So Which One Was 'The Fumble'?
by Kevin HD on Apr 9, 2009 7:11 AM EDT
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Old School...
or New School?
Oh gosh I can't decide...better watch them both one more time.
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I went with 2005
But this is kinda funny b/c I randomly decided to pop in my tape of the OSU game from last year. I had the tape right at Pryor’s fumble.
by speedomike on Apr 9, 2009 7:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
2005 was the fumble
2005 is “old school”?
i like “the poke” better for 2008.
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by psudrozz on Apr 9, 2009 8:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn't know what else to call it.
For me the deal sealer is Tamba’s causal walk back to the sidelines.
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by Kevin HD on Apr 9, 2009 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
my favorite moment was the walk back
psu personified.
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by psudrozz on Apr 9, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Middle School
is the fumble against Tennessee
by PSUgirl on Apr 9, 2009 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
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by Stately NOVA Lion on Apr 9, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OLD SCHOOL
You go with what started it all.
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 9, 2009 9:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I honestly can't decide.
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by Run Up The Score on Apr 9, 2009 9:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I went with 2008
Just because it was in Columbus and it gave us the sad Pryor image.
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by psu on Apr 9, 2009 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
2005
That year turned our fortunes around…plus I was there.
by blt on Apr 9, 2009 9:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think 2005 was the bigger play
It was really late in the game effectively ending it.
In the 2008 game, it was 3rd and 1. Even if PSU doesn’t recover, OSU is going to punt. And there was still plenty of time to left on the clock for Penn State to score.
Mike
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by BSD on Apr 9, 2009 9:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that's basically how I feel
also, 2005 put us back on top, and that was the game where we knew we arrived
2004 Indiana game was the statement game that started it all
2005 Northwestern was the “OMG we can really do this” game that made us believe again
2005 OSU was the game that put us on the map, and “The Fumble” was the defining play of that game
2008 OSU was a huge game, and the Fumblerooskie was the defining play of that game, but it is like an A, while 2005 OSU’s “The Fumble” was an A+
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 9, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This
2005, they were driving, they were moving the ball late in the game, and we were barely clinging to what was thought to be an impossible victory. We came off two losing seasons; the team was a joke. When Hali came in and created the fumble, the game was over. That play not won the game, it changed the course of the season, and the program itself.
2008, we could have won or lost with or without that play. It certainly changed the game, and it definately gave us the opportunity we needed to win — but didn’t seal the deal. In fact, I might argue the interception at the end of the 2008 game was just as, if not more important than the fumble recovery. They could have scored on that drive, and the int ended the game for sure.
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by millzners on Apr 9, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Believe it or not
I never thought we were going to lose the 2005 Ohio State game. I didn’t really start to think we’d win the 2008 Ohio State game until they got the ball off of Pryor.
But the picture of Troy Smith upside down with the ball out is priceless. Than Tamba Hali walk off the filed is quite simply one of the coolest things any player has ever done on the football field.
I’ll roll with 2005. The tiebreaker being I was at Hooters.
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by jesse. on Apr 9, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huh?
Mike, I have no idea what you’re talking about here.
In 2008, Ohio State was at midfield. Punting there pins us inside our own 20. Sure, we’ve got time left… to drive 80+ yards downfield. Geh. The fumble gained probably 60-70 yards of field position. Oh, and I’m not even mentioning that had Rubin not stripped that ball, Pryor had the first down. Plus the game was tied. Without that fumble, the most likely result of the 4th quarter was “overtime,” not a Penn State win.
In 2005, Penn State had the lead. By 7. There was under 2 minutes left in the game. It was 2nd and 7 at the PSU 45. Hali’s sack would’ve made it 3rd and 13 even without the fumble. Without that fumble, the most likely result was still a Penn State win. Ohio State would’ve had to convert 3rd and very long, and then still drive 38 yards for a TD in about a minute and a half. And that wouldn’t’ve won the game for them – it would’ve just sent it to overtime. Ohio State had no reasonable chance to win the game in the 4th quarter.
The 2008 play was clearly more important to the game. I still prefer the 2005 play because it’s more definitive. Kudos to Rubin for taking advantage of a freshman QB’s rookie mistake, but it doesn’t have the same “we’re better than you” statement that a sack-fumble does.
by Bleed Blue 'n White on Apr 10, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Something I've never noticed about New School...
Watch Wells on the play, he’s just standing there instead of running a decoy, then when he gets knocked down while chasing the ball he pretty much just gets up, stands there again and watches. He dives in at the very end but at that point it was probably too late.
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by Kevin HD on Apr 9, 2009 9:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
heh, that's the first I've ever noticed he was "in" the play
that’s how much of a non-factor he was.
