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JONES: SHAFFER, THE PENN STATE QUARTERBACK,
IS AN ACADEMIC ALL AMERICAN.
JOHN SHAFFER IS CAUGHT BEHIND THE LINE
DAN SILEO MADE THE SACK
JOHN SHAFFER IS SACKED 15 YARDS BEHIND THE LINE
UP BY THROWING ON 1ST DOWN.
D.J. DOZIER CARRIES FOR 4 YARDS
JONES: THEY WILL MARK THE BALL DEAD AT THE
20-YARD LINE.
GRIESE: PENN STATE WANTED TO OPEN THINGS
UP AT THE BEGINNING.
IT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WORK.
JOHN SHAFFER IS CAUGHT BEHIND THE LINE
BILL HAWKINS MADE THE SACK
JOHN SHAFFER IS SACKED 6 YARDS BEHIND THE LINE
JONES: KINTIGH IS AN EXCELLENT RETURN MAN.
THAT WAS A 43-YARD PUNT
DAVID KINTIGH GAINED 4 YARDS ON THE RUNBACK
JONES: THERE WAS A MARKER DOWN.
A HOLDING CALL AGAINST MIAMI.
SO THEY WILL START BACK AT THEIR OWN 37-YARD
LINE -- THEIR 36-YARD LINE THEY WILL SPOT IT.
IT IS 1ST DOWN.
THE HAND-OFF TO MELVIN BRATTON IS GOOD FOR 5 YARDS
LAN IS
JONES: PENN STATE'S SECONDARY IS NOT VERY
TALL.
GRIESE: THE PENN STATE SECONDARY IS 5'9,'9,"
5'10," AND 5 OWE 11 ."
ALONZO HIGHSMITH MANAGES ONLY A 1-YARD RUN
BOB WHITE MADE THE TACKLE
GRIESE: BOB WHITE GREW UP IN FLORIDA IN A
DEPRESSED AREA.
PATERNO STEPPED IN AND SAID HE DIDN'T THINK
WHITE HAD THE GRADES.
PATERNO SAID IF YOU READ A BOOK EVERY DAY,
I WILL GIVE YOU A SCHOLARSHIP.
THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR ALONZO HIGHSMITH
GRIESE: PATERNO SAID IF YOU FLUSH VINNY
TESTAVERDE OUT OF THE POCKET, YOU WANT TO DO
IT EARLY.
LATER ON, HE CAN BE DEADLY.
BOB WHITE REALLY PRESSURED VINNY TESTAVERDE
JONES: THEY WENT WITH A 4-DOWN LINEMEN SET AND
3 LINEBACKERS.
THE PASS TO CHARLES HENRY WAS GOOD FOR 11 YARDS
EDDIE JOHNSON MADE THE TACKLE
JONES: WE HAVE FLAGS ON THE FIELD AND A LITTLE
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CROSS TALK BETWEEN THE
BALL CLUBS THIS WEEK.
WE EXPECT TO SEE SOME EARLY PUSHING AND
SHOVING.
GRIESE: IT CONTINUED.
AS PENN STATE GOT OFF THE BUS, MIAMI WAS
HOLLERING AND SCREAMING.
IT CONTINUED UNTIL GAME TIME.
REFEREE: DELAY OF GAME ON THE OFFENSIVE TEAM.
JONES: VIOLATION OF THE 25-SECOND CLOCK.
JIMMY JOHNSON, HEAD COACH OF THE HURRICANES.
IS 02 AT MIAMI.
HE WAS AT OKLAHOMA STATE PRIOR TO COMING
TO MIAMI.
THIS YEAR HE IS 11-0.
WITH THE 'CANES, 29-7.
THE HAND-OFF TO ALONZO HIGHSMITH IS GOOD FOR 2 YARDS
DUFFY COBBS MADE THE TACKLE
2nd DOWN and 13 AT THE PENN ST. 38
GRIESE: THIS IS DANGEROUS TERRITORY FOR
PATERNO.
GRIESE: IT IS DIFFICULT TO CALL A DEFENSE WHEN
A TEAM IS INSIDE YOUR 40.
GOOD FOR 9 YARDS
STOPPED SHORT OF THE 1st DOWN
GRIESE: ONTHING THE HURRICANES ARE DOING IS
THROWING SHORT PASSES.
THEY ARE DOING IT TO EASE THEIR OFFENSIVE
LINE IN.
THEY KNEW PATERNO WOULD TRY A LOT OF DIFFERENT
BLITZES.
PATERNO GOT THE GAME FILM FROM THE SUGAR
BOWL LAST YEAR.
TENNESSEE HAD A LOT OF BLITZES AGAINST MIAMI
LAST YEAR.
JONES: THERE WAS A PLAYER CHANGE AS TIM
JOHNSON WENT OUT AND PETE CURKENDALL CAME IN.
I THINK IT WAS AN EQUIPMENT CHANGE.
THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR BRETT PERRIMAN
JONES: WE LOOK TO SEE IF MARK SEELIG IS GOING
TO COME IN.
JONES: THE PASS WAS TIPPED.
JONES: GIFTOPOULOS FOR PENN STATE MADE THE
PLAY.
GRIESE: IT SHOWS THE GREAT CONFIDENCE MIAMI
HAS IN TESTAVERDE AND ON THEIR OFFENSE.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PLEASED WITH SEELIG'S
WORK SO FAR.
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GRIESE: NOW I THINK YOU WILL SEE A MORE NORMAL
PENN STATE AND MIAMI OFFENSE COME IN.
GRIESE: AS A FRESH MAHON D.J. DOZIER HAD
OVER A THOUSAND YARDS.
STEVE SMITH CARRIES FOR 11 YARDS
GRIESE: THEY RULED THE MAN WAS DOWN BEFORE THE
FUMBLE OCCURRED.
THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR STEVE SMITH
JONES: PENN STATE HAS NOW GOTTEN THEIR FIRST
1ST DOWN OF THE BALL GAME.
GRIESE: SHAFFER IS 65-1 AS A STARTING
QUARTERBACK SINCE THE 7TH GRADE.
JONES: 65-1?
GRIESE: 65-1 SINCE THE 7TH GRADE.
JONES: AS A STARTING QUARTERBACK.
JONES: WE HAVE A PROCEDURE CALL AGAINST
PENN STATE.
IT WILL BE 2ND DOWN AND 15.
YOU WOULD THINK THE PENN STATE NITTANY
LIONS WITH A TOTAL OF 17 SENIORS, STARTING
ENT
IN THE OFFENSIVE LINE -- AND ONLY 7 SENIOR
STARTERS FOR MIAMI, MIAMI MIGHT BE THE TEAM
UPTIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.
THUS FAR IT HAS BEEN PENN STATE.
GRIESE: HE HAS BEEN THE LOOSEST OF THEM ALL.
YOU LOOK AT TESTAVERDE IN MEETINGS AND
PRACTICES.
HE IS VERY QUIET.
YOU ALWAYS WATCH THE OTHER PLAYERS GOING TO
TESTAVERDE, STANDING AROUND HIM, GETTING
CLOSE TO HIM.
D.J. DOZIER CARRIES FOR 10 YARDS
HE IS THE MAN WITH THE TALENT, THE ONE WHO
DRIVES THIS TEAM.
GRIESE: ON GROUND LEVEL DOZIER WILL COME RIGHT
JONES: SHAFFER HAD TO THROW UNDER PRESSURE.
THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR BRIAN SIVERLING
JONES: SIVERLING WAS BUMPED AT THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE AND KNOCKED DOWN.
GRIESE: THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER HAD NO IDEA
THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER CAME TO HIS SIDE.
