1995 Rose Bowl Penn State - 11 - 0 - Vs. oregon - 9 - 3 - 1st half

KEITH: BOWL DAY 1995 CONTINUES AS ABC SPORTS COLLEGE FOOTBALL BRINGS YOU THE 81ST PLAYING OF THE ROSE BOWL GAME. [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION] KEITH: JOE PATERNO COULD PASS PAUL BRYANT AS THE WINNINGEST COACH IN THE HISTORY OF BOWL GAMES. THEY ARE TIED AT 15. ONE UNDEFEATED TEAM IN EACH OF THE LAST FOUR DECADES. THINK ABOUT IT. THE LAST FOUR DECADES. THAT'S LONGEVITY AND QUALITY. RICH BROOKS HAS BEEN AT OREGON FOR 18 SEASONS. THIS IS HIS FIRST ROSE BOWL, THOUGH HE HAS BEEN TO FOUR BOWLS IN THE LAST HALF DOZEN YEARS. BOB GRIESE AND LYNN SWANN WITH KEITH JACKSON HERE AT THE 81ST ROSE BOWL GAME. PENN STATE, WILL THEY COME OUT TODAY AS THE OTHER UNDEFEATED TEAM AND LET GO ALL BARRELS IN AN EFFORT TO IMPRESS THE POLLSTERS? WITH THIS FOOTNOTE -- THAT NO TEAM HOLDING FIRST PLACE THAT WON A POSTSEASON GAME HAS EVER BEEN VOTED OUT OF FIRST PLACE. KEITH: RICKY WHITTLE COMES BACK TO ABOUT THE 18. THERE ARE THE OREGON DUCKS WILL PUT IT INTO PLAY. KEITH: THEY TRY TO BRING IT INSIDE WITH MCLEMORE. HE PICKS UP A COUPLE OF YARDS. LET'S SEE ABOUT THE FLAG. IT WILL BE OFFSIDES AGAINST PENN STATE. SO THERE IS SOME ANXIETY RUNNING THROUGH THE MINDS AND SOULS OF THESE YOUNGSTERS. KEITH: AND THIS IS WHITTLE. 193-POUND JUNIOR OUT OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, GETTING JUST ACROSS THE 25. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL TELL THE STORY OF OREGON'S FORTUNES TODAY. KEITH: THEY GO TO WHITTLE. HE IS CAUGHT BY THE ANKLE AND CAN'T BREAK LOOSE. AND HE IS TAKEN DOWN AFTER ABOUT A YARD PICKUP. KEITH: FIRST PASS THROWN WIDE TO THE LEFT SIDE TO DAMERON RICKETTS. AND RICKETTS GOES UP, ONE-HANDS THAT THING AND BRINGS IT DOWN. BOB: IT WASN'T A GOOD THROW BY O'NEIL. BUT WHAT OREGON NEEDS TO DO ON OFFENSE IS COME OUT AND MAKE FIRST DOWNS AND CONTROL THE FOOTBALL, KEEP IT AWAY FROM PENN STATE AND THAT HIGH-SCORING OFFENSE. KEITH: THAT'S WHITTLE FINDING A LITTLE DAYLIGHT. A PENALTY FLAG THROWN HERE. AND YOU HAVE POSSIBLY A HOLDING CALL COMING UP. AND IF IT IS HOLDING, IT'S PROBABLY AGAINST OREGON. THERE IS THE HOLDING AND IT IS AGAINST OREGON. LET'S CHECK IN WITH LYNN SWANN. LYNN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S PUT THAT NEBRASKA-MIAMI INTO PERSPECTIVE. WHEN I TALKED TO THE KIDS FROM PENN STATE, THEY WERE A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED AND DEPRESSED. NOT THAT BAD. JOE PATERNO STRESSED THE OUTCOME OF THIS SEASON IS UP TO THEM. THEY CAN'T DEPEND ON ANYBODY ELSE. HE FELT THEY WOULD NOT BE DOWN. WHEN YOU WATCH A GAME LIKE THAT AND WATCH IT THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER, YOU THINK WHAT YOU WANT WILL HAPPEN. MIAMI WILL UPSET AND THEY DON'T, YOU ARE DOWN. IF THEY ARE UNDER CONTROL THEY WILL BE OK. OREGON SAID THEY DON'T THINK THEY CAN NICKEL AND DIME PENN STATE. THEY WANT TO MOVE THE BALL AND GET THE BIG PLAY AND LOOK FOR SOME POINTS ON THE SCOREBOARD. KEITH: O'NEIL'S PASS CAUGHT BY JOSH WILCOX, THE TIGHT END. THIS TIME, O'NEIL WAS ON THE MONEY TO HIS TIGHT END RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE FIELD. AND HE IS CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN. BOB: WHAT LYNN SAID IS THEY NEED SOME BIG PLAYS. AND O'NEIL IS THE GUY THAT HAS TO GIVE IT. THEY HAVE SOME SPEED AT THE WIDE RECEIVERS. AND WILCOX, THE TIGHT END, WILL HAVE SINGLE COVERAGE A LOT DURING THE DAY. THAT WAS A BIG THROW FOR O'NEIL. KEITH: AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PENALTY FLAG. THE BOYS FROM THE ACC BROUGHT THE LAUNDRY WITH THEM. REFEREE: DEAD BALL, DELAY OF GAME, OFFENSE. KEITH: DAWSON IS THE UMPIRE. KEITH: RICKETTS IS 5'9", 177, THE SOPHMORE OUT OF CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA. BOB: RICKETTS LED THE TEAM IN RECEPTIONS THIS YEAR WITH 36. OREGON NEEDS TO HIT THE GAME GOING ON ALL CYLINDERS. THEY WANT TO TAKE SOME OFFENSIVE PLAYS THAT ARE SOUND, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO TRY BIG PLAYS, WIDE OPEN, THROW THE BALL ALL OVER THE FIELD. KEITH: WHITTLE SHAKES OFF THE TACKLER AND GETS IT ACROSS MID FIELD TO THE PENN STATE 48-YARD LINE. HE GOT AWAY FROM THE STRONG SAFETY. BOB: COLES WILL BE 13. A GOOD JOB BY THE RUNNING BACK TO AVOID THE TACKLE. POOR TACKLING BY THE DEFENSE. THE DUCKS HAVE WHAT THEY WANT. AND THAT IS SOME KIND OF A DRIVE TO OPEN THE BALLGAME. KEITH: THE PASS IS UNDERTHROWN. JOSH WILCOX WAS BREAKING FREE. IF O'NEIL HAD HAD A LITTLE DEEPER DROP, HE MIGHT WELL HAVE HAD SIX POINTS IN HIS POCKET. BOB: I THINK THE OTHER THING IS O'NEIL THOUGHT THAT WILCOX WAS OPEN WHEN HE THREW IT AND THAT WILCOX WASN'T LOOKING AT THE RIGHT TIME. THERE'S AN OLD QUARTERBACK. KEITH: THAT PASS IS POORLY THROWN BY O'NEIL. INTENDED FOR RICKY WHITTLE. WHAT THEY DO IS SEND THEIR TAILBACK IN MOTION AND THEN BRING HIM BACK, ALMOST WITH A WIDE RECEIVER SCREEN LIKE THAT. AND O'NEIL DID NOT THROW IT WELL. TRUE FRESHMAN MATT BELDEN WILL COME IN ON FOURTH DOWN TO PUNT FOR THE OREGON DUCKS. MIKE ARCHIE GOES BACK FOR PENN STATE STANDING BACK AT THE 10-YARD LINE. KEITH: ARCHIE CALLS FOR A FAIR CATCH AT THE 16-YARD LINE WHERE IT WILL BE FIRST DOWN FOR THE MIGHTY PENN STATE OFFENSE. EXCUSE ME. WE'RE DRIVING TO MIAMI. LET'S GO, CAR-POOL PAL. I DON'T THINK MRS. CAR-POOL PAL IS GONNA ON THAT CAN'T DO IT. YEAH, BUT SHE'S -- McDONALD'S 95-CENT BIG MACS. MMM, TWO ALL-BEEF PATTIES. SUPER BOWL ! OH ! BACK IN A MINUTE, HONEY ! BREAK IN '95 WITH McDONALD'S 95-CENT BIG MAC. A DOUBLE STACK BIG MAC OR MORNING FRESH EGG McMUFFIN FOR JUST 95 CENTS. 