Obviously had his heart in such a big game.
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 9, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably why he isn't a top 10 pick
No one doubts his talent, but I have read many times that NFL people question his heart. They think he milks injuries and doesn’t show up a lot (see game against us last year).
by STU Boy on Apr 9, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's how I look at it
2005: The Fumble
2008: (the) Fumblerooskie
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 9, 2009 9:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
2008
go-ahead, game-winning score on the ensuing possession. plus it was in the horseshoe.
by lendamico on Apr 9, 2009 9:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
That was my thinking when voting for 2008, as well. There was no way in the world that Ohio State was going to score a TD in 2005. Not a chance. The Rubin play completely swung that game our way.
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by Run Up The Score on Apr 9, 2009 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I look at it the other way
2005 we were up 17-10, but OSU had the ball, and had just driven from their own 5, with 3 minutes left in the game, to our 45 with 1:28 left on the clock. They were moving the ball pretty well on that drive, and making me very nervous.
Then Tamba just absolutely destroys Smith, and knocks the ball out. We recover and that ENDS the game. The next play was the best play in football, the QB kneel.
2008 was huge, and yes we got the game winning drive next, but there was a lot of time left in that game, and it was a very low scoring game that seemed like it could go either way, but it just wasn’t as “big” a moment as the 2005 one.
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 9, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree the 2005 is "the" fumble
but Rubin’s play was monumental – osu was driving, pretty easily, and Pryor got cocky – that play was a gift – it never should have happened.
by PSUgirl on Apr 9, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1 RUTS
With out that play, they drive down the field and wear down the D.
Huge play.
There are so many great plays in PSU history that are burned in my brain. Fields catch vs Miami, Al Golden in back of end zone vs ND, dwill punt return to TD and the North Western catch, Zach Mills run vs OSU, LaVar jumping over the line, etc…man I love PSU
by SweepTheLeg on Apr 9, 2009 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and 2005 was in Beaver Stadium
in front of the first ever White Out.
You can just hear the crowd all tense, and then just erupting at that play, the place just went nuts…I was at 2008 OSU, and would trade that any day to be at 2005 OSU
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 9, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
first white out?
i thought it was the year before vs. iowa.
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by psudrozz on Apr 9, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't believe so.
The “S” block kind of developed into the white out, but I believe ’05 Ohio State was the first time something like that was attempted.
Maybe we used WhiteOut to erase the 6-4 result of that game?
by Cairo on Apr 9, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no, we've been over this before...
The first whiteout was in 2004 against Purdue.
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by rmcmillen50 on Apr 9, 2009 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can confirm this
I have the shirt. After this game they tried a blue out which was an utter failure
by whiteoutonly on Apr 9, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only thing worse than the Code Blue
was the horrible commercials for it with the “room raiders”.
Quick Collegian story on the White Outs and Code Blue…
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by IcersGuy on Apr 9, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok ok fine
first prime-time, nationally televiced, meaningful White Out :-P
I didn’t even get the 2004 Iowa game on TV (thank god) and I don’t remember the Purdue game that year.
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 9, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
first code blue
was the Nebraska game. It was called Get the Red Out, because they expected big Nebraska vistors crowd
by queler on Apr 9, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah
I remember, all the “experts” thought we were going to sell out to the Nebraska fans the way that those “great” Notre Dame fans did two years before.
by Brett Brown on Apr 9, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at the Nebraska game
There were huge numbers of PSU fans in Lincoln, fans there commented that they’d never seen a road team travel so well for the game. We walked into the stadium and saw the thinnest line of blue in a sea of red. They kept their home field advantage. Maybe it’s what fostered all of this.
by Cairo on Apr 9, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a bit confused
huge number of PSU fans in Lincoln
does not seem to match
saw the thinnest line of blue in a sea of red
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 10, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A couple of things
1] at Nebraska was the next year
2] Nebraska has had like 10,000 consecutive sellouts. You get the visiting team allotment and nothing else at their stadium
3] Nebraska travels better than any team in the country, they sold out Heinz Field when they played at Pitt.
4] Penn State was coming out of two losing seasons, and the 2002 season did not sell out. Nebraska was coming out of a pretty decent season
All this means that there was a legit fear that Nebraska fans were going to be able to buy up a bunch of tickets and make us look stupid in our own stadium.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Apr 10, 2009 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clarifications
There were a huge number of PSU fans in the city of Lincoln, but there were few in Memorial Stadium.
The standard NU home-field advantage was indirectly compounded by Notre Dame fans lukewarm support.