THAT WAS A 50-YARD PUNT
1st and 10 AT THE MIAMI 2
JONES: TESTAVERDE HAS COMPLETED 3-6 FOR 36■■■■■■■8
ALONZO HIGHSMITH PICKED UP 1 YARD ON THAT PLAY
JONES: PETE GIFTOPOULOS, ONE OF THE
FOUR OUTSTANDING LINEBACKERS FOR PENN
STATE WAS THERE.
DUFFY COBBS BROKE UP THE PASS
THE 12-YARD PASS WAS COMPLETE TO MELVIN BRATTON
1st and 10 AT THE MIAMI 15
CEFALO: TESTAVERDE HAD ENOUGH PRESENCE OF MIND
FOR HIS RECEIVER TO CLEAR THE LINEBACKER.
MELVIN BRATTON CARRIES FOR 5 YARDS
MIAMI 0 PENN ST. 0 1st
JONES: CONLAN IS DOWN.
THEY PLAY HIM AT THE LINEBACKER POSITION
SOMETIMES.
LET'S SEE HOW HE WAS YOURED.
THEY ARE LOORNER.
HASE.
DUFFY COBBS GOT THE LEG WHIP, UNINTENTIONAL,
CHARLES HENRY RECOVERED THE FUMBLE FOR THE MIAMI
S CEFALO: IT IS KARPINSKI WHO COED THE
BALL UP.
KILL JONES: PENN STATE HAS THE BALL, IF IT IS
RULED A COMPLETION.
IT IS RULED A COMPLETION, A FUMBLE.
AND A RECOVERY BY PENN STATE.
DUFFY COBBS GOT IT.
CEFALO: WHAT A THROW ON THE PART OF VINNY
TESTAVERDE.
THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT IT AS A WIDE RECEIVER,
IN BETWEEN THE ZONE.
YOU BETTER HAVE IT ON THE MONEY.
IT IS.
PENN STATE, NO. 22, WITH THE BIG HIT FOR
THE NITTANY LIONS IS RAY ISOM.
HE PLAYS LIKE HE IS ABOUT 6'2."
THE PROBLEM IS HE IS ONLY 5'9."
JONES: IRVIN DID HAVE POSSESSION.
JONES: THE DEFENSE OF THE 'CANES IS
OUTSTANDING HERE IN THE FIRST PERIOD.
CEFALO: THE 'CANES HAVE TWO DOMINATING INSIDE
TACKLERS WITH SILEO AND BROWN.
GRIESE: PENN STATE CAME OUT OFFENSIVELY AND HAS
DONE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY USUALLY DO.
GRIESE: SHAFFER HAS COME OUT THROWING THE
BALL, AND IT IS NOT WORKING.
THAT WAS A 31-YARD PUNT
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THEIR DEEP SECONDARY VERY OFTEN.
THE HAND-OFF TO ALONZO HIGHSMITH IS GOOD FOR 3 YARDS
JONES: THE TWO STARS OF THE BALL GAME THUS FAR
IS THE DEFENSE OF MIAMI AND THE KICKING FOR
PENN STATE.
JONES: TESTAVERDE HAD ALL THE TIME IN THE
WORLD.
DON GRAHAM MADE THE SACK
WAS
COVERAGE SCHEME BY THE PENN STATE DEFENSE.
CEFALO: THERE WAS SIMPLY NO ONE OPEN FOR
TESTAVERDE TO GO TO.
CEFALO: TESTAVERDE ALWAYS LOOKS FOR IRVIN,
THE PLAYMAKER.
TIME OUT CALLED BY THE MIAMI
JONES: ONE THING WAS PATERNO WANTED TO GET
INSIDE THE MIND OF VINNY TESTAVERDE TO
CAUSE CONFUSION.
CEFALO: I THINK VINNY TESTAVERDE IS THROWING
THE BALL TOO HARD.
HE HAS NOT PLAYED IN SIX WEEKS.
VINNY TESTAVERDE BUSTS LOOSE AND RUSHES FOR 21 YARDS
JONES: TESTAVERDE DID IT NOT WITH THE ARM BUT
WITH THE LEGS.
CEFALO: THIS IS WHY TESTAVERDE IS THE
ER.
HE HAS GREAT STRENGTH TO GET AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
HE DOESN'T LIVE IN THE WEIGHT ROOM DURING THE
OFF SEASON, EITHER.
JONES: BOB WHITE HAD A SHOT AT TESTAVERDE FOR
A SAFETY IN THE END ZONE.
HE COULDN'T GET TO HIM.
REFEREE: FALSE START.
JONES: THAT WAS CHARLES HENRY OF THE 'CANES.
JEROME BROWN IS TALKING WITH HIS HEAD COACH,
JIMMY JOHNSON.
THE BALL IS BACK TO THE 19.
JONES: THERE WERE FIVE LINEBACKERS IN THE SET
FOR PENN STATE.
ALONZO HIGHSMITH PICKED UP 8 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
EDDIE JOHNSON MADE THE TACKLE
CEFALO: HIGHSMITH IS ACTUALLY A LINEBACKER
PLAYING OF POSITION OF FULLBACK.
HIGHSMITH HAS THE MENTALITY OF A
DEFENSIVE PLAYER.
HE LIKES TO ATTACK PEOPLE.
JONES: HIGHSMITH SAID HE HAS THE HANDS OF A
65-YEAR-OLD MAN.
THE PASS TO ALONZO HIGHSMITH WAS GOOD FOR 14 YARDS
JONES: TESTAVERDE READ THE BLITZ.
CEFALO: THERE WERE TWO LINEBACKERS ON THE SAME
SIDE.
TESTAVERDE HAD TO KNOW THERE WAS A MAN FREE.
IN THIS CASE, THERE WERE TWO MEN FREE.
HE KNEW THE HOT RECEIVER WAS THERE.
THE HAND-OFF TO MELVIN BRATTON IS GOOD FOR 2 YARDS
MIAMI 0 PENN ST. 0 1st
JONES: THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST COUPLE OF ROUNDS
OF A HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT.
MELVIN BRATTON MANAGES ONLY A 1-YARD RUN
GRIESE: WE THOUGHT PENN STATE WOULD BE THE ONE
CONTROLLING THE BALL TONIGHT.
JONES: WE ALSO FELT THE 'CANES WOULD HAVE A
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT BACK TO BACK
PLAYS TOGETHER.
BRETT PERRIMAN PICKED UP 13 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
GRIESE: THE 'CANES HAD TO COME FROM DEEP IN
THEIR OWN TERRITORY ON THE LAST TWO
POSSESSIONS.
JONES: PERRIMAN AND BRIAN BLADES WILL
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GREAT ATHLETES.
WE WILL TALK TO BOB ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
PATERNO SAID HE WAS CONCERNED HIS DEFENSIVE
LINEMEN WOULD HAVE TROUBLE GETTING CLOSE
TO TESTAVERDE.
JONES: IT WAS A STRANGE 1ST QUARTER WE SAW.
GRIESE: PENN STATE IS BLITZING ONE OR TWO
LINEBACKERS.
JONES: TESTAVERDE IS 7-12 FOR 91 YARDS.
CEFALO: THE TIME OF POSSESSION IS A BIG
FACTOR.
DUFFY COBBS INTERCEPTED THE PASS
JONES: 15 YARDS ON THE RETURN.
NTERCEPTION.
HE HAD FOUR DURING THE SEASON.
HE HAS BOTH TURNOVERS FOR THE NITTANY LIONS,
THE FUMBLE RECOVERY AND THE INTERCEPTION.
