The 1994 season pissed me off so much --- everybody in the country knew Penn State was the clear #1 team that year --- but Nebraska was too chickenshit to play us in a bowl to determine the winner on the field, like real men do it
Lol I agree the team was easily the best. But PSU was locked into the Rose Bowl and Nebraska the Orange Bowl due to conference obligations. Nebraska played a shit game against a mediocre Miami team while PSU beat Oregon by three scores. The sportswriters were determined to F PSU over. PSU should've been #1 all year.
Penn State was #1 until the Indiana game....PSU up 35-14 with 2 minutes left. Paterno pulled starters and the Hoosiers scored two quick TDs in last minute. Final 35-29. Polls dropped PSU to #2 even though Kijana had 190 yards rushing that game and Kerry Collins had over 250 yrds. Polls have always been a joke and against the Lions tons of times
Nittany Lions 🦁 were number one, until Joe pulled the starters at Indiana, and a backup QB, Chris Dittoe threw two late touchdowns, because we knocked Trent Green out of the game!!! It still pisses me off, because voters around the country, only looked at the final score!!!! Ridiculous
Also, because of the controversy after the season, Vegas even had a spread if we could have played Nebraska, and our Nittany Lions 🦁 were 6 point favorites!!! Literally
Penn State was unbelievable that year and should have been the National Champions instead of Nebraska. I never realized that Joe Jurevicius had punting duties too.
It all comes down to injuries. Early season: PSU probably wins, especially at Happy Valley.], Midseason: Tossup. Late season/bowl game> Nebraska probably wins. They got stronger as the season went on.
Gene Stallings half time interview was so refreshing in contrast to modern coaches. His tone is very humble and he comes off honest and likable. No shameless self-promotion to be found. We need more men like this.
Worse ass kicking I can remember as a buckeye fan...sure there was Florida...Clemson...Michigan a few times as well but they didn't light us up w 63....big props to a great Penn St team that got ripped for a natty or at least a split w Neb that year...these guys killed everybody it was like a video game season and were the best team in the country in 94
I was at the game playing in the alumni band. It was a unique situation where they had the alumni band in front of the student section, normally they have them seated in front of the opposite end zone. We went out early, before the blue band came out, and started playing fight songs. It was unbelievable, a sea of pom-poms that was probably the initial evolution of the white out. One of the most thrilling experiences that I ever had. Later in the game i went up into the student section when it was a blowout and played sha na na na hey hey hey goodbye and the whole stadium was singing. Unreal.
Watching this game and team now, almost 30 years later, of course the offense gets all the love and it should they were exceptional but i forgot just how good this defense was. It didnt have any superstars or any top drawer players but they were a really tough defense. That dline was really damn good for a bunch of no-names. In this game against a really good (albeit 2 years away from dominating) o-line these guys continually got push, penetration and got off of their blocks in the run game. I havent watched this 1994 team in a while and decided to que a game up and that dline really stood out to me. Also a guy that needs mentioned is maybe the most underrated players in Penn State history, CB #34 Brian Miller, that guy was simply a gamer and had a nose for the ball and was tough.
penn state is national champs 1994 in my book, watching nebraska get demolished in the big ten makes me think they wouldnt have been undefeated in 1994 if they were in the big ten
This 94 Team only played the starters in the first half for the majority of the games. Because Joe Paterno didn't believe in humiliating your opponents and running up the score. And what did he receive for all that thoughtfulness? After this game he dropped from number one to number two in place of Nebraska. Then after he died they tore his statue down because they said he was such a monster.
@@drewp.weiner2473 you are correct sir, but I remember Jo pa in 1964 when I was a senior in high school. You know it took him 46 years to win two official national championships. I ended up getting a phd at Psu and taught there as a visiting prof in 1984/85. It’s a great place
This was 1994, Cooper wasn't fired from Ohio State until after the 2001 Outback Bowl. There was a lot of talk that he would've been fired that year if they lost to Michigan at the end of the season, but they won and that saved his job.
I mean, it shouldn’t be very satisfying. After 2011, it was a depleted PSU team under sanctions. If OSU didn’t beat them that bad, they would have to have been pretty mediocre.
Barely, did the scoreboard say my Nittany Lions 🦁 had more points than Michigan????? Lol That's what I thought!!!! WE ARE 🏈 Unrivaled I remember Kerry Collins throwing a frickin laser bullet to Bobby Engram to win, and Brian Miller, the All-American corner, picking a pass to seel the deal!!! Enough said, WE ARE!!!!