95-CENT BIG MACS AND TICKETS TO THE SUPER BOWL. WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT TICKETS ? ONLY THROUGH JANUARY, SO HURRY ! KEITH: THE GRAND MARSHALL FOR THIS TOURNAMENT OF ROSES, CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ. YES, THAT'S THE ONE ASK ONLY. THE QUEEN, ALIYA HAQUE. A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR FROM PASADENA. AND PENN STATE DEFERRED TO ACCEPT THE BALL TO START THE SECOND HALF. AND NOW WE WILL SEE WHAT A LOT OF FOLKS BOUGHT TICKETS FOR, THE PENN STATE OFFENSE. KEITH: TOUCHDOWN, PENN STATE, FIRST PLAY OF THE BALLGAME. IT GOES INTO THE BOOKS AS 83 YARDS. THEY HAD HIM, THEY THOUGHT, AND THEN HE WAS GONE. BOB: I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU HE WAS EXPLOSIVE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT. HE BREAKS A TACKLE OF O'BERRY, NUMBER FOUR, RIGHT AT THE HOLE. HE BREAKS THE TACKLE. EVERYBODY ELSE HAS A MAN IN THEIR FACE. AND HE IS NOT GOING TO BE CAUGHT FROM BEHIND. HE GAINED OVER 1,500 YARDS RUSHING, A THOUSAND YARDS EACH OF THE LAST TWO SEASONS. PENN STATE LEADS THE NATION IN SCORING OFFENSE. KEITH: BRETT CONWAY FOR THE POINT. IT'S GOOD. OREGON HELD THE BALL ALMOST FOUR MINUTES. PENN STATE RAN ONE PLAY, AND THEY LEAD. KEITH: THAT IS THE LONGEST PENN STATE RUN OF THE YEAR BY KI-JANA CARTER. IT IS NOT A ROSE BOWL RECORD. THE RECORD HELD BY TYRONE WHEATLEY OF MICHIGAN AGAINST WASHINGTON IN THE 1993 GAME WHEN HE WENT 83 YARDS -- WHEN HE WENT 89 YARDS. KEITH: THEY'LL BRING IT OUT TO THE 20-YARD LINE. BOB: PENN STATE ON THEIR FIRST POSSESSION HAD MOVED THE TIGHT END, CAUSED SOME CONFUSION. THERE IS NOBODY IN THE CENTER OF THE FIELD. AS THE BALL CARRIER WILL COME THIS WAY. NOBODY IS DEEP TO GET SOME HELP. O'BERRY IS IN THE HOLE. HE BREAKS ONE TACKLE AND THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION. AND THEY WERE BLITZING. THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR SAYS WE'RE GOING TO GAMBLE, WE'RE GOING TO BLITZ MORE THAN WE HAVE EVER BLITZED BEFORE. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, SOMETIMES YOU WIN BIG AND SOMETIMES YOU GET BURNED. KEITH: WILCOX, THE TIGHT END, A LITTLE FASTER THAN YOU MIGHT SUSPECT, HAS A FIRST DOWN FOR OREGON. ONE OF THE LIONS IS SHAKEN UP. BOB: THAT'S PENZENIK. KEITH: SO YOU HAVE TIME FOR THE INJURED PLAYER. AND TOMORROW NIGHT ON ABC -- KEITH: AND PENZENIK WILL COME OFF THE FIELD. BOB: PENZENIK IS THE ONE WE MEPGSED AS YOU LOOK AT FAYARD. PENZENIK WAS MAKING HIS FIRST START IN THIS ROSE BOWL, NUMBER 29. HE GETS HIT RIGHT THERE. HE WAS STARTING IN PLACE OF CLIFF *** WHO IS OUT. KEITH: PHILYAW, GREAT SPEED. HE HAS A FIRST DOWN FOR THE OREGON DUCKS INSIDE THE PENN STATE 35. VERY IMPORTANT HERE FOR OREGON TO ANSWER PENN STATE'S LIGHTNING BOLT. BOB: IN WILL BE A WIDE OPEN GAME. AND I LIKE THE CALL. THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR KNOWS HE HAS TO MAKE SOME YARDAGE AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. HE OPENED THE GAME WITH A WIDE RECEIVER SCREEN AND THEN ANOTHER SCREEN. LOOK AT THE BLOCK THERE. KEITH: BIG OLD ERIC REID LAID ONE ON HIM, DIDN'T HE? KEITH: THE PLAY CLOCK HAD JUST ABOUT RUN OUT FOR OREGON. RATHER THAN TAKE A PENALTY THEY SPENT THE TIME-OUT. ♪♪ IN ALL THE WORLD, THERE'S ONE AIRLINE... THAT HAS MORE FLIGHTS EVERY DAY... THAN ANY OTHER. KEITH: THE GOOD YEAR BLIMP EAGLE OUT OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA . THAT'S BRINGING YOU THE PICTURES, THE GOOD YEAR BLIMP EAGLE SOARING OVER. THE CAMERAMAN IS GLEN HAMPTON. 1-YARD LINE. SO JOSH WILCOX, THE TIGHT END, ALMOST SNEAKED IN FOR SIX. BOB: HE IS GOING TO SET UP AND PUMP. RIGHT HERE, THE CORNER BITES. WHAT YOU HAVE IS THE TIGHT END LINED UP WIDE ON FORBES, NUMBER 46. FORBES IS THE EXTRA CORNERBACK COVERING A TIGHT END. HE SAYS IT'S A PIECE OF CAKE. KEITH: O'NEIL, 6-8 NOW AND 118 YARDS. OREGON IS KNOCKIN■ NOT A VERY INTERESTING PIECE. REMINISCENT OF EARLY DADAISM. IF HE'S SO SMART, WHY IS HE USING THOSE OTHER BATTERIES? NOW, OVER HERE... YOU'RE RIGHT, MOM. FUN. KEITH: FIRST AND GOAL. THE LIONS STUFF IT. THEY HAVE LOST ON THE PLAY. AND A PENALTY FLAG ON TOP OF IT. PHILYAW TRIED THE CENTER OF THE LINE AND RAN INTO A BUNCH OF TREES. OFFSIDES, PENN STATE. 4:32 HAVING ELAPSED IN THE BALLGAME, THE TOTAL YARDS IN THE FIRST 4:32, 207 YARDS. HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT OREGON HAS DONE INSIDE THE 20. AND PENN STATE DEFENSIVELY. KEITH: TOUCHDOWN, WILCOX. BOB: IT'S ONLY RIGHT WHAT WILCOX DID TO GET HIM DOWN HERE. HE SLIDES TO THE INSIDE, THE BALL IS PLAY-ACTION FAKED, HE WILL HIT TO THE OUTSIDE. SECOND DOWN AND SHORT, STILL A GOOD DOWN TO THROW ON. WILCOX, WIDE OPEN FOR THE TOUCH. KEITH: GOT IT. I THOUGHT WILCOX COULD HAVE A BIG DAY AGAINST THE PENN STATE DEFENSE. KEITH: A FINE PICTURE YOU GET FR UP THERE. A SOFT RIDE TODAY. VIRTUALLY NO WIND. KEITH: TAKEN BY FLETCHER. AND SOME PRETTY GOOD LICKS LAID ON OUT THERE AS HE COMES ACROSS THE 20 TO THE 24-YARD LINE. KEITH: UNDERNEATH TO THE FULLBACK OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. MILNE IS WRESTLED DOWN AT THE 27. ONE OTHER POINT ABOUT KERRY COLLINS, THE ONLY PENN STATE QUARTERBACK EVER TO LEAD THE NATION IN PASSING. KEITH: INTO THE MIDDLE GOES THE FULLBACK, MILNE. JOE PATERNO SAID THE OTHER DAY, PEOPLE DON'T SAY MUCH ABOUT OUR FULLBACKS. HE SAID, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE BOTH OF THEM GONE IN THE PRO DRAFT BEFORE WE GET VERY FAR INTO THE SECOND ROUND. KEITH: CARTER'S SECOND CARRY OF THE BALLGAME. THIS TIME THE DUCKS GET AHOLD OF HIM. THEY GOT HIM JUST ABOUT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THE DEFENSIVE FRONT FOR THE OREGON DUCKS. KEITH: NUMBER 56 OVER THERE IN A HURRY TO GET A PIECE OF HIM TROY BAILEY, THE DEFENSIVE LEFT END FROM HONOLULU, GOT ENOUGH OF CARTER TO SLOW HIM DOWN. BOB: THE STRENGTH OF -- YOU MENTIONED IT -- THIS OREGON DUCK DEFENSE, THEIR DEFENSIVE BACKS, THEY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PLAYERS DEFENSIVELY. THEY TRY TO GET NICKEL AND DIME, FIVE AND SIX DEFENSIVE BACKS IN THERE. THAT PACKAGE, AS SOON AS THEY CAN. KEITH: AND THE DEFENSE, BOUNCING AROUND, AND KERRY COLLINS LOOKS AT THE PLAY CLOCK. AND IT'S DOWN TO TWO. AND SO THE DEFENSIVE PEOPLE BOUNCING AROUND FORCING COLLINS TO HAVE A LOOK. AND HE HAD TO SPEND A TIME-OUT RATHER THAN TAKE THE PENALTY. BOB: THEY'VE ALWAYS BLITZED. HE SAID, WE HAVE TO BLITZ MORE THAN WE HAVE EVER DONE BEFORE. KEITH: AS WE TOLD YOU EARLIER, IT WAS 1958 THE OREGON DUCKS LAST APPEARED AT A ROSE BOWL. THE COACHING STAFF NUMBERED FIVE. FIVE COACHES. THEY CAME DOWN WITH A TEAM THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE HAD HEARD MUCH ABOUT. BUT HE HAS BEEN TO BIG GAMES BEFORE. JOHNNY MCKAY WAS ONE OF HIS COACHES. DAVE WILCOX, THE FATHER OF JOSH, WAS ONE OF THE PLAYERS. JOHN ROBINSON WAS PLAYING END IN THAT BALLGAME, COACHED THERE FOR A DOZEN YEARS. THIS OREGON TEAM CAME DOWN AND PLAYED NATIONAL CHAMPION OHIO STATE. THEY LOST, BUT ONLY BY 10-7. JIRXE ON CHUCK PENZENIK JUST GOT THE WIND KNOCKED OUT OF HIM. AND CODY CARLSON ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME FOR PENN STATE GOT HIS NOSE BROKEN. THEY ARE WORKING ON HIM. WHATEVER WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, THEY HAVE COME OUT TO PLAY PHYSICAL GAME. KEITH: HE THROWS IT INTO THE CROWD. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OREGON WANTS TO DO. THE REFEREE THREW A PENALTY FLAG. JEREMY ASHER WAS THE MAN WHO GOT TO HIM. HE'S AN INSIDE LINEBACKER WHO STEPD OUTSIDE. LET'S SEE ABOUT THE FLAG. BOB: WATCH THE DEFENSIVE LINE HERE, KEITH. THIS IS WHAT THE QUARTERBACK WILL BE FACING ALL DAY. WILL I BLITZ OR WILL I NOT BLITZ? KEITH: HE CALLS COLLINS HERE FOR -- BOB: NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THE PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY CONFUSION WITH THE QUARTERBACK PRIOR TO SNAP, BUT CONFUSION AMONG. THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN AND THE BACKS ON WHO TO BLOCK. KEITH: FIELDED BY O'BERRY. TAKEN DOWN ALMOST IN HIS TRACKS. VERY GOOD COVERAGE BY PENN STATE'S CHUCK PENZENIK. A 42-YARD PUNT AND A 2-YARD RETURN. AS OREGON COMES TO THE BALL AGAIN AND CONVERSATION WITH COACH RICH BROOKS, I ASKED HIM, WHAT KIND OF A GAME WOULD HE LIKE TO PLAY? >> WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GAME WHERE PENN STATE, ON FIRST DOWN, IS STOPPED, TO THEY'RE EITHER SECOND AND 10 OR SECOND AND 8 SECOND AND 7 AT THE VERY BEST. IF WE'RE ABLE TO CONTROL PENN STATE ON FIRST DOWN, I BELIEVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IN AND DO THE THINGS WE DO WELL ON DEFENSE. OFFENSIVELY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SCORE A LOT OF POINTS. IT'S UNREALISTIC TO THINK PENN STATE ISN'T GOING TO SCORE SOME POINTS. KEITH: THAT SECOND DEFENSIVE SERIES FOR OREGON WENT PRETTY MUCH THAT WAY. IT WAS CRISTIN MCLEMORE CATCHING THE BALL ON THAT LAST OFFENSIVE PLAY AND PICKING UP FIVE YARDS. SO THE BALL RESTS NOW AT THE 47 OF OREGON WHERE IT IS SECOND DOWN AND 5. KEITH: GETS THE FIRST DOWN. IN FRONT OF TONY PITTMAN. BOB: AND THAT'S A NICE THROW BY DANNY O'NEIL. O'NEIL WAS A FOUR-YEAR STARTER AT OREGON, THE ALL-CONFERENCE QUARTERBACK HAS NOT THROWN AN INTERCEPTION THE LAST FOUR GAMES OF THE SEASON, STARTED OUT A LITTLE SLOW, THE TURNING POINT FOR HIM WAS WHEN HE WAS SICK, OUT OF THE GAME WITH A FINGER INJURY. HIS TEAM WENT DOWN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BEAT THEM IN THE COLISEUM WITHOUT HIM. KEITH: WILCOX AGAIN. WILCOX INSIDE THE PENN STATE 35 FOR A FIRST DOWN. THE TIGHT END WAS WIDE OPEN. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. BOB: THEY HAD A LITTLE TRICK, PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS. WATCH THE TIGHT END RIGHT HERE. HE'S GOING TO FALL DOWN, LET EVERYBODY GO AWAY FROM HIM. WATCH HIM FALL DOWN. THAT'S THE OLD FALL-DOWN PLAY. THE LINEBACKERS FORGET ABOUT HIM AND HE COMES BACK TO THE MIDDLE. BOB: MOST TEAMS HAVE THAT PLAY. A FALL-DOWN SCREEN OR A FALL-DOWN PLAY. I'VE NEVER SEEN A TIME WHERE THAT PLAY DOESN'T WORK. KEITH: HE'*** SEVEN STRAIGHT PASSES HAS O'NEIL. WHAT A BRIGHT, SHINY YOUNGSTER HE IS. KEITH: PICKED OFF BY CHUCK PENZENIK. HE THREW IT UP FOR GRABS. THAT WAS THE DECISION TO LET IT GO. CHUCK WAS BACK THERE PLAYING CENTER FIELD AND HE THREW IT RIGHT TO HIM. BOB: PENZENIK, WHO WAS INJURED EARLIER IN THE GAME GETS HIS FIRST INTERCEPTION. AND O'NEIL, THE FIRST INTERCEPTION IN THE LAST FIVE. THERE IS PENZ REICH RIGHT THERE WILL BACK UP. -- THERE IS PENZ RIGHT THERE. GOING ACROSS THE FIELD. KEITH: HE DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN HIS FACE, THOUGH. KEITH: AND CARTER, HIS SECOND EFFORT. THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD IT. AND TWO YARDS LATER THEY FINALLY DO. THE FIRST HIT WAS BY BAILEY. BUT BAILEY DIDN'T HOLD HIM. YOU HAVE TO WRAP THIS MAN UP. YOU HAVE TO PUT THE LOCK ON HIM. BOB: HERE'S THE LAST INTERCEPTION BY O'NEIL. AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO SACK A QUARTERBACK. JUST GET CLOSE TO HIM AND GET IN HIS FACE WHERE HE WILL THROW A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN HE WOULD LIKE TO. KEITH: AND THE DUCKS GET HIM SHORT OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. MARK SLYMEN. AND REGGIE JORDAN WERE THE TWO PRINCIPAL TACKLERS ON THE PLAY. AND SO AS WE HIT THE 6 1/2 MINUTE MARK TO GO IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WE HAVE A 7-7 TIE. AND WE'VE GOT THE BEGINNINGS OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE MIGHT BE A FAIR TO GOOD CONTEST. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OREGON CAN HOLD UP FOR THE FULL 60 MINUTES. KEITH: THE BALL IS BATTED DOWN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. NUMBER 93, SLYMEN, SLAPPED IT ASIDE. AND IT'S FOURTH DOWN FOR PENN STATE. BOB: PENN STATE OFFENSIVELY IS USED TO COMING OUT AND BEING VERY SUCCESSFUL EARLY. KEITH: JOE PATERNO, AND WHEN I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT OREGON, HE SAID THEY HANG AROUND, THEY HANG AROUND, FIRST THING YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND THEY MAKE PLAYS. KEITH: AND COMES BACK ACROSS ALMOST TO MID FIELD. TO ABOUT THE 49-YARD LINE. PENN STATE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO LET IT ROLL. BUT HE GRABBED IT AND TOOK IT OFF. HERE IS WHAT JOE PATERNO TOLD ME LAST WEEK IN TALKING WITH HIM ABOUT WHAT HE SAW IN THIS OREGON FOOTBALL TEAM. >> THEY'RE EXTREMELY WELL COACHED. THEY'RE VERY INTELLIGENT. THEY PLAY SITUATIONS REALLY WELL. AND OFFENSIVELY, THEY JUST HANG IN THERE AND HANG IN THERE AND HANG IN THERE. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND MAKE PLAYS AND BEAT YOU. THEY'RE A GUTTY FOOTBALL TEAM. THEY'RE REALLY A BUNCH OF TOUGH, GOOD KIDS. KEITH: THIS IS WHITTLE. AND HE GETS TO THE 45. IT'S THE BEST STARTING POINT OF THE BALLGAME FOR EITHER TEAM FROM THEIR OWN 49-YARD LINE. AND THAT'S A PICKUP OF RIGHT CLOSE TO SIX YARDS FOR WHITTLE. BOB: BIG OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, STEVE HARDIN, NUMBER 77, WAS PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF HIM. HE DIDN'T HIT ANYBODY, BUT THEY WERE ALL RUNNING AROUND HIM. KEITH: THERE'S CONTACT AND A PENALTY FLAG. REFEREE: DEAD BALL, DEFENSE, OFFSIDES, FIVE YARDS, FIRST DOWN. KEITH: THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN FOR OREGON ON THE CONTACT ALONG THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY THE PENN STATE DEFENDER. THE TIME REMAINING IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THE CLOCK STOPPED AT 5:10. THE CHAINS MOVE. THE CHAINS ARE KIND OF SLOW TO MOVE. THAT'S THE FOURTH PENALTY BY THE NITTANY LIONS. KEITH: O'NEIL PICKS UP SOME REAL ESTATE ON HIS OWN. HE HAD MCLEMORE BREAKING LOOSE ON A CORNER. BY THE TIME HE PICKED HIM UP, IT WAS TOO LATE. SO HE RAN AWAY FROM THE HOT BREATH OF THE PURSUERS. BOB: O'NEIL IS KIND OF NIFTY. HE CAN SCRAMBLE. HE JUST DOESN'T SCRAMBLE BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. IF HE GETS OUT AND YARDAGE TO BE MADE, HE CAN CROSS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THERE IS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, DOING A NICE JOB WITH THE TALENT, A LOT OF SKILL PLAYERS AND A LOT OF SPEED. KEITH: AND A FIRST DOWN AROUND THE 15-YARD LINE FOR THE OREGON DUCKS. PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING SIX. BOB: THIS IS A NICE PLAY. I LIKE THIS PLAY. EVERYTHING GOES AWAY FROM OUR CAMERA POSITION HERE. IT GOES TO THAT SIDE AND SWINGS BACK. O'NEIL MAKES A LITTLE FAKE. A NICE LOOKING PLAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR SAYS -- CONCERNED HIM, THINGS THAT ARE NEW THAT HE HASN'T SEEN BEFORE. KEITH: THAT BALL IS OUT OF BOUNDS. AND DID HE HAVE POSSESSION? NO. INCOMPLETE FORWARD PASS. HE HAD ONE HAND ON IT. AND NEVER GOT CONTROL OF IT. I THOUGHT THEY HAD TWO MEN MOVING MYSELF. I THOUGHT THEY HAD WILCOX MOVING AND SOMEBODY AT THE TOP OF IT MIGHT BE MOVING, TOO. BOB: A LOT OF SCREENS. THIS IS ANOTHER SCREEN. FAKE THE DRAW. SWING IT WIDE. YOU HAVE TO TRUST YOUR QUARTERBACK ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. A GOOD CALL. HE NEVER HAD POSSESSION. KEITH: PHILYAW PUTS HIS HEAD DOWN AND FINDS HIS WAY TO THE 10-YARD LINE. THIRD DOWN AND 5. TONY PITTMAN, NUMBER 24, MAKING THE HIT FOR THE LIONS. TONY PITTMAN WAS ONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS. BOB: 3.57 IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING. KEITH: SON OF A GREAT PENN STATE PLAYER HIMSELF. KEITH: PHILYAW CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. IT DEPENDS ON THE MARKING. STEWART BROUGHT HIM DOWN FOR THE LIONS. I THINK HE IS JUST SHORT. THEY WILL TAKE THE THREE RATHER THAN RISK NOT GETTING THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 5. AND THEY'RE ALMOST A FULL YARD SHORT OF IT. SO BELDEN IS OUT TO TRY THE KICK. RON PERRY SMITH WILL HOLD IT. KEITH: HE MISSED IT. OH, MY GOODNESS. NEVER GOT ANYTHING ON THE KICK. HE MISSED IT AT 2:30 LEFT TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER. BOB: THAT'S A TOUGH BREAK FOR OREGON. THEY HAD A CHANCE TO PUT SOME POINTS ON THE BOARD AFTER A NICE DRIVE. JUST PUSHES IT TO THE RIGHT. ON THE HASHMARK WHERE YOU MIGHT THINK HE WOULD PULL IT. HE WOULD PULL IT TO HIS LEFT. BUT HE PUSHES IT WIDE TO HIS RIGHT. KEITH: AND THE PASS IS CAUGHT BY BOBBY ENGRAM. HERE IS THE PENALTY FLAG. IT WILL BE THROWN ON REGGIE JORDAN FOR HITTING KERRY COLLINS LATE. HE THREW A ROPE AFTER HE SURVEYED THE FIELD THREE TIMES. REFEREE: ROUGHING THE PASSER ON THE DEFENSE, 15 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE RUN, FIRST DOWN. KEITH: JORDAN GOT THERE LATE AND THAT MAKES IT A HUGE PLAY. BOB: NUMBER 47 IS JORDAN. KEITH: THEY'RE HOLDING HIM. JUST TOO MUCH ENTHUSIASM. HE DIDN'T NEED TO THROW HIM DOWN. BOB: MAYBE HE WAS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE HE WAS BEING HELD. KEITH: AND HE GETS THE BALL DOWN TO THE OREGON 45-YARD LINE. HERE IS LYNN SWANN. LYNN: KEITH, NUMBER 50, MALEPEAI, THE STARTING NOSE TACKLE, CAME OUT OF THE LAST DEFENSIVE SERIES LIMPING. IT IS A TORN MEDIAL COLLATERAL. THE TRAINER SAID HE HURT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON. HE HAS IRRITATED AN OLD INJURY. WE WILL SEE IF HE CAN CONTINUE. KEITH: IN THE MIDDLE GOES THE FULLBACK. MILNE, 253 POUNDS. AND HE CAN POUND ON YOU. AND HE ALMOST GOT A FIRST DOWN. AS HE PICKS UP THE BETTER PART OF THREE YARDS ON THE CARRY. IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN AND A SHORT ONE. BOB: MALEPEAI IS GOING OUT ON PASSING DOWNS, THE NOSE TACKLE. HE IS THE INSPIRATIONAL LEADER. EVERYBODY LOOKS UP TO HIM. KEITH: WHEN CARTER PLANTS THAT CUT FOOT AND HEADS UP FIELD, HE COMES HARD. THAT'S A FIRST DOWN FOR PENN STATE AT THE 38-YARD LINE. JEREMY ASHER ON THE TACKLE. KEITH: KYLE BRADY, THE FIRST TIME HE'S SEEN IT TODAY. SHERMAN TAKES HIM DOWN. CHAD COTA AND JEFF SHERMAN THE SAFETIES ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT BIG OLD TIGHT END, 6'6", 260 POUNDS. BOB: THERE IS COTA RIGHT THERE. A STRONG SAFETY BLITZ. WHEN YOU GET A BLITZ YOU SHOULD THROW IN THE DIRECTION WHERE THE BLITZ CAME FROM. THAT'S WHERE THE COVERAGE WILL BE A LITTLE VOID. KEITH: WE GO TO THE SECOND QUARTER OF PLAY IN THE ROSE BOWL GAME. WE HAVE A NEW TANDEM IN THE PENN STATE BACKFIELD. KEITH: ARCHIE INTO TRAFFIC. ONE YARD. THAT WILL DO IT. KEITH: THE PASS IS CAUGHT BY BOBBY ENGRAM. THEY WILL GIVE HIM THE MARK. HE GOT THE BALL VERY QUICKLY AND CAUGHT IT IN FRONT OF ALEX BOLDEN. IT'S A FRACTIONAL THING. IF HE IS LESS THAN