CEFALO: THE SHOVING MATCHES ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE BETWEEN BIG GUYS BUT TESTAVERDE IS AN
ATHLETE.
TESTAVERDE GOT GREEDY.
HE HAD BLADES OPEN.
HE WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN TO THE RIGHT.
HE WANTED THE BIG SHOT.
IT WAS DUFFY COBBS WHO TOOK IT AWAY, HIS
SECOND TURNOVER OF THE DAY.
THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR RAY ROUNDTREE
JONES: MAYBE A STEP AWAY FROM 6 POINTS.
THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE PENN STATE.
CEFALO: A GOOD THROW WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE
JOB DONE.
JONES: GILES HAS COME IN.
JONES: GEORGE MIRA, THE LEADING TACKLER FOR THE
'CANES MADE THE STOP.
JONES: I THINK SHAFFER WAS JUST RUNNING OUT OF
TIME.
CEFALO: THEY WENT WITH THE PLAY ACTION FAKE ON
3RD AND 5.
JONES: THIS IS BRUNO'S FOURTH PUNT TONIGHT.
JONES: TWO FLAGS ARE DOWN.
OP.
JOHN BRUNO HAD A 47-YARD KICK.
KINTIGH HAD A 10-YARD RETURN.
WE HAVE A PAIR OF FLAGS DOWN.
IT IS GOING TO BE A CLIPPING CALL AGAINST
THE 'CANES.
REFEREE: PRELIMINARY INDICATION, CLIPPING
AGAINST MIAMI.
CEFALO: IT IS THE KICKING GAME THAT
CONTINUALLY PUTS MIAMI BACK IN THE HOLE.
JONES: JIMMY HARPER IS THE REFEREE.
THE OFFICIALS ARE ALL FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN
CONFERENCE.
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JONES: TESTAVERDE HELPED OUT ONE OF HIS
LINEMAN.
IS THIS A SMART MOVE?
CEFALO: IF YOU ARE 6'5" AND 210 IT IS.
HE TOOK UP FOR HIS OFFENSIVE LINEMAN.
CEFALO: DID YOU EVER DO THAT?
GRIESE: MY OFFENSIVE LINEMAN WERE BIG ENOUGH
TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
13:06 LEFT IN THE 2nd QUARTER
WARREN WILLIAMS CARRIES FOR 6 YARDS
2nd DOWN and 4 AT THE MIAMI 17
TREY BAUER MADE THE TACKLE
JONES: WILLIAMS IS THE SECOND BACK.
JONES: JOHNSON IS BACK IN THE BALL GAME
DEFENSIVELY.
CEFALO: MIAMI HAS MOVED THE BALL, BUT THE
PROBLEM IS WHERE THEY ARE STARTING.
OWN
TERRITORY ON THREE OCCASIONS.
VINNY TESTAVERDE SCRAMBLES FOR 3 YARDS
STOPPED SHORT OF THE 1st DOWN
GRIESE: THE OFFENSIVE LINE OF THE HURRICANES
IS DOING QUITE OF A JOB PROTECTING TESTAVERDE.
JONES: THE OFFICIALS ARE GOING TO BRING THE
CHAINS OUT FOR THE MEASUREMENT.
JONES: GIFTOPOULOS IS FROM ONTARIO.
HE WANTS TO BE A HOCKEY COACH.
CEFALO: WE HAVE THE 1ST DOWN.
JONES: MIAMI CONTINUES TO CONTROL THE CLOCK.
WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE PENN STATE
CONTROLLING THE CLOCK, OR AT LEAST TRYING TO.
THE HAND-OFF TO WARREN WILLIAMS IS GOOD FOR 2 YARDS
GRIESE: CONLAN IS BACK IN THE FOOTBALL GAME.
GRIESE: CONLAN LOOKED HEALTHY ON THE LAST
PLAY.
BRIAN BLADES PICKED UP 9 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
JONES: DUFFY COBBS SEEMS TO BE EVERYWHERE
TONIGHT.
ARE THEY PICKING ON HIM?
CEFALO: NO.
CEFALO: MIAMI IS GOOD IN THE TURNOVER
DEPARTMENT.
THEY ONLY GAVE UP 21 ALL YEAR LONG.
ALONZO HIGHSMITH PICKED UP 1 YARD ON THAT PLAY
TREY BAUER MADE THE TACKLE
2nd DOWN and 9 AT THE MIAMI 34
MIAMI 0 PENN ST. 0 2nd
JONES: PATERNO'S OVERALL RECORD IS 198
VICTORIES.
THIS COULD BE HIS 199TH VICTORY OR 45TH LOSS.
THE 13-YARD PASS WAS COMPLETE TO BRIAN BLADES
DUFFY COBBS MADE THE TACKLE
JONES: THE 'CANES ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE A
QUICK-STRIKE OFFENSE UNDERWAY.
CEFALO: THE SCOUTS SAY TESTAVERDE HAS A
QUICKER ARM THAN KELLY OR KOSAR.
JONES: IT WILL BE ILLEGAL PROCEDURE GAINS
THE 'CANES.
THEY HAVE GOTTEN HIT WITH THAT PENALTY A
COUPLE OF TIMES PREVIOUSLY IN THE BALL
GAME.
IT WILL COST THEM 5.
LOOK AT THE TIME OF POSSESSION.
CEFALO: MIAMI IS SETTLING FOR THE
SHORTER PASSING GAME.
MIAMI HAS TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
CONTINUE TO TAKE WHAT PENN STATE IS GIVING
THEM.
THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR BRIAN BLADES
THEY WILL MOVE UP THE TIME OF POSSESSION AND
MOVE DOWN THE FIELD, IF THEY CAN HANG ON TO THE
BALL.
CEFALO: THE BLITZ CAME FROM THE MIDDLE.
BLADES RAN THE PATTERN A LITTLE TOO LONG.
BLADES WAS THE HOT RECEIVER ON THE SIDE.
HE SHOULD HAVE RUN A SHORTER PATTERN TO
ADJUST TO THE PRESSURE.
TESTAVERDE WAS WAITING ON BLADES.
JONES: TESTAVERDE IS 9-16, 114 YARDS, 1
INTERCEPTION.
THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR WARREN WILLIAMS
JONES: THAT WAS A VERY CATCHABLE BALL.
CEFALO: TESTAVERDE DID NOT SEEM TO THROW THE
BALL TOO HARD THAT TIME.
WILLIAMS SIMPLY DROPPED IT.
JONES: PENN STATE HAD A 3-MAN RUSH.
WARREN WILLIAMS PICKED UP 11 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
STOPPED SHORT OF THE 1st DOWN
JONES: JEFF FEAGLES, THE PUNTER, IS FROM
HERE.
FIELD
JONES: SHAFFER HAS BEEN SACKED TWICE TONIGHT.
CEFALO: SHAFFER NEEDS A RUNNING GAME SO HE CAN
THROW.
HE IS AN AVERAGE PASSER AT BEST.
HE CANNOT CARRY THIS OFFENSE BY HIMSELF.
D.J. DOZIER PICKED UP 19 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
JONES: COULD THIS BE THE SPARK FOR PENN
STATE?
D.J. DOZIER WAS STOPPED 1 YARD BEHIND THE LINE
CEFALO: THIS IS WHAT JONES: DOZIER FUMBLED
THE BALL AND FELL ON IT.
JEROME BROWN MADE THE TACKLE
JONES: GILES CHECKED IN AT WIDE RECEIVER FOR
ERIC HAMILTON.
JONES: A FUMBLE AND MIAMI RECOVERED.
RED
JEROME BROWN CAUSED IT.
