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2001 Miami Hurricanes, who trailed only twice all season. This historic Hurricanes team was rarely challenged and ended the season with a commanding 37-14 win over Nebraska in the Rose Bowl. This Miami team wasn't just the greatest team of the BCS era, some believe it's college football's greatest team ever. On the season, Miami outscored its opponents 512-117, including 236-72 against five teams that were ranked at the time they played. In back-to-back games against Syracuse and Washington, the Canes produced the biggest two-game margins of victory against a pair of ranked teams in college football history (124-7). No, coach Larry Coker didn't have a Heisman winner on his team, but he coached 17 future first-round draft picks and 38 total draft picks. Of the 22 starters in that Nebraska shellacking, 11 of the 18 who were drafted went in the first round. There were a handful of All-Americans on this team and six national awards finalists. The size, speed, strength and athleticism that this team showed was rivaled by just about no one that season. Its swagger and style paid homage to 1980s Canes teams, but this team brought its own sort of dominating edge that made it a true force. With offensive studs such as Ken Dorsey, Clinton Portis, Andre Johnson, Jeremy Shockey and Bryant McKinnie, it's no surprise that the Canes pounded their opponents with 42.7 points per game and 5,475 yards on the season. With scary defensive talent like Ed Reed, Phillip Buchanon, D.J. Williams, Jonathan Vilma, Jerome McDougle and Mike Rumph, you can understand why opponents struggled to score 9.8 points per game, were sacked 42 times and turned it over 48 times. http://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/93084/2001-miami-hurricanes-were-bcs-best
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If the Vikings don't make the playoffs this year Zimmer and Spielman should be gone
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