Penn State vs Michigan 1999 GAME STORY

yeah i jack i would uh certainly second that because uh you brought him over just a few seconds before you were going to talk to him but he was like a cat on the proverbial hot tin roof and that certainly gives you an idea with neither team on the field just how emotional and gut-wrenching it has been for this coaching staff you know youngsters are from michigan who handles kicking off kicking field goals and punting here today larry johnson number five and kenny watson 22 are back deep for the nittany lions and finally it's time to try and forget minnesota they'll take a knee and bring it out on the 20. but we asked quarterback kevin thompson how was the loss to the gophers last week for you personally to take sunday was a tough day um it was hard to really catch a grasp on what had happened on saturday it was like everything had been um just flushed right down the tubes and you know it was like everything that you had dreamed about growing up was gone kevin thompson and the nittany lions with the first play here against michigan everybody will feel a lot better when they snap this ball the first time at penn state eric mccoo gets the first carry and goes nowhere hendricks comes up from the safety spot to bring him down as we meet our chili's starting lineup for the nittany lions who've adjusted that offensive line keep an eye on number 51 eric cole they are concerned about the middle of their offensive line so a change he moves from guard to center and the wide outs shafi fields and eddie drummond both capable of going deep watch him also on the end around then we've seen kevin thompson mike cerameli out of allentown pennsylvania three down lineman and motion fumble michigan recovers at the 21-yard line the wolverines near the red zone teammates on the penn state team tom brady in my opinion the most underrated quarterback in the country pitches to the a train who battles inside the 20-yard line this will set up a third down against a rugged front seven from penn state courtney brown could be the first player selected by any team in next spring's nfl draft out of alvin south carolina three linebackers and not a big weakness amongst arrington short or morrison the dbs will be challenged here today macklin and king on the corners adam and fox the safety they gave up big plays to minnesota last saturday aaron shea is the running back behind brady who's going to throw it again incomplete over terrell's head miscommunication between the wide receiver and the quarterback on that pattern 34-yarder arrington can't quite get to it again and epstein puts michigan ahead with a field goal superman was flying but he didn't get quite high enough look at it again watch what's going to happen courtney and lavar get up they jump they sky they time it well but the ball actually goes inside of them on that play a little bit misaligned and that was the one just moments ago motion fields blitz jones pass in trouble down he goes as gold gets a hand on his foot but it was then stayed his use the heart count gets the five yards back from thompson offensive line holds this time complete fields far side out of bounds close to midfield out there todd howard look at nice cushion right there a little bit of a turn by todd howard early and choppy gets the ball big first down so far for penn state sam crenshaw being pressed in a wide receiver so makuu runs to the short side looks across midfield penn state recovers i believe but hold on the empire no michigan penn state had the ball and fumbled it away again and now michigan has recovered two quick turnovers on the nittany lion and ready to go to work here he comes right side of the offensive line just buries it they trained at a wing spot arrington coming on a blitz and short gets through arrington and brandon short gang up the middle and that allows you can see short right there is going to hit the gap arrington draws the blocking looks like michigan was a bit confused by the movement of penn state's defense the protector they rush five protection holds complete inside the 45-yard line down below we'll check brady as quickly as we can here comes diana johnson's going to throw it on back henson all alone on the right side probably a planned play and henson is out was it a faked injury we shall fly [Applause] [Music] [Applause] here comes comets again there's the pitch he's going for the end zone and he's blasted terrell here's the pitch now to thomas cutback cuts end zone touchdown michigan [Applause] thompson down 10 fires first down and it is complete and replaces makuu as the tailback first call hit in the backfield couldn't get any place that pigeon dalo johnson 22. yellow to the 30 thomas cuts into the heart of the defense and picked up three play fake eighth reign got three on him set the screen in him it was blowing up beautifully by ascari adams the free safety inside your screen right here a little bit of a play fake trying to get courtney brown to sucker in the backfield on the left side throw the ball up courtney made him float the ball a bit askari adams puts it into second long 16 yards on this second down gonna run and get nowhere the fact they're gonna lose checker brady looks back in that direction gets good blocking comes down field wants terrell over throwing that top first series a little more mobile than kevin a bit of a grease and whitley finally wrestles him down penn state unable to get anything going here today offensively on the move again dangerous and he'll keep it but he won't get enough thomas is behind the quarterback it's an a train run [Applause] he is right behind him good blocker andy thomas picks his way and brady will look pass middle knight dropped it right there at the end of the line of scrimmage terrell off to the right brady gets great time goes to terrell incomplete defense battle and uh punt branch now that one was a penalty no question they violate the halo back there at the 10 yard line wasn't so sure about the first leg second down he will throw in a foot race hopson after him close almost intercepted on the far side back fires caught fields first down best pass play of the day and a good field watch the timing this time thompson comes back slam past middle of the field throw it on these michigan linebackers they're very aggressive at the nose casey plays fake steps away from the rush trying to get an alley now drops back sandlot football rolls right fires ceremony the full back penalty