In 2000 Nebraska brought about 25,000 fans into Notre Dame’s stadium, hurting ND’s home field advantage. Apparently there was an outcry by ND fans, and they were coordinating a drive to buy as many Husker tickets during their visit to Lincoln in 2001. The ND drive failed as Husker faithful ensured that few tickets were sold to ND fans beyond the standard 4,000 seat allotment. The same fear was driven up for the 2003 game when PSU came to Lincoln. There were a lot of PSU fans outside the stadium, but few tickets were available.
Steelers-Chiefs in KC that Sunday too. A lot of the same faces appeared in Steelers black and gold too with little effect. Arrowhead was rocking the red and in the midst of a 9-0 start to the season.
by Cairo on Apr 12, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For me, 2005 was The Fumble because that win over OSU showed we were back on top.
Maybe we should call the new one “Cryor’s Fumble” or something along those lines.
by Grapenapalm on Apr 9, 2009 9:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't want to be the guy
that tell Tamba freakin’ Hali that his play isn’t “The Fumble.” Dude is one of my favorite PSU players ever.
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by psuphiman80 on Apr 9, 2009 9:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Epitome of the Penn State way
He just single handedly won the game, crushed the QB, caused a fumble, and he doesn’t even raise his arms or pump his fists. He just walks off to the sideline like it was just another play.
THAT is why he’s also one of my favorite PSU players of all time.
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by millzners on Apr 9, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
the only thing "better"
would have been if he went over and helped Troy Smith back to his feet
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 9, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
when you have escaped from a war torn country under gunfire, creating a fumble must seem like a walk in the park. What a great story Tamba is.
by letsgopsu on Apr 9, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also love the story
About him arriving to practice with long hair and JoePa telling him he didn’t have to get it cut because he was never told about the rule during recruiting.
The next day Tamba shows up with his hair cut anyways. Respect.
Not sure if that story is entirely true, but it shows how much respect (most) of these kids have for the living legend.
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by Roland86 on Apr 10, 2009 3:14 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He also had a habbit of forgetting his PSU ID late at night.
He lived across the hall from me on the first floor of those Eastview Terrace places on campus. This happened twice and was a little less terrifying the second time.
I had gotten home from work at the ice rink at around 1:30 in the morning on some random weeknight in the spring. I’m chilling and watching TV winding down and there’s this sturdy rapping at my window. I’m a little creeped out but I go over to see whats going on and I lift the shade and my heart starts pounding just a little bit, there’s Tamba on the other side of the window! “Hey, dude sorry man, but could you let me in the door? I forgot my ID” (not an exact quote). So I went and let him. He was cool and nice about the whole thing, as you would expect.
"Even though it was bouncing, I knew it was so soft that it was just going to stay in," Battle said. "Then I ran around like a lunatic."
by bconway6 on Apr 10, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He probably smelled the bacon...
Damn dude, you have to change your handle to baconway6
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by Horse N Buggy on Apr 10, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 11, 2009 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah 2005 is about Tamba making a great play
2008 is more a foolish play by TP, with a good tackle by Rubin that happened to pop the ball out
by pjk on Apr 9, 2009 10:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
2008 was the bigger play
2005 effective ended the game but there was NO WAY we were going to drive the entire length of the field to get a TD without the fumble in 2008. Plus, if Pryor gets that first down, they chew up AT LEAST another couple minutes off the clock and keep the field position battle on their side in typical Tressel-ball fashion. It may have been more exciting with the home crowd, white-out, etc. in 2005, but PSU was going to win that game with or without that fumble.
by mundyscorner99 on Apr 9, 2009 10:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
true statement here.
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by Stately NOVA Lion on Apr 9, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Although the 2008 team went to the 'sexier' bowl game
2005’s team and season was much more magical… nobody expected us to be around at the top that year, and winning the Orange Bowl was huge, absolutely huge. That fumble was ‘the fumble’, especially because I was there…
by hammy8700 on Apr 9, 2009 10:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Eenie Meenie Miny Mo
is how i chose 2008.
really both were fantastic. i had the pleasure of being there for both and it’s hard to say. though i kinda like the fact that 2008 was in the ’Shoe. you could just feel the life leave those buckeyes after that.
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by amandakt on Apr 9, 2009 10:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
2005-no question
The beauty of it was the crowd. Troy Smith, one of the greatest QB’s of this decade, eventual Heisman Trophy winner, with the game on the line…he had what it took to put his team in the end zone. One of the greatest things about Smith was his awareness – the guy knew how to get out of trouble and always found the open receiver. But that crowd, dressed in white for the first time, playing at night when it was still a rare event at Beaver Stadium… it was so loud, the emotions were so raw and intense and overwhelming that when Tamba slipped around the edge Smith never felt what was coming. He didn’t know. I’ve never seen the crowd affect the performance on one play like that.
