The game in the desert means different things to different people wearing blue and white.
For Penn Staters of a certain age, it's a return to the site of some of the program's greatest triumphs. Penn State is 6-0 in Fiesta Bowls. It won its most recent national championship in the 1987 game after denying No. 1 Miami on Pete Giftopoulos' goal-line interception. The Lions' win in the 1982 Fiesta Bowl set up a national title run the following season. There were three come-from-behind wins and memorable performances from Penn State greats such as Curt Warner (two-time Fiesta Bowl MVP), Shane Conlan and Curtis Enis.