Penn State football 1993. Give me your play of the year.
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I believe it was the long pass that put us ahead of Michigan State after they had held a 20 point lead in the second half. Penn State wins 38-37. Their fans were yelling things at our players, telling them to back to the East, etc. Just one of the many harbingers of things to come during our first year in The Big Two.
Was there. Still have the MSU seat pads that kept our arse's off the ice on the seat. I believe there is still debate on whether our punter had his knee on the ground from a low snap.
Watched Collins hit Engram twice in the end zone where the PSU faithful were sitting. TV makes it looks easy.
I like the way Nits is thinking. I'll add the Ki-Jana TD right before the half that broke the back of the Vols. Other candidates: Allowing the punt return for TD vs. UM and not scoring from point blank range in the same game.
Good call (yours and Joe's). LOL, no one saw that coming. I recall Collins talking about the play call after the game, he's on the sideline when Joe gives him the play call. Collins looks at him and goes, "Are you sure?" "Yeah." That was one of my favorite bowl wins ever. Any win against an SEC team is special, but this one was a cut above.
The lead up to the game was that the fast SEC team was going to whip the slow PSU team.
Didn't the Orlando paper call Paterno the pinhead of the week before the game? (Something like that)
If I remember right (I was at this game) --- even after MSU took a 37-17 lead late in the 3rd Quarter, Kerry Collins threw an interception on the very first play for Penn State.
However, Derek Bochna intercepted Jim Miller right back --- and then Collins hit a 40-yard bomb to Engram for a touchdown right before the Quarter end.
And thus began the Penn State 3-touchdown comeback. Funny thing is that if I remember correctly, we got all those 21 points in only about 5 minutes of play --- the game was a shootout but neither team scored a point in the game's final 10+ minutes.
That Bochna interception of Jim Miller: I would argue that was THE key play of the 1993 season.
MSU stopped us on the 2nd of the 3 TD drives as part of the comeback --- but, they roughed the punter.
I'm pretty sure it was the roughing --- not a knee on the ground --- that was the controversial thing, but I may be remembering wrong.
Shelly Hammonds being off side on Michigan's field goal attempt , which gave Michigan a second chance after a miss and the penalty caused second punt that turned into a Michigan punt return touchdown . . It was harbinger of many more heart breaks to come when playing Michigan
I hate to think of it, but UM stuffing us worth the goal line stand. Marco Rivera gave an interview where he discussed the ol watching over and over. Ostensibly, it was to help making the right reads/calls, but it ultimately became just a motivator
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