I’d argue it was the greatest crowd atmosphere of any spoting event this side of the ’86 Masters. That play was the loudest of the loud.
by Cairo on Apr 9, 2009 10:50 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
+1
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 9, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
AND,
on the PSU side of things, they had Tamba Hali, as aforementioned, one of the best PSU stories, flipping smith on his head, the ball on the ground, recovered by Scottie Paxson, one of the best talents at PSU recovers.
Plus, there was that split second when 110,000 people held their collective breath as they viewed the jumbotron – and then erupted in triumph.
by PSUgirl on Apr 9, 2009 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what I remember from the play.
I was sitting with my dad and his friends, who decided to head out to the parking lots after the play. I said, “wait, wait, they’re reviewing it!”, and my dad basically blew me off because it was clear to him that it was a fumble. I could believe he was leaving before it was official.
I stayed around, probably for 15 minutes after the game, just soaking the whole thing in.
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by Run Up The Score on Apr 9, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was in the student section as a senior
And after the play, with 30 seconds left, I made my way down to the railing. Once the game was over, I watched the kid next to me hop the railing and get mugged by the cops. I threw my legs over and sprinted thru the line of apparently distracted police, across the field, and along the opposite sideline, waving my hoodie the entire way and never looking back to see if I was being chased. And I didn’t leave that turf until the riot police lined up and marched across the field, herding us all out the tunnel. I made a couple attempts at the goalposts, but they had them surrounded. I managed to kiss one before getting shoved in the ribs. Took lots of pictures because I was smart enough to bring my digital camera.
I thought it was funny that my friends in the stands, who didn’t rush the field, got maced but I made it unscathed onto hallowed ground. Probaby one of the top 3 best nights of my life so far.
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by 06Lion on Apr 9, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it was pretty darn quiet in 2008 too
Plus, there was that split second when 110,000 people held their collective breath as they viewed the jumbotron – and then erupted in triumph.
that’s how the 2008 one was. buckeyes and lions fans alike were completely silent, all praying. then when it was announced that we had recovered…it was utter pandemonium. even watching the video, you can hear how loud WE were. i would say we were equal to buckeye fans and there were less of us!
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by amandakt on Apr 9, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just remember the hush
as everyone in the stadium except Troy realized the game is about to end, then stil silence as everyone looks for the ball coming out, and finally erupts when it’s seen on the turf
by queler on Apr 9, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not often you'll hear
Beaver Stadium compared to Augusta National.
"Even though it was bouncing, I knew it was so soft that it was just going to stay in," Battle said. "Then I ran around like a lunatic."
by bconway6 on Apr 9, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at a conference in NYC
and watched this game at the ESPN zone in Times Square. People at the bar were screaming “We Are” and people on the other side were screaming “Penn State” back. It was awesome. A table full of big haired tourist ladies from Wisconsin kept telling me Wisconsin was going to “win it all” that year. It was fun telling them they had lost to Northwester earlier that day. Amatuers
by letsgopsu on Apr 9, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pictures
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
by millzners on Apr 9, 2009 11:05 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I love this picture so much
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 9, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
SEE ---------------------------------->
That’s how I voted.
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by 06Lion on Apr 9, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The headstand is why I voted 2005
+ Tamba Hali = pure class
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by NJ lion on Apr 15, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man I really wish pushing the Z button did anything
when youtube videos are used in a post
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 9, 2009 11:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I know. It's frustrating.
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by Run Up The Score on Apr 9, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not having trouble now
What browsers are you using?
Kath?
by psuphiman80 on Apr 9, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
IE7 at work
And now the z function seems to be working.
So weird.
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by Run Up The Score on Apr 9, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, same here, IE7, and for the moment, Z is working
it always seems to come and go
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 9, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never had a problem with "z" on Mozilla Firefox
And it is a pretty glorious key, huh.
by rbz14 on Apr 9, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now I'm on IE6 at work and have no z function
I’m running the newest Firefox at home and that works fine.
Kath?
by psuphiman80 on Apr 9, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry for being ignorant
but what is this Z button/Function
by whiteoutonly on Apr 9, 2009 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
From the top of the comments section
Press C to tab through new comments, Shift-C to tab backwards, X to mark a comment as read, and Shift-A to mark all read.
Z will simultaneously mark and tab forward, and R will reply to the comment that has focus.
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 10, 2009 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks, guys
I just figured the problem with the z button was on my computer. It does come and go sometimes.
by PaJoe on Apr 9, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The z button is a mystical power.
