Who is the worst/most over rated football coach to win a national championship?

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#227
tvolsfan said:
You really think Sean Taylor comes off the bench anywhere else?
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Or Winslow. Or the fact that the 01' Miami team had four solid NFL RB's in their backfield is absurd. (The fourth one was Najeh Davenport I believe).
 
#228
#228
zjcvols said:
Or Winslow. Or the fact that the 01' Miami team had four solid NFL RB's in their backfield is absurd. (The fourth one was Najeh Davenport I believe).
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I'm pretty sure the only one who didn't play professionally was the guy who died before the draft. The talent on the team was almost unfair.
 
#229
#229
tvolsfan said:
I'm pretty sure the only one who didn't play professionally was the guy who died before the draft. The talent on the team was almost unfair.
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I know we would have lost, but I would have been curious to see how we would have played them. I think our D-line could have given them problems. But that Miami team was so stacked, it wasn't fair.
 
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#234
utvolpj said:
Peyton was a backup and his NFL career has been adequate. Plenty of backups have gone on to become pro-bowlers
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To me, Taylor on the bench would have been like Eric Berry on the bench his freshman year, but that's just my opinion.
 
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#235
utvolpj said:
it doesn't matter if you actually saw them play. List players all day but to say that 95 team wasn't even close is ridiculous IMO.

I would bet the 97 Vols had more NFL players on that roster and ask the guys who played in that game how Neb's OL treated them
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Just to be clear, are you comparing it to Miami's roster or Nebraska's roster?
 
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#237
I get it, that Miami team had a lot of talent that continued into the next level. That's another great, unique thing about 1995 Nebraska. They were just different. Everyone knew Tommie Frazier wasn't going to be a big time NFL QB, but he rushed for 200 yards in the NC game against FL. Does that make him a bad QB? He certainly wasn't stoppable. Nebraska didn't run the same game as Miami.

2001 Miami had all that great talent, yet VA Tech almost got 'em. They were a dropped two point conversion away from going into overtime. Even though Miami lead big early against them, that team had the capacity to allow VA Tech to come back and make it close. Nebraska showed no signs of that. They smoked you from start to finish.
 
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#238
tvolsfan said:
To me, Taylor on the bench would have been like Eric Berry on the bench his freshman year, but that's just my opinion.
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Exactly. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but those guys would have been starts anywhere else.
 
#239
#239
tvolsfan said:
Just to be clear, are you comparing it to Miami's roster or Nebraska's roster?
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97 UT/Neb. Having a team of players that eventually become stars in the NFL doesn't mean an auto-win. Miami thought the same in 85 too
 
#240
#240
utvolpj said:
so Jason Witten then. Heck he wanted to be a DE
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That's how a lot to do with two things: 1) UT didn't use the TE pass-catching wise. 2) Fulmer is hesitant to play youngsters.

Like I said, it's not unheard of, but six pro-bowlers on the bench for one team? That's crazy.
 
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#241
zjcvols said:
Exactly. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but those guys would have been starts anywhere else.
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and my point is it's very easy to look back and say that now after watching their entire career
 
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#243
salutethehill said:
I get it, that Miami team had a lot of talent that continued into the next level. That's another great, unique thing about 1995 Nebraska. They were just different. Everyone knew Tommie Frazier wasn't going to be a big time NFL QB, but he rushed for 200 yards in the NC game against FL. Does that make him a bad QB? He certainly wasn't stoppable. Nebraska didn't run the same game as Miami.
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That's the thing. I don't understand how a bunch of players who, for the most part, had limited to no success at the next level would have been able to dominate a bunch of guys that did, unless it could it be attributed to something like steroids.
 
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tvolsfan said:
To me, Taylor on the bench would have been like Eric Berry on the bench his freshman year, but that's just my opinion.
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so a soph year consisting of a second team all-conf selection is as strong as a consensus AA? Come on
 
#245
#245
tvolsfan said:
I'm pretty sure the only one who didn't play professionally was the guy who died before the draft. The talent on the team was almost unfair.
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The 2001 Hurricanes beat Virginia Tech by 2 whole points in their last regular season game. Yes. They were a great team, but they weren't the world beaters that several of you are trying to make them out to be.
 
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#246
utvolpj said:
and my point is it's very easy to look back and say that now after watching their entire career
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Some of those guys, maybe. However I'm pretty sure Sean Taylor was always awesome. And it's not like they were backing up random scrubs. They were backing up pro bowlers and other first rounders, which I think was the point miamicane was trying to make.
 
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#247
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Vol423 said:
The 2001 Hurricanes beat Virginia Tech by 2 whole points in their last regular season game. Yes. They were a great team, but they weren't the world beaters that several of you are trying to make them out to be.
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They also, with the exception of Florida State, didn't give up a point in the 2nd quarter of games all season. Nebraska may have beaten them, but they certainly weren't going to dominate them.
 
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#248
utvolpj said:
so a soph year consisting of a second team all-conf selection is as strong as a consensus AA? Come on
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I'm not sure what awards he won, but I did watch him a lot, and he was outstanding from the moment he got meaningful playing time.
 
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#249
tvolsfan said:
That's the thing. I don't understand how a bunch of players who, for the most part, had limited to no success at the next level would have been able to dominate a bunch of guys that did, unless it could it be attributed to something like steroids.
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I'm not a pharmacist, I'm a football fan. I could care less about 'roids. :)
 
#250
#250
alot of ppl overlook bryant mckinnie too..he was the left tackle and didnt allow a sack the whole year!
 
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