VOLnMiami
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Well Fla was the same thorne in our side that they've always been except we were just as talented as they were. We slept walked through the Arkansas game. I remember thinking if we don't get it together soon we are going to mess around an lose. Sure enough it happened and i was stunned. Nebraska was just a better football team. Honestly it takes some breaks to be champs and we caught a bunch in 98 ( SYC, Fla, Ark, & Weinke getting hurt). We didn't catch any of those breaks in 99 and had we ran the table FSU would have been a tough matchup.I'm just wanting to pick the brain of some older folks here. I was five then.
I'm watching the Wyoming game and seeing all these NFL players all over the field. Tee Martin dropping dimes. Jamal Lewis and Travis Henry look ridiculous. Defense has unreal speed and talent.
How did we screw that up and lose three games?
Yeah but the following year we weren't nearly as good. Our 01 team was loaded and we had just as many NFL players as they did. Their backfield was ridiculous I can't even lie. That Miami team was scary but I think we would have been more competitive then anyone else at the time. It's just a shame we let that uga game get away. LSU put a spell on the refs and the rest is history. 01 was the last GREAT vol team. We've had a few good teams since but that one was our last legit shot at a natty. When u look at that roster top to bottom its as good as any we ever had.Yeah they were and people tend to forget that Miami team beat our brains out in Knoxville the following year.
If the coaches had adjusted and put a tight end on Alex Brown's side, we had a winner.
In that case, Phil was stubborn to a fault.
UT had regained momentum in that game vs UF. Had UT gotten the 1st down they would've scored. No doubt about it. Can still see that play from my seat in the stadium..Reading our own press. Too much interest in the draft. Jamal Lewis has Toss sweep to the short side on 4th down against Florida, plus Alex Brown. Arkansas got theirs back.
That toss sweep to the short side still pisses me off. All we had to do was PA rollout with a run/pass option for Tee, put the FB in the Flat and chances are high that we get a first down. The throws were open that day against the Gators, we didn’t execute very well.
I agree they were better than everybody, I feel like we matched up with them better than anyone though. It would been an upset but if we could have played ball control, scored touchdowns not field goals and got a break or two I think we'd have had a chance.The 2001 Hurricanes would have destroyed anyone they faced in the Championship game.
We really had turned it around. I think we had clawed back from 23-7 to 21-23 and then Deon Grant had an interception similar to the one he had in’98 and I thought we were in business.UT had regained momentum in that game vs UF. Had UT gotten the 1st down they would've scored. No doubt about it. Can still see that play from my seat in the stadium..
To this day I’ll swear in court he was offsides on three of the five sacks!!!!#13 didn't help either. Not the fact that we took 59:59 of game time to decide to block him. Never heard of him and had to ask fans around me who he was.
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This could also go to the theory of Fulmer being the greatest recruiter at UT ever but not the greatest in game coach. I think when it all said and done we will win more national championships with him as AD than we ever could have with him continuing on as Head Coach. And I loved Fulmer as HC.
To be honest he should’ve been ejected in the first half for the hit he put on Tee. As blatant a late hit on the QB as you will ever see. I still say he was offsides on 3 of those sacks.He was quick off the ball....basically just running around the OT. That is why we had to put help on that side....but we didn't.
To this day I’ll swear in court he was offsides on three of the five sacks!!!!
UT had regained momentum in that game vs UF. Had UT gotten the 1st down they would've scored. No doubt about it. Can still see that play from my seat in the stadium..
Reading our own press. Too much interest in the draft. Jamal Lewis has Toss sweep to the short side on 4th down against Florida, plus Alex Brown. Arkansas got theirs back.
That toss sweep to the short side still pisses me off. All we had to do was PA rollout with a run/pass option for Tee, put the FB in the Flat and chances are high that we get a first down. The throws were open that day against the Gators, we didn’t execute very well.