I watched this classic today. The game was obviously much more physical back then than it is now. Good hard hitting championship game between OU and PSU.
86 Orange bowl
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I was there. Keith Jackson caught the long TD pass right in front of me. One of the most amazing things about that game was how many Pitt fans I ran into who were there just to root against Penn State.
My most vivid memory of that game was Jackson's EZ dance after the TD catch right in front of the P.S.U. band.
Lydell Carr was special that game too as I recall. Keith Jackson was greatness no matter what facet of his game was. That team was special...like this year's team but with badass defense.
Yes, he was. He broke one late, but it was on the other side of the field and going away from me. The two big plays in the game were on opposite corners of the field. ha
Another Perspective...My Memory of the '86 Orange was from a SMALL TV Screen, bought especially for the occasion, and carried into The Sugar Bowl, to a seat in the nose-bleed section. My husband and I took our HS Football Team to that game, and THAT was an Experience! Some had never been out of Oklahoma, so the Super Dome/Bourbon Street Trip was overwhelming!
It was #2 Miami VS #8 Tennessee...Vinny was NOT at his finest, and when the Vols sealed the deal, the Roar of the Crowd was Deafening...None louder than the OU Fans present...It was assumed that loss, along with OUr Win would enable The Sooners to gain #6...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Orange_Bowl
It was #2 Miami VS #8 Tennessee...Vinny was NOT at his finest, and when the Vols sealed the deal, the Roar of the Crowd was Deafening...None louder than the OU Fans present...It was assumed that loss, along with OUr Win would enable The Sooners to gain #6...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Orange_Bowl
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I had a great day that day; first seeing Iowa lose the Rose to UCLA (had to sort of behave as I was at a private party with some in-laws and their friends in one of this areas 'major clubs' of the era) and then seeing us win and the "u" lose. Sooner Magical MNC 6 !
I think it was Miami vs Penn State the next year. I believe Tennessee was the team that beat Miami when we beat Penn State in the 86 Orange Bowl.
BUSTED! You get a 'Gotcha' Moment, V...
I had the Vols in there, but Penn State? I think I mixed up the games...We were watching one on TV and the other Live, and were thrilled with BOTH...
Time to change my handle to SSSS...Seriously Senile Senior Sooner! Championship November has given me Brain Drain...Hoping to make it one more day, then get a month off, to recharge batteries...
'85-'86 was my senior year in HS. I'd decided on OU at the beginning of my junior year, so I caught a ton of shyt here in Louisiana when the schooner got flagged against Washington. Then, leading up to the '86 OB, I had to listen to the same people telling me that Miami would be champs regardless of whether OU beat Penn State or not. No one considered that Miami might lose the Sugar Bowl to Tennessee. Did some serious bragging and chest-thumping when we returned from Christmas break. Fortunately, I didn't have to face those people following the '86 and '87 seasons when we were runner up.
I was there also. On the 20 yard line behind the OU bench. I stayed at the Fountain Blue Hilton on Miami Beach where the OU team stayed that year. I have a bunch of pictures from that week stored away somewhere. I had a few rum and cokes with Mike Jones & Scotty Hill at OU poolside cabana. I have watched that game on many occasions. I have the front page of the Miami Herald featuring Coach Switzer and the Boz framed and hanging in my sports bar at home.
No place like The 'bleu, Hot Spot of the '80s In Havana North. Wonder if that's still the case...Anyone know?
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