A LOSS OF 9, A TURNOVER, AND THE
'CANES HAVE IT.
CEFALO: IT SEEMED LIKE SHAFFER WAS UNAWARE OF
THE PLAYER MAKING THE TACKLE.
THE -- BALL CAME OUT.
DIDN'T TOUCH THE GROUND.
JONES: MAYBE IT IS RULED AS AN
ALO:
IT IS AN INTERCEPTION.
HAWKINS GOT AN INTERCEPTION.
ALONZO HIGHSMITH CARRIES FOR 8 YARDS
TREY BAUER MADE THE TACKLE
2nd DOWN and 2 AT THE PENN ST. 15
MIAMI 0 PENN ST. 0 2nd
THE HAND-OFF TO ALONZO HIGHSMITH IS GOOD FOR 8 YARDS
JONES: PENN STATE HAS JUST BEEN HANGING ON
THROUGHOUT THE FIRST HALF.
CEFALO: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME MIAMI HAS
TION
THE PASS TO CHARLES HENRY WAS GOOD FOR 6 YARDS
GRIESE: TESTAVERDE WAS LOOKING AT HIS TIGHT
END THE ENTIRE WAY.
HE WAS THE PRIMARY RECEIVER.
IT IS UNUSUAL TO RUN A ZONE SO FAR DOWN INTO
THE TERRITORY.
MELVIN BRATTON GOES 1 YARD FOR THE SCORE
JONES: THE BALL JUST BROKE THE PLANE.
THAT IS ALL IT HAS TO DO.
JONES: BRATTON SCORED EIGHT TOUCHDOWNS DURING
THE SEASON.
CEFALO: THAT IS WHY BRATTON WILL BE A FIRST
ROUND DRAFT CHOICE WHEN HE COMES OUT OF SCHOOL.
HE IS NOT AFRAID TO LEAP OVER THE TOP.
6:38 LEFT IN THE 2nd QUARTER
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JONES: THE BRATTON TOUCHDOWN WAS SET UP BY
HAWKINS' INTERCEPTION.
JIM COATES GAINED 11 YARDS ON THE RUNBACK
BERNARD CLARK MADE THE TACKLE
GRIESE: SOME FANS WERE CALLING FOR KNIZER, THE
BACKUP QUARTERBACK TO TAKE OVER FOR SHAFFER.
D.J. DOZIER CARRIES FOR 9 YARDS
JONES: WILLIAM HENRY IS DOZIER'S NAME.
CEFALO: DOZIER'S NICKNAME WAS DEACON
JUNIOR.
IT GOT ABBREVIATED TO D.J.
D.J. DOZIER CARRIES FOR 4 YARDS
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SCHOOL'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
DAN STUBBS REALLY PRESSURED JOHN SHAFFER
JONES: SHAFFER JUST THREW THAT BALL UP FOR
CEFALO: STUBBS IS THE SACK LEADER FOR MIAMI
CEFALO: IF DOZIER HADN'T KNOCK THE THE
BALL DOWN ON THE LAST PLAY, IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN AN INTERCEPTION BY THE HURRICANES.
GRIESE: JEROME BROWN IS HAVING AN OUTSTANDING
DAY.
HE IS MAINLY A PASS RUSHER.
PATERNO SAID YESTERDAY HE WOULD CHANGE THINGS
DEFENSIVELY AND OFFENSIVELY.
TRYING TO THROW FIRST AND RUN SECOND HAS NOT
WORKED FOR HIM TONIGHT.
CEFALO: THAT WAS GOOD VISION ON THE PART OF
SHAFFER.
HAMILTON WAS NOT HIS FIRST CHOICE AS THE
RECEIVER.
CEFALO: MAYBE THAT GOOD PLAY WILL AFFECT
D.J. DOZIER IS NAILED FOR NO GAIN
TOLBERT BAIN MADE THE TACKLE
2nd DOWN and 10 AT THE MIAMI 40
MIAMI 7 PENN ST. 0 2nd
JONES: JIMMY JOHNSON, THE HEAD COACH OF THE
'CANES.
TIM MANOA PICKED UP 20 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
JONES: BACK TO BACK PLAYS OF MORE THAN 40
YARDS FOR PENN STATE.
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TIM MANOA CARRIES FOR 4 YARDS
JONES: TIM MANOA IS FROM TONGA.
HIS PARENTS NEVER SAW HIM PLAY IN A PRO GAME.
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THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR ERIC HAMILTON
THIS YEAR THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE HIM FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
JONES: SHAFFER IS NOW 2-8 FOR 26 YARDS.
GRIESE: THE RECEIVER FIRST BROKE TOWARD THE
POST, THEN BACK TO THE CORNER.
TIM MANOA PICKED UP 12 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
1st DOWN and GOAL TO GO AT THE MIAMI 5
BENNIE BLADES MADE THE TACKLE
JONES: PENN STATE IS TRYING TO PIECE
TOGETHER A 74-YARD DRIVE.
GRIESE: THIS IS WHAT SHAFFER DOES BEST --
ROLL, THROW TO YOUR BACK.
DON'T GET TOO SOPHISTICATED.
IT IS IMPORTANT HE TRIES TO BE HIMSELF AND
SHAFFER MAY HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE
NOW.
ERIC HAMILTON HAD A KEY RECEPTION.
PENN STATE IS TRYING TO GO FOR THE TIE WITH
2:02 LEFT TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF.
DARRELL GILES RECOVERED THE FUMBLE FOR THE PENN ST.
JONES: THE BALL WAS JUST KNOCKED LOOSE.
JONES: PERSONNEL CHANGES MADE BY BOTH
TEAMS.
JOHN SHAFFER GOES 5 YARDS FOR THE SCORE
JONES: PENN STATE ALMOST DIDN'T GET THE
PLAY OFF.
JONES: SHAFFER WENTq■ FROM GOAT TO HERO.
GRIESE: SHAFFER ON THE BOOTLEG HAD TWO OPTIONS
-- EITHER TO RUN IT IN OR GO TO HIS TIGHT END.
THE DEFENSIVE BACK LEAPT IN THE AIR.
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JONES: J.C. PENNY IS THE DEEP BACK FOR THE
'CANES.
S REAL NAME IS JAMES CLAUD.
J.C. PENNY GAINED 24 YARDS ON THE RUNBACK
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GRIESE: NO.
YOU STAY WITH YOUR OFFENSE.
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE IT DOWNFIELD.
JONES: MIAMI HAS ONLY ONE TIME OUT REMAINING.
GRIESE: WHAT PENN STATE HAS DONE IS FRUSTRATED
MIAMI AND VINNY TESTAVERDE.
THEY ARE NOT GIVING HIM ANYTHING DEEP.
PATERNO IS HAPPY TO GO IN AT HALFTIME 7-7.
HE HOPED IT WOULD BE A DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE.
THE PASS TO BRETT PERRIMAN WAS GOOD FOR 10 YARDS
JONES: THERE WAS ONLY A 2-MAN RUSH BY PENN
STATE.
JONES: I THINK THE MIND GAMES OF PATERNO IS
PAYING OFF.
THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR MICHAEL IRVIN
CEFALO: THE NITTANY LIONS ARE BLITZING
PEOPLE.
NORMALLY YOU EXPECT TO FIND MAN TO MAN
COVERAGE IN THIS SITUATION.
BUT PENN STATE IS PLAYING THE ZONE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO FORCE TESTAVERDE TO
FIND THE OPEN RECEIVERS.