HALF A SECOND QUICKER, HE PROBABLY INTERCEPTS IT. BOB: THE GAME PLAN IS THE STRENGTH OF THE DUCKS DEFENSIVELY, ARE THEIR CORNERS AND DEFENSIVE BACKS. KEITH: HERE IS KI-JANA CARTER IN THE MIDDLE. THEY WRESTLE HIM DOWN. HERE IS LYNN SWANN. LYNN: KEITH, CARTER COMES OUT OF THE BALLGAME, PENN STATE WILL NEVER MISS A BEAT. ARCHIE IS A TERRIFIC GAME, NOT AS EXPLOSIVE AS CARTER BUT VERY FLAMBOYANT. PITCH IS THE THIRD ONE. WHEN HE GETS INTO THE GAME HE IS ALL BUSINESS. WE WILL PROBABLY SEE ALL THREE TO KEEP CARTER FRESH AND A LOT OF LIONS TRYING TO GETOME YARDAGE ON THE GROUND. KEITH: DOWN HE GOES. ON ONE KNEE. BACK AT THE 34. SO HE'S BACK TO A YARD BEYOND THE ORIGINAL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. LOST HIS FOOTING. AND THAT FIELD IS VERY GOOD. SUCH PRESSURE. BOB: THAT WAS DESIGNED TO FAKE TO ONE SIDE AND THEN GO BACK THE OTHER WAY. HE JUST SLIPPED ON THE TURF. KEITH: ARCHIE BACK NOW. A PASSING DOWN ON THIRD AND 11. ARCHIE, A VERY GOOD RECEIVER. KEITH: SCOTT HAD IT ON HIS FINGERTIPS AND COULDN'T HOLD IT. ALEX MOLDEN GOT A PIECE OF IT. MOLDEN TIPPED IT JUST A LITTLE BIT AND FREDDIE SCOTT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE HAD SIX. HE IS A VERY GOOD RECEIVER. BOB: COLLINS DOES A NICE JOB. HE SLIPS ON THE TURF. BUT THIS BALL IS WELL-THROWN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS TIPPED OR NOT. KEITH: JUST A LITTLE. ALEX MOLDEN. KEITH: 46 YARDS. CONWAY DOESN'T GET IT. THE OREGON DUCKS CELEBRATE THEIR DEFENSIVE EFFORT AS THEY TURN PENN STATE AWAY. HERE IN OHIO... WE TESTED THE NEW HONDA ACCORD V-6 AND DISCOVERED THAT THE CAR MORE PEOPLE BUY THAN ANY OTHER IS NOW BETTER AND QUICKER THAN EVER BEFORE. NOW WHY WOULD YOU WANT A CAR T AWAY A. YOU'RE LATE. OPEN WIDE. HI. WHAT? YOU GOT YOUR REASONS. FROM HONDA. KEITH: A LITTLE HAZY OUT LOOKING TOWARD THE OCEAN. LOOKING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS, THE SANTA MONICAS AND THE SAN GABRIELS. AND NESTLED DOWN HERE IN QUIET COMFORT AT THE ROSE BOWL. KEITH: THE PASS IS CAUGHT BY JONES OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. MADE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. KEPT LOOKING AROUND AND FOUND HIS SAFETY VALVE AND COMPLETED THE PASS FOR SEVEN YARDS. O'NEIL IS 13-17, A TOUCHDOWN, BEEN PICKED ONCE. BOB: HE WAS 12-16 IN THE FIRST QUARTER ALONE. SO THE DUCKS HAVE THROWN THE BALL. AND THEY'RE GETTING THEIR YARDAGE A LOT OF TIMES BY THROWING SHORT. KEITH: RICKETTS CAN FLY. AND HE IS CAUGHT FROM BEHIND. IF THEY DON'T GET HIM, IF SOLE I DOESN'T GET HIM, HE'S GONE. -- IF SCIOLI DOESN'T GET HIM, HE'S GONE. BOB: THAT'S MCLEMORE. HE WILL CLEAR OUT AND RICKETTS COMES INTO THE PICTURE AND CATCHES THE FOOTBALL. NOW, SCIOLI IS A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN. HE COMES BACK. NUMBER FIVE. THE BIGGEST DEFENSIVE LINEMAN YOU WILL EVER SEE. A BIGGEST -- A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN. KEITH: JOSH WILCOX IS BEING HELPED FROM THE FIELD. SHAKEN UP. KEITH: O'NEIL TO WHITTLE. OREGON, HE SLIPPED A LITTLE BIT WHEN HE PLANTED TO MAKE HIS CUT, TOO. SO IT'S -- THEY'RE LOOKING TO WILCOX. THEY -- YOU DON'T LIKE TO SEE THAT. SOMETIMES THAT SAYS CONCUSSION. KEITH: CAUGHT BY MCLEMORE, TRYING TO SET A SCREEN AND SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN BY A YARD. BROUGHT DOWN BY YEBOAH-KODIE. BOB: THE LINEBACKERS FOR PENN STATE ARE THE STRENGTH OF THIS DEFENSIVE UNIT. YEBOAH-KODIE, GELZHESIER NUMBER 16, AND WILLIE SMITH, ALL THREE OUTSTANDING PLAYERS. KEITH: WHITTLE WON'T GET THERE. RICKY WHITTLE IS HIT ALMOST BEFORE THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY NUMBER EIGHT, JASON COLLINS, THE STRONG SAFETY WHO HAD COME UP AND BROKE ON THE PLAY FROM THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. SO THE DUCKS WILL HAVE TO PUNT IT. KEITH: ARCHIE WILL BE THE DEEP MAN AS MATT BELDEN COMES IN FOR THE PUNTING. KEITH: FAIR CATCH CALL AT THE 12 ON HIS KNEES. AT 9:43, WE ARE TIED AT SEVEN. ♪♪ IN ALL THE WORLD, THERE'S ONE AIRLINE... THAT HAS MORE FLIGHTS EVERY DAY... THAN ANY OTHER. ♪ GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL ♪ BOY, THAT McDONALD'S EGG McMUFFIN SURE SMELLS GOOD. 95 CENTS, PLEASE. . - FARM-FRESH EGG, CANADIAN STYLE BACON -- - LOOK, JUST GIVE ME 95 CENTS ! NO, NO, NO, YOU KEEP YOURS. WE'LL GET OUR OWN THERE, COLONEL COIN COLLECTOR. BREAK IN '95 WITH McDONALD'S 95-CENT EGG McMUFFIN. A HOT, FRESH EGG McMUFFIN OR A TEMPTING BIG MAC FOR JUST 95 CENTS. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. I NEED 95 CENTS. WHAT DOES SHE NEED 95 CENTS FOR ? YEAH, SHE'S ALREADY GOT AN EGG McMUFFIN. ONLY THROUGH JANUARY, SO HURRY ! HUH ! WHAT ARE WE, A CHANGE MACHINE ? KEITH: CHAD COTA TAKES HIM DOWN AT THE 17. A GAIN OF FIVE. CHAD COTA. THE STRONG SAFETY. BOB: COTA IS -- THEY SAY HE IS THE GLUE. THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THAT GROUP TOGETHER. KEITH: AND CARTER LOSING THE FOOTBALL, DIDN'T HE? BOB: HE SURE DID. KEITH: OREGON I THINK HAD THEIR HANDS ON THE BALL. WHETHER THEY KEPT IT I DON'T KNOW. BOB: HE WAS NOT DOWN. THE BALL WAS OUT EARLY. KEITH: I THINK SOMEBODBLEW A CALL. LET'S SEE IT. BOB: I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE OFFICIALS SAW IT. THEY DIDN'T SEE IT. RIGHT THERE. THE BALL IS ON THE GROUND. LEFT SIDE. THE BALL IS OUT ON THE GROUND. BUT WHO GETS IT? KEITH: WHO GOT IT? I DON'T THINK THE OFFICIALS KNEW THE BALL WAS OUT. BOB: NONE OF THE OFFICIALS SAW IT. KEITH: NO. KEITH: AND KERRY COLLINS SEES THE PLAY CLOCK EXPIRING . AND COMES TO THE SIDELINE AFTER CALLING A TIME-OUT. HEY, GUYS. YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME THE PLAYS QUICKER. BOB: THAT'S FOR SURE. KEITH: THAT'S PENN STATE'S LAST TIME-OUT, TOO, IN THIS FIRST HALF. AND THERE IS 8:44 TO PLAY. [GRRR] [SNIFF] EVER WONDER WHAT BEARS REALLY DO IN THE WOODS? [HONK HONK HONK] [RRAAR] BOB: LET'S GO BACK AND TAKE A ROOK AT THAT FUMBLE. THE BALL WILL COME OUT EARLY. IT LOOKS LIKE JEFF HARTINGS, NUMBER 50, RIGHT THERE ON THE GROUND, WILL COME UP WITH IT. RIGHT