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I remember this game vividly! Our chant was “Here we go to Idaho “ . Marshall brought their band in front of the home side . We proceeded to throw whole Russet potatoes raining on them. My thought at the time was that this could hurt someone lolBlack Saturday wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:19 pmNice write up. You can age the rivalry back to 1987, when Marshall kept APP from going to the Pocatello Idaho “Potato Bowl” - National Championship game by beating us in the semifinal game in Boone. Back in those days it was customary for fans to throw fruit like oranges - Orange Bowl and tangerines -Tangerine Bowl on the field for the bowl scouts watching to “invite “ their school to the bowl game. Their weren’t 40 bowls then. Anyway APP students threw potatoes on the field because we, the top seed, knew we were going to win and go to Potato country and play for the national championship. The wrong team won that day.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_NC ... all_season
Maybe APP gets their 1st Natty nearly 20 years earlier if not for Marshall.
Yep, I was one of those student throwing potatoes. Remember like it was yesterday. We were planning on driving/flying to Pocatello for the game.Black Saturday wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:19 pmNice write up. You can age the rivalry back to 1987, when Marshall kept APP from going to the Pocatello Idaho “Potato Bowl” - National Championship game by beating us in the semifinal game in Boone. Back in those days it was customary for fans to throw fruit like oranges - Orange Bowl and tangerines -Tangerine Bowl on the field for the bowl scouts watching to “invite “ their school to the bowl game. Their weren’t 40 bowls then. Anyway APP students threw potatoes on the field because we, the top seed, knew we were going to win and go to Potato country and play for the national championship. The wrong team won that day.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_NC ... all_season
Maybe APP gets their 1st Natty nearly 20 years earlier if not for Marshall.
Yep, me too. We had already planned out who was driving and for how long.AppState89 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:26 amYep, I was one of those student throwing potatoes. Remember like it was yesterday. We were planning on driving/flying to Pocatello for the game.Black Saturday wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:19 pmNice write up. You can age the rivalry back to 1987, when Marshall kept APP from going to the Pocatello Idaho “Potato Bowl” - National Championship game by beating us in the semifinal game in Boone. Back in those days it was customary for fans to throw fruit like oranges - Orange Bowl and tangerines -Tangerine Bowl on the field for the bowl scouts watching to “invite “ their school to the bowl game. Their weren’t 40 bowls then. Anyway APP students threw potatoes on the field because we, the top seed, knew we were going to win and go to Potato country and play for the national championship. The wrong team won that day.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_NC ... all_season
Maybe APP gets their 1st Natty nearly 20 years earlier if not for Marshall.