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SWFLHurricane said:
Not the mess he left I can't...Am I Happy we Won 2 during his tenure??...Absolutely...but once JJs kids were gone, and we had to rely on "His" lack of recruiting, not to mention his loss of institutional control, it was all but over. The CFB world caught up to his Off scheme (see BYU in 90...Bama in 93) as well. His stubbornness in the NC vs Bama, to not have a better game plan was stupidity. And the players out partying until 4 a.m the day of the game made things even worse.
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He brought us to insane heights.
 
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I have said this for 30 years that Erickson just rode the coattails of Jimmy's recruits. Once those guys left, well, you saw the results. Was just never a fan of the guy.
 
We stayed bailing FSU'
SWFLHurricane said:
Not the mess he left I can't...Am I Happy we Won 2 during his tenure??...Absolutely...but once JJs kids were gone, and we had to rely on "His" lack of recruiting, not to mention his loss of institutional control, it was all but over. The CFB world caught up to his Off scheme (see BYU in 90...Bama in 93) as well. His stubbornness in the NC vs Bama, to not have a better game plan was stupidity. And the players out partying until 4 a.m the day of the game made things even worse.
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BYU didn't catch up to His scheme, Detmer just played out of His mind that game & season. Detmer had a Burrow like season.
 
GojiraCane said:
1991 team was very good, but I think the early 2000s team would have beaten them. Dorsey was far better than Toretta; Gino’s passing consisted of chunking it up and hoping Lamar or Horace would come down with it.
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Horace was ahead of his time.

Absolute freak wideout.

The Buccs ruined his development with ****** qbs (Dilfer was AWFUL) and signing Alvin Harper (playing with Dallas had him overrated and the Bucs sunk stupid money on him) over him. Horace used to make plays that made me swear he was gonna be a superstar.

The backflips after touchdowns at 6’3 were epic. I was hyped as **** watching Horace play when I was a jit. Go watch his NFL highlights. He started getting hurt and fizzled out of the league. Was there anything else that hindered his development that isn’t widely known?
 
TruCane81 said:
Horace was ahead of his time.

Absolute freak wideout.

The Buccs ruined his development with ****** qbs (Dilfer was AWFUL) and signing Alvin Harper (playing with Dallas had him overrated and the Bucs sunk stupid money on him) over him. Horace used to make plays that made me swear he was gonna be a superstar.

The backflips after touchdowns at 6’3 were epic. I was hyped as **** watching Horace play when I was a jit. Go watch his NFL highlights. He started getting hurt and fizzled out of the league. Was there anything else that hindered his development that isn’t widely known?
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You should have seen Horace in HS in Orlando....even better in Track. His HS FB coach Bill Gierke told me Horace was the best athlete he ever coached.
 
TruCane81 said:
Horace was ahead of his time.

Absolute freak wideout.

The Buccs ruined his development with ****** qbs (Dilfer was AWFUL) and signing Alvin Harper (playing with Dallas had him overrated and the Bucs sunk stupid money on him) over him. Horace used to make plays that made me swear he was gonna be a superstar.

The backflips after touchdowns at 6’3 were epic. I was hyped as **** watching Horace play when I was a jit. Go watch his NFL highlights. He started getting hurt and fizzled out of the league. Was there anything else that hindered his development that isn’t widely known?
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That early 90's WR corp might be the most disrespected WR corp in UM history, but I'll go out on a limb and say they were one the most winningest.
 
SWFLHurricane said:
You should have seen Horace in HS in Orlando....even better in Track. His HS FB coach Bill Gierke told me Horace was the best athlete he ever coached.
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I recall watching him in practice back in the day and completely amazed at how he glided with his long strides. Beautiful to watch that guy run. One of the best athletes to ever play at UM.
 
2001 was better because you had the experience from 2000 coming back in 2001 but with a crazy influx of young guys for depth in 2001 (Taylor/Winslow/Gore/etc.)...plus our losses from the 2000 team (Morgan/Moss/Wayne) were made up for by studs who came in 2000 (Vilma/Andre Johnson)
 
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canesd said:
2001 was better because you had the experience from 2000 coming back in 2001 but with a crazy influx of young guys for depth in 2001 (Taylor/Winslow/Gore/etc.)...plus our losses from the 2000 team (Morgan/Moss/Wayne) were made up for by studs who came in 2000 (Vilma/Andre Johnson)
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And our biggest weakness in 2000 on defense (pass rush) forced us to blitz more and it was solved in 2001 with Juco transfers at DE (McDougle/A. Williams)
 
canesd said:
2001 was better because you had the experience from 2000 coming back in 2001 but with a crazy influx of young guys for depth in 2001 (Taylor/Winslow/Gore/etc.)...plus our losses from the 2000 team (Morgan/Moss/Wayne) were made up for by studs who came in 2000 (Vilma/Andre Johnson)
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Morgan/Moss & Wayne > Vilma, Dre..
 
Crazy how if Miami hadn't been cheated in numerous ways, it had the talent to clear a 3peat of the national title to open the millennium. Butch was a mad man. And Mario has a clear claim on being his direct inheritor.
 
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TemplarCane said:
By the time the end of the year rolled around the 2000 team was the best team in the country. They would’ve beaten Oklahoma, no question in my mind. And the game was in crappy weather, if I recall, so it may have ended closer than it would have otherwise.

The 2001 team didn’t have Santana Moss and Reggie Wayne, but Andre Johnson came of age. Jon Vilma more than adequately replaced the most decorated single-season defensive player in college football history, CFB HOF Dan Morgan. I always felt James Jackson was somewhat underrated, but we had Portis, Frank Gore, and MacGhee in 2001.

Those 2000-2002 teams came a bad early season game at a very good Washington team (2000) and the worst call in college football history against Ohio State (2002) from three consecutive undefeated national championship seasons. The 2001-2002 teams were so great they made Larry Coker look good.

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WRONG…They would’ve beaten the BREAKS off Oklahoma. They could barely score on fsu, what were they going to with us.
 
uprising said:
WRONG…They would’ve beaten the BREAKS off Oklahoma. They could barely score on fsu, what were they going to with us.
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My guess would’ve been 24-10 Canes.

Oklahoma had a great defense, but Miami would win even in crappy weather.
 
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