Post by DiamondThief on Oct 21, 2015 16:40:33 GMT -8
Oct. 21, 2015 -- This day means a lot to fans of the movie, Back to the Future. This is the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrived for their shot stint in 2015 in the second movie, which came out in 1989 and was initially set in 1985.
In that Spirit, ESPN comprised the following list of what was going on in 1985 as it concerns Pac-12 players and teams currently in the Pac-12.
Here's their list:
UCLA won the Pac-10 with a 6-2 record in conference play. The seventh-ranked Bruins secured a Rose Bowl victory over No. 4 Iowa, 45-28.
Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez was in his first year of coaching as a student assistant at West Virginia. The Mountaineers went 7-3-1.
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham was also in his first year of coaching in 1985. He was a graduate assistant at BYU. He’d make only two stops before getting to Utah in 1994.
Meanwhile, Stanford coach David Shaw was in junior high.
Colorado was balling out in the Big Eight. During the 1985 season the Buffs beat future Pac-12 opponents Oregon and Arizona.
The Buffs did, however, lose to future Pac-12 opponent Arizona State in the 1985 Freedom Bowl.
Cal landed linebacker Hardy Nickerson on the All-Pac-10 team that season. Nine years later, current Cal linebacker Hardy Nickerson Jr. was born.
Washington State coach Mike Leach wasn’t a football coach yet. Instead, in 1985 he was still in law school and appearing in “Grunt! The Wrestling Movie” on the side.
In 1985, USC and Oregon played in Tokyo. The Trojans beat the Ducks, 20-6.
Oregon State, under first-year coach Dave Kragthorpe, brought his 38-point underdog Beavers into Husky Stadium and upset the Huskies with a blocked punt returned for a touchdown in the game’s final minutes.
- ANM
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