14 I Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010 \7rkl 1 £fcl/h dll This season Florida is accustomed “In the past, our concern might not VUIICj Drill to grabbing that momentum. The have been to start well, but to finish Gators have won the opening set in well,” Rose said. “But [the Lions] From Page 11. eac h of their matches while outscor- would be in a better position if they coach said by playing poorly, it allows ing opponents, 125-86. Their quick started well.” good teams like the Gators to gain starts have keyed the Gators’ perfect momentum and confidence. start 1" assess his offensive line as it prepares Wisniewski added theoffensive line for Alabama. likes to think it has all its kinks worked F Paop 11 He said it wouldn’t be fair to criti- out heading into the game, but said it From Page n. c j ze S p o t because he has a lot of room for improvement see from Penn State come hasn’t seen enough from either before Saturday. Saturday. Pannell or Troutman, given the Lions But Patemo wasn’t too sure how to have played just one game Bowl From Page 11. and recalling Alabama linebacker Bany Krauss’ hit on him that was immortalized on the cover of Sports Illustrated and voted No. 6 in ESPN’s list of “100 plays that define college football.” “It doesn’t minimize the loss, though,” he added. The ball was placed 10 inches from the goal line, and Guman said his ini tial plan was to leap over the line of scrimmage. The Crimson Tide defense broke through and took out his legs, so he tried to plow through the line just to the left of the center. “I was glad they called my number,” Guman said. “You want the ball in that situation. It was, ‘OK, do your job and get the title,’ and obviously it didn’t happen that way.” Krauss was knocked unconscious by the hit, but he never allowed Guman to score. Guman played nine seasons in the NFL and Krauss played 11. But the two will forever be linked in one of college football’s most historic plays. “If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard about it,” Guman said, “I’d be a very rich man.” But the game’s defining play shouldn’t necessarily overshadow what Guman said was “no question” the hardest hitting college football game he played in. The Nittany Lions trailed 7-0 at half time, and after lying the game in the third, they relinquished the lead again when Lon Ikner’s 62-yard punt return Halus From Page 11 time it wasn’t. She said she worked extremely hard to become a better goalkeeper for the Nittany Lions and is glad all of her hard work came to fruition. But hard work can never stop. “It gives me confidence in my play,” Halus said. “But I need to continue watching video and going hard and working hard at practice and making the improvements I need so that we can play better and have a great sea son and come around with some big wins the next couple of games.” fid deadline is today . Sept. Q «■ a G ° K (act CCOl int £ Vl Ql^ \{+<Decor.P ul The magazine is inserted into 20,000 copies of ihe T)aily Gollegian, The Housing Gollegian Ad (DmdUrn: 4 TPM. Thursday, Sept. Q set up a Major Ogilvie touchdown, which proved to be the difference in a 14-7 final. “We came a couple plays away from winning and losing,” said Joe Patemo, who lost all four games he coached against former Alabama coach Bear Biyant. “They were a good team and they made a couple plays and we did n’t make them.” The first of those plays came on 2nd-and-goal when Penn State receiv er Scott Fitzkee was forced out of bounds just before the endzone at the far comer by Don McNeal, Penn State quarterback Rob Bolden’s great uncle. Then, - on 3rd-and-goal, Matt Suhey was stopped on a run up the middle. Patemo said he still isn’t sure whether one of those players crossed the line. When asked what he remem bers about the game as a whole, his response was simple. “I remember we lost it,” Patemo said. “They had a great goal line stand with Krauss. “The thing about that game was that it was a great defen sive game.” The game was a long time in the making for Patemo. In his 13th season as coach, it was his first crack at a national title, despite three previous undefeated seasons. Penn State football historian Lou Prato, who called the game “much more than just a goal-line stand” compared the ’7B Lions to if Boise State got a shot at a champi onship. It was one of the most killer moments,” Prato said. “The game is probably the most devastating loss [for Patemo] .’’He also said the defeat Halus knows if the team is going to be successful, she is going to need to play well every second of each game. The Hershey, Pa., native pointed to both awards as a sign the team is on its way to getting some wins. “I think it just shows that our team has lots of talent and once we work on the things we’re working on this week, we can then come out hard,” Halus said. “We’ll definitely have some big wins and I think it just proved to the other teams in the Big Ten that we have a lot to give. If we work all together and we play the way we know how, we can be a dominating force.” Halus leads the Big Ten in saves (35) and save percentage (.875). She The llousiiuj Issue of Collegian fllagazme t$ tuned to reach students just as t/iei# are finalizing housing plans for next iiear. Tins