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re: 2001 Miami most overrated team in history.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 8:29 pm to Finkle is Einhorn
Posted on 8/12/21 at 8:29 pm to Finkle is Einhorn
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I’ve always felt they and 95 Nebraska, while both great teams, are a little overrated.
'95 Nebraska gets a lot of love because of how badly they beat Florida in the Fiesta Bowl.
IMO, the main reason for the lopsided score was Nebraska had spent years preparing to play teams out of Florida (and their Heisman-caliber passing QB's) in bowl games. They played FSU and Miami year after year after year in bowl games, and those FSU and Miami teams originally rose to prominence by overtaking Nebraska and Oklahoma in the '80s and were also used to their run-oriented styles. Florida, however, wasn't. They never had to focus on Nebraska and Oklahoma.
FSU wasn't quite as good as Florida in '95, but they probably wouldn't have gotten the complete shite beat out of them in the Fiesta Bowl the way UF did due to familiarity with Nebraska.
Now I'm not necessarily saying '95 Nebraska isn't the GOAT, but that one game gets blown out of proportion due to a style mismatch.
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Posted on 8/12/21 at 8:41 pm to Globetrotter747
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'95 Nebraska gets a lot of love because of how badly they beat Florida in the Fiesta Bowl.
Well that and also how badly they beat just about everyone else.
@ Oklahoma State (64-21)
@ Michigan State (50-10)
vs. Arizona State (77-28)
vs. Pacific (49-7)
vs. Washington State (35-21)
vs. Missouri (57-0)
vs. #8 Kansas State (49-25)
@ #7 Colorado (44-21)
vs. Iowa State (73-14)
@ #10 Kansas (41-3)
vs. Oklahoma (37-0)
vs. #2 Florida (62-24)
They averaged 53.2 points per game and nearly 557 yards per game on offense. And the crazy thing about that offense is that it wasn't just a Cam Newton or a Joe Burrow who was responsible for most of the production. It was everyone. Tommie Frazier was clearly the emotional leader of the team and in command of the offense, but the man didn't have gaudy stats in 1995. He just managed the offense as perfectly as a QB could in that particular system.
This post was edited on 8/12/21 at 8:45 pm
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