HERE. KEITH: DERRICK BARNES WRESTLING WITH HIM BUT HARTINGS HAS THE BALL. KEITH: KI-JANA CARTER ON THIRD DOWN AND 2. AND HE DOES NOT GET THE FIRST DOWN. JEREMY ASHER, INSIDE LINEBACKER, NUMBER 44, A JUNIOR FROM OREGON, MAKES THE TACKLE. THIS HAS TURNED INTO A PRETTY GOOD GAME. KEITH: AND OREGON WILL COME OUT OF THIS WITH PRETTY GOOD FIELD POSITION IF THEY HANDLE THIS. KEITH: O'BERRY. THE PENALTY FLAG IS THROWN. THEY MAY NOT HAVE GIVEN HIM ENOUGH ROOM. LET'S SEE ABOUT IT. IF SO, THAT WILL BE A PENALTY IN FAVOR OF OREGON. STEVEN PITTS, WHO IS DOWN THERE IN A BIG HURRY ON SPECIAL TEAMS, TO MAKE THE TACKLE. REFEREE: INTERFERENCE ON THE KICKING TEAM. KEITH: INTERFERENCE ON PENN STATE. A 39-YARD PUNT. KEITH: PUT THE FOOTBALL BEYOND THE 45 FOR THE OREGON DUCKS. KEITH: PHILYAW. AND GOES FOR ABOUT NINE YARDS BEFORE THE FREE SAFETY BROUGHT HIM DOWN. PANZENIC HAS HAD A LOT OF ACTION. BOB: A LOT OF ACTION. AN INTERCEPTION AT THE FREE SAFETY POSITION, WAS INJURED EARLIER. AND NOW HE IS MAKING HIS FIRST START OF THE SEASON. KEITH: SO IT'S SECOND DOWN AND 2. KEITH: O'NEIL'S PASS TO DWAYNE JONES OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. A PENALTY FLAG IS THROWN. KEITH: THAT'S AGAINST OREGON. THAT'S AGAINST OREGON. SO YOU HAVE TWO SEPARATE PENALTIES. YOU TAKE THE ONE THAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE, AT LEAST PENN STATE WOULD. KEITH: THE BALL COMES BACK TO THE 48-YARD LINE. KEITH: AND IT IS INCOMPLETE. THE PASS INTENDED FOR SPENCE, THE TIGHT END, WHO IS ON IN RELIEF FOR JOSH WILCOX. AND SPENCE NEVER HAD A REAL CHANCE AT IT. BECAUSE MARLON FORBES HAD HIM COVERED LIKE A BLANKET. BOB: ONLY EIGHT CATCHES ON THE YEAR. PENN STATE DOING A NICE JOB JUMPING AROUND GIVING DANNY O'NEIL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT LOOK. KEITH: WILLIE SMITH AFTER O'NEIL, HE HAS HIM. WILLIE SMITH, TODD ATKINS SLIPPED UNDERNEATH, ATKINS WAS THE FIRST MAN TO GET HIM, GOT HIM AROUND THE LEGS AND OREGON WILL BE PUNTING. BOB: THAT'S WILLIE SMITH, THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER. WILL COME IN TO WIGGINS, THE TACKLE. PENN STATE, NUMBER TWO, IN THE BIG 10 IN SACKING OPPOSING QUARTERBACKS. KEITH: ARCHIE BACK TO THE 9 AND TACKLED AT THE 14. A 54-YARD PUNT. A 6-YARD RETURN. KEITH: COLLINS HAS A MAN ON THE SIDELINES. AND THE PASS IS COMPLETED TO FREDDIE SCOTT. SCOTT, A SIX FOOTER, SOPHMORE, SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN. HE CAUGHT THE BALL IN FRONT OF HERMAN O'BERRY. THAT IS TOURNAMENT HOUSE, THE PICTURES PROVIDED BY THE GOOD YEAR BLIMP EAGLE. TOURNAMENT HOUSE IS THE PLACE WHERE THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED. KEITH: THIS IS KI-JANA CARTER. THE BALL COMES OUT. OREGON DIVING. GOT A SHOT AT IT. THE DUCKS HAVE IT! SECOND FUMBLE BY CARTER. BOB: CHAD COTA, THE STRONG SAFETY. KEITH: TROY BAILEY. THE MAN WHO COVERED IT. COTA KNOCKED IT OUT. BOB: WATCH COTA. COTA IS RIGHT HERE. WATCH AS HE COMES IN FORCE. AND HE WILL JUST STICK HIS HELMET RIGHT WHERE THE BALL IS. KNOCKS IT OUT. THAT'S THE SECOND FUMBLE OF THE DAY FOR CARTER. THIS ONE, THE DUCKS COME UP WITH. KEITH: FIRST DOWN AT THE PENN STATE 33-YARD LINE. KEITH: THE LIONS KNOCK HIM DOWN. TODD ATKINS JUST KEPT COMING AND GRINDING AND COMING AND FINALLY HE GOT HIM. BOB: LET'S GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS HIT ON THE FUMBLE. CHAD COTA. THAT'S A PICTURE PERFECT TACKLE. HIS HEAD IS UP. THE BALL IS -- HEAD IS ON THE BALL. KEITH: WHITTLE LOOKING FOR A CRACK AT ONE END. THE LIONS WILL NOT GIVE IT TO HIM AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO OREGON HAVING THE BALL FIRST DOWN AT THE 33 OF PENN STATE. GOING THE OTHER WAY RIGHT NOW ON GOOD DEFENSE BY THE NITTANY LIONS. KEITH: THE PASS DOWN THE MIDDLE IS GOOD BUT SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. THE PASS IS CAUGHT BY PAT JOHNSON WHO IS THE BURNER. THE FASTEST MAN IN THE STADIUM. AS A 17-YEAR-OLD, HE HAD A 10.39 100 AND A 20.7 200 METERS. THAT IS GOOD FOR SOME YARDAGE BUT NOT A FIRST DOWN. [ANNOUNCER] YOU ARE NOW FREE TO OPERATE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. WHAT A HARD-WORKING BUNCH. AND YOU'RE WORKING HARDER THAN MOST. I'VE SEEN BIGGER SCREENS ON A CALCULATOR. NOW, THIS IS A NIFTY SCREEN, BUT OBJECTS MAY SHIFT DURING FLIGHT. AND YOU'RE WORKING TOO HARD BECAUSE FRANKLY, YOUR HANDS ARE JUST DESIGNED WRONG. OOH. AN IBM THINK PAD. SEE, NOW THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FLY FIRST CLASS. HOW MUCH LONGER CAN HE LAST ON THAT BATTERY? HEY, LARRY, SOMETIME TODAY? LARRY DOTY, FOR THE BIRDIE. HMPH, HOOKED IT. OKAY, I'LL GET HIM DOWN. BOB: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS PLAY. TIGHT MAN COVERAGE. O'NEIL WILL GET BACK AND HIT JOHNSON COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. A PERFECT THROW TO A MAN WITH A LOT OF SPEED. HE JUST DIDN'T CATCH THE BALL AND KEEP RUNNING. KEITH: IT'S ON ITS WAY. AND NO GOOD. HE'S MISSED TWO. HE MISSED FROM 23 AND NOW MISSED FROM 44. AND I MISSED THEM BOTH WIDE RIGHT. YOU FOLKS IN TALLAHASSEE KNOW ABOUT THAT. BOB: A TRUE FRESHMAN WHO HAS HANDLED THE PUNTING AS WELL AS THE PLACE KICKING ALL YEAR LONG. KEITH: ENGRAM, WIDE OPEN. SO A GOOD PLAY BY ENGRAM. KEITH: THAT'S A GOOD PASS BY KERRY COLLINS. A STRONG ARM. AND -- BOB: YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR BALL TO YOUR WIDE RECEIVERS. ENGRAM AND SCOTT AVERAGED 20 YARDS PER RECEPTION THIS YEAR AND BOTH TOTALED OVER 1,000 YARDS. SCOTT, A LITTLE UNDER 1,000. THOSE ARE THE BIG PLAY GUYS FOR PENN STATE. YOU HAVE CARTER IN THE BACKFIELD, BRADY AT TIGHT END. SO MANY CHOICES. KEITH: THE PASS THROWN TOWARD HIM. AND INCOMPLETE. DEFENDING IS KENNY WHEATON FOR OREGON. AND CARTER HAD NO CHANCE AT CATCHING THAT BALL. BOB: WHEATON IS THE NICKEL BACK, THE FIFTH BACK THAT OREGON USES IN THEIR DEFENSIVE SCHEMES. HE IS A RESERVE BUT MADE THE ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM SECOND TEAM AS A RESERVE RED SHIRT DEFENSEMAN FOR THEM. KEITH: JON WITMAN DOES NOT GET TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE DOES JEREMY ASHER, JUST JAWBONED HIM. THE LOSS IS BACK DOWN TO THE 45-YARD LINE. KEITH: IT'S OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 1-YARD LINE. JOE JUREVICIUS. A RED SHIRT FRESHMAN. 