I find that if you just believe it will work it often does.
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by Kevin HD on Apr 9, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've noticed that sometimes
when in a thread where z stops working (I think always one with an embeded youtube video?), it will occasionally start working again if someone else has commented while I’m on the screen. It really does just seem like black magic to me, though.
by The JuggerNitt on Apr 10, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ALL HAIL THE POWER OF Z
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by Horse N Buggy on Apr 10, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
-UG
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 11, 2009 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I can settle this
We make it a continuing series- like the Wide Rights in the FSU/Miami games. The Fumble, The Fumble Redux, The Fumble 3: The Refumbling, The Fumble 4: This Time, It’s Fumblular…
But I gotta go with ’05. ’08 was a freshman mistake exploited by a fifth-year senior, ’05 was a return to glory. When it happened, I had no idea it had been reviewed, I was hugging everyone in the student section. Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
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by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Apr 9, 2009 11:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I went 2008
Mainly because of the fact that we made Pryor lose that game in front of his home crowd after all of his dramatic BS when he was still a recruit.
…And it gave us the Cryor picture, one of my all time favorites
But this is a very close race for me, they both meant so much (especially 08 since it’s my first year up here, and 05 because it meant so much to the program, so in my mind they’re both equals) but I think TP losing the game for his team was what put 08 slightly ahead for me)
by dawsonPSU10 on Apr 9, 2009 11:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and btw
this should be a recurring poll series, at least until the BW game, so if we can think of any more of PSU’s greatest plays/games, etc, this would be an awesome recurring post.
Just for example: Which NC was best?
by dawsonPSU10 on Apr 9, 2009 11:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
1994
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 9, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No way, 1911 was much better
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 9, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
another example
PSU’s Best Linebacker EVER
A. Jack Ham
B. Shane Conlin
C. LaVar Arrington
D. Paul Posluszny
E. Josh Hull
D. Other (who and why)
by blt on Apr 9, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you're going to include Josh Hull, you should include Geno Capone
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 9, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and Mac Morrison
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by Stately NOVA Lion on Apr 9, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What no Ron Grahm?
Best part was many thought he was on LaVar level coming out of HS
by SweepTheLeg on Apr 9, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The 1894 squad was pretty good
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 9, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
10/13/1894 Gettysburg Beaver Field • State College, PA W 60-0 (!)
10/20/1894 Lafayette Beaver Field • State College, PA W 72-0 (!)
11/10/1894 at Navy Annapolis, MD T 6-6
11/17/1894 vs. Bucknell Williamsport, PA W 12-6
11/23/1894 at Washington & Jefferson Washington, PA W 6-0
11/24/1894 at Oberlin Oberlin, OH W 9-6
11/29/1894 at Pittsburgh Athletic Club Pittsburgh, PA W 14-0
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 9, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus
They probably had cool names like Speedy Mcengels, Fritz O’Shanahan, and Jimmy “Doc” Muhlenberg.
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 9, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
seems like
football was an irish kid’s game
by PSUgirl on Apr 9, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
joe pa was...
…a 24 year old grad assistant that season I think.
by hbeach08 on Apr 9, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was going to be my comment
Why do games like that count for Bobby Bowden but not JoPa. But you explained it, he was only a grad assistant!
by PaJoe on Apr 9, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Best...thread...ever
We’re all winners on this one.
by NittanyBadger on Apr 9, 2009 12:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd say
2008 because we were trailing when that happened, whereas in 2005 we already had the lead and could, at worst, have been tied not for Hali’s sack. It is very doubtful we would have won last yeat without the fumble.
by Joe 96alum on Apr 9, 2009 12:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Here's how I voted
I got chills when watching the 2005 version.
by psdeuce on Apr 9, 2009 1:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
On the other hand
The desperate “NO!” from the Ohio State fan was pretty cool.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Apr 9, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha, that is awesome
GET IT GET IT GET IT! NO!
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by ReadingRambler on Apr 9, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
2005
Hands down. Yes, 2008 was great and you couldn’t ask for anything closer to perfection then getting Pryor at the Horseshoe, but there was something about the 2005 season. From MRob, to Poz, to Tamba, there was everything to love about this team and to see them come back from a horrible run in 2004, that was perfection.
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by Row73Fan on Apr 9, 2009 4:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
2008
Two things, the fan reaction (NOO!!) on the sound and the Pryor head-in-hands slump. That was a signature play.
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by JuniataMan on Apr 9, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The 2005 fumble was the greatest play I have ever witnessed at Beaver Stadium.
by Johnnyrad10 on Apr 10, 2009 3:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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