MATT PATCHAN RECOVERED THE FUMBLE>>>--1f■ FOR THE MIAMI
TIME OUT CALLED BY THE MIAMI
2nd DOWN and 22 AT THE MIAMI 43
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THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR BRIAN BLADES
EDDIE JOHNSON BROKE UP THE PASS
LD
HAVE GONE DOWN THE SIDELINES WITH NO ONE
TO TOUCH HIM.
MICHAEL IRVIN PICKED UP 23 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
JONES: IRVIN WANTED TO STOP THE CLOCK.
JONES: SEELIG WILL BE IN FOR A FIELD GOAL
ATTEMPT.
HE HAS HIT FROM 47, 48, AND 49S THIS YEAR.
JONES: HTHAT ENDS CALL FROMTHE 2nd QUARTER
JONES: THE OFFICIALS SAID, WHEN THE GAME IS
OVER, WE LEAVE.
CEFALO: WE DID NOT EXPECT THE TIME OF
POSSESSION TO BE IN FAVOR OF MIAMI.
WE EXPECTED MORE RUNNING OUT OF THE
NITTANY LIONS.
MELVIN BRATTON PICKED UP 2 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
CEFALO: TESTAVERDE HAS NOT HAD A PASS OVER 30
YARDS BECAUSE OF THE DEEP ZONE THE PENN
STATE BACKS ARE PLAYING.
THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR ALONZO HIGHSMITH
CEFALO: HIGHSMITH IS A GOOD BLOCKING FULLBACK
AND A GOOD RECEIVER.
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THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR MICHAEL IRVIN
4th DOWN and 8 AT THE MIAMI 17
CEFALO: PENN STATE SAID COMING INTO THE GAME
THEY WOULD ALLOW MIAMI TO CATCH THE SHORT
JONES: FEAGLES WAS HIT.
THEY WILL BRING IT BACK.
IT WAS 4TH DOWN AND 8.
JONES: YOU CAN'T BE BLOCKED INTO THE KICKER
IN COLLEGE.
IT IS STILL A FOUL.
GRIESE: ISOM COULDN'T HELP IT, BUT IT IS TILL
STILL A FOUL IN COLLEGE FOOT BALL.
JONES: IF THE COACH THINKS THERE WAS A
MISINTERPRETATION OF THE RULE, HE CAN CALL
FOR A RULE CONFERENCE.
IF IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR A 1ST DOWN, HE MAY WANT
IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN, YOU CAN'T GET
MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
GRIESE: THERE WAS NO WAY ISOM COULD GET OUT
OF THE WAY OF FEAGLES PUNTING THE BALL.
JONES: IT WAS 5 YARDS ON THE PENALTY AND NOT
AN AUTOMATIC 1ST DOWN.
D.J. DOZIER CARRIES FOR 4 YARDS
JONES: GEORGE MARTIN'S GLOVES ARE REALLY
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN GLOVES.
HE HAS TAKEN OUT THE PADS AND CUT OFF THE
FINGERS.
JONES: PENN STATE RETAINED POSSESSION.
JONES: MIAMI'S TOUCHDOWN CAME ON A
23-YAERD DRIVE.
SELWYN BROWN ALMOST INTERCEPTED THAT PASS
JONES: BRUNO HAS GIVEN US AN EXCELLENT
EXHIBITION OF PUNTING IN THE FIRST HALF.
CEFALO: THE HURRICANES HAVE TO BE FRUSTRATED.!!
THEY HAVE AVERAGED OVER 38 POINTS A GAME.
JONES: OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAY BY
JOHNSON.
JONES: TESTAVERDE IS 13-27, 167 YARDS, 1
TOUCHDOWN.
THAT IS THE FIRST TIME TESTAVERDE WENT FOR ALL
THE MARBLES.
JONES: TESTAVERDE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE
ARMS OF TWO RUSHERS.
JONES: TESTAVERDE IS STRONG.
CEFALO: TESTAVERDE IS 6'5," 216 POUNDS.
HE SQUATS 500 POUNDS.
THE 8-YARD PASS WAS COMPLETE TO BRETT PERRIMAN
4th DOWN and 4 AT THE MIAMI 31
JONES: THE NITTANY LIONS DEFENSE IS NOW
TAKING OVER CONTROL OF THE BALL GAME.
EARLIER IT WAS THE 'CANE DEFENSE OF MIAMI.
THERE WAS A PENALTY FLAG ON THE PLAY
JONES: THERE WILL BE CLIPPING CALLED AGAINST
AGAIN.
HE HELD UP BEFORE HE GOT NEAR THE FULLBACK,
DARRYL OLIVER.
HE DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER RUNNING INTO THE KICKER
CALL.
JONES: JOHN SHAFFER IS THE SENIOR QUARTERBACK
FOR PENN STATE.
D.J. DOZIER MANAGES ONLY A 3-YARD RUN
2nd DOWN and 7 AT THE PENN ST. 16
GRIESE: ON THE FIRST SERIES IN THE SECOND
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THEY SAY, YOU TRY AND THROW ON US.
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DEFENSE.
THEY ARE FORCING SHAFFER TO MAKE THE
PLAYS.
JONES: WITH SO MANY MEN UP FRONT IN A GAP 8,
YOU NEED TO GET PAST THEM TO GET SOME
RUNNING ROOM.
D.J. DOZIER BUSTS LOOSE AND RUSHES FOR 15 YARDS
D.J. DOZIER PICKED UP 9 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
VICTOR MORRIS MADE THE TACKLE
GRIESE: WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO IS THROW SHORT.
TO BEAT THE GAP 8, YOU HAVE TO LOOK DOWN FIELD.
THIS IS A HALFBACK TIGHT END OFFENSE.
JONES: DOZIER AND VI VERL GO HAVE 21
RECEPTIONS.
GRIESE: A GAP 8 DEFENSE IS A DEFENSIVE MAN IN
EVERY GAP OF THE OFFENSE.
THEY ARE BETWEEN THE GUARD AND TACKLE, AND
GUARD AND CENTER.
IT IS TOUGH TO GET ANY BLOCKING LANES.
D.J. DOZIER MANAGES ONLY A 2-YARD RUN
JONES: CARTER LIKES TO RUN THE COUNTER STEP TO
THE LEFT.
GRIESE: AS A SENIOR, CARTER IS SETTING HIS
BLOCKS UP.
HE IS NOW THE PUNISHING RUNNER HE WAS EARLIER
IN HIS CAREER.
JONES: DOZIER HAS 13 CARRIES AND 70 YARDS
RUSHING.
MIAMI 7 PENN ST. 7 3rd
CEFALO: MIAMI WANTED TO FORCE JOHN SHAFFER TO
THROW THE FOOTBALL.
SELWYN BROWN INTERCEPTED THE PASS
JONES: BROWN DID NOT HAVE AN INTERCEPTION
THIS YEAR.
CEFALO: HE WAS INJURED FOR MOST OF THE SEASON.
CEFALO: DOZIER IS UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING.
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ALONZO HIGHSMITH PICKED UP 7 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
DUFFY COBBS MADE THE TACKLE
JONES: DUFFY COBBS HAS DONE EVERYTHING TONIGHT.
CEFALO: COBBS IS A BIG HITTER ON THE OUTSIDE.
CEFALO: HIGHSMITH IS A LINEBACKER PLAYING
FULLBACK.
THE 9-YARD PASS WAS COMPLETE TO WARREN WILLIAMS
KEITH KARPINSKI MADE THE TACKLE
JONES: DOZIER WAS COMPLAINING THERE WAS
AN ILLEGAL CHUCK DOWNFIELD.
