98 NC'ship team

[kidbourbon]

After seeing this link that was posted on another thread,
http://www.secsports.com/index.php?...nnel_id=&url_article_id=7769&change_well_id=2

i noticed that there are still a boatload of players from that 98 NC'ship team that are still in the nfl. I'm wondering how many players from that team made the nfl (certainly some of them made it and are now out).

that was a squad we had in 98, wasn't it?

 

[hatvol96]

After seeing this link that was posted on another thread,
http://www.secsports.com/index.php?...nnel_id=&url_article_id=7769&change_well_id=2

i noticed that there are still a boatload of players from that 98 NC'ship team that are still in the nfl. I'm wondering how many players from that team made the nfl (certainly some of them made it and are now out).

that was a squad we had in 98, wasn't it?

Well, you had four running backs off that team play in the league. I think that gives you an indication of the talent level.

 

[BLEEDS ORANGE]

Tennessee leading the SEC with 40. :rock:

 

[Liper]

While you're at it, take a look at the 2001 team. They were a factory also. Didn't get much done with it aside from the GREAT FL win, which is very disappointing.

 

[hatvol96]

While you're at it, take a look at the 2001 team. They were a factory also. Didn't get much done with it aside from the GREAT FL win, which is very disappointing.

The 2001 team was very good. It was nowhere near as talented as the '98 team.

 

[hatvol96]

While you're at it, take a look at the 2001 team. They were a factory also. Didn't get much done with it aside from the GREAT FL win, which is very disappointing.

Any year when you beat Alabama, Florida, and Michigan is a very good year.

 

[Liper]

Any year when you beat Alabama, Florida, and Michigan is a very good year.

It's a good year, not a great year. No championships.

That team was upset twice by inferior competition.

Just a few players of mention of the NFL:

Dante Stallworth
Kelly Washington
Jason Witten
John Henderson
Al Haynesworth
Will Overstreet
Eddie Moore
Julian Battle
Rashad Baker
Jabari Greer
Andre Lott
Dominique Stevenson
Fred Weary
Scott Wells
Aubrayo Franklin
Demtrin Veal
Keyon Whiteside
Reggie Coleman
Rashad Moore

That's not a bad list.

 

[rockytopscott]

Gibril Wilson has been having a decent NFL career as well.

 

[hatvol96]

It's a good year, not a great year. No championships.

That team was upset twice by inferior competition.

Just a few players of mention of the NFL:

Dante Stallworth
Kelly Washington
Jason Witten
John Henderson
Al Haynesworth
Will Overstreet
Eddie Moore
Julian Battle
Rashad Baker
Jabari Greer
Andre Lott
Dominique Stevenson
Fred Weary
Scott Wells
Aubrayo Franklin
Demtrin Veal
Keyon Whiteside
Reggie Coleman
Rashad Moore

That's not a bad list.

I'm sorry. I couldn't finish the list. Saw "players of mention of the NFL" and Wil Overstreet in the same post and fell into the floor laughing.

 

[jakez4ut]

Any year when you beat Alabama, Florida, and Michigan is a very good year.

if you didn't know the year, and what bowl they played in, i'd swear they had to win a national title that year...
they also beat LSU, Notre Dame and Syracuse that year...

Lots of names on the schedule, just turned out that ND and SYR weren't very good.

 

[lawgator1]

The 1998 N/C team was ....

Eight years ago.

Seriously, you guys, this is like going to an Alabama thread and reading about 1978. I don't see Gators walking around and remiscing about the 1996 N/C UF team. We hold ourselves to a higher standard of success NOW and in the near future. We aren't content pointing to the glory days.

In fact, I dare say that most of us Gators posting on here mention much more the turning point for Florida toughness, which was getting smacked around by Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl the year before the Sugar bowl win for all the marbles. If we dwell on anything, we Gators dwell on the need to get tougher and better.

It's 2006.

 

[rockytopscott]

Actually of my few Florida fans, do still talk about 1996. Quite often I might add.

 

[rockytopscott]

Although neither Vol nor Florida fans talk about their National Titles half as much as Dawg fans talk about 1980.

 

[lawgator1]

Actually of my few Florida fans, do still talk about 1996. Quite often I might add.

Is it "weren't we great then" or more like "we need to do a, b, and c to get back there"? My guess is the latter.

 

[rockytopscott]

"We were great then, and should have won in '95 too!"

 

[tidwell]

I post on another board where a Gator fan's user name is "1996 National Champions". :crazy:

 

[lawgator1]

"We were great then, and should have won in '95 too!"

