Greatest UT team of all time?

#101
#101
If you were a freshman at Nebraska in 1994, over your 4 years of college you witnessed 2 total losses and 3 National Championships. That's just sick.
 
#106
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salutethehill said:
I put together some info:

2001 Miami vs. teams that finished in the Top 25 (final rankings):

@ #15 FSU - W 49-27
@ #21 BC - W 18-7
#14 Syracure - W 59-0
# 19 WA - W 65-7
@ # 18 VA Tech - W 26-24
# 8 NE - 37-14 - BCS NC Game

1995 NE vs. teams that finished in the Top 25 (final rankings):

# 7 KS State - W 49-25
@ # 5 CO - 44-21
@ # 9 KS - 41-3
# 2 FL - 62-24 - BCS NC Game

In that BCS NC game, Nebraska was only a 3.5-point favorite, mainly due to the speed of FL's defense. Sports Illustrated considered NE the underdog. This is the highest score and largest margin in NC game history. In that game, NE had 524 RUSHING yards.

Some facts:
Nebraska allowed ZERO QB sacks on the season.
They allowed only 5 punt returns for a total of 12 yards for the entire season (NCAA record).
Their average margin of victory was over 38 points, a record in modern day football.
They averaged 29.8 points in the first half - games were OVER at halftime.
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+1000
I have never seen a team destroy every single person they played liked that team. I can't stress this enough. They man handled eventual NC champ Florida by over 30 points
 
#107
#107
I know this is for greatest vol team but since folks have put other teams debate. I would say the 76 Pitt Panthers coached by johnny Majors or that 95 Nebraska team. I remember the announcer when the 97 Huskers team beat us like a drum. he said something of the effect of Tennessee has speed Nebraska has speed and power. That sums up that era of Cornhusker football. I say that Pitt team because Tony Dorsett the running back .
 
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#108
#108
Remember, the '97 team was the first to ever lose to Memphis. That humiliated us to no end! BUT...
I feel that was the game that helped us to build a foundation to the Championship the next year.
 
#110
#110
My bad on the year. But I still think that was the game that helped propel UT to a national Championship 2 years later.
 
#111
#111
mscc1998 said:
My bad on the year. But I still think that was the game that helped propel UT to a national Championship 2 years later.
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I don't really agree.

I honestly think the intensity of Peyton Manning and Al Wilson raised the level of the UT program in the mid-90's but finally beating Florida is what propelled UT to a NC.

I think every team between '95 and '98 had national championship aspirations, but they knew that they had to get through Florida in order to be in the hunt. They failed those first three years.

In 1998 they finally broke through, and even after the second game of the season, the team (and the fans) knew they could run the table from there.

They did just that.
 
#113
#113
SpiritOfTheHill said:
I don't really agree.

finally beating Florida is what propelled UT to a NC.

I think every team between '95 and '98 had national championship aspirations, but they knew that they had to get through Florida in order to be in the hunt. They failed those first three years.

In 1998 they finally broke through, and even after the second game of the season, the team (and the fans) knew they could run the table from there.
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This and some good things falling our way. Pass interference call was before florida in that Syracuse game to beat Donovan McNabb. Then "Pandemonium reigns"!! (John Wards unforgettable words when we beat florida and we the fans consumed Shields Watkins field and Cumberland Avenue as well as CBS goal post cameras haha) Billy Ratliffs pushing brandon burlesworth backwards to trip Clint stoerners fumble. (Yes Most just say we got lucky but my contention is our DT bumrushed the guy to make a play and it happened). K-State and UCLA the next 2 best teams lost on a hurricane rescheduled game and K_State stumbled in the Big 12 Championship to ruin their perfect season. That same day we needed Peerless Price kickoff returns against Mississippi St to rally in 4th quarter of SEC title game. Finally we caugght a break with drawing Florida State with a 3rd string qb. Yes we caught some breaks and that 98 team wasn't the best team alltime but they were PERFECT!!!!:loco:
 
#121
#121
I always liked the 1995 team. We had Florida on the ropes early. The rains came, the fumbles started and it ended ugly. Tennessee won the rest of their games and beat the Buckeyes in the Citrus Bowl. The OSU team was one of the most talented teams ever.
 
#123
#123
thebjd said:
I always liked the 1995 team. We had Florida on the ropes early. The rains came, the fumbles started and it ended ugly. Tennessee won the rest of their games and beat the Buckeyes in the Citrus Bowl. The OSU team was one of the most talented teams ever.
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If you ask them they will say they are one of the greatest teams ever. There is a reason they haven't beat a SEC team in a bowl game. yes i understand if you count the forfeit they beat Arkansas but history says they din't win that game.
 
#124
#124
DeepSpringsVol said:
If you ask them they will say they are one of the greatest teams ever. There is a reason they haven't beat a SEC team in a bowl game. yes i understand if you count the forfeit they beat Arkansas but history says they din't win that game.
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Their roster in 1995 is the best I think they have ever had.
 
#125
#125
strongtower said:
I see what you are doing, please don't dumb down the 01 team and make it look like it was great coaching which led to a good year with less than talent. We had probably best RB in UT history on our team. great receivers and a great defense. LSU was not on our level with a rookie qb and a backup RB nor was UGA with a frosh qb at the helm. The 01 team should of went to the NC champ game plain and simple.

01 team
superior talent
inferior coaching
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Travis Stephens as the "best RB in UT history"? So good he couldn't even make an NFL roster and had fumble problems through his career. LSU had a two-man RB rotation all year; there was no "backup RB" in that game. Recruiting said LSU was better; coaches and the media, before the game, put more LSU players on all-SEC teams than Tennessee; and the NFL showed LSU as more talented overall. Even so, if Stephens and Stallworth don't both fumble, we likely win that game; we completely dominated the game statistically. But I suppose, in your world, fumbles are the coach's fault, too.
 
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