YOU CAN CHUCK ANYWHERE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
CEFALO: AS LONG AS THE RECEIVER IS IN THE
POSITION TO BLOCK A DEFENSIVE BACK, THERE
CEFALO: OF COURSE THERE IS.
NO. 30 HAMILTON WAS THE ONE WHO WAS BUMPED.
JONES: TESTAVERDE HAD ALL THE TIME IN THE
JUST
ONE SHOT.
TESTAVERDE CAN BENCH PRESS 250 POUNDS.
HE IS STRONG.
CHARLES HENRY PICKED UP 7 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
SHANE CONLAN MADE THE TACKLE
JONES: SHANE CONLAN HAD A KNEE PROBLEM EARLIER
IN THE BALL GAME.
HE IS ALL RIGHT NOW.
CEFALO: PENN STATE LIKES TO MOVE CONLAN
AROUND.
HE HAS NOT BEEN AS BIG A FACTOR AS WE THOUGHT
HE WOULD BE TONIGHT.
SHANE CONLAN INTERCEPTED THE PASS
JONES: HE SAW 6 POINTS.
CEFALO: HE HEARD ME FROM UP HERE TOO.
TESTAVERDE THREW IT RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF
SHANE CONLAN.
OUT FOR TESTAVERDE.
TIM MANOA CARRIES FOR 6 YARDS
DAN STUBBS MADE THE TACKLE
JONES: THESE TWO BALL CLUBS RANKED HIGH IN
THE DIVISION I STATISTICAL GROUP IN
TURNOVERS.
THE MIAMI RECOVERED THE FUMBLE
WINSTON MOSS RECOVERED THE FUMBLE FOR THE MIAMI
IT DIDN'T APPEAR ANYONE TOUCHED THE RUNNING
BACK.
WARREN WILLIAMS CARRIES FOR 6 YARDS
4:30 LEFT IN THE 3rd QUARTER
QUARTER 1 2 3 4 TOTL MIAMI 0 7 0 7 PENN ST. 0 7 0 7
PETE GIFTOPOULOS MADE THE SACK
JONES: TESTAVERDE IS BROUGHT DOWN ON A PLAY
ACTION FAKE.
JONES: THAT IS THE THIRD SACK FOR PENN
STATE.
JONES: THEY ARE CALLING TO CALL PASS
INTERFERENCE ON PENN STATE.
I'M NOT SURE OF THAT CALL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INADVERTENT TRIPPING.
IT IS A 15-YARD PENALTY IF IT IS PASS
INTERFERENCE.
CEFALO: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS
INADVERTENT TRIPPING WHEN YOU ARE A RECEIVER.
NO ONE WAS GOING FOR THE BALL.
IT WAS OVERTHROWN.
THE END.
JONES: HE TRIPPED ON HIMSELF.
WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE REASON
THERE IS AN INSTANT REPLAY IN THE NATIONAL
FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
HE TRIPPED HIMSELF.
REPLAY HERE, NOT IN
COLLEGE BALL.
THAT IS THE KIND OF CALL THAT INSTANT
REPLAY WAS CREATED FOR.
JONES: WE WILL LOOK ONCE MORE AND BURY THIS
ONE.
EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES.
WAS THERE ANY BODY ACTION?
IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE.
IT APPEARED TO BE MICHAEL IRVIN TRIPPING
HIMSELF.
JONES: AND A BAD CALL.
JONES: YOU HOPE NO. 1 DOES NOT FALL ON THAT
ONE CALL.
GRIESE: I DISAGREE CHARLIE.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME TRIPPING AND IRVIN DID
NOT TRIP HIMSELF.
JONES: MY EYES DECEIVE ME.
GRIESE: I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT.
JONES: THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR IT.
THERE IT IS.
ALL RIGHT BOB.
GRIESE: HE BEATS THE JAM.
WATCH -- SEE IT.
ISOM HIT HIS LEFT FOOT AND TRIPPED HIM.
JONES: I THINK HE HIT ISOM'S LEFT ANKLE.
CEFALO: THE RECEIVER AND THE QUARTERBACK
HAVE TO MAKE THE SAME ADJUSTMENT.
THAT IS HOW YOU GET INTERCEPTIONS WHEN THEY
DON'T MAKE THE SAME ADJUSTMENT.
NO GOOD, WIDE TO THE RIGHT
THE SNAPPER HAS HAD TROUBLE THIS SEASON.
KINTIGH GOT A BAD SNAP.
IT WAS NOT CLEARLY PLACED ON THE TEE.
THEY SAID EARLIER IN THE WEEK THERE WERE
PROBLEMS WITH THE SNAPPING GAME.
JOHN SHAFFER IS SACKED 2 YARDS BEHIND THE LINE
JONES: STUBBS WAS JUST STANDING THERE WAITING
FOR SHAFFER.
3rd DOWN and 10 AT THE PENN ST. 20
INCOMPLETE PASS
JONES: WAS THAT A GADGET PLAY?
CEFALO: THAT IS THE OLD UTAH PASS, THE SHOVEL
PASS.
THE TIMING WAS MESSED UP.
IT SEEMED AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TOUCHED THE
FOOTBALL.
THAT IS AFFORD PASS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS
FLIPPED THAT WAY.
MIAMI 7 PENN ST. 7 3rd
JONES: THERE WILL NOT BE AN OVERTIME IN THE
BATTLE FOR NO. 1.
THE HAND-OFF TO MELVIN BRATTON IS GOOD FOR 2 YARDS
JONES: TESTAVERDE HAS JONES: MIAMI MAY GET A
PLAY OFF.
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JONES: WE ARE 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM A
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THERE WILL BE NO OVERTIME.
PETE GIFTOPOULOS INTERCEPTED THE PASS
JONES: FOUR TURNOVERS BY MIAMI -- THREE
INTERCEPTIONS.
CEFALO: IT IS ANOTHER UNUSUAL WRINKLE ON THE
PART OF THE PENN STATE DEFENSE THAT CONFUSED
GRIESE: PATERNO MADE THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL
TRADITION OUT OF DEFENSE OVER THE YEARS.
YOU WILL NOT SEE A LOT OF FLASHY THINGS ON THE
PART OF THE OFFENSE.
THE HAND-OFF TO STEVE SMITH IS GOOD FOR 1 YARD
3rd DOWN and 6 AT THE MIAMI 32
JONES: MANKA'S CAREER LONG FIELD GOAL WAS 53
YARDS.
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GRIESE: NEITHER TEAM IS LOOKING VERY GOOD ON
OFFENSE.
THE OFFENSE SELLS THE TICKETS BUT THE DEFENSE
WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE TONIGHT.
JONES: YOU DON'T THINK WE ARE SEEING A SLOPPY
GRIESE: WE ARE SEEING A SLOPPY OFFENSIVE GAME
BECAUSE OF THE DEFENSE.
GRIESE: THE PENN STATE DEEP ZONES ARE TAKING
AWAY THE DEEP PASSING GAME OF TESTAVERDE.
ALONZO HIGHSMITH PICKED UP 7 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
2nd DOWN and 3 AT THE PENN ST. 48
JONES: I'M WONDERING IF THE 'CANES ARE GOING TO
STAY ON THE GROUND.
4.2, 5.8 -- HIGH
NUMBERS.
ALONZO HIGHSMITH PICKED UP 21 YARDS ON THAT PLAY
GRIESE: THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR MIAMIXXTp
SAYS THEY HATE TO STAY WITH THE RUSHING ATTACK
TOO LONG BECAUSE IT TAKES THE BALL AWAY
FROM TESTAVERDE.
JONES: IT WOULD BE HARD TO TAKE THE BALL OUT OF
TESTAVERDE'S HANDS, BUT PERHAPS IN THIS CASE
YOU HAVE TO.
