The Lions' Pride

Unfortunately, I have very vague memories of the 87 Fiesta Bowl. My Dad and older brother still talk about that game at virtually every holiday. They say that I watched it with them, but I was 3.

I will go with OSU '05. For many many reasons, that game was so special and memorable. For the rest of my life, I will get goosebumps everytime I see the Tamba Hali sack.

Anyone remember "No More Heisman!"? The was against Drew Brees and Purdue, the weekend after Adam T's injury against Ohio State. What a game, we stopped Drew Brees on the last drive of the game, and the entire stadium just sat there after the gun, with the band on the field, doing the biggest "WE ARE....PENN STATE!" ever.

Other's that pop into my head include 324 against Ohio State and Millsy's come back, and the 2005 We're Back game.

Great topic.

Cripes fellas, I am only 38, but I didn't realize that put me so close to a "Senior" member of the board. LOL!!!

OK, we really need an "old man" emoticon. Sean, hook me up. HA!!!!!!

But the OSU game in 2005 was a very close second for me too.

94 Northwestern

01 OSU

02 NU

05 OSU

08 OSU

The '86 Miami win is among my earliest vivid football memories.

Other games of note for me:

'90 game vs. ND with Perry on the pick and Fayak with the kick

'02 Neb - Richard Gardner pick...and the noise that followed was INTENSE. One of my great live memories of games. Plus, after '94, that game meant more to me than just what it stood for in the '02 season. In a way it was revenge.

'05 OSU - Hali sack wow

'01 Miami - A loss, but Adam T coming out, and the night game to boot. Also, a coming out party in a way for Mills.

'91 I was at the 81-0 Cincy game. Not a big game or anything, but the only time I was at a game with 81 points scored. :)

'99 Zona game had me fired up for that season that had a low point that still KILLS me with Minny.

'99 NO FLAGS NO FLAGS NO FLAGS Miami

'01 OSU

'04 Indiana (thank you D for that stand)

Anywho, only 1 was asked for I think. I will go with one I was at and LOVED with the '02 Nebraska game. Just something I needed as a fan I think. :)

05 OSU.
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Can those of you who mentioned it tell the story of '82 Nebraska? Thanks.

I remember '90 ND...one of my best early football memories.
'94 Illinois.
'02 Nebraska.
'08 OSU.
'10 Michigan of course. Diddy's long awaited first trek to the Beav.

94 illinois
02 Nebraska
05 OSU

tiddy, for you:
Nebraska 82 story:

We went up early, Neb came back and we went up again, memory may not be totally correct here but whatever. We threw a pass that bounced off the pads of a back out of the backfield, the "ref" called it a fumble and Neb. "recovered". This is the play/call that all of Neb fans forget about this game and probable cause of the potential" make up McClosky in bounds call" late in the game.

Neb. drove the "fumble" ball and scored to go ahead by three points with 1:20? left. We took the kickoff down the field. When Blackledge came to the line you could hear a pin drop, it was almost silent and you could hear Todd call the snap count. Got to a fourth down, completed a pass to Kenny Jackson two yards beyond the first down marker. The ref moved it back two yards from where Jackson caught the ball. They measure, first down by inches.

Continue down field, clock is running, 20 some seconds left. Third down and long, pass to McClosky along the East sideline, called a catch but it is still questioned as being OB. Thing Neb also forgets all the time is that it was third down, not fourth.

We get a first down on the Neb four yard line w/ seven seconds remaining. Todd takes the snap and throws low to Kirk "Stonehands" Bowman (he caught two passes all season, both TD's in this game) the reserve TE who snags the ball in the EZ just a few inches above the turf with four seconds on the clock.

BEAVER STADIUM ERUPTS like I had never seen it up until that time. The fans were standing on the bench in front of their seats the entire drive, willing the team down the field. Random people hugging, throwing each other in the air, kissing other women, anything. It was wild. People were hyperventilating. You have to remember this is before our "official NC's" and we were hungry and felt slighted due to previous actions in 68, 69, 73...... As good as 05 OSU, 02 Neb, etc. were I can't remember any game like that. And it was our first game under the lights, first night game at Beaver Stadium. They hauled in portable lighting from Iowa as I remember.

KO to Neb. and they fail to do anything and we WIN!!!!!

Leaving the game a fan along Park Ave at North Halls yelled at us "YOU HAVE A BLUE CAR!". Couldn't sleep for hours after we arrived home. Greatest experience we ever had at a PSU home game. Euphoria was in the air all over SC that night and like we did in the old days, both goal posts came down and were carried all over the campus and as I remember they were dumped at the Presidents house.

That season held great expectations and this was the key, big early game, sort of the former OOC big game prior to our traditional eastern schedule. :Later lost to Alabama, away, but then ran the table to get to the MNC game w/ Georgia. I know I'm a "little" older than most here but we did have some great games in the old days too. If you were not able to be at the stadium for this game the TV experience holds no comparison to the game day experience. The place was electric all day and it was a long day as it was a late TV game with at least the second half under the lights.

Hope I gave you a little flavor of the 82 Neb. game, how it felt, what it was like. The OSU 05 noise level was as good but we won that on defense instead of a TD pass with four seconds remaining on what could have been our last play of the game. Great times.

Fiesta bowl vs Miami, my earliest PSU memory. I know there were games before this but this is the first one I can vividly recall. Was also the last Penn State game I watched at home with my father, he passed away the following October. I can still hear him yelling "FALL DOWN, FALL DOWN" after Gifto picked off Vinny at the end.

Glad somebody brought up the 1990 ND game, still gives me a laugh to this day. My Domer lovin cousin talked so much crap that entire game....He cried like a little girl when Fayak hit the FG.

17 - 10 over Troy "heisman" Smith and OSU.

Mrob, that defense ... I was there for it as a student so I think that made it more special for me. The Rose Bowl against Oregon and the comeback against Illinois would have to be up there as well ... followed by just about every game during the 2005 Orange Bowl year.