'79 Sugar Bowl
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Very tough to tell on the 3rd down run. It's funny but that was a perfect time for a qb sneak.First off, let's correct your recollection. I've attached a video link of the plays leading up to the goal line stand and the goal line stand itself.
1st down from the 8, a 2-yard gain by Mike Guman.
2nd down from the 6, Fusina hits Fitzkee and is tackled at the 1 by Don McNeal. Fitzkee ran the route one yard short.
3rd down from the 1 - Suhey over the top and I believe the football reached the plane of the goal line (see photos).
4th down from the 1 - Guman stopped by Barry Krauss.
So there was only two plays from the one-yard line not four.
No, I watched the replay. It was McCoy. Ball was thrown behind the receiver right into McCoy's hands. He could have gained some good yardage returning the pick. I bet he could have set us up inside the Bama 40.
Yeah there are a number of dudes that should never have to buy their own beer in PA or certainly State College.
I would like to see an angle from the goal line. Typical that Bama and the Bear are going to get that judgment call over JoePa.
Apparently, and unfortunately, there was no tv camera on that side of the field and the pylon cam hadn't been invented yet for that better viewing angle of the third down play.
Yeah, maybe things would have been slightly different if technology corrected calls in that game and #1 was forced to play #2 in 1994. You think?
This was one of a few painful losses to Alabama. Besides the 1978 Sugar Bowl, there was the 1982 game where our punt hit the back of Suter and bounced backwards towards the PSU goal line. And the 1989 game last drive where it was Blair Thomas, Blair Thomas, Blair Thomas, over and over, as PSU marched down the field and then we elect to kick the field goal from the 1 instead of running him again on the last play and wound up having it blocked and losing by 1 point. I think kicking the field goal in that game was a result of the failure to score in the 1978 game. Some games you never forget because of what might have been. Those were 3 of them.
Thankfully we were able to recover from that '82 loss and go on to win the national championship. Joe never could beat the Bear and was outcoached in the '79 Sugar Bowl by him.
We had some nice wins against them post Bear. Totally throttling them in Tuscaloosa in '86, 23-3. In '85 we beat them 19-17 with a great call by Joe having the backup Matt Knizner throw to our TE Brian Siverling to stretch the lead to 19-10 midway through the 4th quarter.
I'm so glad I lived through Joe's prime years. I always thought we could win every game and I always thought we had the best coach and he could outcoach the other guy even if the other guy had superior talent.
And in 86 Penn State was unquestionably the best program in the nation.
I never feel like Franklin can outcoach the other guy. I guess it is what it is.
It wasn't three dives.
First off, let's correct your recollection. I've attached a video link in this thread of the plays leading up to the goal line stand and the goal line stand itself.
1st down from the 8, a 2-yard gain by Mike Guman.
2nd down from the 6, Fusina hits Fitzkee and is tackled at the 1 by Don McNeal. Fitzkee ran the route one yard short.
3rd down from the 1 - Suhey over the top and I believe the football reached the plane of the goal line (see photos).
4th down from the 1 - Guman stopped by Barry Krauss.
So there was only two plays from the one-yard line not four.
In his prime Joe was the best, no doubt. Just look at his sterling bowl record.
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