This group of 5th year seniors are without question the finest recruting class in Nittany Lion History. Lets not forget Mike Zordich and Rogers Alexander who played as true freshman on the 82 National Championship Nittany Lions.

Jim Coates was a very good Kick and Punt returner!!

Man, Shane Conlin was a beast, Andre Collins as well!!! Conlin was amazing in the NFL as well, Buffalo Bills, linebackers!!! Shane Conlin, Darryl Talley and Cornelius Bennett!!! Unbelievable

Hamilton, Ontario's Pete Giftopoulos! I remember watching the National championship game in our living room near Toronto with my dad who went to Penn State on a football scholarship. It was rare for Canadians to get scholarships to the big NCAA programs back in the 80s so it was nice to see him. Hamilton is the Pittsburgh of Canada. A blue collar steel town. Thanks for this!!!! Brings back great memories.

@MrBmick79

8 ай бұрын

I met a couple of real cool chicks at a Blue Jays game once and they invited me to sit and drink with them. Chatted the whole game and they were fun. Turns out they were from Hamilton. That was the first time I'd heard of the town.

@quincee3376

7 ай бұрын

@@MrBmick79 right on.

This was the best defensive domination in a national title game ever, literally!!! Heisman trophy 🏆 winner throwing 5 picks!!!! Lol WE ARE

In addition to his football prowess, Mike Reid was a prolific musician and songwriter, who had a couple hits as a solo country performer and co-wrote “If I Can’t Make You Love Me” for Bonnie Raitt

@joetolstoy3573

Жыл бұрын

I found out about that for the first time back in 1984 when the Penn State highlight show, while recapping the Homecoming game vs Syracuse, had a segment on the school honoring Reid during halftime for his musical accomplishments. The Blue Band serenaded him with "Stranger in My House" which he wrote for Ronnie Milsap.

Thanks for sharing this. It was my Junior year, 1986 season. Memories…

@joetolstoy3573

10 ай бұрын

Hopefully you've seen the other PSU season reviews that I've posted from that decade. Hard to top 1986 but the other seasons created other memories too I'm sure.

Thanks for the upload. This will always be THE GAME that defines Penn State football in my mind, and I suspect in the minds of many. Even though I wasn’t alive for this game, I still look back at the history of it with pride. Hopefully we can get back to this level at some point…

@stephenwatson8981

9 ай бұрын

You're proud that the defensive coordinator was a pedophile and the head coach was a pedophile enabler?

Just amazing how some people didn't realize we went undefeated and lost to Oklahoma as the number one team in the nation, and literally went undefeated again!!! My point actually is, that when USC went undefeated twice in 2004 and 2005, the late great Keith Jackson and Musberger had to set the record straight that our Nittany Lions 🦁 did it two years in a row as well, and didn't play but 11 regular season games in them days, but shouldn't be forgotten for what our Nittany Lions did? Lol I thought that was great, because it just shows how much our blue blood history is amazing!!!! They also talked about Joe Pa perfect undefeated seasons, that he was actually denied another national title!!!! WE ARE

Our defensive backs were so damn physical that night 🌙 and linebackers were just dominant as well!!!! Vinnie didn't laugh like a smart ass after that dominant defensive display!!!! WE ARE

The Neverending Story theme the Best

We hit them so hard defensively that the Miami receiver's were shell shocked and scared 😱!!!@

Amazing

What I loved about this season, is that the national title game, Miami got off the plane with camouflage on and arrogant and talking shit!!! And, our Nittany Lions 🦁 got off with suits on and not a damn smile and were about business!!! Intercepted Testaverde 5 times and dominated defensively!!!! WE ARE

@emmeelou9539

4 ай бұрын

There's a documentary that talks about the comparison, I can't find it anymore!

Thanks for the upload. It was a great time to be a Penn State Nittany Lion Football Fan. Truth be told I did not enjoy that season until it was over....I might have had a moment or two of joy after the Bama and sPitt games otherwise as a fan I felt like there would be no celebrating except for a NC. The expectations were high from the moment #31 said he would return for his final season after the Orange Bowl Loss. Some of those 86 games made you sweat - Cincinnati, Maryland & Notre Dame, but they pulled them out by knocking the snot out of the other team. This was the true definition of a team. Each week a different player stood up to make the plays that needed to be made to secure victory.....and when the Lions needed it the most their best player, a young men who skipped a sure #1 draft pick in the professional leagues made the biggest play & interception in the biggest game in the long annals of Nittany Lion Football History leading to the go ahead score and a undisputed won on the field National Championship....One cannot come up with a better story for the 100th season of Nittany Lion Football This was in fact validation of Joe Paterno's "The Grand Experiment"

@dougalmacrobbie1918

Жыл бұрын

Too bad you couldn't learn to relax and enjoy every moment, every win. For me the most tense moment was 4th down with :18 seconds left. And probably the 2 best words ever spoken about Penn State: "Intercepted Giftopolous!"

