That was one of my favorite runs ever by an Irish player. And it wasn't just that run - he had one heck of a day running the ball. Tennessee was so heavily schemed to stop Ismail that he was able to break significant runs left and right. And in the end, the Rocket still got his explosive touchdown run and a couple of nice returns.
It was also the first time I started to question the competence of Gary Darnell. We really couldn't stop the pass against anyone....8 yards per attempt for the year, and it really allowed some teams hang close for most of the game (or worse). He wasn't fully exposed until the following season.
Replies to: "I was a high school frosh watching on T.V."
- Rice, Watters & Rocket or Leonard, Love & Price? - koreasam - 6:38pm 5/27/25
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- Rocket puts ANY trio over the top. Whether lined up out wide or in the backfield. [NT] - Rocketman84 - 3:56pm 5/31/25
- Waters, Rocket, and a player to be named later. [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 10:02pm 5/29/25
- McDougal, Becton, Zellars, Dawson, Mayes. NC caliber team. Damn you, Fredo. [NT]
- jrdjr84 - 12:46pm 5/28/25
- zellars /purdue [NT] [LINK] - DonMiller - 2:00pm 5/28/25
- Ian Book Kyren Williams 2020 [NT]
- DonMiller - 10:17am 5/28/25
- Meier Bettis and Brooks 1992 [NT] - DonMiller - 10:47am 5/28/25
- Rice, Watters & Rocket LLP? [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 8:54am 5/28/25
- Just stop - Nigel Tufnel - 8:46pm 5/27/25
- Baloney, Leonard was a far superior passer than Rice. Remember Rice's passing percentage against - THEISMANCARR - 11:31am 5/29/25
- I don’t agree - Nigel Tufnel - 1:10pm 5/29/25
- Your arguments are very logical, I loved both of those guys. I think that Riley has a chance to - THEISMANCARR - 3:32pm 5/29/25
- I don’t agree - Nigel Tufnel - 1:10pm 5/29/25
- Baloney, Leonard was a far superior passer than Rice. Remember Rice's passing percentage against - THEISMANCARR - 11:31am 5/29/25
- Rick Watters (believe it or not) reads this board every so often. He gets a kick out of you Sammy! [NT]
- irishslovak - 7:57pm 5/27/25
- Ricky was a brilliant talent and made many big plays for us and later on as a pro. I remember his - THEISMANCARR - 11:36am 5/29/25
- Ricky's 97 yd punt return TD vs SMU in 1989 was a beautiful thing. A record that still stands. [NT]
- ELP - 8:08am 5/28/25
- This is my favorite Watters memory [LINK]
- Nigel Tufnel - 9:12am 5/28/25
- I was a high school frosh watching on T.V. - jakers - 12:52pm 5/28/25
- That was just a remarkable game...the whole weekend was great - Nigel Tufnel - 2:46pm 5/28/25
- We did not have an offense that really used Rickey's all around talent. - Curly1918 - 10:02am 5/28/25
- Agree on his time in San Francisco. But he couldn't stay out of Holtz's doghouse. - jakers - 12:55pm 5/28/25
- True, but the fact that Lou made him play WR really helped his draft stock - ndunabomber - 9:54pm 5/28/25
- You don't have to convince me. I've always been a huge Watters fan. - jakers - 10:21am 5/29/25
- With all due to Lou... I wasn't keen on his offensive schemes. I felt these did not open the field. [NT] - Curly1918 - 4:16pm 5/28/25
- True, but the fact that Lou made him play WR really helped his draft stock - ndunabomber - 9:54pm 5/28/25
- Agree on his time in San Francisco. But he couldn't stay out of Holtz's doghouse. - jakers - 12:55pm 5/28/25
- I was a high school frosh watching on T.V. - jakers - 12:52pm 5/28/25
- This is my favorite Watters memory [LINK]
- Nigel Tufnel - 9:12am 5/28/25
- He turned out to be a real standup guy - ndunabomber - 11:33pm 5/27/25
- Carr, Love, Price [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 6:56pm 5/27/25
- Ha! Excellent response [NT]
- Frankx - 7:02pm 5/27/25
- Miller, Layden, Crowley, Stuhldreher. All 4 in the HOF. Went 27-2-1. Title in 1924. - ELP - 7:13pm 5/28/25
- Ha! Excellent response [NT]
- Frankx - 7:02pm 5/27/25