Troy's 378 yard day against Missouri. I was 15 at the time and was at the game. One of my favorite games.
26 years ago today
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No kidding. I was a sophomore in the band at that game…
The fact he never won the Heisman and isn't talked about more in terms of great college backs in a true injustice.
I was stationed at Camp Kinser in Okinawa but my grandpa would send me the sports section of the Courier to follow his domination.
That second video mentioning the UNI game the week before, wow. In 2 back to back games he carried it 94 times 619 yards and 9 TD's. That's a good season for some guys and he did that in 2 games.
Especially when he did it against defenses which knew exactly what was coming. One thing I think about is man did ISU have some studs in the OL during the Troy years.
It’s true greatness when everyone in the world knows you’re getting the ball and there’s not a god damn thing the defense can do about it to stop you.
That's part of what made it so hard to believe week after week for 2 years. Everybody knew we were going to run it and they couldn't slow him down.
A sophomore… I was over twice your age at that point. Now that’s feeling old!
He was absolutely indestructible. Just a cannon ball.
And he did all that against defenses who knew ISU couldn't throw it, and put their all into stopping him.
I of course was at that game and Troy Davis was just SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE MIZZOU DEFENDERS...IT REALLY WASN'T A FAIR FIGHT!!
I will never forget Troy Davis ...even if I live to be 100 yrs old!!
...and remember GO CYCLONES!
I will never forget Troy Davis ...even if I live to be 100 yrs old!!
...and remember GO CYCLONES!
I was at the game as well. If I recall correctly, Troy had somewhere around 38 carries, averaging just under 10 yards a carry. Plus, I don’t think he broke any extremely long runs on that game, making his total yardage even more impressive.
I don't know if this is sad or amazing, but just listen to how muted those crowd cheers were. I'm sure it was a really small crowd, but imagine something like that happening today, with the stadium packed. Oh My God.
With todays media coverage, everyone would know who is he is/was too.
Was at the game and got married that evening. The crowd did not seem that small at the game.
There were always lots of opposing team fans at Jack Trice back then.