CEFALO: YOU HAVE MANY FIRST ROUND DRAFT
CHOICES ON THE HURRICANES.
BRATTON WILL BE A NUMBER ONE DRAFT CHOICE
THIS YEAR.
THAT'S INCOMPLETE AS HE COMES DOWN WITH THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS
NES: TESTAVERDE THROWS, BATS, AND
SHOOTS A BOW AND ARROW RIGHT HAND.
HE EATS LEFT-HANDED.
LEFT-HANDED.
THE PASS TO MELVIN BRATTON WAS GOOD FOR 5 YARDS
JONES: DO YOU GO WITH A FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT?
CEFALO: YOU BET YOU YOU DO.
E, 21 YARDS -- YOU
HAVE TO GO FOR THE FIELD GOAL TO TAKE THE
LEAD.
MARK SEELIG WILL TRY A 37-YARD FIELD GOAL
JONES: SEELIG MISSED FROM 28 YARDS EARLIER.
IT'S UP AND IT'S GOOD !
11:49 LEFT IN THE 4th QUARTER
BLAIR THOMAS GAINED 20 YARDS ON THE RUNBACK
CEFALO: THEY HAVE SAID SHAFFER DOESN'T THROW
OR RUN WELL, BUT HE WINS FOOTBALL GAMES.
THE SAME WORDS WERE USED BY RED ENGEL WHEN
HE WAS DESCRIBING A SKINNY QUARTERBACK BY
THE NAME OF PATERNO.
BEST.
BET THE RUNNING GAME GOING, SHORT PASSING.
THEY CAN WIN.
JONES: THERE IS STILL A LOT OF TIME.
D.J. DOZIER MANAGES ONLY A 2-YARD RUN
JONES: PENN STATE IS AVERAGING ONLY 3 YARDS
PER PLAY TONIGHT ON OFFENSE.
THAT IS A CREDIT TO THE 'CANE DEFENSE.
THE 'CANE DEFENSE HAS PLAYED WELL.
CEFALO: PATERNO SAID WE HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM
BENNIE BLADES IF WE WANT TO WIN THE GAME.
THEY HAVE DONE IT ALL NIGHT LONG.
JEROME BROWN MADE THE SACK
CEFALO: THEY HAVE TO DOUBLE TEAM BROWN.
ROB CARTER HELPED BRING THE MAN DOWN
THE HAND-OFF TO D.J. DOZIER IS GOOD FOR 4 YARDS
JONES: BRUNO WILL COME IN TO PUNT.
10:00 LEFT IN THE 4th QUARTER
JONES: THERE IS PRESSURE EVERY TIME
COMING FROM BUBBA MCDOWELL.
THAT WAS A 48-YARD PUNT
MELVIN BRATTON BUSTS LOOSE AND RUSHES FOR 13 YARDS
DON GRAHAM MADE THE TACKLE
CEFALO: BRATTON RUNS LIKE A BUMBLE BEE.
HE CAN BUZZ AROUND A DEFENSE.
MELVIN BRATTON IS NAILED FOR NO GAIN
TREY BAUER MADE THE TACKLE
SHANE CONLAN INTERCEPTED THE PASS
JONES: FOUR INTERCEPTIONS FOR PENN
STATE, TWO FOR CONLAN.
38 YARDS ON THE RETURN, 5-YARD LINE, 1ST DOWN,
GOAL TO GO, WITH THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
CEFALO: WHEN YOU WERE A KID GROWING UP, YOU MAY
HAVE DREAMT ABOUT PLAYING IN A NATIONAL
GAME.
YOU MAKE A BIG BER ACCEPTINGS.
S DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE TONIGHT.
JONES: THERE WAS A MISCONNECTION ON THE
CEFALO: HE JUST DIDN'T GET THE BALL.
THE CENTER STARTED HIS BLOCK BEFORE THE CENTER
GOT THE BALL TO THE QUARTERBACK.
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FIELD.
CONLAN AND THE OTHER LINEBACKER WENT
STRAIGHT BACK.
TESTAVERDE SAW THE INSIDE LINEBACKER BUT
NOT CONLAN.
D.J. DOZIER GOES 6 YARDS FOR THE SCORE
8:13 LEFT IN THE 4th QUARTER
GRIESE: DOZIER TOOK IT WIDE AND CUT BACK.
JONES: IT WAS SET UP BY A PENN STATE
LINEBACKER, SHANE CONLAN.
THE SCORE CAME FROM 6-YARDS OUT.
A LOT OF TIME FOR THE 'CANES.
THEY HAVE THE ARM OF VINNY TESTAVERDE.
JONES: DOZIER IS A VERY RELIGIOUS YOUNG MAN.
HE WAS ONE OF THE LAST TO BE SHOT FOR PICTURES
BECAUSE HE HAD JUST COME BACK FROM CHURCH.
ONLY THE SECOND MAN IN PENN STATE HISTORY TO
RUSH FOR MORE THAN 3,000 YARDS.
ALONZO HIGHSMITH BUSTS LOOSE AND RUSHES FOR 38 YARDS
JONES: DUFFY COBBS SAVED THE DAY.
CEFALO: HIGHSMITH REFUSES TO GO DOWN.
THE HAND-OFF TO ALONZO HIGHSMITH IS GOOD FOR 4 YARDS
GRIESE: IN LAST YEAR'S SUGAR BOWL GAME,
TESTAVERDE THREW 3 INTERCEPTIONS.
HE WAS SACKED 8 TIMES.
JONES: BRATTON MAY HAVE JUST A LITTLE LEG CRAMP.
GRIESE: THE SUGAR BOWL LAST YEAR WAS THE WORST
GAME TESTARDE HAD IN HIS CAREER UP TO THIS
POINT.
TESTAVERDE IS NOT PLAYING WELL BECAUSE
PENN STATE HAS DONE SOME THINGS TO CONFUSE
HIM.
THEY HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE BIG PLAY.
THE PENN ST. RECOVERED THE FUMBLE
7:12 LEFT IN THE 4th QUARTER
CEFALO: TESTAVERDE WANTED TO GO DOWN FIELD
TO MICHAEL IRVIN.
HE WAS COVERED BY CONLAN.
JONES: THE TEMPERATURE IS DROPPING DOWN IN THE
40'S IN TEMPE.
D.J. DOZIER IS NAILED FOR NO GAIN
DAN SILEO MADE THE TACKLE
MIAMI 10 PENN ST. 14 4th
THE PASS TO BRIAN SIVERLING WAS GOOD FOR 6 YARDS
GEORGE MIRA MADE THE TACKLE
GRIESE: ROBERTS' TEAM MATES ARE SAYING, KEEP
YOUR HEAD UP.
JONES: THE BALANCE COULD HANG ON THE FOOT
OF JOHN BRUNO.
JONES: THIS IS THE 8TH PUNT TONIGHT FOR JOHN
BRUNO.
THAT WAS A 43-YARD PUNT
JONES: HE COULD HAVE CAUGHT IT IF HE COULD
HAVE RUN UNDER IT.
JONES: WHO DO YOU LIKE, JIMMY?
CEFALO: I LIKE THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.
I LIKE KOSAR IN THAT GAME.
JONES: WE HAVE MARKERS ON THE PLAY.
HERE'S THE CALL.
OFFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE.
SO MIAMI CONTINUES TO SELF DESTRUCT, AS THEY
TAKE THE BALL BACK TO THE 10.
CEFALO: IT COULD BE DEADLY TO THE PSYCHE IF
YOU DON'T GIVE THE BALL BACK TO ROBERTS.
