Miami players interviewed after Fiesta Bowl loss to Penn State
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- This video is from a post game show on Channel 7, then the NBC affiliate in Miami. Michael Irvin, Melvin Bratton, Jerome Brown and Alonzo Highsmith were interviewed following the devastating upset loss to Penn State for the 1986 national championship
The Penn State defenders covering the pass really took it to the Miami receivers during this game. They hit with pronounced intensity during the entire game, and they said after a while the Miami receivers looked like they really didn't want the ball anymore.
I remember hearing one of the PSU dbs saying that was the strategy. Hit their wr's hard and often. By the 2nd half they didn't want to catch the ball.
You could tell from what mike was saying.
Really baffles me how anyone can make a "the better team didnt win" claim when the ball was turned over 7 times. I would say the better offense didnt win for sure. But the better defense and special teams sure did.
Rowland Buck - exactly - even so much of what Irvin said was so dismissive. Hard hitting? Oh nooooo. Not at all.
Look - the commentator had it right. The only player to actually man up about it was Jerome Brown.
This is basically the biggest case for a learning experience to be humble, not brag, be a team, and Highsmith realized that.
I watched this game live as an 11 year old and remember almost every play.
ridiculous OP, penn state had a smart defensive coverage plan and hit hard. Miami won every other category. In the end penn state won but ridiculous take. lol miami defense had a much more dominate performance. penn state had one drive the entire game. hey penn state won so it is what it is.
Better team didn’t win point blank u know what he is saying
That Sandusky cover 3 was revolutionary. Folk don't want to hear that name, but he did come up with it. Vinny was confused as heck by that defense.
You are just as dispirited and nasty 🤮 as that name is for even saying it
The interviewer asked fair questions and did a great job.
How many guys had NFL careers from that Penn State team ? Lol, Miami was better, but the best team can still lose a game! Penn State's coaching staff out coached Miami's, but athlete for athlete, the two teams do not compare, those Miami guys earned millions in the NFL
@@akbarel-amin8803 🤧
@@akbarel-amin8803 Penn State had 13 players drafted the followng Spring Miami had 7.
The better team won!
@akbarel-amin8803 both of those teams put tons of guys in the NFL.
Actually was fortunate enough to attend this game. Sun Devil Stadium was Beaver Stadium West.
I watched that game start to finish back in '87. It was on a Friday, so my family had a big watch party down with the old men playing dominoes. My impression was that Miami had more talent overall on offense, but that Miami was poorly coached compared to Penn State. Miami couldn't handle the zone coverages they were seeing and made mistake after mistake against them. Testaverde seemed to freak out when he saw things he didn't expect. And, most importantly, the Miami coaching staff failed to make offensive adjustments. Penn State outcoached Miami. Jimmy Johnson got had by Paterno. Miami had more talent, but talent doesn't win. Well-coached football teams do.
Sandusky won that night
I don't know why they put championship games on Mondays now. It's mainly a Saturday sport why not put it Saturday nights
Yes Miami had Talent but so did the Nittany Lions who had over 30+ players drafted from the 1986 squad.
13 were drafted in the following springs NFL Draft.
Every time Miami ran the ball with Highsmith, they seemed to gain about 10 yards, is what I remember most about the game
Perfect assessment of that game
Not a Miami fan at all but I have to give credit to how classy the players (all NFL studs by the way) interviewed were. Kudos to them for taking the time to talk to a local reporter after such a maddening loss
A fan could never keep it together like that after a loss like that. I'm still angry about the 2003 Fiesta Bowl
Jerome brown was a class act
Agree. I was really impressed by his interview. May he RIP
@@mrpsu2000 Being a Nittany Lion Fan and living in Philadelphia I and many other Eagle/PSU fans came to learn real quick that Jerome Brown was the most likable, freindly hardest working and toughest DT around. Philadelphians still talk glowingly of #99...he absolutely was a class act.
Yea Bratton the better team won
Vinny lost this game. Period. He was an interception machine in the NFL as well - fourth most all - time.
