Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, October 12, 2011
At the annual Big Ten Football Kickoff Luncheon this year, BTN.com went around to several of the interview tables in search of the players' earliest or favorite sports memories. Watch now as several of this season's biggest stars share their first or greatest memories with you. Now, it's time for Big Ten fans' earliest Big Ten memories. Take a walk down memory lane, and check out our Twitter followers' earliest conference memories in this post. There are plenty of good ones.
@BTNBrentYarina Rod Woodson in the Gold jersey vs. Indiana in 1986. 137 plays in a 17-15 win. Easily my best early Big Ten memory.
— Brett Schetzsle (@brettsinbeverly) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina back in 2006 when Michigan came back and beat Penn State. Henne throw a TD pass to manningham for the win.
— Eric Smith ? (@EpicErk) October 12, 2011
http://twitter.com/#!/joe_maczko/status/124233326327365633
Charles Woodson with the rose in his mouth, I was 9 y.o. RT @BTNBrentYarina: I'm looking for your earliest #B1G sports memory for a post.
— Brandon Folsom (@Brandon_Folsom) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Watching #B1G basketball with Bill Fleming on winter Saturdays. Long Live Rick Mount and the Hughes twins and Gus Ganakis..
— Gary L. Ellenbolt (@gellenbolt) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina michigan state blew out northwestern 70 something to very little. And there was a foot of snow and sledding in the stands.
— David Harns (@isportsDave) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina watching @BrianCardinal take a charge. #myfirstB1Gmemory. #boilerup. #floorburns.
— Jonathan Gandolf (@JDGandolf) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina #northwestern 17, notre dame 15, 1995
— Mike Kinsella (@kinsella316) October 12, 2011
http://twitter.com/#!/rbuck04/status/124228885079523328
@BTNBrentYarina growing up in Madison watching teams coached by knight, keady, heathcote and fischer at UW Fieldhouse aka ?The Barn?.
— Capital QB Academy (@CapitalQB) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Earliest #B1G memory I was 11 watching JoePa in the '83 Sugar Bowl w/ Todd Blackledge– & wondered who's the guy w/ glasses?
— Stephanie Raquel (@Stephraquel) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina MN beating WI at the dome in '93 for WI's only loss. "94 East" chants for the Sconnie Fans to tell them the way home!!
— Kyle Jones (@jonsie00) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina 9/20/86 – Nebraska 59, Illinois 14. I must've been pretty naive at the age of 7 thinking Illinois would win.
— Chris Patton (@chrispatton_33) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina #B1G Has to be watching Bo & Woody going head to head in the late 60's
— Vince Schmidt (@vinceschmidt9) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Earliest #B1G memory was my 1st UM game in '85 as an 8 year old. Harbaugh to Kolesar to beat the Buckeyes!
— Brandon Kornblue (@KornblueKicking) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Ohio State 42 – USC 21 on January 1, 1974. I was 6 yrs & 1 month old but just loved watching the Scarlet & grey for 1st time
— Gerry Janecko (@gjanecko) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Aside from listening to Illini games on the radio or watching Illinois (live) win by a field goal against MSU c. 1981?
— Stephanie Raquel (@Stephraquel) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Meeting Hayden Fry in "the bubble" in Iowa City in the early 90s. Tall guy, big personality…good memory for a Hawkeye fan!
— Nick (@CFjedlicka) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina born in '87, my earliest Big Ten memory is from the '96 Rose Bowl. I'm from Chicago, so Northwestern's berth was a big deal.
— Bill Wilson (@ivwilsoniv) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Big Dog Glenn Robinson dropping a running jumper to beat #Michigan at Crisler Arena for the #B1G Title in 1994! #Purdue
— Fitz (@USAfitz23) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina When the #Illini went to Columbus and took care of business! pic.twitter.com/cBhNCQ5b
— Jess Collins (@JKillans) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Probably Indiana's 1987 Basketball championship. Football wasn't on TV much back then.
— Kevin Hagemeier (@KevinHagemeier) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina ironically, it involves new member Nebraska. 1981, Iowa upsets Nebraska 10-7. Black and Gold in my blood ever since!
— Eric Best (@ericrbest) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina I was 9 when "Touchdown" Tim Biakabutuka ran for 313 yards in #Michigan's win over OSU. I asked for a #21 jersey that xmas
— Kaitlin Urka (@kaitlinurka) October 12, 2011
http://twitter.com/#!/DJGreeley/status/124222695373152257
@BTNBrentYarina Michigan Washington Rose Bowl Game, Jan 1 1981, I was 7 Anthony Carter, Wangler, Woolfolk. A rare Michigan Rose Bowl Victory
— Michael A Beaton (@MichaelBeaton) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Vinny Testerverde being picked off by PSU to win the national championship in 1986!
— Joe Mo (@IndyJoMo) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina My NU alum mom telling an eight-year old me that I HAD to watch the Rose Bowl in 1996 because Northwestern finally was in it
— Aaron Morse (@MorseCode206) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Watching the '94 Rose Bowl w/ my gpa in commemorative #Badgers sweatshirt while rockin' a bowl cut (cool 4 a 7-yr-old girl)
— Kaitlin Corner (@KaitlinElise) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina going to the Big House with my Dad and watching the cheerleaders – at that time MEN ONLY – no pom pom girls!! 1970's.
— Leigh (@NCCaniac42) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina The earliest game I can remember attending was NU vs. Michigan in 1996 with Brian Gowins rekicking the game-winning FG.
— Jon Davis (@NUHighlights) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina IU player Lynn Washington's game-winning layup in an overtime win over Michigan State in 2000. I was 10. Go Hoosiers! #iubb
— Trevor Allison (@turbotrevor) October 12, 2011
Illinois making the 1984 Rose Bowl. Then getting crushed by UCLA –> RT @btnbrentyarina: looking for your earliest #B1G sports memory
— Andy Garman (@GarmanSports) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Watching Calbert Cheney lead IU to many, many #B1G wins!
— Dusty (@phanophite) October 12, 2011
http://twitter.com/#!/SteffeeC/status/124221466333036544
@BTNBrentYarina Seven years old watching Keith Smart's baseline jumper put up banner #5 for IU.
— Bogey Man (@Hoggerto2039) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Mine was a week and a half ago. October 1st. Nebraska vs. Wisconsin. Camp Randall. Seems like just yesterday.
— Erin Sorensen (@erinsorensen) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Keith Smart's shot to beat Syracuse. I was 6.
— Chad (@RevDJEsq) October 12, 2011
hey @BTNBrentYarina when I was 12 years old in Madison I was wearing all Ohio St gear and got body passed around student section
— BT (@chitownben) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Going to Madison and turning State St. into Lincoln North on Friday night.
— Husker Fan (@omahasker) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Oh, Weber's timeout for me.
— H. Jose Bosch (@HJBosch21) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina 1987 Rose Bowl – MSU beating USC for the second time in one year! #gogreen #spartannation
— Ryan Andrews (@Ryan_drews) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina … and the two old ladies behind me commented that the Gopher helmets looked like Notre Dame (shiny gold at the time)
— Kevin McGuire (@PSUExaminer) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina My first was Penn State's first #B1G game vs. Minnesota. Got a gold colored commemorative coin…
— Kevin McGuire (@PSUExaminer) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina 1st PUR game was 94 vs. Iowa. Dad marched in alumni band. Tie game-didn't go for TD, ran down clock for last-play FG, missed
— Tim Cary (@TimCary) October 12, 2011
@BTNBrentYarina Charles Woodson's punt return vs OSU
— Dave Cobb (@DCobb1621) October 12, 2011