Penn State vs Texas A&M Alamo Bowl 1999 GAME STORY

[Music] for most of the season penn state wrote a collusion course for a january bcs showdown but as their final three games slipped so narrowly from their grasp so did their hopes of a national championship it's time for the lions to make them in [Music] it's the 1999 sylvania alamo bowl now with its seventh year of existence this bowl game is quickly becoming one of the games to watch every holiday season they upset michigan tonight another big ten opponent the penn state niftnee lions question tonight those cheering for the folks in blue and white is it the last time that this young man lavar arrington winner of the med nerik and butkus awards this year if it's the last time that he will suit up for the nittany lions a lot of folks think that that will be the situation mike godfrey joins us on the telecast as usual mike it's unusual to have three guys on defense that are first team all-american lavar gets so much attention but i'll tell you those other two folks short and brown are awfully awfully good ron three first-round draft choices in the nfl and i think the best player of all courtney brown i think he's the best player in college football texas a m has to find a way to keep him off balance brandon short makes tackles sideline to sideline three tough defensive guys to ski kick it off for the texas aggies they won the toss and they deferred to the second half [Applause] johnson went down on a knee then brought it out of the end zone a decision made by joe paterno at the very last minute that's going to affect the way the lions run their offense richard casey not kevin thompson starts at quarterback just because thompson re-injured his right throwing shoulder at a non-contact drill on sunday it tells you how tender that is what does this mean well casey really is a more mobile quarterback a little bit of a surprise for the defensive lineman for a m they're expecting straight drop back we're going to see more roll out more bootleg [Applause] mitchell he is hit in the backfield and gives us an opportunity to look at the sun micro starting lineup casey at quarterback mitchell starts tonight he's a senior and of course sarah melley is the fullback the receivers stewart the tight end drummond and feels the wide receivers and up front on the offensive line one change greg ransom got a burner he is unable to start gabe tenser gets the start there at left guard and i'm not sure if ransom is going to be able to play at all tonight for the lions play action casey rolls to pocket heavy pursuit gets it complete to sarah mele and he will take it out across the 30-yard line for the first down casey pulled it down he's going to run here's where he hurts you most 35 almost to the 40-yard line they creep up in the quarters blitz is on hot route is thrown and it's incomplete and he would come in and replace him at that left guard spot the crown rolls the pocket pressure on that's aaron's in the ball high in the air it's going to be intercepted that's macklin and it was the pressure of guess who number 11 levar arrington and a mistake by mccown in the very first in up yards here's mccown coming outside lavar harrington seeing make up ground right there forces the interception macklin with the big pick up courtney brown was also out there both defensive players redirecting very well mike this past was thrown so badly because of the pressure two different people could have made the interception penn state from the aggie 41. here's the pitch they try to pinch it and they turn the corner this is kenny watson number 22. [Applause] here's pressure and look at the balance by casey that ball is watson is the tail back this time you see the aggies creeping up gets the pass off and he had to throw it quickly in his running plenty of distance and he got it penn state on the scoreboard first and now let's check there is a flag down it is going to be personal foul a m rom gilbert did not say running into really crowding the line of scrimmage you see the safeties creeping up here comes casey hit from the back side and he'll be stopped casey blitz was on in the end zone feels just beyond his outstretched he missed it so the aggies from the 20 straight ahead with the running play and there will be no gain brown the all-american kerpakis on the other side fleishauer and kennedy in the middle the linebackers arrington short and folks mack morrison is awfully good you just don't hear about him a lot macklin probably well he is the best cover guy he had the interception back in that opening play macau backside pressure does he feel it not in time gonna be sacked way back at the 10-yard line and this kirpakis from playing the other side of courtney brown is you're always going to get one-on-one protection justin kerpakis with a good sack red eyes in that locker room after this one's over right over the middle it's going to be intercepted but for 30 in xbox derrick fox at the 10-5 touchdown penn state goes on top by a score of seven or nothing virtue of this interception and you see derek fox the senior out of camp ohio taking it the distance into the end zone we'll be right back with more from san antonio a m and this one is going to send him three yards deep and he's gonna bring it out [Applause] straight ahead with the handoff wow what a hit by completely i don't know where he's gonna line up but a lot of teams like to check and run toward arrington this time they come toward brown 20 25 and up close to the 30. let's see again the i formation here comes arrington misses to tackle and then they trip him up third down to six and so far they're making a pretty big statement good pass over the middle it is caused wow bum gardner gets set up and a m goes for their own 41. penetration that time and a nice job by kurpakas and i know he's got [Applause] [Music] [Applause] here's an option play kevin's gonna be hit and knocked down for a loss and guess who again number eleven lavar [Music] errors [Applause] [Music] [Music] for texas a m good pass got under this one he's not going to hand the distance and it will hit wide to the right and makuu comes in the third tailback that we've seen tonight looked once gets it out there complete there's actually a long one and there's a big [Applause] game casey gets by the defensive back and because of that miss a first down athletic ability here's a fake steps inside the blitz jay brooks now gets outside picks up the first down gets a good block by his offense on the sideline give your defense a break deep in the pocket [Applause] touchdown penn state drummond 45 yards i like to throw the ball deep eddie drummond the number 25 9 184 pound sophomore that can go the distance can run beat cedric curry for the touchdown and richard casey now is established behind the line of scrimmage [Music] and this defensive football team looks like they're fired up and speaking now here comes swinging gate and look at this pursuit johnson is going to be [Applause] by football at tackled 34-yard line nittany lions lead it 14-0 slip now going to go long and intercepted by jennings [Music] this time the nittany lions have a return on it i mean it's a cannon all the way back to the seven this is branch [Applause] four of nine and one touchdown 