Crazy Stats about the 2001 Canes

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#51
How many NFL teams in 2001 would have traded their secondary straight up for Miami's?

How many would have traded their RB corps straight up for Miami's?

How many would have traded their Tight Ends straight up for Miami's?

How many would have traded their receiving corps straight up for Miami's?
 
#52
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XtennesseeX said:
Billingsley had Washington at #10. Sagarin had them at #8, and Peter Wolfe ranked the Huskies at #11.

OU, FSU, and Miami were top three across the board.

The final BCS standings looked like this:

2) Florida State 5.37
3) Miami 5.69
4) Washington 10.37

To be honest, Washington wasn't even thought to have a chance unless both Miami and FSU lost.

I understand thinking Washington was screwed because Washington>Miami>FSU, but in the final weeks of the '00 season, it was a FSU-Miami battle.
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So Miami was screwed because they were one spot below FSU, but Washington wasn't screwed for being one spot below Miami?
 
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#53
#53
chavisut said:
So Miami was screwed because they were one spot below FSU, but Washington wasn't screwed for being one spot below Miami?
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Not what I'm saying, at all.

Washington needed help in getting to the BCS title game. They needed both FSU and Miami to lose. Where as most thought Miami was in the title if they finished undefeated.

I don't care about what a team did in September. I'm talking about the final month. People for the most part thought Miami controlled their own destiny to play in the Orange Bowl. Not so for Washington...
 
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#54
tvolsfan said:
Just because Washington was getting screwed the whole way doesn't mean they don't have the most reason to complain. Not only did they beat Miami, but they beat another team that finished 11-1.
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I'm not saying they don't have a reason to complain. However, when the debate is about the final BCS standings, you're going to here a lot more about Miami getting left out than you're going to here about Washington. Miami did better in the computer polls, the human polls, and they had a tougher schedule overall. That's why Washington was substantially lower than both Miami and FSU in the computer polls.

Washington should be upset and they were. However, they knew unless something happened they were not going to the Orange Bowl.
 
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chavisut said:
So the Washington win over Miami means nothing because it was in September? Look, I know going into the final week it was between FSU and Miami. However, it's bull**** that that was the case IMO JMO. All I'm sayin.
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We seem to be debating two different things. I agree that Washington had a great argument for being in the national championship game, if not the best.

That said, in my last several posts, I'm putting myself into the shoes of Neuheisel and Davis going into November.

If you're Neuheisel, you know that the only shot you have is both FSU and Miami losing. It sucks, but that's the deal. You beat Miami, but FSU is there too and they do better in every single poll. By a lot in some cases.

Davis, OTOH, was battling one team for the bid. A team they beat. Washington was too far back in the computer polls to really have a shot. FSU was the only team to worry about.
 
#57
#57
So we agree that Washington got screwed.

And we also agree that Miami came close to 3 straight national championships.

Are we on the same page now?
 
#62
#62
If the 2001 Canes played the 2008 Gators, my score prediction for the game would be something like 42-17.
 
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#65
Not sure if this is true, but I heard Coker was terrified of Nebraska because his Oklahoma State days. Ed Reed was the guy who told him to relax and that they would take care of it.
 
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tvolsfan said:
So we agree that Washington got screwed.

And we also agree that Miami came close to 3 straight national championships.

Are we on the same page now?
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I'm also of the opinion that Washington should have been the one in the 2000 season BCSMNCG, but Miami was also screwed by FSU getting in.

The Canes should have bookended that '01 title. Arguably could have been in it in '00 (and IMO would have beat Oklahoma soundly) and of course got screwed in '02.
 
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tvolsfan said:
If they beat Tennessee in 2003, do they get a shot at the title that year, too?
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They were #4 when they played UT, so I'm assuming LSU, OU, and USC were ahead of them, correct?

They would have come close, but it would have been short. Not to mention Brock Berlin was their starting QB, who might not have been benched had they beat Tennessee.
 
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#72
As amazing as some of Kehoe's offensive lines stats are a really spectacular stat is the fact that in the 2000 and 2001 seasons combined the offensive line allowed only seven quarterback sacks.
 
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#73
miamicane said:
As amazing as some of Kehoe's offensive lines stats are a really spectacular stat is the fact that in the 2000 and 2001 seasons combined the offensive line allowed only seven quarterback sacks.
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And that's with a quarterback that probably ran a 5.7 40.
 
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