GRIESE: THE CONFIDENCE OF THE MIAMI OFFENSE
HAS TO BE SHAKEN.
I CAN GUARANTEE TESTAVERDE IS SHORT
ARMING THE BALL A BIT.
HE IS MAKING SURE HE SEES ALL THE DEFENSIVE
PLAYERS FIRST.
JONES: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SHORT ARMING?
GRIESE: HE IS A LITTLE HESITANT, A LITTLE
TENTATIVE.
THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR ALFREDO ROBERTS
CEFALO: IT WAS A ZONE DEFENSE.
ROBERTS WANTED TO MAKE UP FOR THE DROPPED BALL.
CERTAINLY NO LACK OF EFFORT BY ROBERTS.
THAT WAS A 49-YARD PUNT
JONES: J.C. PENNY WAS DOWN QUICKLY ON THE
COVERAGE TEAM.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN PENNY AS A RETURN MAN SINCE
EARLY IN THE GAME.
4:56 LEFT IN THE 4th QUARTER
RAY ROUNDTREE GAINS 3 YARDS ON THE REVERSE
JONES: ROUNDTREE RAN THE REVERSEIGHT TIMES
DURING THE SEASON.
GRIESE: I THINK PATERNO THOUGHT MIAMI WAS NOT
EXPECTING THE REVERSE.
HE THOUGHT HE WOULD SURPRISE MIAMI.
D.J. DOZIER MANAGES ONLY A 2-YARD RUN
GRIESE: THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME ON THE CLOCK
THEY DON'T HAVE TO START USING TIME OUTS
YET.
INTERESTING SITUATION FOR PENN STATE -- DO
YOU START THROWING THE BALL?
JONES: TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO BE NO. 1.AAAAA@@@@@Px
VINNY TESTAVERDE CARRIES FOR 5 YARDS
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WINNER IN THREE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
INCOMPLETE PASS
JONES: TESTAVERDE THREW THE BALL INSIDE.
CEFALO: MIAMI HAS TWO TIME OUTS LEFT.
YOU KICK IT AWAY.
U TRY TO COME BACK AND GIVE IT TO TESTAVERDE.
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JONES: IT WAS 4TH AND 6.
CEFALO: THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE
HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE IT UP YET.
THE 6-YARD PASS WAS COMPLETE TO BRIAN BLADES
JONES: THERE IS NOT A 2:00 WARNING IN COLLEGE
BALL.
THE PASS TO BRETT PERRIMAN WAS GOOD FOR 10 YARDS
THAT STOPPED THE CLOCK
JONES: THEY STOP THE CLOCK FOR THE 1ST DOWN.
MICHAEL IRVIN WAS STOPPED AFTER 4 YARDS ON THAT SHORT PASS
CEFALO: THREE TIMES IN A ROW TESTAVERDE WENT
TO THE QUICK OUT TO THE OUTSIDE.
MICHAEL IRVIN, THE PLAYMAKER, IS THE ONE
IN
UP
JONES: THE CLOCK IS STOPPED FOR THE 1ST
IT IS GREAT STRATEGY BY PENN STATE TO HIDE
THE WEAKNESS OF THE DEFENSE IS ON THE
OUTSIDE THROWING THE QUICK OUTS.
PASS ON 4TH
AND 6.
IM.
IT TAKES TWO TO MAKE THE 1ST DOWN.
JONES: FORGET ABOUT THE FIELD GOAL.
THE MARGIN IS 4.
TIM JOHNSON MADE THE SACK
JONES: FOUR SACKS FOR PENN STATE.
MIAMI TAKES A TIME OUT.
THEY HAVE ONE LEFT.
TESTAVERDE WANTED TO GO TO THE QUICK OUT ONE
MORE TIME.
LD NOT
JONES: CONLAN STAYED IN.
THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR WARREN WILLIAMS
JONES: 4TH DOWN.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
QUARJONES: GIFTOPOULOS INTERCEPTED.
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IT IS OFFICIAL.
THE PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS ARE THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONS.
JOHN SHAFFER'S RECORD AS A STARTING
QUARTERBACK SINCE THE 7TH GRADE IS NOW 66-1.
PATERNO HAS WON HIS 199TH GAME.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT NUMBERS FOR THE NEXT
WEEK, BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE THAT COUNTS AND
THAT IS NO. 1.
GRIESE: IT IS AN INCREDIBLE GAME.
A STORY BOOK SEASON FOR MIAMI COMING IN 11-0,
REGISTERING THE FIRST UNDEFEATED SEASON BY
MIAMI.
NOW PENN STATE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE CROWNED
THE NATIONAL CHAMPION.
JONES: OFFENSIVE GUARD FOR PENN STATE, DAN
MORGAN, EVERY TIME WE SAW HIM, HE SAID, SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE, SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
THEY WERE MAGNIFICENT.
PENN STATE WAS MAGNIFICENT.
I THINK THE 'CANES WERE ALSO.
IT IS JUST THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE.
IT CAME DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTE OF PLAY FOR
THE NATIONAL TITLE.
VINNY TESTAVERDE BACK AT 4TH AND 6, AND IT
COULD HAVE BEEN OVER SEVERAL MINUTES AGO.
GRIESE: HE SHOWED A GREAT DEAL OF
HIS STAFF OF SHUTTING DOWN TESTAVERDE AND
WINNING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
RASHAD: WE ARE WITH SHANE CONLAN.
IONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP, OUT ON THE FIELD.
>> THEY TALKED ABOUT OUR DEFENSIVE BACKS
BEIG TOO SHORT.
THEY CAME UP AND ROCKED THEM.
RASHAD: YOU WON.
IT SEEMS TO ME YOU KEPT THEM IN 3RD AND LONG
ALL THE TIME.
HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
>> A GREAT EFFORT BY OUR FRONT PEOPLE.
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WE JUST DID IT.
RASHAD: THANK YOU.
COACH PATERNO, CONGRATULATIONS COACH.
ANE -- HE
I JUST TOLD SHANE THIS IS THE WAY YOU WIN A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OUT ON THE FIELD.
>> OUR KIDS PLAYED A GREAT GAME.
THEY BEAT A GREAT FOOTBALL TEAM TONIGHT.
DEFENSE PLAYED ABOUT AS GREAT A GAME AS I HAVE
EVER SEE.
WERE SO
THEY DESTROYED --
>> THE DEFENSIVE COACH DID A GOOD JOB OF
.
THEY CAME UP WITH THE BIG PLAYS FOR TWO YEARS.
RASHAD: YOU WON A LOT OF BIG GAMES.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE.
>> IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES.
WE HAD A LOT OF LUCK IN OUR LIVES.
I'M FORTUNATE TO BE AROUND A LOT OF GREAT
YOUNG PEOPLE.
I TH
RASHAD: CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU GUYS ARE NO. 1.
>> WE THINK SO.
RASHAD: BACK UP TO BOB COSTAS.
COSTAS: THANK YOU.
AS WE POINTED OUT, A YEAR AGO AT THE ORANGE
BOWL IT WAS THERE FOR PATERNO AND THE NITTANY
LIONS AGAINST OKLAHOMA, THE SOONERS BEAT THEM.
THEY BAEM -- BECAME THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
THESE ARE THE DAYS TO HOLD ON TO BECAUSE WE
WANT -- WON'T ALWAYS WANT TO ♪
COSTAS: EVEN AFTER THE BITTER TASTE OF THIS
DEFEAT, FADES AWAY FOR JIMMY JOHNSON AND VINNY
TESTAVERDE, WE HOPE THEY TOO WILL HAVE FOND