72 yards this is watson on the ground watson fights his way 44 seconds now 43. yep they're going to run it again here's magoo breaks it big he's in better field and now they may have to take a shot right over the middle the tight end was there strumming in motion and here comes the double reverse and it's drumming ran into his own blocker and a knife [Applause] it's not going to turn over the nose of the football up a m runs away from it and penn state can't get to it's gonna go into the end zone to one knee and that will do it that will be the end of the first half and a few scatters yeah 27 yards you've got to be able to run the football against penn state take pressure off the quarterback two big turnovers by the quarterback uh mccown [Music] leaders defensively uh in just a moment this kickoff's gonna go four yards deep here's that first carry 10 13 yards receivers in the ball game [Music] motion [Music] [Music] there's [Applause] gonna be shoved out [Applause] [Music] intercepted by graham tipped by lavar arrington or at least he made the contact he made the big play ron and he's so he he causes a second interception in the ball game he made it you always look for the great players to make big plays he comes off the corner beats the block of the tackle gets his hand up there and deflects the arm of randy mccomb ron graham with the interception tough tough break for texas a m [Music] good pressure by penn state brandon short also in on to say two all-americans [Music] flag is down and watson looks again right over the middle there's the tight end and stewart makes the catch and it'll be first no short ball here this time straight ahead with the lineup and a couple of adjustments by penn so many attributes and so it takes a while to count he's got six tackles [Music] [Applause] tonight [Applause] again just overloaded the side brought brandon short lamar arrington and courtney brown how about those threesome coming from the same side i'll tell you what pick your poison jamar toombs his quarterback is going to tell him there's no time to get one of those matador invitations here it's the old late block yeah he got laid on the plate there's no question about that here's dupont to get the pressure on the electron this is a beauty oh what a beautiful punt all the way back to the six yard line is perry and he's going to bring it back the pucks although here's the quick hand off the fields and a nice job defensively and he gets around took advantage of one blocker as a m headed to fields stronger than stuart makes a nice play here started with richard casey making the blitz call [Music] and then gilmore just rumbles down the football field safety blitz gets the pass away [Applause] he got some running game going makes some moves here hits tony stewart the other tight end coming across six five 251 pounds junior and he makes the defensive back cedric curry pay but richard chase will score the touchdown shard casey as he will fake to the run he's got the tight end open as mike said but he tries to do the same thing and he will step in for the touchdown on penn state as far as quarterback from the five this is johnson trying to take it outside ball is this penn state has recovered at the 23-yard line has dropped to football late adams with a good hit number 18. there's the good tackle and he strips the football coming back to this football game and playing here casey he's going to run it nope now throws one interception with one touchdown 146 yards here comes the pressure and the middle screen and now that may be an illegal touch and he got it courtney who nailed one earlier in the ball game and they took the points off the board gets this one to go and a new score penn state 24 to nothing we'll be right back i think penn state had by far the toughest conference this year bethel jackson [Applause] [Music] [Applause] upset about him all year round he started the ball game making that hit knocks down mccown makes the tackle on bumgardner hits the arm of the quarterback causes the interception and blitzes and randy mccown has seen too much of levar erinson we're back to live action that's graham in pursuit of mccowan and that pass overthrown you can see lamar arrington uh has a tough decision ahead of him after tonight's game whether to leave early in the nfl or to return for his senior season at this point you know a lot of people have me slotted to go pretty early in the draft and i you know i'm not really too sure about how everything's going to play out but i do want to feel comfortable about knowing that i am going to be a top pick if i so choose to leave but i don't know if i'm done with college thought well as mike said what does he really have left to accomplish but i'll tell you what this number 37 justin kerpakis who will be back he's got ten tackles tonight and also has two side harrington on the outside let's see if he comes on the blimp here he comes and they take it inside with the run is gonna be caught from behind by okay third down mccowan now running for his life there's courtney brown another all-american after him and he'll be knocked out of bounds short of the first down he's need to take it to the 45-yard line and get it with the big fella harrington on the outside hits his arm and he causes a third interception on the ball game fox with his second pick off of the night but folks harrington has hit the quarterback three times and it has resulted in an interception wow what a ball game go to break look at the play one more time and even try to hold him to keep him from getting there doesn't matter blast the quarterback interception [Applause] following the penalty the running play motion they keep it on the ground by mitchell didn't have any questions about it the offensive coordinator said they're going to play they're going to play hard and it's because of the senior leadership of this football team the job he's done in his entire career for a josh is the starting quarterback taylor makes that quickie brown he got by [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] a lot of times together [Applause] [Music] johnson [Applause] johnson another stiff arm but he's going to be brought down by jennings and now [Applause] [Music] [Applause] well this is luke r.j lucas he's loving it the penn state section is standing up and applauding that shower that was just given us the running token and they're not going to here tonight as well in fact they're going to come away for they shut out win unless some miracle occurs and that's not going to music city bold then washington and k-state in the cupcake holiday poll now stay tuned for sportscenter dan patrick and rich eisen with all the new scores and highlights from mike gottfried adrian carson and our entire espn crew i'm ron franklin congratulations to penn state university champions of the 19th

Channel: Arc-Lite

Views: 3,720

Rating: 5 out of 5

Keywords: Penn State Football, 1999 College Football, 2000 Alamo Bowl, Nittany Lions, Texas A&M, Aggies, Aggies Football, Lavar Arrington, Courtney Brown, Brandon Short, David Macklin, Rashard Casey, Chafie Fields, Eddie Drummond, Mike Ceremele, Justin Kurpeikis

Id: I2Pssi4w-Vg

Length: 21min 43sec (1303 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 10 2021