It’s late at night, and I can barely keep my eyes open, so I’m keeping this super short. Facing a 20-10 deficit early in the 2nd quarter, Joe Paterno decided to make a change at quarterback, subbing in the younger, firey, red head Mike McQueary in favor of a struggling Wally Richardson. The rest is history, as McQueary would go on to connect with wideout Joe Jurevicius four separate times for over 150 yards in what helped spark not only a rally, but also a dominating 48-26 win over Indiana. Anyway, here it is in all her glory.
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With Penn State’s offense currently claiming residence in the south lot porta-potty tanks, and an 1992 Eastern Michigan game tape that turned out to be silent coaches film (unusable for 10 MOL), I reached into my bag of toys to find this game I had cut up over 15 months ago but never used. Forgive me for the poor editing quality. I did this back when all I had to work with was Windows Movie Maker and had only two or three videos under my belt. We needed to have something up this week for you to enjoy, so here it is. In the second game of the 2008 season, the 19th-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions, boasting 29 wins and three bowl victories in three seasons, played host to the Oregon State Beavers, who themselves were coming off 19 wins and two bowl victories in two seasons. Penn >>> Continue reading 10 Minutes or Less: 2008 Oregon State at Penn State This game is one that I recall only watching a small portion of on TV. I was in the midst of my failed year in law school, and I had more important matters to deal with than watching a mediocre Penn State team already out of the Big Ten title race take on an uber-shitty Temple squad. Plus, I had to walk over the nearest sports bar to watch, since I didn’t get ESPNU in my dorm room. Not to mention back in 2007, Temple was still Temple, even though they were starting to show some of the swagger and tenaciousness that former Nittany Lion Al Golden demanded from them the day he took over as head coach of an eternally downtrodden program. Really, this game should have been a dogfight. Numerous mistakes inside the red zone, including a dropped catch by a Temple receiver who was wide open in >>> Continue reading 10 Minutes Or Less: 2007 Penn State at Temple 
Penn State had just won the 1982 National Championship, but you wouldn’t know it from how the Nittany Lions were playing in 1983. Reeling at 2-3, following embarrassments at the hands of Nebraska, Iowa and, yes, Cincinnati, Penn State welcomed to Happy Valley the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide. But Penn State forced a half-dozen Alabama turnovers to go up 31-7 on the Tide. Alabama would not go quietly, rallying to a 34-28 deficit late in the game. With the ball inside the 10 yard line, Alabama had four chances to score and win the game with an extra point. But a controversial call, a Penn State offside penalty, and a run stuffed on fourth down would etch this game into college football history… 
Today is our first official 10 Minutes or Less of the 2011 Penn State football season. For those of you new to this, Tim and I will post one video each week of the regular season, highlighting a past game between Penn State and the current week’s opponent (example – PSU vs Bama will have a past PSU vs Bama highlight video). Today we go back once more 20 years, to the season opener for Penn State: The 1991 Kickoff Classic. Georgia Tech had just won a national title in 1990. Penn State had just beaten a number one team in 1990. Both teams’ hopes were high heading into the 1991 college football season. But everything centered on the season opener, the Kickoff Classic in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Ramblin’ Wreck against the Beast of the East, North vs South, and all that jazz. If >>> Continue reading 10 Minutes or Less: 1991 Kickoff Classic – Penn State vs Georgia Tech
All summer long, I had told Mike just how much I wanted to do a 10 MOL on this particular game. Unfortunately, real world problems such as school, work, and moving to a new town got in the way of progress for most of the summer. Fear not, however, as I have finally made the time out to bring you this classic beatdown of perhaps the most overhyped team in college football history. It is also highly appropriate given the recent reports that Penn State is expected to give equal playing time to Rob Bolden and Matt McGloin next weekend against Indiana State. You see, this game comes from a very brief era in the 90′s when two-quarterback systems were being dubbed as the next great innovation in college football. Arizona boasted Keith Smith, an ex-baseball player who could sidearm the hell out of the football >>> Continue reading 10 Minutes Or Less: 1999 Penn State vs. Arizona (Pigskin Classic) 
Today will be our 2-minute warning of sorts, as we near the end of our 1991 20th anniversary review. Penn State was in line for the Fiesta Bowl. Pitt, not so much. The Nittany Lions were 9-2, ranked sixth nationally. The Panthers, 6-4, were headed nowhere but home for the holidays. But still, the rivalry was live and well, albeit in the twilight of its long existence. Pitt was just entered into the Big East for football, while Penn State was waiting for its formal entrance into Big Ten football. The teams weren’t sure whether the series was one year away from non-existence. That meant this game was incredibly important for not just bowl-bound Penn State looking to cement its ranking and bowl position, but also for Pitt, which wanted to really stick one in the Nittany Lions’ craw. It was a very sloppy game, with cold, damp >>> Continue reading 10 Minutes or Less: 1991 Penn State at Pitt |
  
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