RIP Jerome Brown
Actually very classy interviews. Far from the Battle Fatigues at the Steak.Fry.
The biggest mistake was Jimmy Johnson, not giving the ball to Alonzo, when it was 1st and goal at the 5. Alonzo would have scored a TD and dragged five St Penn defenders with him!
Absolutely Alonzo would have scored, but you go with your money guy Vinnie.
Vinnie was smoking all year long and had just whipped the PSU D on that last drive.
In hindsight you run Alonzo but Miami was a passing team, they passed all year in, and PSU knew they were going to pass it is just that simple.
I am sure if Alonzo won the heisman the psu D would have Keyed on Alonzo like they did Marcus Allen, Herschel Walker and shut those boys down ....
The better team won....period!
@@SmedleyWarIsaRacket clueless. Highsmith was running over Penn St that night. He averaged something like 7 yard per rush that game. Vinny had thrown 4 INTS to that point.
LOL. WOULDA COULDA SHOULDA. BS.
@Lawomenshoops Yeah Miami ran well between the 20 yd. lines. But NOT in the red zone. PS stopped 'em, cold.
@@dougalmacrobbie1918 idiot
Lots of NFL talent on this Miami team. Michael Irvin, Jimmy Johnson, Vinny Testaverde, Jerome Brown, Sheldon Brown. Jerome Brown would have been great. Reggie White talks very highly of him. He's the only one to admit Penn State was better on this day.
Bennie Blades, Alonzo Highsmith...
Jeff Feagles
Miami got hit harder that night than the entire season.
This is true even if they do not want to admit it.
No Nittany Lion fan will ever Forget #22 Ray Isom or #16 Duffy Cobbs....
Miami knew these boys were coming to play as recounted by Isom when the hurricanes pre game antics of trying to disrupts the Nittany Lions from stretching.
Isom said the ball whizzed past him thrown by a Miami player, Isom said Irvin picked the ball back up and walked through the PSU players stretching and stopped looking down at Isom Irvin said "you Isom? we are gonna get you" and Isom recounted that it made him feel good that they knew his name (not #) so they knew he was coming to play!
“Better Team did not win”!! Really? Penn State physically punched the Cane’s in the mouth. 7 turnovers. SEVEN!! The Lion defense crunched the Cane offense. The better team won.
Jimmie Johnson blew the game with his bad game plan. Miami should have run the ball down P States throat and not put the ball a Testaverdes hand to blow the game.
heard Vinnie was on the take
The Miami players for all their brash trash tough talk were gracious in defeat.
The 1986 Miami Hurricans are THE best team to never win the National Championship....period...this coming from a die hard nittany lion fan.
Jerome Brown is the best toughest most relentless DT in college or NFL.....mad respect for Jerome.
How could anyone that loves College Football who saw the 1986 Hurricanes not love that Team...they were badasses despite the defeat.
Michael Irvin -> Dallas Cowboys -> SB XXVII, XXVIII, XXX Champions -> HOF (87 Nat'l Champion)
Melvin Bratton -> Denver Broncos -> SB XXIV (87 Nat'l Champion)
Jerome Brown -> Philadelphia Eagles -> RIP (83 Nat'l Champion)
Alonzo Highsmith -> Houston Oilers (83 Nat'l Champion)
I watched this game live as an 11 year old and remember almost every play. But the week before and the hype built up for it almost handed it to Miami. For those too young to remember, it was the only game on that day - Jan 2nd - and the first true example of a big college championship game of 1 vs. 2. But it was also billed as good vs. evil. Brilliant. Not sure who at Miami came up with the idea of putting on military fatigues, but it makes you wonder if someone paid them to do it? Who knows?
So much of a difference between what Irvin said being so dismissive and Highsmith being the statesman. The only other Miami player here to actually man up about it was Jerome Brown.
This is basically the biggest case for a learning experience to be humble, not brag, be a team - and Highsmith realized that.
