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per the York Dispatch:
Glen Mason, who coached Minnesota to its 1999 upset of Penn State, has commemorated the game’s final play on a wall of his home. Mason had a photo of Dan Nystrom’s game-winning field goal enlarged to the point that he can see just how much his linemen strained to block Penn State’s front.
The photo still makes him smile.
“Big photo, big win,” Mason said.
Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of Minnesota’s 24-23 win at Beaver Stadium, a game that derailed No. 2 Penn State’s undefeated season and remains a bitter memory. Mike Cerimele, the Allentown Central Catholic graduate who played fullback on the team, still can’t watch the highlights.
Teammate Justin Kurpeikis, a Pittsburgh Central Catholic graduate who was on the line for that field goal, said it ranks third on his list of most disappointing losses: one to high-school rival North Catholic and the other to hometown rival Pitt.
“We had a great group of guys, and I just really enjoyed the whole process with them,” Kurpeikis said. “And that day was heartbreaking.”
“I think that, if we had beaten Minnesota, we probably would have run the table," Kurpeikis said. “The guys we had on defense were really good, but we played as a team. So with those guys, maybe it’s one of those things that, we know what happened but we don’t want to bring it up. But I can tell you for sure that sometimes we asked, ‘What if.’”
https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/...esota-remains-bitter-memory-lions/2514030001/
Go Gophers!!
Glen Mason, who coached Minnesota to its 1999 upset of Penn State, has commemorated the game’s final play on a wall of his home. Mason had a photo of Dan Nystrom’s game-winning field goal enlarged to the point that he can see just how much his linemen strained to block Penn State’s front.
The photo still makes him smile.
“Big photo, big win,” Mason said.
Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of Minnesota’s 24-23 win at Beaver Stadium, a game that derailed No. 2 Penn State’s undefeated season and remains a bitter memory. Mike Cerimele, the Allentown Central Catholic graduate who played fullback on the team, still can’t watch the highlights.
Teammate Justin Kurpeikis, a Pittsburgh Central Catholic graduate who was on the line for that field goal, said it ranks third on his list of most disappointing losses: one to high-school rival North Catholic and the other to hometown rival Pitt.
“We had a great group of guys, and I just really enjoyed the whole process with them,” Kurpeikis said. “And that day was heartbreaking.”
“I think that, if we had beaten Minnesota, we probably would have run the table," Kurpeikis said. “The guys we had on defense were really good, but we played as a team. So with those guys, maybe it’s one of those things that, we know what happened but we don’t want to bring it up. But I can tell you for sure that sometimes we asked, ‘What if.’”
https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/...esota-remains-bitter-memory-lions/2514030001/
Go Gophers!!