6'5", A BIG TARGET MAKES A GREAT CATCH. BOB: JUREVICIUS, 83, AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, LIKE THE FOURT CHOICE ON THIS ROUTE. HE CAME INTO THE GAME WITH ONE CATCH ALL YEAR. HE IS THE PUNTER. HE HAS SEEN ACTION PUNTING A LOT MORE THAN HE HAS WIDE RECEIVING. AND THAT IS A BIG CATCH FOR THAT YOUNG MAN. KEITH: FULLBACK. JON WITMAN. AND HE DOES NOT GET OVER THE TOP. IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN AND GOAL. BOB: THIS GRAPHIC HERE, THEY'VE BEEN INSIDE 60 TIMES AND SCORED 56 OF THE 60 AND 47 CONSECUTIVE TIMES THEY HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE OPPONENT'S 20 THEY HAVE SCORED. KEITH: BRIAN MILNE. HE SLAMS IT IN THERE. AND THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE THE LEAD 13-7. AND THE GREAT PASS BY COLLINS. AND THE CATCH BY JUREVICIUS SETS IT UP. BOB: MILNE, NUMBER 22, IS 6'3" AND 253 POUNDS. HE'S A GOOD RECEIVER AND A TOUGH, TOUGH KID. KEITH: BOY, THEY'RE TOUGH. CONWAY FOR THE POINT. KEITH: KNUCKLEBALL BUT GOT IT THROUGH. FIELD GOAL KICKERS ARE HAVING THEIR PROBLEMS TODAY. 1:26 REMAINING IN THE FIRST HALF AS PENN STATE GOES TO THE LEAD 14-7. THE GOOD YEAR BLIMP EAGLE PROVIDING THE PICTURES FROM THE AIR. 1995 MARKING THE 70TH YEAR OF OPERATIONS FOR GOOD YEAR BLIMPS. BOB: A LOOK AT MILNE. THE 1993 NCAA DISCUS CHAMPION. HIS GOAL IS TO QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS IN ATLANTA IN 1996. A GREAT STORY. HE HAD HODGKIN'S DISEASE IN HIGH SCHOOL. OVERCAME THAT. A COUPLE OF SURGERIES. KEITH: THE BALL IS FIELDED. AND THE RETURN WILL BE WELL SHORT OF THE 20-YARD LINE. RICKY WHITTLE COMING BACK TO ABOUT THE 18. AND BEFORE HE LEAVES, AND I KNOW HE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE TOWN SHORTLY, I WANTED TO THANK HIM FOR JOINING US, THE GRAND MARSHALL OF THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES, CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ. >> NICE BEING WITH YOU. AND THIS IS THE FIRST FOOTBALL GAME THAT I'VE EVER WATCHED IN MY LIFE. I USED TO THINK THAT BASEBALL WAS MY FAVORITE SPORT. FOOTBALL HAS BECOME NUMBER ONE IN MY HEART. THIS IS THE GREATEST SPORT THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. KEITH: THIS IS A PARTICULARLY GOOD SETTING TO WATCH A GAME, CHI CHI. THIS IS PRETTY FANCY. >> AMAZING. THESE YOUNG GUYS ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. I THINK THAT FOOTBALL IS GREAT FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE. KEITH: JOSH WILCOX JUST MADE THAT CATCH AND PICKED UP A FIRST DOWN. HAVE YOU HAD A GOOD TIME? >> I HAVE LOVED IT. THE GREATEST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LIFE BESIDES MEETING MY WIFE. KEITH: BLESS YOUR HEART. WHAT YOU TOLD THE KIDS YESTERDAY, IF CHI CHI CAN DO IT, SO CAN THEY. >> GOD BLESS YOU, KEITH, AND GOD BLESS EVERYBODY. KEITH: CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ, THE GRAND MARSHALL OF THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE. KEITH: THROWING, GOOD. MCLEMORE, CRISTIN MCLEMORE WITH A CATCH FOR FIRST DOWN. AND IT STOPS THE CLOCK AT 1:04 TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. BOB: THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS ALLOWING O'NEIL SOME TIME TO MOVE AROUND BACK THERE, WHICH ALLOWS MCLEMORE SOME TIME TO GET AWAY FROM YEBOAH-KODIE. KEITH: THE PASS IS CAUGHT BY PAT JOHNSON, THE SPEEDSTER. ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. AND THAT STOPS YOUR CLOCK AT 55 SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. PENN STATE, WITH A BIG PASS PLAY. KERRY COLLINS TO JOE JUREVICIUS. SETTING UP THEIR GO-AHEAD TOUCHDOWN IN THE CLOSING SECONDS. KEITH: AND RICKETTS FINALLY TAKEN DOWN AFTER ANOTHER FIRST DOWN AT THE 24-YARD LINE. THESE LITTLE GUYS, THEY LOVE TO RUN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. BOB: I DON'T KNOW WHY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BIG FAT SLOW GUYS ARE. THEY CAN'T RUN TO THE SIDELINES, JUST HANGING AROUND INSIDE. RICKETTS, NUMBER THREE. KEITH: THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY RIGHT NOW. BOB: A LITTLE KEITH: O'NEIL GETS OUT OF BOUNDS. HE PICKED UP MAYBE A YARD. HE JUST SCAMPERED OUT OF BOUNDS TO STOP THE CLOCK AT 30 SECONDS. THERE WAS NOBODY ON THAT SIDE OF THE FIELD FOR O'NEIL TO THROW THE BALL TO. BOB: I'M IMPRESSED WITH O'NEIL. WE HAD A NICE CHAT WITH HIM THE OTHER DAY. WE WERE IMPRESSED WITH HOW BRIGHT EYED AND INTELLIGENT HE WAS AND LOOK YOU STRAIGHT IN THE EYE. THE WAY HE IS PLAYING, THE KEY IS HE IS A FOUR-YEAR STARTER AND MAKING HIS 43RD START. KEITH: GOES UNDERNEATH TO JOSH WILCOX FOR A FIRST DOWN AT THE 11-YARD LINE. 23 SECONDS REMAINING IN THE FIRST HALF. AND AS YOU PICK UP A FIRST DOWN, IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF THE HALF, THEY STOP THE CLOCK TO MOVE THE CHAINS. KEITH: THE CHAIN MOVERS ARE PRETTY SLOW. DOES THAT PLAY COUNT? THE CHAINS WERE NOT IN PLACE. THE OFFICIALS DIDN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO IT. BOB: THE UMPIRE MARKED THE BALL FOR PLAY. HE GOT AWAY WITH IT. KEITH: AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE MARKER DOWN? BOB: THEY WERE KEITH: THAT'S MCLEMORE, KNOCKED DOWN AT THE 10-YARD LINE. NOW, THEY MAY HAVE TO SPEND A TIME-OUT. BOB: USE THAT TIME-OUT. KEITH: SO DANNY O'NEIL WITH A TIME-OUT TO TALK HERE. AND HE TOLD US EARLIER ABOUT WHERE HIS SEASON TOOK THE BIG TURN FOR HIM. IT CAME WHEN HE WAS AT HOME WATCHING HIS TEAM PLAY ON THE ROAD. >> WATCHING THE GAME ON TV, I WATCHED MY TEAM GO DOWN TO MY HOME AREA AND PLAY IN THE COLISEUM. WATCHING THEM WIN AND BEAT US PRETTY SOUNDLY WITH A GREAT VICTORY, IT REALLY PUT MY ATTITUDE AND THE WAY I APPROACH THIS YEAR DIFFERENTLY. COMPLETELY CHANGED. FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT -- I DON'T KNOW WHERE I GOT THIS -- THAT I HAD TO PUT UP THE NUMBERS AND DRIVE MY TEAM DOWN TO MAKE TOUCHDOWNS, THIS IS A GREAT TEAM WITH OR WITHOUT ME AND A GREAT OFFENSE WITH OR WITHOUT ME. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO THE TEAM, I WANTED TO BE A PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. KEITH: HE'S PLAYING LIKE IT. NOW THEY HAVE ONE SHOT, MAYBE. KEITH: HE DIDN'T THROW IT INTO THE END ZONE. AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SCORE. TIME WILL RUN OUT ON HIM. YOU HAVE TO THROW THE BALL INTO THE END ZONE. THEY DON'T DO THE TWO THINGS THEY HAD TO DO. THE HALF IS OVER. AND AT HALFTIME, PENN STATE, 14, OREGON, SEVEN. AND DAMERON RICKETTS WAS WIDE OPEN. JUST DIDN'T SEE HIM. BUT IT HAS BEEN A MOST ENTERTAINING FIRST HALF OF PLAY. AND THE SECOND HALF MAY BE JUST AS GOOD. RIGHT NOW, LET'S GO TO OUR STUDIOS AND JOIN JOHN SAUNDERS. JOHN: THANKS, KEITH. WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT. WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE HALFTIME REPORT RIGHT AFTER THIS MESSAGE. JOHN: 14-7 IS THE SCORE. PENN STATE OVER OREGON. SECOND HALF IS COMING UP. SCORES AND HIGHLIGHTS WITH TODD BLACKLEDGE IN A MOMENT. LET'S GO BACK OUT TO PASADENA AND KEITH JACKSON. KEITH: WE WILL JOIN THE PENN STATE BLUE BAND, THE MARCHING BLUE BAND RIGHT NOW AS THEY ENTERTAIN AT HALFTIME AT THE ROSE BOWL. THE DIRECTOR IS DR. RICHARD MONDAY. THE MUSIC IS "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR." >> HERE IS OUR HIGHLIGHT, TOUCH OF BLUE AND NOW THE QUEEN OF SOUL, RUTH BECK. KEITH: WE'RE AT HALFTIME. THE ROSE BOWL GAME. PENN STATE LEADING. JOHN: WELCOME BACK TO THE WAVY LAYS HALFTIME REPORT. JOHN SAUNDERS WITH TODD BLACKLEDGE. WE WILL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS IN JUST A MOMENT. THE SCORE IS 14-7, PENN STATE OVER OREGON. OTHER BOWLS GOING ON TODAY INCLUDING THE FIESTA BOWL. JOHN: SOUTH CAROLINA WINS THEIR FIRST BOWL EVER. A TWO-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS. THEY ARE UP 7-0. ROBERT WALKER ON THE GROUND FOR WEST VIRGINIA. 24 YARDS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, 10-7, BUT TOO MUCH STEVE TANYHILL. HE RAN A LITTLE BIT. TODD: THIS FOUR-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS. HE REALLY MATURED UNDER NEW HEAD COACH BRAD SCOTT. JOHN: ROB JOHNSON HELPED CONTRIBUTE 28 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. THAT WAS A COTTON BOWL RECORD. 13 YARDS TO KERBEN JOHNSON WHO HAD A BIG DAY. TODD: WATCH THE EXTENSION. KNOWS WHERE THE BOUNDARY IS. A BIG TOUCHDOWN. BOTH JOHNSONS HAD A GOOD DAY, AND KESHON, 220 YARDS, A NEW COTTON BOWL RECORD. JOHN: YOU SAW THIS EARLIER. A DOG RUNNING AROUND ON THE FIELD. SHERMAN WILLIAMS WAS ANYTHING BUT A DOG HERE. SEVEN YARDS ON THE RUN. TERRIFIC DAY. TODD: EVERYTHING SHERMAN WILLIAMS TOUCHED TODAY TURNED TO GOLD FOR ALABAMA. 359 YARDS ALL PURPOSE FOR THE CRIMSON TIDE. JOHN: 27 CARRIES, 166 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN, EIGHT RECEPTIONS, 155 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. JOHN: WISCONSIN WINS THE SEE-SAW AFFAIR. BEVILL TO BURNS. A TWO TOUCHDOWN GAME. BOB: THE BADGERS LOST BRENT MOSS EARLY IN THE YEAR. ALL IS NOT LOST. TYRELL FLETCHER, 241 YARDS ON 49 CARRIES ALSO A HALL OF FAME BOWL RECORD. JOHN: THAT WRAPS UP THE DAY. THERE IS ONE MORE GAME STILL TO COME ON ABC FOLLOWING THE ROSE BOWL. FOR MORE THAN THAT, LET'S GO TO NEW ORLEANS AND JOIN BRENT MUSBURGER AND *** VERMEIL. BRENT: THE EARLY BIRDS HERE AT THE LOUISIANA SUPERDOME ARE BEING TREATED TO A LITTLE FLAG FOOTBALL IN THE BACKGROUND. WELCOME. WE SHOULD BE IN FOR A REAL TREAT. A HIGH-SCORING GAME TO CLOSE OUT WHAT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON. LOOK AT THIS GRAPHIC. BRENT: *** VERMEIL WAS INVOLVED IN A FAMOUS REMATCH. HE IS VERY MODEST AND HUMBLE BUT HE GOT HIS FIRST NFL COACHING JOB BY WINNING ONE. ***: THE ADVANTAGE GOES TO THE LOSER. IN THIS SITUATION IT ENDED UP IN A TIE. THAT'S HOW IT STARTS TONIGHT. BRENT: IT SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE. LET'S GO BACK TO YOU. JOHN: WE'LL SEE YOU FOR THE REMATCH. THAT'S COMING UP FOLLOWING THE SECOND HALF OF THE ROSE BOWL. ENJOY. IN THE EDGE ULTIMATE SUPER BOWL INSTANT WIN GAME. IF YOU WIN, YOU AND A FRIEND WILL HEAD TO THE SIDELINES WITH NFL FILMS... ON AN ALL EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO SUPER BOWL 29 IN MIAMI. JUST LOOK FOR THIS AD IN MOST SUNDAY PAPERS JANUARY 15th... FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN INSTANTLY. THE EDGE ULTIMATE SUPER BOWL INSTANT WIN GAME. CLOSENESS. THAT'S THE EDGE. KEITH: THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON MARCHING BAND IS ON THE FIELD HERE AT HALFTIME AT THE ROSE BOWL. PENN STATE, 14, OREGON, SEVEN. ROD HARKINS IS THE DIRECTOR. DOING NOTHING... USUALLY, THIS IS BAD. BUT, ON JANUARY FIRST, DOING NOTHING WILL LOWER THE AVERAGE COST OF YOUR LOCAL TOLL CALLS 40% THROUGH PACIFIC BELL, AUTOMATICALLY. NO SWITCHING COMPANIES. NO ACCESS CODES. THIS IS GOOD. DON'T YOU THINK ? KEITH: YES, THAT IS CORRECT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT HAS NOT BEEN A BLOWOUT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE EAST WERE PREDICTING AND PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WERE PREDICTING. IT HAS BEEN A HARD, TOUGH FOOTBALL GAME. IT STARTED OUT, HOWEVER, WITH A LIGHTNING BOLT FROM KI-JANA CARTER. BOB: EXPLOSIVE. THAT'S MY ADJECTIVE FOR HIM. THE FIRST PLAY OF THE BALLGAME. NUMBER 50 WILL GET A BLOCK, BREAK A TACKLE. AND 83 YARDS LATER, KI-JANA CARTER JUST SHOWS YOU WHY HE IS SUCH AN OUTSTANDING RUNNING BACK. KEITH: BUT THE OREGON DUCKS RESPONDED. EVENT WELL, DANNY O'NEIL GOT THEM DOWN CLOSE AND CONNECTED WITH JOSH WILCOX, TIGHT END, WHO CAUGHT THREE BALLS ON THIS DRIVE AND THE TOUCHDOWN TO TIE IT AT SEVEN. AND THEY GOT SERIOUS ALONG THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. AND THIS BIG PLAY TO JOE JUREVICIUS WHO CAUGHT ONLY ONE BALL PRIOR TO THIS. HE TOOK IT TO THE 1. FROM THE 1-YARD LINE, BRIAN MILNE TOOK IT INTO THE END ZONE