If you're like me and you enjoy big plays, here are some great ones against the Boilermakers over the years:
- Tony Boles 85-yard kickoff return TD (1989)
- Rick Leach 83-yard TD pass to Jim Smith (1975)
- Chuck Ortmann 82-yard kickoff return (1949)
- Martavious Odoms 73-yard punt return TD (2008)
- Dave Glinka 72-yard TD pass to Bennie McRae (1961)
- Jim Harbaugh 65-yard TD pass to John Kolesar (1985)
- Phil Webb 65-yard TD run (1985)
- Rick Leach 64-yard TD pass to Jim Smith (1976)
- Raymon Taylor 63-yard interception return TD (2012)
- Steve Smith 62-yard TD pass to Anthony Carter (1982)
Hit the jump for some clips.
Here's the Tony Boles kickoff return score:
Here's Leach's 83-yard TD pass to Jim Smith:
Raymond Taylor! I watched that play from a fuzzy stream while on deployment!
ReplyDeleteWatching those videos of games back then, the thought that came to mind was this: I do miss college football as it used to be. Yeah, it could just be nostalgia speaking; a yearning for a bygone era. But today's product on the field feels so much more professional/commercial, and I find myself drifting away from caring like I did back then when players were recruited and developed, and there was a sense of "knowing" the players better. Now with NIL and transfers, it just feels like a put-together team for this year, with very little continuity, and very little reason for personal allegiance.
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