Best bowl win

#27
#27
unfrozencvmanvol said:
Yep, we butt fumbled that opportunity away. I still don't think we'd have beaten Miami, but if we had a 1 in 10 shot I'd have liked to have rolled those dice.
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I think our guys would have put up a better showing than Nebraska. That said, our guys didn’t deserve the chance to be there. Had we handled business against LSU we no doubt would have witnessed a second national title game in a 4 year span.
 
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I think ive been to two Peach Bowls. LOL, so memorable. We got our asses kicked vs VPI in '09, and couldnt get going versus Clemson in '04, (I think). Seems like a lifetime ago

Wont go back.
 
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volsfan24018 said:
The 2022 Orange Bowl has to be mentioned. This seemed to be pivotal into returning Clem$on back to obscurity.
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And it was an announcement to the college football world that Tennessee football was back. Our first 11 win season and highest ranked finish since 2001. Yes that game should be in the top 5 of best Bowl victories in our bowl history.
 
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Voltopia said:
The 2002 Citrus is a tough bowl to place. I don't think of it fondly. Far from it; I only taste ash and bitterness when I remember that game. I don't like to watch it. Tennessee had no business being relegated to that Citrus Bowl. They thrashed Michigan, sure, but that's because Tennessee was worlds better than just about everyone that season. The Vols should have been playing Miami for the national title. Clausen, Stallworth, Kevin Burnett, Boo Moore, Jabari Greer, Washington, Witten, Stephens, Fleming, Weary, Big John Henderson, Haynesworth, Overstreet, Ritzmann, Eddie Moore, Dominique Stenvson, Andre Lott ... oh and Colquitt. And there was more talent than those names, too, I just feel like the point is made. No reason for that kind of talent to be relegated to the Citrus Bowl. None. And that failure was the beginning of the decline.

And, I'll add, if any team had the players to threaten Miami in 2001, it was Tennessee. Just didn't have the organization / preparation / focus to get there. Well, all that, and a guy to spy a backup QB, apparently.
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Everything you said is accurate. I’m going to try to forget I read it this Christmas morning.
 
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The 85 Sugar bowl was the most impactful to me. I know the NC game was special, however we were on par with FL St from a talent and program stance.

When we played Miami, they were the arguably the best college team going at the time and we had been in the doldrums since the 70 sugar bowl. The way we dominated them, especially the defensive scheme Bill Oliver put together, will go down as one of, if not the best, defensive game plans in Vol history.
 
#39
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Sugar Vols are my favorite. Keith Jackson lobbying for Miami to be National Champs before the game even started. Acting like it was a forgone conclusion Miami would win.
 
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84Vol3 said:
Sugar Vols are my favorite. Keith Jackson lobbying for Miami to be National Champs before the game even started. Acting like it was a forgone conclusion Miami would win.
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Boy he was mighty confident wasn’t he that Miami would roll us and so was Jimmy Johnson. Majors and the team had other ideas that night.
 
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I would offer the 1993 Hall of Fame Bowl against Boston College as an “honorable mention”. We were completely dominate on offense against a decent defense. Fulmer’s first bowl as a head coach. Showed the college football world that Vols were going to be a force to be reckoned with in the 90’s.
 
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#43
KTrain said:
1986 = 35 to 7
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Fortunate to attend both of those. Miami and FSU fans were supremely confident they would win easily made the wins ever more sweet. I guy in the row in front of us in the Super Dome passed out drunk in the 3rd quarter and slumped over in his seat the remainder of the game. The defense that game completely throttled Miami and Testeverde--didn't that team also have Michael Irvin?
 
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Wahoooo said:
The 85 Sugar bowl was the most impactful to me. I know the NC game was special, however we were on par with FL St from a talent and program stance.

When we played Miami, they were the arguably the best college team going at the time and we had been in the doldrums since the 70 sugar bowl. The way we dominated them, especially the defensive scheme Bill Oliver put together, will go down as one of, if not the best, defensive game plans in Vol history.
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I was a kid for the 86 Sugar Bowl but it’s easily my earliest memory of TN Football. I had no understanding of the significance of the game or Miami but the excitement from my dad and uncles was easy to grasp.

For weeks whenever I would be out with my dad, who knew everyone, he would stop and have a chat about the Vols big win. He even bought a Sugar Vols t-shirt which was definitely not his norm.

It was still few years before I would really start paying attention to football but I can point to that game as the seeds of my fandom.
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
I agree. We absolutely blew Miami away. One of the best bowl games I have ever attended.
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I may be that last to know. But I watched an interview w safety Jason Parker a few months ago. We had a tell from one of the OLs or RBs (can't remember) that identified pass or run on every play. It sure looked that way. 😂🧐👌
 
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BIGORANGEBUBBA said:
The 91 Sugar Bowl gets forgotten but I remember it fondly. 23-22 over a Virginia team that held a number 1 ranking at one point in the season. Came from behind and capped off back to back conference champs
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Boy, the 90s were our glory years in the modern era. Several teams were capable of winning it all whether led by Johnny or Phil ... 90, 91, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, & 99.
 
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Voltopia said:
The 2002 Citrus is a tough bowl to place. I don't think of it fondly. Far from it; I only taste ash and bitterness when I remember that game. I don't like to watch it. Tennessee had no business being relegated to that Citrus Bowl. They thrashed Michigan, sure, but that's because Tennessee was worlds better than just about everyone that season. The Vols should have been playing Miami for the national title. Clausen, Stallworth, Kevin Burnett, Boo Moore, Jabari Greer, Washington, Witten, Stephens, Fleming, Weary, Big John Henderson, Haynesworth, Overstreet, Ritzmann, Eddie Moore, Dominique Stenvson, Andre Lott ... oh and Colquitt. And there was more talent than those names, too, I just feel like the point is made. No reason for that kind of talent to be relegated to the Citrus Bowl. None. And that failure was the beginning of the decline.

And, I'll add, if any team had the players to threaten Miami in 2001, it was Tennessee. Just didn't have the organization / preparation / focus to get there. Well, all that, and a guy to spy a backup QB, apparently.
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I remember some Michigan players were quoted after the game saying that we were the best team in the country. We beat them badly. You're right. It was a mismatch.
 
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