Here is a top Kentucky football moment. My favorite part is seeing the stupid Wildcat fans going out to tear down the goal posts!
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That's a little too close to Anthony Carter's catch against us in '79 for me to laugh at.Here is a top Kentucky football moment. My favorite part is seeing the stupid Wildcat fans going out to tear down the goal posts!
No.3 was my all time favorite. We were sitting about 12 rows up from where he made probably the most amazing move I’d seen any player make. At first it was shock then we laughed our butts off to see those guys flying out of bounds.I'm 38, but my five favorite IU plays were:
1. Will Myers one-handed interception to beat Iowa
2. Courtney Roby leaping/diving about four yards to get a first down to upset Wisconsin...so what if he was actually about two feet short of the marker!
3. Antwaan, in his first game against Western Michigan, sprinting down the sidelines, stopping, watching dudes dive out of bounds like they were on Little Giants, and then running down the sidelines for more yardage before stepping out of bounds untouched on the play.
4. Kofi Hughes catching a bomb over a Michigan defender's head at the Big House
5. Austin Starr's FG vs. Purdue
Against IU:
1. Michigan's QB threw a 10 yard pass that hit Paul Szesney in the numbers, only Braylon Edwards was behind him, reached over him, and stole the ball like it was vintage Arnold vs. a six year old.
Other college football:
Miami - Duke laterals
Desmond Heisman pose
Peter Warrick direct snap, reverse fields
Kordell Stewart hail mary at Michigan
Kyle Orton fumble against Wisconsin that ended Purdue's football program
A great finish to a great game.
HM: The Kick Six (Iron Bowl)
Favorite IU memory (I'm only 37, so I missed most of the good IU stuff in my lifetime): Watching the 2001 OOB game & "seeing" Antwaan finish as a winner against PU. I put seeing in quotes because back in the day before HDTV, you could barely see the game in that monsoon, although I'm not sure Hi-Def would've helped.
I believe it was the 1987 Bucket Game. Purdue has the ball just across mid-field. 6'7" Shawn McCarthy drops back to pass. Van Waiters blows past the right side of the PU line and is racing full speed straight at McCarthy, whose eyes are downfield. Instead of crushing McCarthy, Waiters took the ball away and sprinted, untouched, into the end zone. He was a good 10 yards away before any PU players other than McCarthy knew he had the ball.
Beautiful!
If memory serves, didn't Jermaine Chaney light UK up too? I know Alex was huge, but I thought Chaney went over 100 too.For a "moment," its Austin Starr's FG beating Purdue for Hep's Play 13
For a game - Alex Smith lights up Kentucky at Commonwealth Stadium 9/14/94.
I remember watching that one. Excellent finish!
If memory serves, didn't Jermaine Chaney light UK up too? I know Alex was huge, but I thought Chaney went over 100 too.
I didn't think about it at the time, but fans such as myself having to listen to the game instead of being able to watch it seems absolutely ridiculous. The network was locked into a meaningless Michigan-Ohio State clash that day and either couldn't or wouldn't switch to the much more important Bucket game. In fact, I believe the Rose Bowl was the only time that season that an IU game was telecast, although someone said the Michigan State game was on closed circuit.IU-PU 1967 at IU, my senior year. I was sitting in the far southeast section of the stadium, about the 15 yard line. Late in the 4th quarter PU drove deep into IU territory, threatening to score a TD which would have overcome IU's lead and won the game. I don't remember whether the IU linebacker was Ken Kaczmarek or Kevin Duffey, but one of them hit the PU running back (Perry Williams?) hard enough to cause the ball to pop up in the air. You could hear a huge collective intake of breath from the fans, and then when IU recovered the ball there was a huge collective cheer. That allowed us to seal the victory and gain eligibility to go to the Rose Bowl. As you can tell, I will always remember that moment.
I remember watching the IU-Minnesota game on closed circuit, but I don't remember where that was in terms of IU facilities.I didn't think about it at the time, but fans such as myself having to listen to the game instead of being able to watch it seems absolutely ridiculous. The network was locked into a meaningless Michigan-Ohio State clash that day and either couldn't or wouldn't switch to the much more important Bucket game. In fact, I believe the Rose Bowl was the only time that season that an IU game was telecast, although someone said the Michigan State game was on closed circuit.
IU-PU 1967 at IU, my senior year. I was sitting in the far southeast section of the stadium, about the 15 yard line. Late in the 4th quarter PU drove deep into IU territory, threatening to score a TD which would have overcome IU's lead and won the game. I don't remember whether the IU linebacker was Ken Kaczmarek or Kevin Duffey, but one of them hit the PU running back (Perry Williams?) hard enough to cause the ball to pop up in the air. You could hear a huge collective intake of breath from the fans, and then when IU recovered the ball there was a huge collective cheer. That allowed us to seal the victory and gain eligibility to go to the Rose Bowl. As you can tell, I will always remember that moment.
I didn't think about it at the time, but fans such as myself having to listen to the game instead of being able to watch it seems absolutely ridiculous. The network was locked into a meaningless Michigan-Ohio State clash that day and either couldn't or wouldn't switch to the much more important Bucket game. In fact, I believe the Rose Bowl was the only time that season that an IU game was telecast, although someone said the Michigan State game was on closed circuit.
I remember watching the IU-Minnesota game on closed circuit, but I don't remember where that was in terms of IU facilities.
