Yeah, I've never seen any team dominate like that Nebraska team.
Closest game was the only game they trailed. That was Wazzou. Nobody else even challenged. They destroyed 4 different 10 win teams. Average score in those games was 49-18.25. They had no weaknesses at all.
I think that Miami team is an all-time great, at least as far as talent goes. I'm not sure they are better than that LSU or Texas team you mention. Or the '04 USC team that was unbeatable by the end of the season.
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Klatt picked 2001 Miami team as best in college football history
-- WestyHokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 09:43 AM ET
WestyHokie
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12/15/23 09:43 AM ET
He is confused - “most NFL talent” and “best team” are not the same thing.
-- NoHuddle
Dec 15, 2023 at 08:44 PM ET
NoHuddle
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12/15/23 08:44 PM ET
Did he confer with Herbstreit first?**
-- marcbvtgm
Dec 15, 2023 at 06:39 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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12/15/23 06:39 PM ET
Can't argue with the 01 Canes. UF 08 was too low. That USC 04 team was
-- jecvtmgr
Dec 15, 2023 at 03:11 PM ET
jecvtmgr
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12/15/23 03:11 PM ET
Yeah, I think '05 USC beats Texas 6 or 7 times out of 10. Maybe more.
-- reestuart
Dec 15, 2023 at 04:12 PM ET
reestuart
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12/15/23 04:12 PM ET
The 2001 Canes roster reads like an NFL Hall of Fame lineup
-- Zanderhokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 03:28 PM ET
Zanderhokie
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12/15/23 03:28 PM ET
And if MV1 had stuck around another year...
-- EDGEMAN
Dec 15, 2023 at 03:47 PM ET
EDGEMAN
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12/15/23 03:47 PM ET
Joel Klatt? Really have never heard of him.
-- likehokies
Dec 15, 2023 at 03:10 PM ET
likehokies
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12/15/23 03:10 PM ET
Klatt is as good as there is at calling games as an analyst.**
-- reestuart
Dec 15, 2023 at 04:38 PM ET
reestuart
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12/15/23 04:38 PM ET
87 and 89 Miami were better. 86 MIami the best team to never win a title. **
-- Bruno
Dec 15, 2023 at 01:30 PM ET
Bruno
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12/15/23 01:30 PM ET
That was the 4 interceptions. **
-- OneStarHokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 01:06 PM ET
OneStarHokie
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12/15/23 01:06 PM ET
Yes but also the dropped two-point conversion that would have tied the game**
-- MP4VT2004
Dec 15, 2023 at 01:09 PM ET
MP4VT2004
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12/15/23 01:09 PM ET
Yes. That's the game we stormed back and almost tied Miami in Lane Stadium
-- Zanderhokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:42 AM ET
Zanderhokie
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12/15/23 10:42 AM ET
The punt-block TD was the loudest moment in Lane Stadium history, by far**
-- Technik
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:46 AM ET
Technik
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12/15/23 10:46 AM ET
My DAD was a Mechanical Engineer and he grab my arm and screamed in my ear
-- Shbolf
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:57 PM ET
Shbolf
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12/15/23 10:57 PM ET
By far my favorite Lane Stadium moment, even though VT lost.
-- MP4VT2004
Dec 15, 2023 at 01:10 PM ET
MP4VT2004
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12/15/23 01:10 PM ET
That seismograph should be displayed in Merryman. Is it?**
-- TomTurkey
Dec 15, 2023 at 11:25 AM ET
TomTurkey
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12/15/23 11:25 AM ET
Need a helmet with that printed on it for an "Earthquake Effect" game.
-- MP4VT2004
Dec 15, 2023 at 02:14 PM ET
MP4VT2004
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12/15/23 02:14 PM ET
Would make great display helmet, though, as those should be relegated.**
-- TomTurkey
Dec 15, 2023 at 02:34 PM ET
TomTurkey
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12/15/23 02:34 PM ET
that's the only time I remember the noise actually hurting my ears.**
-- reestuart
Dec 15, 2023 at 11:21 AM ET
reestuart
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12/15/23 11:21 AM ET
100%. I was there. The decibels actually caused pain for a second.
-- Harrisburg Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 11:12 AM ET
Harrisburg Hokie
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12/15/23 11:12 AM ET
Yes. That was other worldly!**
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 11:03 AM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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12/15/23 11:03 AM ET
Wasn't there for that one but..
-- summervillehokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:51 AM ET
summervillehokie
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12/15/23 10:51 AM ET
Uber said the Nebraska fan saying, "NOOOOOO!!!!!" as the still open Coale..
-- TomTurkey
Dec 15, 2023 at 02:41 PM ET
TomTurkey
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12/15/23 02:41 PM ET
Totally agree. I was there and can 100% vouch for this.**
-- Zanderhokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:48 AM ET
Zanderhokie
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12/15/23 10:48 AM ET
I'll take 1995 Nebraska and give the field.**
-- reestuart
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:22 AM ET
reestuart
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12/15/23 10:22 AM ET
Easily the best ever
-- Coattail Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 11:01 AM ET
Coattail Hokie
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12/15/23 11:01 AM ET
Agree totally ***
-- sacramento hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 06:55 PM ET
sacramento hokie
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12/15/23 06:55 PM ET
That UF team they destroyed won all of their games by 11 or more.**
-- reestuart
Dec 15, 2023 at 11:37 AM ET
reestuart
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12/15/23 11:37 AM ET
No doubt, the '95 Huskers won every game by at least 14 points...
