the same clips from the U 😭 how you think they was so good saban made sure he have a backup warming up on the bench if something was to happen to his starter he learned from Miami 🙌🏾
I think Tom went for a pretzel at halftime, lol.
He wasn’t the coach for 5 years
If Miami had a Great Qb this would be the best team ever! might be even without one? I can't believe NEB ran the triple option on DJ, Vilma, and Ed Reed! lol
Yeah
Nobody can say "HE'S GOT A HOLE" quite like Keith Jackson!!