26 years ago today

[CycloneRulzzz]

Troy's 378 yard day against Missouri. I was 15 at the time and was at the game. One of my favorite games.

 

[cedarstrip]

Uffda, thanks for making me feel old.

 

[Jerms]

Uffda, thanks for making me feel old.

No kidding. I was a sophomore in the band at that game…

 

[Jeremy]

The fact he never won the Heisman and isn't talked about more in terms of great college backs in a true injustice.

 

[BCClone]

The one game I made that year.

 

[DevilDog]

I was stationed at Camp Kinser in Okinawa but my grandpa would send me the sports section of the Courier to follow his domination.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

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.

 

[Drew0311]

Troy's 378 yard day against Missouri. I was 15 at the time and was at the game. One of my favorite games.

I was on the sidelines with my brothers for this game.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

The fact he never won the Heisman and isn't talked about more in terms of great college backs in a true injustice.

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.

 

[JM4CY]

The fact he never won the Heisman and isn't talked about more in terms of great college backs in a true injustice.

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.

 

[Jeremy]

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.

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.

 

[bgprest]

No kidding. I was a sophomore in the band at that game…

A sophomore… I was over twice your age at that point. Now that’s feeling old!

 

[CascadeClone]

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.

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.

 

[CyBobby]

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!

 

[Jayshellberg]

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.

 

[clone52]

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.

 

[JM4CY]

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.

 

[Pragmatic_Clone]

Was at the game and got married that evening. The crowd did not seem that small at the game.

 

[BCClone]

Was at the game and got married that evening. The crowd did not seem that small at the game.

We were lucky to have 25,000 at a game back then.

 

[Pragmatic_Clone]

We were lucky to have 25,000 at a game back then.

There were always lots of opposing team fans at Jack Trice back then.