-- BROman Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:53 AM ET
BROman Hokie
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12/15/23 10:53 AM ET
They ( Miami) had a little more at the skill position
-- crazylane
Dec 15, 2023 at 01:24 PM ET
crazylane
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12/15/23 01:24 PM ET
Yeah, I've never seen any team dominate like that Nebraska team.
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-- reestuart
Dec 15, 2023 at 11:20 AM ET
reestuart
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12/15/23 11:20 AM ET
Lead by the King of Pain- Dr Tom Osborne***
-- sacramento hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 11:41 AM ET
sacramento hokie
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12/15/23 11:41 AM ET
pain is a good way to describe what they did to their opponents.
-- reestuart
Dec 15, 2023 at 01:06 PM ET
reestuart
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12/15/23 01:06 PM ET
99 Hokies shouldn’t be in the conversation.
-- GreenvilleVT
Dec 15, 2023 at 09:55 AM ET
GreenvilleVT
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12/15/23 09:55 AM ET
So these teams on the ESPN Top 150 list should not be there...
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:23 PM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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12/15/23 12:23 PM ET
I often wonder if having Ricky Hall would have made the difference.
-- Tanman
Dec 15, 2023 at 11:16 AM ET
Tanman
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12/15/23 11:16 AM ET
Some food for thought: Sham might be the 2nd best race horse of all time...
-- BROman Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:58 AM ET
BROman Hokie
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12/15/23 10:58 AM ET
Except he took a Sham at Belmont**
-- crazylane
Dec 15, 2023 at 04:02 PM ET
crazylane
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12/15/23 04:02 PM ET
Sham would have won every other Kentucky Derby...'cept against Big Red**
-- Tuckahokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:01 PM ET
Tuckahokie
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12/15/23 12:01 PM ET
It’s a sham no one remembers him. **
-- GreenvilleVT
Dec 15, 2023 at 11:59 AM ET
GreenvilleVT
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12/15/23 11:59 AM ET
Michael Vick was 1999 college football.**
-- MikeVT85
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:42 AM ET
MikeVT85
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12/15/23 10:42 AM ET
Hokies Will Never Have Player Like MV!**
-- battmanvt
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:16 PM ET
battmanvt
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12/15/23 12:16 PM ET
I agree. He was one of the best players on my all time list. **
-- GreenvilleVT
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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12/15/23 12:00 PM ET
Actually, if you look at my post below, that is false**
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:37 AM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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12/15/23 10:37 AM ET
The best team isn’t always the champion, didn’t the playoff teach that?
-- WestyHokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:00 AM ET
WestyHokie
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12/15/23 10:00 AM ET
I loved that '99 VT team, but the depth would hold them back against the
-- reestuart
Dec 15, 2023 at 11:23 AM ET
reestuart
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12/15/23 11:23 AM ET
What are you talking about? Games went 3Q's that season. We won!! 😉
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:02 PM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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12/15/23 12:02 PM ET
True within a season, but I'd say to be the best team *ever*,
-- Pylons
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:40 AM ET
Pylons
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12/15/23 10:40 AM ET
This past Spring, perhaps the wildest Big Dance overall illustrated this
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:12 AM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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12/15/23 10:12 AM ET
If you’re waiting for the 1999 Hokies to be named in a ranking of the
-- GreenvilleVT
Dec 15, 2023 at 10:08 AM ET
GreenvilleVT
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12/15/23 10:08 AM ET
Mount Union was dominant.
-- GreenvilleVT
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:05 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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12/15/23 12:05 PM ET
The Ohio state team that lost to the 2001 Miami team
-- GreenvilleVT
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:03 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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12/15/23 12:03 PM ET
Ohio State? Regular Season maybe? Miami beat Nebraska in 2001**
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:05 PM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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12/15/23 12:05 PM ET
2001 Nebraska got clobbered by Colorado 62-36 before clobbered by Miami
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:11 PM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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12/15/23 12:11 PM ET
Then there might be a debate if there is every a
-- GreenvilleVT
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:12 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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12/15/23 12:12 PM ET
So, you rate a Division III Champ as automatically better than FBS 2nd?**
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:13 PM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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12/15/23 12:13 PM ET
They were more dominant in the league, division and time they played.
-- GreenvilleVT
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:21 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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12/15/23 12:21 PM ET
"...runner-up FBS team doesn’t make the list for any of them unless they.."
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:30 PM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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12/15/23 12:30 PM ET
I agree. No school with a team that finished 2nd would claim
-- GreenvilleVT
Dec 15, 2023 at 02:18 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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12/15/23 02:18 PM ET
You can go to your grave believing that the 1999
-- GreenvilleVT
Dec 15, 2023 at 04:20 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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12/15/23 04:20 PM ET
My overall summation, of this whole matter...
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 05:22 PM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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12/15/23 05:22 PM ET
That’s way to much to read given
-- GreenvilleVT
Dec 15, 2023 at 05:29 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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12/15/23 05:29 PM ET
See my other post just now**
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Dec 15, 2023 at 12:24 PM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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12/15/23 12:24 PM ET