BCWWF
07-15-2007, 08:23 PM
Four immediately come to mind for me:
1. Boston Red Sox 2 - 5 Minnesota Twins
Major League Baseball
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
The Metrodome, Minneapolis
- A series against the Red Sox is always big news, then insert Johan Santana and Curt Schilling into the series opener. They both pitch awesome, Santana strikes out the first five batters and 13 total, giving up one run in 8 innings. The game is tied 1-1 after nine. Boston scores a run in the top of the 12th, putting the Red Sox up 2-1. Then, in the bottom of the 12th, Jason Kubel hits a walk off grand slam to win the game 5-3. Added to the energy, Kevin Garnett was front row behind the Twins dugout, doing the "I'm not worthy" sign to Torii as he ran in after ending an inning with a great catch. Overall just electric atmosphere and the start to the Twins amazing run that ended in making up 11 games on Detroit at the break to win the AL Central.
2. Fulham 0 - 4 Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup Fourth Round
Sunday 18 February 2007
Craven Cottage, London
- My first Premiership game couldn't have been more memorable. I was getting Subway at the end of the street when I saw two friends who said they were going to go to Putney Bridge and get scalped tickets. I was in. We got there and bartered some guy down from £50 each to £20. None of us were Spurs fans, but our seats were right in the heart of the visiting stands. I remember walking through that long park to get to the stadium and hearing the Spurs fans going crazy. Inside was no different. At the time, both teams were playing poorly in the league but still had hopes in the FA Cup, so the atmosphere inside was electric. We couldn't understand the words of most the songs, but we sang along and yelled in bad British accents the whole time. The songs were awesome, "Spurs are on their way to Wembley," "What's that coming over the hill, is it Chimbonda?," "We now have a team of Robbie Keanes" etc. Keane scored two awesome goals, and Berbatov came in and scored the last two (right as he was starting to get real hot). The last three goals were scored on our side too, so it was crazy. I went to three or four games after that, but nothing compared to the atmosphere and I have never been to a sporting event with singing like that. It was absolutely incredible.
3. Kansas 68 - 72 Missouri
NCAA College Basketball
Sunday March 6, 2005
Mizzou Arena, Columbia, Mo.
- I knew the Missouri-Kansas Border War was one of the oldest and fiercest rivalries in college sports, but that was about all. I didn't know much about the schools or rivalry before my freshman year, but I quickly learned. Kansas was looked at as potential NCAA Championship contender, with Wayne Simien, Aaron Miles, Keith Langford and J.R. Giddens. Mizzou was coming off it's most disappointing season (was ranked No. 3 early in the season, missed NCAA Tournament) and was sitting just above .500 as the season finale against Kansas approached. Some friends and I camped out at Mizzou Arena, which had just opened this year, and we were first in line for the game. By the time doors opened the line to get into the stadium was well into the hundreds, maybe even thousands. We got in two hours before tipoff, but you could tell this was different. Some other games had good attendance, but today was the only time that every single seat was filled, and it finally felt like a great college basketball arena. The game was incredible, real close all the way and Mizzou usually holding the slight lead. With about a minute left, you could tell Mizzou was going to win, and people were on edge ready to rush the court. The final buzzer rang, Mizzou had defeated their fiercest rivals for the first time in a couple years and the whole student section was on the court. My voice was shot for a while after that.
The year after was supposed to be even better, but I was in Europe and didn't get home in time for the game. I think Mizzou was down something like 12 points with 2 minutes to go and Thomas Gardner just went lights out. Mizzou tied it up, Cristian Moody missed TWO free throws that could have won the game with time expired and Mizzou won in overtime. Damn.
Other noteworthy games:
In 2004 I believe, the Vikings started 5-0 with the Broncos coming to town. At the end of the first half, Culpepper throws a bomb to Moss, who of course catches it, but is about 10 feet from the end zone. He tosses the ball over his shoulder to Mo Williams and Williams runs into the end zone for a score. Incredible.
Mizzou football homecoming in 2005 was amazing. The game itself didn't have much significance, Mizzou was clearly going to a medeocre bowl and Iowa State wasn't very good, but Iowa State was winning late. Mizzou senior quarterback Brad Smith was a hero in Columbia, but he was taken out in the fourth and true freshman Chase Daniel came in. With five minutes left in the game, print media is allowed to go down to field level, so we did. So I was standing just outside Mizzou's endzone and Daniel lead the game-tying drive. His pass to Sean Coffey was caught at the corner of the endzone, about 10 feet from me, and you could totally see his feet just barely getting in bounds. Mizzou went into overtime and won on a field goal. Pretty awesome ending.
The 2005 Independence Bowl was amazing too. Steve Spurrier in his first year back lead South Carolina to three straight touchdowns in the first quarter. At 21-0, I could see the Atlanta reporter in front of me writing her lead about how great Spurrier was. Then, Mizzou safety (forget the name) intercepted in the end zone and ran 100 yards back for the score, and Mizzou ended up winning in an incredible last three quarters. I would have been so pissed if I went to Shreveport, La., to see a blowout.