I was at that game too and that is my best football memory. Many years later I got to play a round of golf with Ken Kaczmarek who caused that fumble. Over drinks afterwards I got around to asking him about that play. I also played on the defense in HS and there were plays where you intentionally tried to cause a fumble by tackling right into the ball. I asked Ken if he had done that on that play. He said, “No, I just tackled him hard because I knew coach would be really mad at me if I didn’t. The ball just came out”. What a nice gentleman he was though. Good memory.IU-PU 1967 at IU, my senior year. I was sitting in the far southeast section of the stadium, about the 15 yard line. Late in the 4th quarter PU drove deep into IU territory, threatening to score a TD which would have overcome IU's lead and won the game. I don't remember whether the IU linebacker was Ken Kaczmarek or Kevin Duffy, but one of them hit the PU running back (Perry Williams?) hard enough to cause the ball to pop up in the air. You could hear a huge collective intake of breath from the fans, and then when IU recovered the ball there was a huge collective cheer. That allowed us to seal the victory and gain eligibility to go to the Rose Bowl. As you can tell, I will always remember that moment.
I was at that game too and that is my best football memory. Many years later I got to play a round of golf with Ken Kaczmarek who caused that fumble. Over drinks afterwards I got around to asking him about that play. I also played on the defense in HS and there were plays where you intentionally tried to cause a fumble by tackling right into the ball. I asked Ken if he had done that on that play. He said, “No, I just tackled him hard because I knew coach would be really mad at me if I didn’t. The ball just came out”. What a nice gentleman he was though. Good memory.
I agree that the game wasn't over when we caused the fumble and recovered. To be honest, I don't remember how much time was left in the game, but if we had to give up possession it would have been a lot further toward or perhaps even beyond the mid-field stripe with very little time remaining because we would have punted.people forget the game still wasn't over.
i think we still had to hold them at least one more series of downs.
The play I was talking about is at the 12 second mark. Note that the play goes for about 14 yards and lasts 11 seconds.
Yes, this is true. If my memory serves me there was a lot of concern about IU get the ball out of their end zone area. We recovered that fumble on something like the 3 yard line. Then Terry Cole broke a big big run up the middle out to the 40 yard line or so and everybody breathed a big sigh of relief.I agree that the game wasn't over when we caused the fumble and recovered. To be honest, I don't remember how much time was left in the game, but if we had to give up possession it would have been a lot further toward or perhaps even beyond the mid-field stripe with very little time remaining because we would have punted.
I think you're right. I do remember the ball advancing from where we recovered it to closer to midfield, but I don't recall the specifics. In any event -- what a wonderful win!Yes, this is true. If my memory serves me there was a lot of concern about IU get the ball out of their end zone area. We recovered that fumble on something like the 3 yard line. Then Terry Cole broke a big big run up the middle out to the 40 yard line or so and everybody breathed a big sigh of relief.
Lee's Sunday show the next day was a classic. He always called beating Purdue his job saver. Didn't work that year.1982 Ross-Ade
I was an IU student. My girlfriend lived in Lafayette and had arranged for us to wrap hotdogs for the local FOP before the game in exchange for tickets.
Once finished with our duties we found our seats...first row in a temp bleacher inside the chain link fence that wrapped the field. Literally three steps from the end zone, directly in front of the students in the enclosed end. Great seats!
I removed my jacket when the game started to reveal the IU sweatshirt I had concealed all day....for fear of losing out on the free tickets. The game ended up being a defensive gem....a thriller.
I was closer to Duane Gunn than any Purdue player in the end zone when he caught the TD to put IU ahead. Then a Purdue TD with seconds left was negated by a holding call, but the students had already jumped the fence and stormed the field ala Kentucky-LSU. The Hoosiers came up with a sack on the ensuing last play of the game to preserve the 13-7 win.
It was Lee Corso's last game and IU hired Bill Mallory. Man I'd love to see video highlights of that game.
They hired Sam Wyche first. What I remember about that game was the dog pile at the end. The Hoosiers were celebrating and pretty soon out of the bottom of the pile comes a little man in a red jump suit on his hands and knees. It was Corso.1982 Ross-Ade
I was an IU student. My girlfriend lived in Lafayette and had arranged for us to wrap hotdogs for the local FOP before the game in exchange for tickets.
Once finished with our duties we found our seats...first row in a temp bleacher inside the chain link fence that wrapped the field. Literally three steps from the end zone, directly in front of the students in the enclosed end. Great seats!
I removed my jacket when the game started to reveal the IU sweatshirt I had concealed all day....for fear of losing out on the free tickets. The game ended up being a defensive gem....a thriller.
I was closer to Duane Gunn than any Purdue player in the end zone when he caught the TD to put IU ahead. Then a Purdue TD with seconds left was negated by a holding call, but the students had already jumped the fence and stormed the field ala Kentucky-LSU. The Hoosiers came up with a sack on the ensuing last play of the game to preserve the 13-7 win.
It was Lee Corso's last game and IU hired Bill Mallory. Man I'd love to see video highlights of that game.
Must not have had footing in any of the Bucket games because he didn’t hang 60 on Purdue in 4 games combined.#2 ARE might have hung 60 on PU had he had footing. Best player I have ever seen.
Must not have had footing in any of the Bucket games because he didn’t hang 60 on Purdue in 4 games combined.
Yeah, it would've been really difficult to get enough possessions to score 60, what with Purdue marching up and down the field for 7 points. It's not like he dropped over 60 a few weeks earlier at Wisconsin.Must not have had footing in any of the Bucket games because he didn’t hang 60 on Purdue in 4 games combined.