flag down and the tackle made at the 46 yard line [Applause] play fake johnson nobody open and down he goes tom brady play fakes a beauty drops it back off to the tight end and he is out he helps an awful lot of youngsters toss a train looking left arrington stands him up on the 36 yard line we go to new york and john sanders third down brady arrington trying to come again steps away from him brady now working to the left everything comes back and tries to knock it out of his hand and it was wise on brady's fumbles come if you're a quarterback they were coming after that punt that time and epstein gets it away and here is branch he gets the halo this time comes left looks returned got it at a 35 40 50 midfield branch breaks free nittany lions are back in it no flags 79 yards i really believe the last two halo penalties against michigan affected their punt coverage this time they came down more under control they didn't attack the punt returner and they paid the price for it one crack back block cuts inside and now you're running against full backs and centers and punters you're not going to catch this guy he'll make you miss all the time a tremendous play by penn state to get back in the game a costly pass moments ago kickoff is fielded by walter cross back up tailback for michigan he's got an alley 40 to beat and forney forces into brown side they try to run past him they bring him up field and take advantage of it with the a train great call by the coaches brady on a play fake beats the pressure near side complete night knight has got it and he is out of bounds macklin's got terrell left side brady rolling in that arrington's picked off fires back picked off fox has got it 25 30. brady goes to the well in the center of the field a dangerous spot on a throwback and derrick fox thompson back in at quarterback penn state to throw on first got it field and that's a first alignment they'll chase the motion man with howard now it is thompson straight back gets his time fires incomplete quickly johnson the of the hokies you 19-yard a chance tonight to find out boyd tackles thomas before he can get off the line of scrimmage harrington on a blitz picked up in the middle so brady goes all incomplete james boyd has got the coverage on the ball the ball is slightly under thrown boyd looks like he has it comes down i think that's a good call now the ball pops loose i think that was the correct call let's look at it from a different from behind he's got it he comes down that's an interception that's an interception and a great play point stops to run on first down the interception play later outstanding call by the back judge who overruled the field judge and said he had possession as he rolled over now thompson in for the nittany lions he'll throw on first down and he's got drummond at the 40 huge cushion 20 yards fields cuts back thompson against the blitz deflected incomplete he'll snap it to brady and shea down at the 31-yard line will be about second down and nine for the wolverines thomas hit in the backfield by the big man number 11 lavar airings defend right now against baucus and again brady in trouble slips away and caught out of bounds first and 20. this is complete to make it into a gap [Applause] [Music] so kroll apparently for the time being has won the job this is his second bite a fair catch is the single hits him it's loose michigan reigns out to the set anthony thomas a yard and known for joe paterno who may be forced to use richard casey in the second half we will find out michigan led it 10-0 a punt return made it 10-7 that's where we stand let's send you now to new york john saunders morgan stanley dean witter first half stats penn state rushing for only six yards in the first half unbelievable gary danielson they've only run they've only attempted to run seven times same thing in the passing game both quarterbacks have been throwing the ball but nothing deep you look at tom brady penn state running the ball only seven times in the first half seven attempts walter cross buried in the end zone takes a knee first half fake toss by brady you're going to put it up on first down no he's not sacked at the 15-yard line and courtney brown makes his appearance felt for the first time today that's why courtney the two all-americans team up he comes in and jams the tight end runs with him takes his 4-5 speed with him brady had nowhere to throw the ball he came free second down and long good protection middle terrell snaps his second reception first down four years from now could be saddling up for a pro bowl in hawaii that's how good this young man is coming to get on brady brady slips away from him penalty flag is thrown on the play yep backus handled them last year but now this guy's got a different motor in the second half forces brady out of the pocket and that's three straight plays by what i think is the best foot here is third down arrington trying to get in brady gets time got a wide open david terrell and henson's ready to get him again if he gets a chance brady down middle got knight touchdown michigan that's just remember that number the halftime in the first half rushing for only six yards hard to believe ceramelli is the fullback raku goes into a slot to the left thompson's going to throw in that direction far outside drummond dives for the first half for a touchdown that's up charles woodson didn't do it so thompson couldn't find somebody open tries to get away from gold slips terrell and he is double punched has returned as a punter [Music] drops it down inside the five yard line what a gorgeous punt the crowd trying to make it tough brady the senior hands it off thomas slips and he's down adam's third down thomas steps in motion brady to throw can't find an open receiver gets a lot of time and throws it in complete another field position could get penn state back in the game here's their attack and boy do they punt it away they get it away and in case you're wondering why they would punt it away well if you missed it in the first half in the booth now it is first down penn state got a chance makuu short side 25 center play fake [Applause] a terrible looking play he runs up the [Applause] back [Applause] [Music] great kickoff cross going to come out anyway and well short of the 20. not a good decision speaking of ann arbor so the fighting illini coming alive open man is night and arrington says nothing for one of the best lavar arrington he could be playing his last game here