1/21/2024 0 Comments White out game penn state![]() I really just remember at that point, everyone goes nuts. It almost makes you hold your breath the entire time. I just remember the kicker started chasing him down and I was like in the back of my head, ‘there’s no way this kicker can catch him.’ But he keeps getting closer and closer. Like it felt like him running felt like it took years. Then next thing you know, from my memory, I remember Grant picking it up and then it just felt like slow motion. ![]() You see the kick go up and you see the double thud. … We were just sitting there watching it. “We kind of started thinking about what we were gonna do on offense. But I remember sitting on that bus feeling like something special was going to happen.” You didn’t know what, you didn’t know how it was gonna go. Even on the bus ride in I remember sitting there and having that feeling that something special was about to happen. For whatever reason I felt super calm and kind of relaxed most of the day. It was a night game so we were in the hotel all day long. 22, 2016 White Out game against Ohio State in Beaver Stadium. Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley looks for an open teammate during the Saturday, Oct. That for me now is a pretty special picture for me.” And there’s a selfie of him, because he didn’t storm the field, he was like ‘I’m not doing that craziness.’ There’s a selfie of him with the crowd in the background and he’s not even smiling. My sister and I always laugh because he loved to take selfies. “And looking back, I have a picture of my dad who passed away about two years ago. When I go back and think about in the locker room (at halftime), I don’t think anyone ever doubted that we were going to win that game. I don’t know what the rest of the team thought. … I think that was more of a personal feeling. “I remember just taking a walk and, I don’t know, it just felt like we were going to win the game that night. … It was almost like time kind of stood still and it was quiet during the run.” The environment, the atmosphere, playing the No. Obviously you know how big of a game the White Out is. Something you dream about going back to when you were a kid. “At that point it’s kind of like a black out. … I remember talking to our head athletic trainer at that time and I’m like ‘Man after this game I’m definitely gonna need some ice.’ And he was, ‘Just finish this game out, get us this W and you’ll have all the ice that you need.’” And I actually came down in a very similar way. Also for me, I didn’t finish the previous game before, I got hurt in the fourth quarter against Indiana. … We’re trying to get down to spike the ball, the spot of the ball is under review, there’s so many different things going on in that moment. It was that time of the game, I don’t know how many timeouts we had. “Once I caught it and came down with it, I just remember it being super chaotic. But as he was getting us lined up, and the play comes in, I just had a feeling he was gonna throw it up and give me a chance.” … As I’m running down the field I was able to get behind the defender, and as I look up I remember seeing the ball in the air. I thought there was a good chance of me catching the ball. “I just had a feeling that he was going to come my way, just based on the fact that he went to the field before to Brandon (Moseby-Felder). Penn State beat Michigan 43-40 in four overtime periods. 12, 2013 win over Michigan during the White Out game. The Nittany Lion mascot celebrates with the Penn State players after the Oct. “My memory was just the violence of the hit, more than the circumstances of the game or anything like that.” My helmet, the metal on it was almost shaking or making noises because of the volume. I think we had them backed up in the student section. “The crowd noise of the 2005 one, it was so loud. That conversation sticks out more than almost anything in the game.” We felt this was going to be the turning point. We just talked of the importance of it and really what we wanted to do and how we wanted to make a statement coming off a tough 2004 year, but kind of an exciting way 2004 ended. The trash cans were in the managers’ equipment room area as they were fixing the cold tub. We were obsessed, kind of privately between us, of being the better linebacker unit on the field that night, winning the game. Three guys that might have been first rounders, three big time guys. They had unbelievable linebackers, especially that year. We were both so obsessed with beating Ohio State, being better than (their linebackers). Me and (linebacker Paul) Posluszny were in garbage cans filled with ice Thursday after practice. ![]() “My memory, it’s funny, it’s really not from the game.
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