Affirmative action my ass buddy. Troy was not handed anything, he paid dues for years and capitalized on an opportunity. He was offered the final scholarship the year he was recruited, and spent his entire freshman year on the kickoff team.
That was probably Ohio State's closest game all year until the NCG. If Penn State wouldn't have been stopped at the 1 by a penalty to settle for a field goal, it'd have been 14-10 and Morelli's nerves might have been a lot calmer, leading to a 17-14 PSU victory in the Horseshoe, the first one since 1978. That false start penalty was what really changed the entire game.
When it was 14-6, he felt like he had to lead them to a touchdown AND two point conversion just to tie and take it to possible overtime. Had it been 14-10, he'd have only had the pressure of scoring a touchdown to win. The amount of pressure when down by 8 points is unreal, you feel like the world is on your shoulders. And you know Morelli, a natural panicker, was probably thinking "What if I miss the possible point conversion?" or something like that around the time he made that idiotic pass.
Affirmative action my ass buddy. Troy was not handed anything, he paid dues for years and capitalized on an opportunity. He was offered the final scholarship the year he was recruited, and spent his entire freshman year on the kickoff team.
wedontgiveadamn 3 years ago 8
should have pulled the heisman pose after that
OSUoverMich04 3 years ago
That was probably Ohio State's closest game all year until the NCG. If Penn State wouldn't have been stopped at the 1 by a penalty to settle for a field goal, it'd have been 14-10 and Morelli's nerves might have been a lot calmer, leading to a 17-14 PSU victory in the Horseshoe, the first one since 1978. That false start penalty was what really changed the entire game.
MVillani1985 4 years ago
His nerves would have been calmer if the game was closer? How does that make sense.
LeBuckeye 2 years ago
When it was 14-6, he felt like he had to lead them to a touchdown AND two point conversion just to tie and take it to possible overtime. Had it been 14-10, he'd have only had the pressure of scoring a touchdown to win. The amount of pressure when down by 8 points is unreal, you feel like the world is on your shoulders. And you know Morelli, a natural panicker, was probably thinking "What if I miss the possible point conversion?" or something like that around the time he made that idiotic pass.
MVillani1985 2 years ago
any one have the video of joe pa running to the locker room? lol
LanceLSUfan 5 years ago
I've been tryin so hard to find that video. Can't find it anywhere
mattnyr 3 years ago
good vid man. been looking for something from last week psu vs osu. i'm so glad osu is kickin ass this year
maleysnemesis 5 years ago