I am looking for players from every position who had memorable performances against the other team. Example: Kenny Jackson at one wide out position for his play in the 81 game. Have at it guys. There are many moments to remember.
Give me your all time Pitt vs Penn St. team. Criteria is.......
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Don't forget Roger Jackson's spectacular interception in that game, which turned the tide.
For Pitt, Tony Dorsett moving to the fullback slot in the second half of the 1976 game. I think he ended up rushing for nearly 200 yards and broke open what was a tie game. Not one of our better teams that year, though.
For Pitt, Tony Dorsett moving to the fullback slot in the second half of the 1976 game. I think he ended up rushing for nearly 200 yards and broke open what was a tie game. Not one of our better teams that year, though.
Nick Gancitano, place kicker. In the 1982 game he kicked 4 field goals and we won 19-10. After that we played Georgia in the Sugar Bowl and won a National Championship.
Remember it well. Was a struggle and I wasn't at ease until that final field goal gave us the nine point lead very late in the game.
Roger Jackson... he had the great interception, then with the score 14-7 (I think) he drilled receiver at the goal line who would have caught the ball for a touchdown. The ball bounced to Mark Robinson for his first interception of the game. Roger also caused a fumble in the game and had numerous tackles.
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Are you being paid by Pitt to start posts about them every day so it looks like a majority of the fan base still consider them a rival?
Now you got me thinking. Sure it was Roger's at the back of the end zone when we were down 14-0?
No not on the payroll. I just like college football. Do you have a player that you would put on the all time team?
I think a KEY criteria for any player to be considered is that they must have played at least 3 years. If they didn't stick around at least that long, they shouldn't count.
My all time Pitt vs Penn State Team(s)
Pitt Offense
OL - Fralic, May, Covert, Grimm, Ruben Brown
TE - Ditka
WR - Antonio Bryant, Gordon Jones
QB - Marino
RB - Dorsett, Heyward
Pitt Defense
DL - Hugh Green, Randy Holloway, Marc Spindler, Bill Maas
LB - Olsavsky, Sunseri, Rickey Jackson
DB - Bob Jury, Louis Riddick, Jeff Delaney, Mike Bullino
Penn State Offense
OL - Glenn Ressler, Munchak, Pankey, Dorney, Wisniewski
TE - Kwalick
WR - Kenny Jackson, Bobby Engram
QB - Fusina
RB - Mitchell, Cappelletti
Penn State Defense
DL - Smear, Reid, Clark, Millen
LB - Conlan, Onkotz, Buttle
DB - Harry Hamilton, Darren Perry, Duffy Cobbs, Ray Isom
Notes: Defensive Back for both teams was hardest for me to figure out. For Pitt, I had to use Wikipedia, and for PSU, I had to rely on Cobbs and Isom as they were DBs for the 1986 NC team, when I was at PSU as an undergrad.
I am sure that a lot of players are not listed, but I had to make cuts somewhere. I chose players based on their college positions and success vs. NFL positions and success. Hence, Millen is a DL, and not a LB. I chose Mitchell over Harris because he had a better college career than Franco, and I chose Cappy because he won the Heisman based on his performance against Pitt that year. I chose some of the players based on the fact that they were either at PSU or Pitt during the "heyday" of the rivalry.
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Pitt Offense
OL - Fralic, May, Covert, Grimm, Ruben Brown
TE - Ditka
WR - Antonio Bryant, Gordon Jones
QB - Marino
RB - Dorsett, Heyward
Pitt Defense
DL - Hugh Green, Randy Holloway, Marc Spindler, Bill Maas
LB - Olsavsky, Sunseri, Rickey Jackson
DB - Bob Jury, Louis Riddick, Jeff Delaney, Mike Bullino
Penn State Offense
OL - Glenn Ressler, Munchak, Pankey, Dorney, Wisniewski
TE - Kwalick
WR - Kenny Jackson, Bobby Engram
QB - Fusina
RB - Mitchell, Cappelletti
Penn State Defense
DL - Smear, Reid, Clark, Millen
LB - Conlan, Onkotz, Buttle
DB - Harry Hamilton, Darren Perry, Duffy Cobbs, Ray Isom
Notes: Defensive Back for both teams was hardest for me to figure out. For Pitt, I had to use Wikipedia, and for PSU, I had to rely on Cobbs and Isom as they were DBs for the 1986 NC team, when I was at PSU as an undergrad.
I am sure that a lot of players are not listed, but I had to make cuts somewhere. I chose players based on their college positions and success vs. NFL positions and success. Hence, Millen is a DL, and not a LB. I chose Mitchell over Harris because he had a better college career than Franco, and I chose Cappy because he won the Heisman based on his performance against Pitt that year. I chose some of the players based on the fact that they were either at PSU or Pitt during the "heyday" of the rivalry.
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you are remembering it correctly. We were down 14-0 and they were ready to go 21-0.
Pretty good list, but I'd put Larry Fitzgerald instead of Gordon at WR - I think he was the best player in the country when he was there - and Derrelle Revis at DB for Pitt. Can't argue with many of your PSU picks.
Didn't Ricky Jackson also play some DE at Pitt. I remember he and Hugh being a terror together.
Carson Long- seemed to me after a kickoff one year (and JVP told this story) he picked up the kicking tee and ran toward PSU bench and shook it at Joe. Then either later that game, or the next year missed the PAT (I think wide, but it could have been blocked) and PSU won 7-6?? This would have been circa 1974?
Neither Revis or Fitzgerald played games against PSU which was the criteria - not just great players from Pitt.
Jackson and Green often stunted so it looked like he was coming from the outside and Green from the inside.
I don't remember Shawnte Spncer but Tim Lewis and Carleton Williamson were excellent. As much as Penn State is LBU, PItt has put some really
good CB's in the NFL.
For you guys I'd also add Matt Cavanaugh.
For PSU I'd add the Bahr Brothers. I think Chris might have had a 50 yarder to beat you guys.
And I would not leave out Curt Warner.
You are correct, BUT, there were two interceptions, the first at the beginning of the second quarter, which Roger Jackson caught in the back of the end zone, with the score 14-0. The second occurred with 8:32 left in the second quarter. Pitt was driving, with the score of 14-7, Marino threw a pass to Julius Dawkins that was in his hands for a second at the goal line. Roger Jackson delivered a hit that I think put Julius Dawkins out of the game, and the ball deflected to Mark Robinson. There were also other interceptions in the game, including a pick 6 by Mark Robinson.
I think it's pretty obvious, but it just makes no sense to have an all-time player at one school who didn't care about the school enough to stick around for the majority of their career. Sure their contribution counted, but how can you be a school's all time great if you were barely there?
Sluggo, Long gestured toward the Penn State bench in the 1973 game. Just before the half, he kicked a long field goal to put Pitt up 13-3. Penn State came out in the second half and destroyed Pitt to remain undefeated. Final score 35-13. The 7-6 game was actually two years later at Three Rivers. Long also missed a couple of relatively easy field goals, one very late in the game. Thus earning the nickname, Carson Wide.
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That would not be a requirement for me. Would they erase a guys stats if he left school early? They would not. So if a guy played two years and contributed greatly to his teams victory you would punish him for choosing to move on to other things hing
in his life.
Also it is about the Pitt vs Penn State series and not about who is an all time great.Its focused on this series.
No, but you have to make a cut somewhere. If a guy played in one game, and had the greatest game in NCAA history, then left... does he count? Is it two games? One season? The only logical answer is someone who decided to stick around for at least 3 seasons. People can move on early and still stay for 3 years. Take Lavar, he still LOVES PSU.
Non value added post. This thread may be about the series, but that particular point was not.
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