magazine is a perfect advertising vehicle for landlords, furniture dealers, electronics stores, cable TV companies, and any store that prorides room decor. Tins is a new and eager audtence! . M fUfioriiM<Dmk Collegian! Tuesday, Sept. 2 / BM^MIIMIJ Ylflagazine Issue SPORTS To e-mail reporter: rmlsl3B@psu.edu To e-mail reporter: aass22o@psu.edu fueled Patemo to the ’B2 title, where, ironically, the Lions’ only loss that year came at the hands of the Tide. Prato noted the way Penn State histo ry has cruelly erased the ’79 team that came inches away from being immor talized. “Who remembers that team? It’s almost forgotten,” Prato said. “The ’B2 team is seen as a great team, and the ’7B team is seen as a team that sucks.” The legend of the ’79 Sugar Bowl isn’t lost on current Penn State play ers either. Suhey’s son is current Penn State fullback Joe Suhey, and linebacker Nate Stupar has heard sto ries from his father, Steve, who played defensive tackle in the game. Senior guard Stefen Wisniewski has heard the tale “quite a few” times from his father, Leo, who played line backer at Penn State from 1979-81. “It was 30 years ago,” Stefen Wisniewski said. “I think they’ve got ten over it by now. I’m sure they would have liked to put one of those goal line plays in.” Guman is sure, too. But given the talent of the players involved, playing under what he said may be the top-two coaches in college football history, Guman said the game was about more than the final score. “You don’t realize what that game meant for college football until it’s been looked back upon over the years,” he said. “The players who were in that game, the coaches who were in that game, the teams who were in that game with their tradition and histories it obviously makes history.” To e-mail reporter: ajcs23B@psu.edu also leads the Big Ten in saves per game by a large margin with 11.67. The next goaltender atop the rank ings is Katie Lynch of Northwestern with 6.50 saves per game. The Nittany Lions will look to get back on the winning track when they face Lock Haven at 12 p.m., Sunday at AstroTtirf Field. Halus knows they have the ability to do so, it’s just a matter of execution. “We know we have great girls on our team,” she said. “And when we support each other, it makes the whole team play even bet ter.” To e-mail reporter: jrms4ol@psu.edu Paterno From Page 11 “That’s something that we look forward [to], and it moti vates us to give Joe a win.” The rivalry between Alabama and Penn State took hold in the 1980 s, but it began as a result of head-to-head matchups between previous Penn State and Alabama teams of which Paterno and Bryant coached. The two icons last met as head coaches in 1982, when Alabama beat Perm State 42-21, part of a 10-year series that began the year before. Bryant retired after the 1982 season and died less than a month after his final game. But before there was ever the 10-game series between the two schools, there were the two Sugar Bowls one being the 1978 national championship. Patemo had yet to win a national championship at that time and failed in his first national title on January l. 1979. Bryant had already cemented his legacy with six national titles as the Crimson Tide coach. Former Penn State radio announcer Fran Fisher said the two coaches weren’t necessarily friends but com rades who respected each other. Just like college football coaches look up to Paterno and appreciate his legacy today, Bryant acted as a kind of role model for the Penn State coach. And like any other pupil, Paterno wanted to beat his mentor, but it never happened. Despite his heartbreak with never defeating Bryant, Fisher said Paterno never let it linger. “Joe is always looking ahead to the next game," Fisher said. “He was never looking back.” Patemo has publicly referred to Bryant’s death as a reason why he shouldn’t retire. As was the case with Bryant, the Penn State coach has no other love but foot bail and figures he’ll face a similar fate if he retires. The unique mentor-protege relationship was inter twined with the development of the Alabama-Penn State rivalry, now coming to the forefront again. Saturday’s Penn State-Alabama game will be the first time the two meet since 1990, but 20 years later, interest has resurfaced about past meetings, and the hype of the crimson and white helmets clashing again has reached its peak. Right guard Stefen Wisniewski, whose father Leo played during two Bryant-Patemo meetings, said he understands the magnitude of the upcoming game because of the two coaches. Paterno, though he and Bryant are forever linked with Penn State-Alabama lore, refused to talk about his past relationship with Bryant at Tuesday's press conference For the Penn State coach, this game is a new and differ ent situation. But his players understand the magnitude. “There is tradition and a big rivalry there, and I know it’s something not to take lightly,” linebacker Nate Stupar said. “We’re excited to keep the tradition alive. fRINALDO’S BARBER SHOP $2 OFF MILITARY H WITH MILITARY ID CANNOT BE COMBINED Will WEDNESDAY SPECIAL mmm nun ~ J .. . 1 107 S.ALLENST (814) D*. IS • • . • - -u ;: : | The Daily Collegian To e-mail reporter: bjmsl46@psu.edu
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