the offense that State put together during the 74 season....when we went to the sunbowl and beat NC. Walter Packer had mad yards from the VEER. Terry Vitrano had the F B position and blocked down like a dream.
I will never forget being in El Paso for a week before the game. We made every Sun Bowl appearance...plus some. Como se dice.....drunken fun? Gosh, that was 30 years before the term "Cougar" had ever come to common usage. I digress.
It snowed for the first time in 50 years, and they were completely unprepared. The Sun Bowl dozed the snow off the field before the game.....and piled it up against the stands. I heard the announcement that Johnny Mathis would sing the National Anthem. I turned around, and there he was 2 and a half feet from me! Hat off and a very quick realization that CBS had a cameral on him and ME!!! I think Johnny Mathis had a dream moment being around that many college athletes.
First play from scrimmage. Every NC defensive player was expecting Walter Packer to carry. Rockey Felker took the obligatory dive play to FB Vitrano ......and handed it off ! There was this odd temperature inversion with fog on the field. He ran for 50 something yards. When that happened , we all knew inside that the game was done.
All that aside. Walter Packer, Terry Vitrano, and Rocky Felker put some serious yards together back in the day. The VEER offense was Very Productive and Fun to see. It was very close to the Spread in its day. Very close in that at any point, a play would go for a TD. Any play.
edited to add..... the following link
http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Sun_1974.htm