re: What are some notable program-changing wins?

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You said that Miami wasn't feared like they were after their loss in 92. I really doubt that

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You must be young. As much as I hate hyperbole in fandom, he is probably right about this. There was nobody more hated and feared in the history of football than Miami during that decade or so. Including when they were good again in 2001. They were a team full of punks, thugs, and freaking incredible athletes. They were better than you, and they made sure you knew it. It didn't even matter who they hired as a coach - Schnellenberger, Johnson, Erickson - he was going to win a national championship or two and you knew there was no way to stop it.

Except for one game during that run (before the end on 1/1/93). Tennessee beat the living shite out of them in the Sugar Bowl in 1986, and, honestly, set the stage for Majors/Fulmer, and their greatest era since Neyland.

Has no one mentioned that game yet? What Tennessee fan doesn't consider that a program changer?