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  • creepycoug
    creepycoug Member Posts: 24,066
    He_Needs_More_Time said:

    creepycoug said:

    He_Needs_More_Time said:

    I do think the argument is 2001 Miami vs 1995 Nebraska though. I think 2004 USC is in the top 5 as well.

    That 2001 Miami team just had too much talent was the thing. So many NFL players and future probowlers/HOF guys.

    Looking back UW beating them in 2000 is one of the bigger upsets we've ever had. That UW team was really good but that Miami team was loaded.

    I agree. That win in 2000 was almost as big as the whammy. With the 2000 roster you're adding Reggie Wayne, Santana Moss and Dan Morgan. That time period - 2000 to 2002 - maybe best roster ever. Think of the players on the sideline - KWII, Sean Taylor, Willis McGahee (pre-knee) ... list went on and on and on.
    Clinton Portis in that game busted a long TD run off the bench. That crowd won that game. Dorsey was making his first career road start and they spotted UW a 21-3 lead.

    Then at the end when they were comfortable and Tui had a bad turnover in his own red zone the game got a little bit uncomfortable.
    I was there, and though UW is my alma mater x3, I was torn. I didn't think Washington would make a run, and I knew Miami had horses. On the other hand ...

    Let just say that Butch Davis was a better recruiter than he was a game day strategist. He insisted on putting the game in Dorsey's hands too early. Though he hit Wayne for a nice TD pass, he was rattled. The guy I went to the game with said, and I agree with him, that if Davis had leaned on the running game sooner, and put Portis in during the first half, Miami probably wins that game. We had no answer for Portis - he ran through and around us. But by the time he saw the field, it was too late to make a come back on the ground.

    The other thing that helped us was that Santana Moss had sprained his ankle the week before and was ineffective. Moss was a big part of their offense that year until Andre Johnson, a true freshman, began to assert himself later that season.
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