Agreed. Lost one game in his career, and came back to win the biggest of all games.
Most underrated PSU players
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Agreed. Lost one game in his career, and came back to win the biggest of all games.
Probably had more to do with the dark years than any other single person. Do your own research.
I’d prefer to be spoon fed.
Please elaborate
Aaron Harris. I don't know if he was underrated or underappreciated, but this guy could run!
McCoo was a good back on some lousy teams...not sure how you can arrive at the conclusion that he is the main culprit for an entire era.
*spelling correction: "Hartenstine" ... Even his fellow teammates were intimidated by Hartenstine... both on and off the field. One late night I was admiring a Norton Comando parked out front of the Cattle Car, all of a sudden a huge shadow blocked out the street light and I turned to see Mike leering at me. Immediately I plead innocence of not touching the bike, and to my surprise, he didn't kill me - probably because his cute little girlfriend was with him.
Living in West Halls, Mike parked his bike in the lot behind my frat but was not a member, nor really even a friend of anyone in the house. He just parked it there... At one of the house meetings that Fall, the subject of Mike parking his bike in our lot became a hot topic as most agreed that we shouldn't bear the liability risk should something happen to the bike. So it was voted that someone should ask Mike to park his bike elsewhere and we looked upon one of the football-playing members of the frat to present Mike with the "cease & desist" order. Needless to say, the Norton remained parked in our lot for the rest of the year as NOBODY had the guts to confront Mike about the parking situation. He was a very scary person.
So I agree... It is somewhat bewildering that Mike doesn't receive the fan respect he used to gain in person, back in the day! Out of sight out of mind, I suppose.
Brandon Smith - the last 2 years
Stepped up in that LB spot as a backup walk-on perfectly
Stepped up in that LB spot as a backup walk-on perfectly
There’s a story about him destroying a guy’s VW with forearm shots.
Disagree on Mills. Mills was probably the only saving grace to a putrid Offensively challenged PSU team during the dark years. (except for LJ in '02).
He rarely had any decent Wr's.
He was a very good QB until his shoulder and arm were mangled in the Wiscy game. IMHO he was never the same.
Agree. I would say he's also one of the most unappreciated players for all he accomplished.
Would have been a great RB (and was for one game) but there was a reason he was nicknamed Shelly (Toast) Hammonds.
Larry Kubin and Lowry are very good picks.
Didn't Joe try and talk him out of leaving early?
IIRC he was a pretty high draft pick by the Skins but never really did much.
Could you elaborate please because I was here and going to the games then and don't recall that at all. There was one person, more than anyone, responsible for the Dark Years and it wasn't a player.
I'm hard-pressed to think of another cornerback that could stick harder than Alan Zemaitis. Alan was a three-time All-Big Ten cornerback and was a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. Yet I don't see very many folks singing his praises.
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The guy is probably insinuating some off the field stuff, but is too big a pussy to actually state any specifics.
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Anyone remember this?
Dave Costlow
Bryant Johnson
Bryan Scott
Yaacov Yisreal
Gino Capone
Horace Dodd
Damone Jones
Deryck Toles
Ricky Upton
Keith Jenkins
Dave Costlow
Bryant Johnson
Bryan Scott
Yaacov Yisreal
Gino Capone
Horace Dodd
Damone Jones
Deryck Toles
Ricky Upton
Keith Jenkins
Yea but if you remember Johnson was pretty much a non-factor until his Jr. and Sr. year.
Kind of the reverse Tony Johnson who wasn't very good his sr. year.
I did a quick google and wow his WR's were even worse than I thought.
Steve Delich
Eddie Drummond (who was so bad they moved him to RB)
Bryant Johnson (very good JR & Sr year)
Tony Johnson (not so good Sr. year)
Rod Perry (who everyone was excited about but didn't do much)
Ticus Pettigrew
Gerald Smith (who I think might have been one of the players that we mentioned a few topics ago that fasted during Ramadan.
Terrance Phillips
Ryan Scott
Scott Shirley
Vic Surma (oh boy)
Ernie Terrell
Gio Vendemia
Jim Kanuch (was he related to Tom Bradley? maybe nephew?)
and finally Michael Robinson shows up (Thank God)
He did have 2 decent TE's though.
Issak Smolko
John Bronson
IDK, at that time the PSU cops had hardons for all football players. If you remember they were arresting or citing them for taking bikes out of garbage cans or stepping out of their apartment with a beer (the horror).
So if McCoo had done anything that was even a minor infraction I'm sure we would have heard about. I heard nothing.
But yes I agree. Either put up or shut up.
My guess is Eric stole his date.
Yep remember almost all of them.
Horace Dodd transferred to BC and then became a Rapper. Not sure what he's doing now.
Gino Capone was a fav. whipping boy.
Deryck Toles could have been very good but didn't he have some sort of odd disease?
Who can forget Lincoln Lippencott lll from Sullivan's Island South Carolina??
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Interesting Dodd is now an actor and has been in a few things.
Looks like he's getting started and doing pretty well.
Good for him.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7426235/
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I saw Mike at the District XI track meet while in HS, he won the Shot put, Discus, and came in third, wait for it, in the High Jump!! I think he jumped like 6'3 and as a 230# HS I thought that was pretty good.
Perge
IIRC, in 1990 when PSU played at #1 ND (and upset them) there was a crucial 3rd down play where ND sent an RB (Bettis perhaps, although he was a true frosh at the time) around the end and true frosh Bochna was all alone to defend and got the job done (not by making the tackle but by holding the ball carrier there until other defenders got there to knock him over). Nice job for a frosh, especially considering if it was Bettis then Bochna was giving up 70 pounds or so. Anyone else remember that play? I've tried to find video of it but can't.
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That’s the one in my book.
Was scrolling to be sure the name wasn’t posted before I started typing. Shame the injuries limited him.
The most underrated Penn Stater of all time is Franco Harris. He was mostly utilized as a blocker for Lydell Mitchell. However, the Steelers did not underrate him as they selected him 13th overall in the 1972. The rest is history.
