Redo 1 Play in ISU history
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As ticked as I was over Yelk's FG, I let it go after Quinn Sharp's FG was ruled no good in the OSU game.
I was at a buddy's wedding reception that night, and we kept running into the kitchen at the venue, because they had the game on. (I had taped it, but geesh......!) And so when they call Shirley and Eustachy goes nuts, so does one of my buddies. He tipped over a whole stack of dishes, they all broke, we got kicked out and billed for the broken dishes. Aw ****.
But if he didn't meet his demise in the fashion that he did, what are the odds that Jack Trice Stadium ever becomes "Jack Trice Stadium"?
Jaquay Walls desperation three at Colorado the blarge year. That loss to Colorado dropped us from a LOCK #1 seed to a #2. We win that game, and don't face MSU on their home court in the elite eight. The blarge wouldn't have happened.
Administration at that time would've screwed it up, not supported him, and Bill Snyder wouldn't have become Bill Snyder.
Weren't we up 38-17 in the 4th quarter? The play I remember from that game -- and the moment I knew we were going to lose -- was when a Wyoming d-lineman batted a pass in the air and intercepted it one-handed behind his head.
Yep. Mac wanted to be at the end with the students.
I'm going to go back through the mists of time also and give honorable mention to Alex Giffords' missed chip-shot at OU.
If he becomes one of the greatest to play at Iowa State it is definitely possible
FBS Stadiums (not playing surfaces or "fields") currently named for a former player:
Jordan-Hare (Auburn) -- Clifford Hare played on Auburn's first team
Nippert (Cincinnati) -- Died in 1923 after blood poisoning following in-game injury; stadium opened 1924
Kinnick (Iowa) -- Died in WWII
Jack Trice (Iowa State) -- Died in 1923 as a result of in-game injuries
All of the great players in college football history, and there are only 4 FBS venues named after players.
Agree with all plays noted in the thread but the ********* blocking foul on Georges vs Kansas at home deserves a mention.
Sorry to be technical but actually it was not a blocking call. The Kansas player charged right over Georges and fell on top of Georges. No call! Then Georges, sitting on the floor, reaches to try to get the ball and THAT is when they blow the whistle finally. I can't recall if the KU guy ever let loose of the ball. If not, after he charged over Georges and no call, then he also traveled when he fell on top of Georges. Just one of the worst ref jobs of all time.
Excellent choice. That one tends to got lost in the mix (indicator of how long the list of nut-cupping is).
Wasn't one of those a 66-yard-ish desperation kick on the final play?
I don't recall length of the other two, but the chip-shot was something like 23 yards, basically PAT distance. How often did Giffords miss an extra-point at ISU? I know he missed vs. OU as a freshman, maybe there were others .. I think it was rare.
Since we’re indulging our misery in this thread, here’s a video summary of that game (from OU perspective):
ISU 7, Oklahoma 7 (1981)
Despite the outcome, amusing for 3 reasons:
(1) Classic early-80s game-recap, complete with holdover-‘70s music!
(2) Narrator refers to “Iowa State quarterback Jeff Quinn.” I chuckled.
(3) Crutchfield with midriff-bearing tear-away jersey.
I will go with the 2pt conversion vs nebby. we had a chance to send nebby out with an f u and failed. i was still high fiving the touchdown and missed the play right in front of me. The mich state game, and the niang broken foot game. Also, that game where ryan kock (spelling?) dropped that pass in the endzone against missouri. Ryan is a fantastic person and was a great fb just a flub on that play.
Man, 1923 is early. Jackie Robinson was born in 1919. So that gives you some perspective on how radical it was for Jack to be playing at all. Crazy to think the Civil Rights movement wouldn't be for another 40 years.
