The 2000 football season ended up being a major turning point for the Miami Hurricanes in terms of where their program was headed. For several years prior, head coach Butch Davis and his team were dealing with sanctions handed down from the NCAA. Starting in 1998 and 1999 however, we saw Miami start to pick up steam, gearing up for a much anticipated 2000 campaign.
With players like Ken Dorsey, Reggie Wayne, Dan Morgan, Al Blades, Ed Reed, and so many others, the Hurricanes were absolutely stacked. “There was a real feeling, that we were on the cusp of having maybe one of the best football teams that Miami had ever had,” Davis said in “The U: Part 2.