1985 National Championship - OU vs. Penn State

[holtridge]

Keith Jackson was a huge factor in this game for Oklahoma.

[dhamm818]

Thanx for the vid! This was the first year when I was a kid that I started to watch college football, Boomer Sooner was in full effect at my house being that my grandfather (god bless his soul) was from Norman. He was so proud of that team especially for Jamelle because he was a great quaterback at a time when the Black Quarterback was not a popular idea.

They are starting out as the #1 team this year. Bring the chrystal ball back where it belongs, right there in Norman. BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!!

[jobu88]

It's hard to believe a true freshman QB running any offense at the Division I level, but for Jamelle Holieaway to run the OU wishbone like he did was out of this world. I saw them three times that year, I also saw Steve Davis, Thomas Lott, JC Watts and Holieaway was the best of all of them. As a true freshman who didn't even get to play hardly at all in the first 5 games of the year. Just amazing.

[thoostorm4]

@jobu88 they almost won basketballchampionship the same year

[jobu88]

@thoostorm4 Pretty sure that was the 1987 season.......we lost the Orange Bowl national title game in January 88 and then we lost the NCAA Tournament Game in March 88.

[playininjapan]

I was at this as a PSU freshman. The Sooner fans were great and we stayed in a giant RV on the Orange Bowl lot for nearly a week. OK was just too fast for us and you could feel them wear us down with that speed. Congrats, and thanks for the memories, we would get our victory the next year.

[1MikeMcHugh]

Penn State gave this game away with mistakes and turnovers.

[ErikS1975FreeState]

Penn State would rebound in 1986 & get their National Championship

[jmg999]

Jamelle Holieway was the greatest option QB EVER!

[OUfootballAuthority]

Man that triple option, when run to perfection, really tears teams up. But that is a lost art these days. I'd be shocked to see any team run it very well.

[mongoose704]

@OUfootballAuthority

Georgia Tech runs it but man did we stuff them in the Orange Bowl (The Iowa Hawkeyes.) College coaches are very turnover conscious today so perhaps that is why the triple option has lost favor. Too many fumbles. They seem to prefer running a mobile QB out of a shotgun spread formation. Less fumbles and more passing options perhaps.

[63utuber]

Huh - how about including the fourth down play?!

[OUSooners007]

I barely remember this game!?!??!! But what I do remember is... naming my dog after Jamelle Hollieway!!!

Great Post Soonerscott 2007!!!

[Jany1954]

Dang, this is just a game; can't folks just "get it"? It's just a game...

[Jany1954]

BOOMER SOONERS!!!

[Infinity3739]

Man that shit was real!!! Thanks soonerscott2007.

[volstar88]

Who said Jamelle can't pass...LOL. I am a Tenn fan to the core but Okie is my adopted team. PSU was no match for the option, speed kills.

[hop2171]

God it was great seeing the sooners pound the living shit out of psu!! This game wasn't even close, they man handled the faggots from penn state! Screw you jopa, go play temple!!

[sidthekidisnumber1]

u would want to screw a 82 year old man faget

[hop2171]

hahahaha psu blows!!! hahahahaha usc is gonna kick their ass!!!

[gopconservative78]

go die in a Tornado

[hop2171]

go fuck your sister you low life penn state scumbag you.

[sidthekidisnumber1]

i dont have a sister to fuck, that is why i use yours

[gopconservative78]

do fuck a cow, that what people in the Plains do and marry their trucks

[hop2171]

I aint from the plains boy, i am from jopa's backyard, PA. And i hated him and psu since the day i opened my eyes and will continue to do so forever. I am glad he just signed a 3 year extension and will end up dying on the field cause i will be laughing my ass off when it happens. How you like that douchbag? How you like me now? Want more? I got lots more for assclowns like you

[bhadcandy15]

BOOMER

[kaseyfelker01]

oklahoma is so good in the orange bowl, anyway 5 stars