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Pat Principe's top 5 moments: Penn State football

Pat Principe's top 5 moments: Penn State football
WAS ALWAYS A GREAT GUY AND A LOT OF FUN TO WORK WITH. ALL RIGHT. AND ALSO ALL THIS WEEK YOU’VE BEEN COUNTING DOWN YOUR FAVORITE MOMENTS. HERE WE ARE AT NUMBER ONE NOW. WELL NUMBER ONE HAS GOT TO BE PENN STATE FOOTBALL. OBVIOUSLY. BECAUSE THAT’S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE HAVE DONE. AS A SPORTS DEPARTMENT COVERING. AND I PICKED THE 1995 ROSE BOWL TO SHOW VIDEO OF, BECAUSE THAT WAS PENN STATE’S FIRST ROSE BOWL AS A BIG TEN MEMBER, NOTABLE FOR KI-JANA CARTER BREAKING AN 80 YARD RUN ON THE VERY FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME. PENN STATE WAS UNDEFEATED AND THEY FINISHED THE GAME UNDEFEATED. BUT THEY DIDN’T WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE BACK THEN IT WAS DONE IN A VOTE. AND NEBRASKA, WHICH FINISHED UNDEFEATED A DAY BEFORE THEY GOT THE VOTE OVER PENN STATE. BUT STILL IT WAS 12 AND ZERO. JOE PATERNO GOT A RIDE OFF THE FIELD FROM HIS PLAYERS, AND WE HAD A CHANCE. REALLY. IT WAS SPECIAL FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY NATIVES LIKE KYLE BRADY, THE CEDAR CLIFF HIGH GRAD, AND KERRY COLLINS, THE QUARTERBACK OF THE TEAM WHO GREW UP IN LEBANON AND PLAYED HIS FOOTBALL AT WILSON HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS THE THE TEAM LEADER AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM GO OUT LIKE THAT WITH A WIN IN THE 95 ROSE BOWL, ONE OF FOUR ROSE BOWLS THAT I GOT TO ATTEND. UM, AND I ONE OF ONLY I FOUR MEDIA PEOPLE TO HAVE BEEN TO THE FOUR ROSE BOWLS. NOW I DIDN’T HAVE CREDENTIALS FOR THE 1924 ROSE BOWL. SO I WASN’T ABLE TO ATTEND THAT ONE. BUT THERE’S GREG BERKEY AND I, MY SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER PAR EXCELLENCE AT THE ROSE BOWL IN 2017. THAT WAS ALSO THE ONE THAT I ATTENDED WITH BRIAN ROCHE AND PHOTOGRAPHER WILL ELLIOTT. THAT WAS A BLAST. PENN STATE LOST THAT GAME, BUT IT WAS A GREAT GAME AND A GREAT TIME. AND THEN THE MOST RECENT ONE TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THEY BEAT UTAH IN SEAN CLIFFORD’S LAST GAME. SO IT’S BEEN A LOT OF FUN. AND OBVIOUSLY PENN STATE SPORTS HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN TO COVER. ABSOLUTELY. AND OF COURSE, WE HEARD FR
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Pat Principe's top 5 moments: Penn State football
We're saying farewell to News 8 sports director Pat Principe, who is retiring.He looked back at his 40 years at WGAL and picked his top five moments. No. 1 is Penn State football.In particular, he highlighted the 1995 Rose Bowl because that was the Nittany Lions' first Rose Bowl as a Big 10 member.It was notable for Ki-Jana Carter breaking an 80-yard run on the very first play of the game.Penn State was undefeated and finished the game undefeated.However, the Nittany Lions didn't win the national championship. Back then, it was done in a vote. Nebraska also finished undefeated a day before they got the vote over Penn State.Still, it was 12-0.Coach Joe Paterno got a ride off the field from his players."It was special for the Susquehanna Valley natives like Kyle Brady, the Cedar Cliff High grad, and Kerry Collins, the quarterback of the team who grew up in Lebanon and played football at Wilson High School. He was the team leader, and it was great to see them go out like that with a win in the '95 Rose Bowl, one of four Rose Bowls that I got to attend. Penn State sports has been a lot of fun to cover," Principe said.

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We're saying farewell to News 8 sports director Pat Principe, who is retiring.

He looked back at his 40 years at WGAL and picked his top five moments.

No. 1 is Penn State football.

In particular, he highlighted the 1995 Rose Bowl because that was the Nittany Lions' first Rose Bowl as a Big 10 member.

It was notable for Ki-Jana Carter breaking an 80-yard run on the very first play of the game.

Penn State was undefeated and finished the game undefeated.

However, the Nittany Lions didn't win the national championship. Back then, it was done in a vote. Nebraska also finished undefeated a day before they got the vote over Penn State.

Still, it was 12-0.

Coach Joe Paterno got a ride off the field from his players.

"It was special for the Susquehanna Valley natives like Kyle Brady, the Cedar Cliff High grad, and Kerry Collins, the quarterback of the team who grew up in Lebanon and played football at Wilson High School. He was the team leader, and it was great to see them go out like that with a win in the '95 Rose Bowl, one of four Rose Bowls that I got to attend. Penn State sports has been a lot of fun to cover," Principe said.