MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The blurry footage of No. 55 flattening a quarterback brings chills to Dante Stills.
It’s the tape of West Virginia beating Marshall in 1997, with Gary Stills blasting off the edge and repeatedly collapsing quarterback Chad Pennington. Dad’s four-sack game, played three years before Dante was born, remains a favorite piece of motivational nostalgia.
“That’s how I got some of my game — I watched him,” Dante said. “He got off the ball real quick. He didn’t hesitate.
“That (1997) game is my favorite game to watch. It gives me cold chills, because at one point I could be doing that in college football.