Greatest College Football game i ever saw on the BTN now..

November 12, 1994

#2 Penn st LOADED with pro's and undefeated At Illinois, who also had their share of pro's on D.

Unreal game, i was working the stadium that day in college, on the field, north end zone, never will forget it, and this is the 1st time i am seeing it since that day!

The drive at the end by Penn st was one for the ages.

Was that the Simeon Rice, Kevin Hardy Illinois defense?

Yes this team was loaded, I remember them throttling OSU that year, and this was the game they struggled in....they ripped a lot of teams apart that yr.

What is BTN anyway?

Journeyman said:

What is BTN anyway?

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Big Ten Network

Ty Douthard NEVER played a better game in his life, and still it wasn't enough

theticket_22 said:

Was that the Simeon Rice, Kevin Hardy Illinois defense?

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yep, Holecek too, all 3 played well in the NFL

Hell Rice and Hardy went 1 and 2 in the draft!

Dana Howard was a butkus award winner too..

We dont get that ...I remember this game very well.

I was at that game, and it was the most heartbreaking loss ever. Up 21-0 with 6 minutes to go in the 2nd quarter, and a first down inside Penn St territory. Next thing I knew, it was 21-14. We just couldn't hold them off long enough. Who was the QB for Illinois? It was just before Johnnie Johnson, right? Just can't think of who it was.

1974 rosebowl, Pat Haden to Sheldon Diggs for the 2 point conversion

USC 18
Ohio St 17

Illini said:

I was at that game, and it was the most heartbreaking loss ever. Up 21-0 with 6 minutes to go in the 2nd quarter, and a first down inside Penn St territory. Next thing I knew, it was 21-14. We just couldn't hold them off long enough. Who was the QB for Illinois? It was just before Johnnie Johnson, right? Just can't think of who it was.

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it was Johnny Johnson, and he blew bad in that game, missed all kinds of wide open recievers. Kinda like Juice Williams...If not for Ty Douthard and over 200 yrds, by far the best game of his life, the game wouldn't have been that close.

Oregon Ducks and Danny Oneil covered the spread in the Rosebowl, +18.5 and losing by 18 that year.

I have every game from 1994 recorded on VHS (I need to transfer to DVD!) including that one. That game scared the living daylights out of me. I remember how good those LB's were for Illinois. We needed everything to go right to win that one on the road.

Now the Indiana game...that's another story entirely :finger: :finger: :finger: .

Stupid pollsters...we would've beaten Nebraska!

sportsbet said:

I have every game from 1994 recorded on VHS (I need to transfer to DVD!) including that one. That game scared the living daylights out of me. I remember how good those LB's were for Illinois. We needed everything to go right to win that one on the road.

Now the Indiana game...that's another story entirely :finger: :finger: :finger: .

Stupid pollsters...we would've beaten Nebraska!

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wow, can i get a copy of it on DVD?? That would be cool to have the whole thing and not the abridged version the BTN showed. I thought Penn St should have at least shared the #1 that year, their D was nothing special, but the O was just perfect. Kyle Brady looked like he was twice as big as anyone else on the field, and Ki-Jana Carter played like the future #1 pick he was. Kerry Collins had as good a year statistically as anyone ever has too!

Who the hell won the Heisman in 94?? It could/should have been Collins.