Now I know you are lying. No true Gator fan was proud of the '95 season given the absolutely embarassing trouncing we took at the hands of Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl.

 

[lawgator1]

I post on another board where a Gator fan's user name is "1996 National Champions". :crazy:

That's one guy. And that's his name.

Dollars to doughnuts the posts about what we need to do to beat Auburn and UGA this year and to out-tough FSU dominate the "let's re-live the glory days" discussion 1,000 to 1.

 

[rockytopscott]

You're just so much better than us, lawgator.

 

[tidwell]

That's one guy. And that's his name.

Dollars to doughnuts the posts about what we need to do to beat Auburn and UGA this year and to out-tough FSU dominate the "let's re-live the glory days" discussion 1,000 to 1.

And I have no problem with it.

Just as I don't have a problem with someone asking how many players from a national championship team made the NFL. :wacko:

 

[dobre_shunka]

No, you’re right lawgator. UF fans are the most intellectually superior, determined and focused group of humans to ever walk the face of the earth. If only the rest of us lowly sub-humans could achieve the type of greatness for a day that you exhibit every day of your lives since that defeat by Nebraska. But hey, when you cheat you backsides off for 3 decades, obviously you’re eventually going to get the opportunity to back into a National Championship.

 

[lawgator1]

No, you’re right lawgator. UF fans are the most intellectually superior, determined and focused group of humans to ever walk the face of the earth. If only the rest of us lowly sub-humans could achieve the type of greatness for a day that you exhibit every day of your lives since that defeat by Nebraska. But hey, when you cheat you backsides off for 3 decades, obviously you’re eventually going to get the opportunity to back into a National Championship.

I agree with your comments about the superiority of UF -- I mean, why deny the obvious, right?

But what is this about cheating for three decades? I remember the Charley Pell saga of about 1981. But I'm having trouble remembering what happened in the other 27 years or so of that three decades prior to 1996.

I assume you have a conclusive list you'd like to share?

 

[hatvol96]

The 1998 N/C team was ....

Eight years ago.

Seriously, you guys, this is like going to an Alabama thread and reading about 1978. I don't see Gators walking around and remiscing about the 1996 N/C UF team. We hold ourselves to a higher standard of success NOW and in the near future. We aren't content pointing to the glory days.

In fact, I dare say that most of us Gators posting on here mention much more the turning point for Florida toughness, which was getting smacked around by Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl the year before the Sugar bowl win for all the marbles. If we dwell on anything, we Gators dwell on the need to get tougher and better.

It's 2006.

How did being sodomized by Nebraska make the Gators tougher? The National Championship you won the next year had just as much to with Texas doing what you couldn't, i.e. beating Nebraska, as it did with anything the Gators did. The team you played in the Sugar Bowl had already beaten you. Ohio State was probably more deserving of the Sugar Bowl berth. Really, that may be the least impressive resume for a National Championship since GA Tech's fraudulent share of the '90 title. I love that we're being lectured on current greatness by a fan of a team that hasn't competed for an SEC title since 2000. Enjoy your short window of opportunity in the Sunshine State. Ears will be gone soon and the Canes will hire a coach who gets them back to using the Gators as their personal pinatas.

 

[hatvol96]

I agree with your comments about the superiority of UF -- I mean, why deny the obvious, right?

But what is this about cheating for three decades? I remember the Charley Pell saga of about 1981. But I'm having trouble remembering what happened in the other 27 years or so of that three decades prior to 1996.

I assume you have a conclusive list you'd like to share?

You mean the kind of superiority that comes with only having one coach who has ever won anything? The kind of superiority that comes from being the third best program in your own state for the better part of the last 25 years? The kind of superiority that comes with a football tradition that starts in 1990? Florida is, was, and always will be the low rent, nothing happening, johnny come latelies on the SEC block. Call us when you win an SEC title under someone other than Spurrier. Until then, just keep your trap shut about greatness and superiority. It sound silly, even for a Florida fan.

 

[VolinArizona]

The 1998 N/C team was ....

Eight years ago.

Seriously, you guys, this is like going to an Alabama thread and reading about 1978. I don't see Gators walking around and remiscing about the 1996 N/C UF team. We hold ourselves to a higher standard of success NOW and in the near future. We aren't content pointing to the glory days.

In fact, I dare say that most of us Gators posting on here mention much more the turning point for Florida toughness, which was getting smacked around by Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl the year before the Sugar bowl win for all the marbles. If we dwell on anything, we Gators dwell on the need to get tougher and better.

It's 2006.

Tennessee has had more success 2000-2006 than Florida has. Not really close, either.