2001 Miami has been elevated to GOAT status simply because of how well their athletes did in the pros. Don't get me wrong, that was a great team that is definitely in contention for GOAT status. But they did not dominate the competition quite like Nebraska did in 1995.

'01 Miami has become a legend due to its roster (Clinton Portis, Andre Johnson, Jeremy Shockey, Sean Taylor, Willis McGahee, Vince Wilfork, etc.) but they had a couple of close shaves throughout the season. 1995 Nebraska did not. They killed everyone they came up against, including 4 teams that finished in the Top 10.

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Posted by OldPete

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Posted on 3/26/14 at 9:05 am to RollTide1987

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2001 Miami has been elevated to GOAT status simply because of how well their athletes did in the pros.

^^^This. 2001 Miami had great athletes but as far as a GOAT argument, they'd be further down the list. They had 2 games that year that they were very fortunate to win (Va Tech & Boston College)...it didn't help that the team they whipped in the Rose Bowl was arguably the worst team ever to be in a BCS Championship game...

The '95 Nebraska team was probably the best I ever saw...they had no close games and only trailed once all season. Tommie Frazier has to be one of the most underrated QB's in college football history...he's the only QB I can think of that played in 3 straight championship games ('93, '94, '95) and was only a missed FG away from winning all 3. I remember his epic TD run in the '95 BCA championship game against UF...he was unstoppable...

The only other team I saw that might could stand up to them was another Nebraska team, back in '71...

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