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FearlessF · « **Reply #70 on:** September 27, 2025, 06:01:46 PM »

Quote from: Gigem on September 27, 2025, 11:32:17 AM

Yeah I’d love to see a series with oSu or KSU. We had some really good games over the years. But it does beg the question…do you schedule a true home and away..or do you do a 2-1 type deal. I do know we played a H&A with CU recently, but usually we only schedule 1-1 with true P4 teams like Big 10 and ACC teams.

gotta take what you can get

Gigem · « **Reply #71 on:** December 13, 2025, 06:51:35 PM »

Quote from: Gigem on September 24, 2025, 08:16:24 PM

Kind of a weird topic, but this can be any team or any game.

Please forgive me as some of these were so long ago I may have mixed up some of the details.

1996 was the first year I even followed CFB. So a lot of this stuff was new to me. I didn’t really know who was good, or who was considered a blue blood. It was actually really fun, I remember that first few years fondly.

1996…ND played at Texas. As I recall, the game came down to the very end. ND was winning 27-24. Texas kicked a FG at the very end…it bounced off the crossbar and they lost the game.

Also in 1996…the very first A&M Big 12 game. I knew almost nothing of the SWC or Big 12. I was there, it was my first CFB game. CU played at Kyle Field. They either punted or kicked off. Our returner, I believe it was Dante Hall, fumbled the kick and CU recovered. We lost the game, a lot of people were very unhappy about that fumble.

Late 90’s. I’m fairly certain it was Auburn. They had a fake punt that was beautiful, I think they either scored a TD or a very long drive they ended up scoring on. It may have been vs Clemson.

Also late 90’s or very possibly early 2000’s. Clemson vs FSU. Bobby Bowden coached FSU. His son, maybe Tommy Bowden, coached Clemson. They called it the Bowden bowl. First quarter was very competitive, I believe maybe a 7-3 type game. FSU was backed up to their own end zone. They ran the ball once or twice, no gain. The QB, possibly Weinke, was backed up deep in the end zone, launched a deep pass, the WR caught in stride, and scored a 99 yard TD. FSU ended up winning big.

1997. oSu came to Kyle Halloween weekend. They got up big, we ended up coming back and winning. I was there, it was awesome.

1998…RC did a fake FG vs Texas Tech. I believe Dan Cambell caught the pass for a TD. We won the game by 7. I wasn’t there, my grandfather was in the hospital, I think he died that day.

The WV OU bowl game with the Statue of Liberty play at the end to win. Maybe it was Boise St. That was the single most exciting game and awesome finish I’ve ever seen.

I will post some more, and maybe try to find some details out about the games that are fuzzy.

Article on ESPN about Weinke and that Clemson game. Surprised I remembered as many details as I did.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, there is one play from that season that remains a part of Seminoles lore: Weinke to Minnis, 98 yards, in a 54-7 blowout win over Clemson in mid-November.
On the second series of the game, backed up near the goal line, Florida State ran what Bowden referred to as a "gym play" -- one that was never practiced on the field, but rather behind closed doors inside the gym away from prying eyes. "Or spies," Richt said.
Weinke dropped back deep into the end zone and faked a handoff to Jeff Chaney, turning his back to the defense and tucking the ball as if he no longer had it. Minnis had gone in motion and made the safety think he was blocking for a handoff, then took off down the middle. By the time Weinke delivered the ball, Minnis was wide open. Easy touchdown. Easy 54-7 win.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47256642/chris-weinke-florida-state-heisman-25-years-later

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