1. Boston Red Sox 2 - 5 Minnesota Twins
Major League Baseball
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
The Metrodome, Minneapolis
- A series against the Red Sox is always big news, then insert Johan Santana and Curt Schilling into the series opener. They both pitch awesome, Santana strikes out the first five batters and 13 total, giving up one run in 8 innings. The game is tied 1-1 after nine. Boston scores a run in the top of the 12th, putting the Red Sox up 2-1. Then, in the bottom of the 12th, Jason Kubel hits a walk off grand slam to win the game 5-3. Added to the energy, Kevin Garnett was front row behind the Twins dugout, doing the "I'm not worthy" sign to Torii as he ran in after ending an inning with a great catch. Overall just electric atmosphere and the start to the Twins amazing run that ended in making up 11 games on Detroit at the break to win the AL Central.
2. Fulham 0 - 4 Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup Fourth Round
Sunday 18 February 2007
Craven Cottage, London
- My first Premiership game couldn't have been more memorable. I was getting Subway at the end of the street when I saw two friends who said they were going to go to Putney Bridge and get scalped tickets. I was in. We got there and bartered some guy down from £50 each to £20. None of us were Spurs fans, but our seats were right in the heart of the visiting stands. I remember walking through that long park to get to the stadium and hearing the Spurs fans going crazy. Inside was no different. At the time, both teams were playing poorly in the league but still had hopes in the FA Cup, so the atmosphere inside was electric. We couldn't understand the words of most the songs, but we sang along and yelled in bad British accents the whole time. The songs were awesome, "Spurs are on their way to Wembley," "What's that coming over the hill, is it Chimbonda?," "We now have a team of Robbie Keanes" etc. Keane scored two awesome goals, and Berbatov came in and scored the last two (right as he was starting to get real hot). The last three goals were scored on our side too, so it was crazy. I went to three or four games after that, but nothing compared to the atmosphere and I have never been to a sporting event with singing like that. It was absolutely incredible.
3. Kansas 68 - 72 Missouri
NCAA College Basketball
Sunday March 6, 2005
Mizzou Arena, Columbia, Mo.
- I knew the Missouri-Kansas Border War was one of the oldest and fiercest rivalries in college sports, but that was about all. I didn't know much about the schools or rivalry before my freshman year, but I quickly learned. Kansas was looked at as potential NCAA Championship contender, with Wayne Simien, Aaron Miles, Keith Langford and J.R. Giddens. Mizzou was coming off it's most disappointing season (was ranked No. 3 early in the season, missed NCAA Tournament) and was sitting just above .500 as the season finale against Kansas approached. Some friends and I camped out at Mizzou Arena, which had just opened this year, and we were first in line for the game. By the time doors opened the line to get into the stadium was well into the hundreds, maybe even thousands. We got in two hours before tipoff, but you could tell this was different. Some other games had good attendance, but today was the only time that every single seat was filled, and it finally felt like a great college basketball arena. The game was incredible, real close all the way and Mizzou usually holding the slight lead. With about a minute left, you could tell Mizzou was going to win, and people were on edge ready to rush the court. The final buzzer rang, Mizzou had defeated their fiercest rivals for the first time in a couple years and the whole student section was on the court. My voice was shot for a while after that.
The year after was supposed to be even better, but I was in Europe and didn't get home in time for the game. I think Mizzou was down something like 12 points with 2 minutes to go and Thomas Gardner just went lights out. Mizzou tied it up, Cristian Moody missed TWO free throws that could have won the game with time expired and Mizzou won in overtime. Damn.
Other noteworthy games:
In 2004 I believe, the Vikings started 5-0 with the Broncos coming to town. At the end of the first half, Culpepper throws a bomb to Moss, who of course catches it, but is about 10 feet from the end zone. He tosses the ball over his shoulder to Mo Williams and Williams runs into the end zone for a score. Incredible.
Mizzou football homecoming in 2005 was amazing. The game itself didn't have much significance, Mizzou was clearly going to a medeocre bowl and Iowa State wasn't very good, but Iowa State was winning late. Mizzou senior quarterback Brad Smith was a hero in Columbia, but he was taken out in the fourth and true freshman Chase Daniel came in. With five minutes left in the game, print media is allowed to go down to field level, so we did. So I was standing just outside Mizzou's endzone and Daniel lead the game-tying drive. His pass to Sean Coffey was caught at the corner of the endzone, about 10 feet from me, and you could totally see his feet just barely getting in bounds. Mizzou went into overtime and won on a field goal. Pretty awesome ending.
The 2005 Independence Bowl was amazing too. Steve Spurrier in his first year back lead South Carolina to three straight touchdowns in the first quarter. At 21-0, I could see the Atlanta reporter in front of me writing her lead about how great Spurrier was. Then, Mizzou safety (forget the name) intercepted in the end zone and ran 100 yards back for the score, and Mizzou ended up winning in an incredible last three quarters. I would have been so pissed if I went to Shreveport, La., to see a blowout.