i think a lot of folks think he'll go to the nfl and sack at the 20-yard line that is the third sack today and justin brady can't find an open receiver it could be a coverage sack down he goes at the 25 yard makuu back in a fake to him wide open man first down penn state choppy fields throw this year watch the pressure come from this size as he lets this ball go and he has to throw it about 40 35 yards out there and he throws it right on the line perfect four catches 66 yards for field short drop tops and guns again and they go to work on the short side sarah melli running back behind thompson thompson and he's got fields again for the first down [Applause] penn state staying in the air coming down in the middle against the safety strobing's got it 38 yards drummond beats whitley no help in the middle that means it's man-to-man to the outside little play-action pass whitley kind of loses his bearings when the ball's in the air look at him turn around loses stride drummond the fastest player on penn state's team runs right by him to tie this game up with an extra point for the time deadlocked remember what kevin thompson went through a year ago he has to feel like the best guy in the stadium the time touchdown time out thomas in motion out of the michigan backfield shea the fullback nothing doing courtney brown's got the feet arrington is outside tries to come inside gets picked up in the garbage breaks free 40 45 across midfield to the 49 thomas at the line of scrimmage nowhere to go lavar arrington runs this isolation play as if he was going to get the ball he just meets anthony thomas in the hole and as you say he was shaken up on the play that was a huge collision isolation play lamar goes to his left he's quick enough to come back look at that footwork keeps his feet wide and takes on anthony thomas right in the hole pittsburgh it's like it's a defensive town i guess you know we all love defense for some reason and i just grew up on that i grew up on hard nose leave it all on the field play with your heart type of defense he does leave it all on the field gary yeah and he brings the package i mean a lot of guys have a lot of desire but when you put it together with that package you have a special football player third down and 10. michigan must account for number 11. courtney brown is at left defensive end he gets picked up now brady steps away and harrington's got him oh my goodness tom brady welcome to what it feels like to be in the nfl you hesitate for a half a second and lamar erickton closes the gap he came from about eight yards of win brady comes up in the pack double teaming courtney nobody open good coverage now watch lavar come from the right side of the screen he is a blur branch driven inside the 20 by epstein got it at the 16 and he'll be out of bounds at the 22. let's go back to lavar harrington yeah you hit somebody this hard watch this blur he's coming in and brady catches it right underneath the chin kevin thompson fires complete and just like that another drive is ignited thompson fires got it again to tie in gilmore first down at the 41-yard line 25 more yards yeah add 15 to it because you're going to get a roughing the pass around to it so it's going to be a 40-yard gain here at penn state stadium is taking over the football game with his arm throwing it down the middle of that michigan defense that has been susceptible to the pass gets hit after he lets it go i said earlier they should have called it and that is one that they should hold over thompson back right side got fields and feels out of bounds there's no block on number 99 so third down short drop waits for someone to break free comes back gut fields tyrell makes the stop but they were going to go right at him does not turn his hips well for a defensive back shopping fields gets inside of a poor technique by a white [Applause] thompson looks in that direction fires and david terrell that time 28 yards [Applause] and the nittany lions go ahead for the first time [Applause] it's 26. down here and brady out of play fake wants the middle trail's overthrown badly brady snaps to the middle and he's got thompson the tight end brady in trouble and going down kerpakis that is the sixth sack of the game for penn state you know clear down brady fires intercepted by jew 40 on on 35 02 with a huge pick dives end zone touchdown touchdown and to come in and try to run a square in when the ball is thrown you're depending on that receiver to cut in straight if he cuts in right along this line this ball will never be intercepted watch how he goes up field that allows the defender to come inside look at that a rounded off pass route costs the quarterback an interception on the play undisciplined pass routes can cost you watch the end of this run an interception named desire and it's a ten point lead timeout trying to get space in his rush he's got a defensive back blitz shea is buried at the top barrington picked up a chip incomplete penalty flag comes flying however no brandon short was uh probably pushing it took the five-yard penalty instead of the time-out he did let it expire then he came right back and it didn't know brady got tyrell and then [Applause] brady got an open terrell another first down clock thomas stuffed a beautiful taco by cass is going to go to this side because of bad injury to david i'm fake now got a man marquise walker first down and goal for the two-year-old quickly coleman in that backfield here's the toss to the eight train can he get the angle [Applause] tight cannot brady corner blitz middle's open reaches for the touchdown michigan and brady's legs save the day signals that defense wants him to hold it right there he'll be very happy to have michigan settle for justice rex kern and those guys on the right plane right abc sports presentation of college football brought to you by dodge do not follow do not conform be different microsoft offering e-commerce solutions 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Channel: Arc-Lite

Views: 576

Rating: 5 out of 5

Keywords: Penn State football, College Football, 1999, Nittany Lions, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan Football, University of Michigan, Big Ten Football, Kevin Thompson, Chafie Fields, Eddie Drummond, Lavar Arrington, Courtney Brown, Brandon Short, David Macklin, Justin Kurpeikis, Bruce Branch, Tom Brady

Id: QcmEoO2Iwl8

Length: 26min 16sec (1576 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 10 2021