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Message: [QUOTE="sufandu, post: 876845, member: 874"] How do you know this? Did some website tell you? You're drawing conclusions based on your own opinion. Your opinions are not facts. Incidentally, you never answered the question about your age. I get the feeling that your youth is strongly influencing your opinion. My opinion is that that they weren't better than the 2001 Miami team. But rather than just state that, I'll let you look at the number of NFL probowlers and future Hall of Famers that were on that team along with some other interesting commentary: "The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered by some experts and historians to be one of the greatest college football teams in college football history.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] The Hurricanes scored 512 (42.6 points per game) points while yielding only 117 (9.75 points allowed per game). 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 (124–7).[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team#cite_note-University_of_Miami-6'][6][/URL] The offense set the school scoring record, while the defense led the nation in scoring defense (fewest points allowed), pass defense, and turnover margin.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team#cite_note-University_of_Miami-6'][6][/URL] Additionally, the Hurricane defense scored eight touchdowns of its own. Six players earned All-American status and six players were finalists for national awards, including [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Award']Maxwell Award[/URL] winner, [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Dorsey']Ken Dorsey[/URL], and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outland_Trophy']Outland Trophy[/URL] winner, [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryant_McKinnie']Bryant McKinnie[/URL]. Dorsey was also a Heisman finalist, finishing third. Among the numerous stars on the 2001 Miami squad were: quarterback [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Dorsey']Ken Dorsey[/URL]; [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_back']running backs[/URL] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Portis']Clinton Portis[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_McGahee']Willis McGahee[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najeh_Davenport']Najeh Davenport[/URL], and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gore']Frank Gore[/URL]; tight end [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Shockey']Jeremy Shockey[/URL]; wide receiver [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Johnson']Andre Johnson[/URL], and Kevin Beard; tackles [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryant_McKinnie']Bryant McKinnie[/URL] and Joaquin Gonzalez; defensive linemen [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_McDougle']Jerome McDougle[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Joseph_%28football_player%29']William Joseph[/URL], and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Wilfork']Vince Wilfork[/URL]; linebackers [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Vilma']Jonathan Vilma[/URL] and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._Williams_%28linebacker%29']D.J. Williams[/URL]; and defensive backs [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Reed']Ed Reed[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rumph']Mike Rumph[/URL], and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Buchanon']Phillip Buchanon[/URL]. Additional contributors included future stars [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellen_Winslow_II']Kellen Winslow II[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Taylor_%28American_football%29']Sean Taylor[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antrel_Rolle']Antrel Rolle[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Carey']Vernon Carey[/URL], and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_McIntosh']Rocky McIntosh[/URL]. 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: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Jennings']Kelly Jennings[/URL]). Overall, 38 members of the team would be selected in the NFL Draft. As of 2012, they had earned an astonishing 41 trips to the Pro Bowl: Ed Reed (9), Andre Johnson (6), Vince Wilfork (5), Frank Gore (4), Jeremy Shockey (4), Jonathan Vilma (3), Willis McGahee (2), Chris Myers (2), Clinton Portis (2), Antrel Rolle (2), Sean Taylor (2), Bryant McKinnie (1), and Kellen Winslow II (1). Prior to the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Rose_Bowl']2006 Rose Bowl[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN']ESPN[/URL]'s [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SportsCenter']SportsCenter[/URL] ran a special in which the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_USC_Trojans_football_team']2005 USC Trojans[/URL], led by stars [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Leinart']Matt Leinart[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Bush']Reggie Bush[/URL], and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LenDale_White']LenDale White[/URL], 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. 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.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team#cite_note-7'][7][/URL] Ironically, USC lost that Rose Bowl (which also served as the BCS title game) to [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Texas_Longhorns_football_team']Texas[/URL], and then had to vacate their entire 2005 season as a result of an [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Bush']ineligible player[/URL]." [/QUOTE]

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