Best VOL team of all-time

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Don't sleep on DAT 2017 Team either!

 

[Boca Vol]

Don't sleep on DAT 2017 Team either!

I see what you did there and I chortled.

 

[TNnative]

No offense but this is what "football" looked back in the 30's...

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8l3LIXFry0[/youtube]

Those guys looked slow and clumsy. They would get annihilated against pretty much any era in the past half century.

Imagine seeing Leonard Little meeting one of these guys over the middle.

This is what Minnesota vs Northwestern looked like in the 30s. Are you sure EVERY team looked that slow and clumsy?

 

[HoptownVol]

Mark Hovacick played DT in 1985 at 6-3, 245. Really not that long ago. He would get crushed in today's game.

Pert Jenkins was a captain on the 77' team I think, and he played DT at 225lbs. LOL In Pert's defense, he was a great athlete and did the Vols proud.

 

[ajvol01]

I've always thought that 90 team could've and maybe should have won the NC. A missed FG against auburn, a blocked fg against Alabama, an interception against ND, and a draw on the last play against Colorado and we're 13-0. I agree on the 92 team as well. We probably don't beat Alabama that year, but no way we should have lost to Carolina and Arkansas.

Losing Chuck Webb to a torn ACL in the home opener vs Pacific in 1990 may have been the difference in all of those games.

That was a damn good team to end up 9-2-2

 

[Pumpin That Shine]

The 2017 team!:rock:

 

[IknoxvolsI]

The 2017 team!:rock:

I like you Pumper. You're that that best friends little brother that always wants to be around.

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

The 2017 team!:rock:

I approve

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

Losing Chuck Webb to a torn ACL in the home opener vs Pacific in 1990 may have been the difference in all of those games.

That was a damn good team to end up 9-2-2

Very probable. Tony Thompson did a great job, but we really didn't have a true #2 guy.

 

[Titans4Vols]

Everyone who knew anything about college football said the same thing in 85.

The 1985 Hurricanes weren't a semi-pro team. The 01 Hurricanes were.

The 85 Canes had 2 players make all-america teams.

The 01 Canes had 5. 6 if you count the kicker but whatever.

The 85 Canes had 4 players drafted in the 86 NFL draft, 8 in the 87 draft and 10 in the 88 draft, so 22 total.

01 Canes had 11 in 02 draft, 8 in the 03 draft and 9 in the 04 draft for a total of 28.

Also worth noting that the 80s drafts had 12 rounds(333-335(two years had 333, one had 335) total picks) as opposed to 7 for the 00s drafts(255 total picks).

And of those picks, 8 of the 28 total went on to make at least a pro bowl from the 01 squad.

3 of the 22 from the 85 squad went on to be pro bowlers.

The 01 Hurricanes squad has produced 2 will be HoFers(Andre Johnson, Ed Reed). A 3rd that might be a HoFer(Vince Wilfork, but with him being a nose tackle it's iffy) and a 4th that was well on track to becoming one if he hadn't been murdered in Sean Taylor.

Of the 85 squad, only Michael Irvin is a HoFer.

So in every category, all-americans, total draft picks, picks that went on to successful NFL careers, and picks that went on to be HoFers, the 01 squad wins.

And if anything the 4 being drafted in 86 indicates that most of the 85 team's stars/best players were younger. Probably not a coincidence that he 86(11-1, lost the defacto National Title game to Penn STate, 14-0) and 87 team(12-0 national champions) were both better squads than the 85 squad.

85 Canes were "just" a really good football team.

01 Canes might be the greatest college football team of all time.

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

The 1985 Hurricanes weren't a semi-pro team. The 01 Hurricanes were.

The 85 Canes had 2 players make all-america teams.

The 01 Canes had 5. 6 if you count the kicker but whatever.

The 85 Canes had 4 players drafted in the 86 NFL draft, 8 in the 87 draft and 10 in the 88 draft, so 22 total.

01 Canes had 11 in 02 draft, 8 in the 03 draft and 9 in the 04 draft for a total of 28.

Also worth noting that the 80s drafts had 12 rounds(333-335(two years had 333, one had 335) total picks) as opposed to 7 for the 00s drafts(255 total picks).

And of those picks, 8 of the 28 total went on to make at least a pro bowl from the 01 squad.

3 of the 22 from the 85 squad went on to be pro bowlers.

The 01 Hurricanes squad has produced 2 will be HoFers(Andre Johnson, Ed Reed). A 3rd that might be a HoFer(Vince Wilfork, but with him being a nose tackle it's iffy) and a 4th that was well on track to becoming one if he hadn't been murdered in Sean Taylor.

Of the 85 squad, only Michael Irvin is a HoFer.

So in every category, all-americans, total draft picks, picks that went on to successful NFL careers, and picks that went on to be HoFers, the 01 squad wins.

And if anything the 4 being drafted in 86 indicates that most of the 85 team's stars/best players were younger. Probably not a coincidence that he 86(11-1, lost the defacto National Title game to Penn STate, 14-0) and 87 team(12-0 national champions) were both better squads than the 85 squad.

85 Canes were "just" a really good football team.

01 Canes might be the greatest college football team of all time.

And
2001 Vols > 85 Vols so I still say they had as good of a shot at knocking off that 01 canes team as our 85 squad had at knocking off the 85 canes.