Nearly football season, and I've been on YouTube looking at memories. While there I saw this, which I remember from the Michigan / Penn State game at Happy Valley in 1997. To this day, it's the hardest hit I've ever seen live - Michigan's Daydrion Taylor on PSU's Bob Stephenson.
It was a game with National Championship implications, with both teams highly ranked (Michigan at #4, Penn State at #2).
Michigan ended up pulverizing Penn State 34-8 and went on to win the Rose Bowl and National Championship. The Michigan player (#2) who almost beats Taylor to the tackle is Charles Woodson, who won the Heisman that year.
Both Taylor and Stephenson were badly injured and though both recovered, neither ever played another down of football.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEccmg4JRbE]Hardest and Sickest Football Hit Ever - YouTube[/ame]
Anyone got a better one?
It was a game with National Championship implications, with both teams highly ranked (Michigan at #4, Penn State at #2).
Michigan ended up pulverizing Penn State 34-8 and went on to win the Rose Bowl and National Championship. The Michigan player (#2) who almost beats Taylor to the tackle is Charles Woodson, who won the Heisman that year.
Both Taylor and Stephenson were badly injured and though both recovered, neither ever played another down of football.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEccmg4JRbE]Hardest and Sickest Football Hit Ever - YouTube[/ame]
Anyone got a better one?