Cyclone Trivia
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Matt Blair - seen this man hit the qb from Oklahoma on an option play so hard that they had to help him off the field and he wasn't walking, but staggering.
Who was this linebacker from the early 70s?
Brother Bob, I think that hit was on Arkansas running back Dickie Morris. What a hit!!
I saw that big hit on the 1977 Cyclone football highlights. It will air again on Cyclones.tv Mediacom today at 2:30. There is a lot of classic ISU football on Cyclones/tv Mediacom over the next few days.
I was a freshman in '78 and some friends were going to the Hall of Fame Bowl and I really wanted to go. Since ISU had been to 3 straight bowls at that point, and I was sure they would be in the Orange Bowl soon (we even threw oranges onto the field in those days), I decided to wait for the next one. Well for me that ended up being 33 years later at the Pinstripe Bowl. Guess I should have gone in '78!
A replay of the 1978 Hall of Fame Bowl game between Iowa State and Texas A&M will be aired on Cyclone.tv Mediacom tomorrow night at 9:00 and also this Saturday at 3:00.
I don't believe ISU has ever been to three straight bowl games. 1977 AND 1978, but no 1976 and no 1979.
ISU had a number of players ineligible for the '78 HoF bowl, as I recall, due to poor grades. In those years, we were on the quarter system, so the bowl would necessarily occur after the quarter ended. I always thought the "egg on the face" due to that disadvantage regarding this game was a catalyst to make the change to semesters, which I think occurred as of fall 1980.
Only losses that year were: #3 Oklahoma, Colorado ('Clones rarely win there) and #16 Oklahoma State. The Cyclones beat #7 Missouri and #9 Nebraska. Saw every game that year--- home and away. Special football. I miss it.