Did he say the ball was slick from the "cold weather"!!!? hahaha! yeah cuz when I think of AZ my first thought is "better pack the big North Face gear.
That was my favorite. Before the game he was walking around making fun of Isom because of his height. He never considered Isom and Cobbs wanted him to catch the ball just so they could line up to pop him. By the end of the game his arms were 6" long.
I guess you never been to Arizona.
Arizona at night time in the winter gets very cold dummy. Are you 12 or something?
@@jonpoetical It never gets below 95 degrees at night. It is the desert. The HOT HOT HOT desert. 120 degrees during the day. 100 degrees at night.
@@MGAF688high 50’s at kickoff…
Surprised these guys acted as classy as they did compared to how they behaved before
Oh gawd. They wore camaflouge. So villainous of them.
Jerome Brown is the best God bless his soul
The better team did not win this game: Total yards Miami 445 Penn State 159
was PSU better prepared? of course
But make no mistake Testaverde was the reason they lost: 5 INTs all to linebackers
Better team didn’t win huh? What a joke.
Today's Athletes could learn from this. NO EXCUSES
Huh? You clearly didn’t watch the video. All they had were excuses.
Michael Irvin's voice was way different back then.
You Miami punks. The better team DID win! Penn State! Live with it.
Exactly, it pisses me off so bad!!! Not only did the better team win, but our Nittany Lions were undefeated in 85 and lost the national title game, and we were so damn good that we did it again and finished the job this time!!!! Intercepted Testaverde 5 times and sacked his ass all night 🌙 long!!!!!! WE ARE
I can live with losing. What I can't live with is what the PSU DC probably did to celebrate his win.
How did the Bucs take Testaverde #1 after that crapper of a game ? Also was the whole Miami team wearing fatigues or just a handful of players ?
Because he was an awesome QB for two years and was facing a great defense coming off an injury. Better question is why Elway was a #1 pick despite going 5-6 his senior season. Vinny on the other hand was 11-1.
LinebackerU
Testaverde was HORRIFIC.
Interesting how Bratton said the better team didn't win!? 😄😄 this guy is something else🤦♂️ #WeAre #pennstate baby
ha, play that game 10 times, miami wins 9.. penn state won that one but they got the turnovers, turnover on downs, missed field goal, fumble luck, penalties, everything... weird take by you, he said credit to penn state they won and they did but nothing wrong with thinking that miami was in general the better team.
Oh relax. What is he supposed to say?
Got there ass kicked
Bunch of punks, got owned that night. WE ARE!! 🏈
Sandusky
lol OP very classy
Miami was cocky, don't mess with the nittany lion. WE ARE.. 🐾🐾🐾
And when yall opened up happy valley they Paid yall back later and Penn State hadn't beat Miami since.
Who's Miami?
@@shawnsunderland9079 A team that has 5 national championships, and has the most 1st round draft picks in NFL history in 1 draft and also the 2nd most NFL HOF to come out of their school.
@@shawnsunderland9079 how many HOF does Penn State have outside of Jack Hamm, & Lenny Moore?
PENN STATE has 6 HOF players
Whhaaaaaaami!
Praise Jesus
Our defense hit their asses so damn hard from the first whistle and made a huge statement!!!! Miami was so damn arrogant and blatantly disrespectful to our Nittany Lions 🦁 and we dominated their asses, intercepted Testaverde 5 times and sacked his ass all night long!!!! WE ARE
Dominated? It was a close game that either team could have won. That's not what you call dominating.
@RurbanWalker My Nittany Lions 🦁 intercepted Testaverde 5 times and the receivers from the so called Caines were getting cracked so damn hard, they were scared 😱 to go over the middle!!!!! Lol
@kevinchandler179 yeah but it was a 4-point win. Can't use the word "dominated" to describe that.
@@RurbanWalker OK, goodnight
The better team didn't win, apparently that Miami player didn't get the message? Lol 🤣
No regrets? You LOST Miami! No rationalization will change that! WE ARE-PENN STATE! THE WINNERS.
Ped State.