Ahh Rashaan Salaam...mr Marijuana LOL BAD choice

http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html

94 Heisman voting

<TABLE borderColor=#623d1c cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 border=1>The Voting
<TBODY><TR><TD id=content colSpan=5> </TD><TD id=content align=middle colSpan=3>Points </TD><TD id=content> </TD></TR><TR><TD id=content>Place</TD><TD id=content>Name</TD><TD id=content>School</TD><TD id=content>Class</TD><TD id=content>Position</TD><TD id=content>1</TD><TD id=content>2</TD><TD id=content>3</TD><TD id=content>Total</TD></TR><TR><TD id=content>1st</TD><TD id=content>Rashaan Salaam</TD><TD id=content>Colorado</TD><TD id=content>Jr.</TD><TD id=content>RB</TD><TD id=content>400</TD><TD id=content>229</TD><TD id=content>85</TD><TD id=content>1,743</TD></TR><TR><TD id=content>2nd</TD><TD id=content>Ki-Jana Carter</TD><TD id=content>Penn State</TD><TD id=content>Jr.</TD><TD id=content>RB</TD><TD id=content>115</TD><TD id=content>205</TD><TD id=content>146</TD><TD id=content>901</TD></TR><TR><TD id=content>3rd</TD><TD id=content>Steve McNair</TD><TD id=content>Alcorn State</TD><TD id=content>Sr.</TD><TD id=content>QB</TD><TD id=content>111</TD><TD id=content>85</TD><TD id=content>152</TD><TD id=content>655</TD></TR><TR><TD id=content>4th</TD><TD id=content>Kerry Collins</TD><TD id=content>Penn State</TD><TD id=content>Sr.</TD><TD id=content>QB</TD><TD id=content>101</TD><TD id=content>117</TD><TD id=content>102</TD><TD id=content>639</TD></TR><TR><TD id=content>5th</TD><TD id=content>Jay Barker</TD><TD id=content>Alabama</TD><TD id=content>Sr.</TD><TD id=content>QB</TD><TD id=content>36</TD><TD id=content>58</TD><TD id=content>71</TD><TD id=content>295</TD></TR><TR><TD id=content>6th</TD><TD id=content>Warren Sapp</TD><TD id=content>Miami (Florida)</TD><TD id=content>Jr.</TD><TD id=content>DT</TD><TD id=content>17</TD><TD id=content>37</TD><TD id=content>67</TD><TD id=content>192</TD></TR><TR><TD id=content>7th</TD><TD id=content>Eric Zeier</TD><TD id=content>Georgia</TD><TD id=content>Sr.</TD><TD id=content>QB</TD><TD id=content>7</TD><TD id=content>15</TD><TD id=content>32</TD><TD id=content>83</TD></TR><TR><TD id=content>8th</TD><TD id=content>Lawrence Phillips</TD><TD id=content>Nebraska</TD><TD id=content>So.</TD><TD id=content>RB</TD><TD id=content>1</TD><TD id=content>8</TD><TD id=content>21</TD><TD id=content>40</TD></TR><TR><TD id=content>9th</TD><TD id=content>Napoleon Kaufman</TD><TD id=content>Washington</TD><TD id=content>Sr.</TD><TD id=content>RB</TD><TD id=content>3</TD><TD id=content>3</TD><TD id=content>12</TD><TD id=content>27</TD></TR><TR><TD id=content>10th</TD><TD id=content>Zach Wiegert</TD><TD id=content>Nebraska</TD><TD id=content>Sr.</TD><TD id=content>OT</TD><TD id=content>1</TD><TD id=content>7</TD><TD id=content>10</TD><TD id=content>27</TD></TR>

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nice blurb on the 94 Penn St team

1994 Penn St - Wait a minute Snake, you say, they didn't even win the National Title that year. I say BS, I gave them the title that year. They were robbed due to the sportswriters trying to be nice to Tom Osbourne. Without a doubt, Penn St was the best team that year. All 5 of PSUs starting O line played in the NFL, 2 of them still playing today. They also only allowed 4 sacks all year. The team also featured Kerry Collins, Ki-Jana Carter (7.9 yds per carry!!), Bobby Engram, and Kyle Brady. If JoePa wasn't the ultimate sportsman, and didn't refuse to run up the score just to look good in the polls, they could have beaten everone they played by 50 or more points.

i agree brock, big psu fan here and i remember seeing the final polls come up on espn and throwing the controller at the tv, what a bunch of bullshit

that 94 team,imo, is one of the best college football teams of all time, that offense was unreal

That Penn St offense was the best college offense we will ever see. Their defense was average, but I still think they were a ton better than Nebraska.

I really thought we were going to win that game, though. But when you go 93 yards on 7 for 7 passing to score on the nation's best defense, I guess you deserve to win.

Brock Landers said:

1994 Penn St - Wait a minute Snake, you say, they didn't even win the National Title that year. I say BS, I gave them the title that year. They were robbed due to the sportswriters trying to be nice to Tom Osbourne. Without a doubt, Penn St was the best team that year. All 5 of PSUs starting O line played in the NFL, 2 of them still playing today. They also only allowed 4 sacks all year. The team also featured Kerry Collins, Ki-Jana Carter (7.9 yds per carry!!), Bobby Engram, and Kyle Brady. If JoePa wasn't the ultimate sportsman, and didn't refuse to run up the score just to look good in the polls, they could have beaten everone they played by 50 or more points.

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:aktion033 :aktion033 :aktion033 :aktion033

If I can get it over to DVD I'll see about getting you a copy of it. If it wasn't for two meaningless bombs by the Hoosiers after the game was decided we would've been Nat'l Champs IMO.

sb

Penn St was screwed out of being national champions that year.

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November 12, 1994

#2 Penn st LOADED with pro's and undefeated At Illinois, who also had their share of pro's on D.

Unreal game, i was working the stadium that day in college, on the field, north end zone, never will forget it, and this is the 1st time i am seeing it since that day!

The drive at the end by Penn st was one for the ages.

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