@stephenwatson8981

Жыл бұрын

You mean his grand experiment to determine how long he could get away with enabling a pedophile?

@SmedleyWarIsaRacket

8 ай бұрын

@@dougalmacrobbie1918 I enjoy it now more than ever....It was the absolute best time to be a Nittany Lion Fan.

Joe Paterno and Franco Harris R.I.P

No surprise even though they we're an Independent school at the time, 1986 Penn State Nittany Lions football is Big Ten Network's Big Ten Elite for all time

@SmedleyWarIsaRacket

8 ай бұрын

Big Ten has Done PSU Football no favors.

@ThomasJohnson-qg2vz

8 ай бұрын

The difference is they have to play someone now

@SmedleyWarIsaRacket

8 ай бұрын

@@ThomasJohnson-qg2vz Yea I will admit out of conference games can be tough. Big Ten rarely wins National Championships, as an independent PSU competed for and won National Championships playing difficult schedules. It easy to be a repeater, a parrot...... it requires no thinking. The Big Ten always will be slanted towards the Big Two, you have to be an idiot, a fool or just plain stupid to not see it. Talk about playing no one, prior to PSU's entry into the big ten UM and OSU never played anyone. The also rans of the Big Ten 20,30,40 tears ago are still the also rans of the big ten today. Prior to PSU's entry into Big Ten teams had not won a national championship in decades and routinely Big Ten teams got clocked in the Rose and other Bowls.....Look at bowl records of Big Ten teams. It is a massive joke. Eastern independents during the Paterno years were just as good as the Big Ten. Remove the Big Two and the conferences was lame. Take Pitt/PSU & UM/OSU out of the equation and there are no teams in the little ten any better than lets say WVU, Maryland, Syracuse, Boston College.

@kevinchandler179

6 ай бұрын

Miami was an independent school at that time as well!!! WE ARE

Penn State National champs 1994 in my book, especially looking at how Nebraska cant play big 10 ball

sad that anytime I think of Penn State I think of Sandusky.....

@joetolstoy3573

8 ай бұрын

I've always been and will always be a Penn State fan, but I have to admit that when I post these PSU highlights or games that I have such fond memories of, that I am always wary of seeing that man's face. I've even edited him out of some shows. I wish that I could go back and erase his existence entirely.

@SmedleyWarIsaRacket

8 ай бұрын

After my own carefully review of the whole Sandusky matter...something stinks. The media coverage was so over the top you dared not question it least you support child molesters, rapist, abuser's....etc....etc...... This was key to me that it was not as it seems and the minds of the masses were being 'directed' to a predetermined thought. The media coverage was building a narrative and it was cohesive. Nobody in their right mind would challenge the narrative while at the same time accepting the narrative with little to NO evidence. You have a 2nd mile accuser who received a settlement payout despite lying. You have Aaron Fisher victim #1 who just does not past the smell test. Anyone who believes his story is a fool and can be easily deceived. Certainly few if anyone from his hometown believe him one bit and are on record as saying as much. I know that the truth is not the official story that we are told to believe by Strangers that TELL A VISION, so on that account it does not bother me that Jerry is in the videos or is part of the fabric that is Nittany Lion Football. If anything it shows him doing what we ALL know he did do and that was coach football. Compared to the case against him where we know so little and what little we do know does not make sense and causes more question. Truth is we know squat, the media to no degree can be trusted to report on this case. When the story first broke I said lock him up like everyone else. With time and careful review I am willing to say not only does something stink but it is more than possible he is in fact not guilty of these charges.

@SmedleyWarIsaRacket

8 ай бұрын

@@joetolstoy3573 See my other post in this thread. I say keep Jerry in the videos, do not edit (Censor) Jerry out. Erasing history is never a good thing. Fact is Jerry at one time might have been the Greatest Defensive Coordinator in college football history. Much of the Nittany Lions success was tied to Jerry and that you cannot erase no matter how much editing you do. Once you look into Jerry's accusers you will have question. Jerry's Lawyer basically served him up. Physical Evidence....what is that?

@kevinchandler179

6 ай бұрын

I disagree with that bullshit!!! Jerry is what ruined our proud blue blood program!!! He was frickin guilty!!!! The problem I have is, 99.7 percent of us die hard Nittany Lions 🦁 fans, shouldn't be persecuted for sicko, and some college football fans are still bringing it up like we personally did something wrong or support the disgusting things that happened in Happy Valley in them dark days!!!! WE ARE

I am telling you after watching this every time, the defense was hitting the Hurricanes so hard that they didn't want to go over the middle, they were scared 😳!!!!! WE ARE

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