3 Most Memorable Sporting Events You've Attended

[AZGrizFan]

1) Opening day, 3/31/98, first game in Arizona Diamondbacks history
2) Game 1, 2001 World Series, Diamondbacks vs Yankees, first WS game in Diamondbacks history
3) 2009 FCS NC game, Montana vs Villanova, 12/19/2009

[clenz]

Most memorable to me, or nationally?

1. UNI beats Iowa State 27-13 in football
2. UNI loses by 1 to eventual Orange Bowl champ Iowa on 2 block FG's in the final 7 seconds...
3. UNI vs. Michigan State in the Sweet 16

[Ivytalk]

1. 1980 World Series, Game 2
2. 1974 Harvard-Yale Game
3. 2010 GSU Victory over App State

[grizzaholic]

App St v.1 and v.2
Griz Homecoming 2008

[MSUDuo]

1) Game 4 of the 2006 World Series featuring the Cardinals and Tigers with my father
2) 2003 College World Series, the first and only time featuring the Missouri State Bears
3) 2008 Men's Olympic Soccer qualifying tournament in Nashville

[GrizFanStuckInUtah]

1) 2007 Our playoff loss to Wofford.
2) 2006 Our BB team beat Nevada in Salt lake.
3) 2008 Our loss to Richmond in Chatty. Went with my daughter and had a great time.

[89Hen]

Besides every one of my kids games ...

Navy @ Delaware 1985 - freshman in college, beautiful day, huge crowd, big upset, crushed Napoleon McCallum's Heisman dreams.

Flyers/Rangers 1987 first round playoffs - Went with a Rangers fan from work, Flyers score in the closing seconds of the 2nd period to go up 3-2 and DEMOLISH the Rangers in the third winning 8-3 with a couple fights for good measure. Most raucous I've seen the Spectrum in person (although somebody here was at Game 6 in the finals that year, which undisputedly WAS the loudest moment in Spectrum history).

Delaware v AppSt 2007 - fantastic event other than losing.

[93henfan]

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins first race after 9/11, does reverse victory lap with American flag around Dover. I know the USA-USA thing can get tired, but this was the first race after 9/11 and the security situation was uncertain for the 140,000+ on hand. No coolers were allowed. They passed out an American flag to every fan at the gate.
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2. Phillies beat Braves to win '93 NLCS.

3. Delaware ends the most dominant I-AA playoff run in history by winning 40-0 in Chatty.

[bluehenbillk]

1- 93, I probably ran into you there - NLCS Game 6 Phillies clinch over Braves

2- The Cal Ripken 2131 game - had 2 free tix that I could have sold for $4-5K on the way in & opted to witness history.

3- UD beating Wofford 2003 semifinal - students rush field, tear down goalpost.

[AZGrizFan]

2- The Cal Ripken 2131 game - had 2 free tix that I could have sold for $4-5K on the way in & opted to witness history.

Good call.

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Other than a couple Rays playoff games and a hand full of Delaware playoff games, I have never attended a high profile sporting event.

[AshevilleApp]

1) 2005-2007 National Championship Games (If I can only pick one, it has to be 2005. We got in the club with that one.)

2) October 1995-Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards-Sparky Anderson and Lou Whittaker's last two games. (Alan Trammell should have retired at the same time as well). Pretty cool when Cal Ripken presented Trammell and Whittaker with second base signifying their status as the all time double play combination.

3) 2007 ASU vs Michigan -"Yard sale at the Big House!"

[tampajag]

1a.) 1993 - Southern University basketball beats Georgia Tech in the NCAA first round
1b.) 1993 - Southern beats Lindsey Hunter and Jackson St to advance to the NCAA tourney
2.) 2006 PVU beats Southern for the first time in 20 some odd years
3.) 1982 LSU beats FSU to go to the Orange Bowl, my first game at Tiger Stadium and the night I fell in love with the Noles.

[Gil Dobie]

1. Super Bowl XXVI with my dad
2. Stanley Cup Finals, Pittsburgh with Lemieux vs Minnesota North Stars
3. Duke & Michigan Final 4 Championship Game

[93henfan]

I want to add a 3a. I attended the USA-Canada World Cup of Hockey finals, game 1, in Philadelphia in 1996. I was pretty much in awe of the players before me on the ice and the game (4-3 OT win for Canada) was very exciting.

Here were the rosters, to give you an idea of the legends out there:

Canada: Rob Blake, Rod Brind'Amour, Martin Brodeur, Paul Coffey, Sylvain Côté, Vincent Damphousse, Éric Desjardins, Theoren Fleury, Adam Foote, Adam Graves, Wayne Gretzky – C, Curtis Joseph, Ed Jovanovski, Claude Lemieux, Trevor Linden, Eric Lindros – A, Mark Messier – A, Scott Niedermayer, Lyle Odelein, Keith Primeau, Bill Ranford, Joe Sakic, Brendan Shanahan, Scott Stevens, Pat Verbeek, Steve Yzerman – A

USA: Jim Carey, Guy Hebert, Mike Richter, Shawn Chambers, Chris Chelios, Derian Hatcher, Kevin Hatcher, Phil Housley, Brian Leetch - C, Mathieu Schneider', Gary Suter, John LeClair, Shawn McEachern, Keith Tkachuk, Adam Deadmarsh, Steve Konowalchuk, Pat LaFontaine, Mike Modano, Joel Otto, Brian Rolston, Bryan Smolinski, Doug Weight, Tony Amonte, Bill Guerin, Brett Hull, Scott Young

[CAA Flagship]

1. 1995 NCAA Basketball Tournament - First Round, Albany, NY (St. Patrick's Day). #14 seed Old Dominion upsets #3 seed Villanova 89-81 in Triple Overtime.
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2. 1995 Football - Florida St. at Virginia. Warrick Dunn is stopped at the 1-inch line on the final play as UVA handed FSU their first ACC loss ever.
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3a. 2009 Old Dominion's first football game. See MY school take the field for the first time was a longtime dream come true.

3b. 2009 Oakland A's at New York Yankees. Nothing special about the game but it was the final year of old Yankee Stadium and my boys were seeing it for the first, and last, time. As we walked through the turnstiles I remembered my feelings seeing the Yankee Stadium field for the first time in 1970. Black and white TV was still widely used at that time so when I saw the vibrant colors, it was WOW!!!! So as we walked up the ramp of the portal I took both sons by their hands. I had goose bumps up and down my body. The view of the field opened up before us with each step; the green grass, the blue walls, the white frieze, the bright colors of the advertisements, etc. We stopped at the top of the ramp to "take it all in". I asked the boys what they thought. "Looks just like it does on TV".
Damn HDTV.

[93henfan]

Hey CAA Memberschool,

Your #1 was one of the one times I've ever been happy for your school.

[bison07]

2011 NC Game NDSu VS SHSU
2007 NDSU VS Minnesota
2010 FCS Qtr Final NDSU VS Montana St

Never really had a good time at Pro events as I dont really feel the same when they take the field

[AZGrizFan]

2011 NC Game NDSu VS SHSU
2007 NDSU VS Minnesota
2010 FCS Qtr Final NDSU VS Montana St

Never really had a good time at Pro events as I dont really feel the same when they take the field

07, I normally don't either (despite the fact 2 of the 3 events i listed to start the thread were pro events). But being witness to the two biggest events in Diamondbacks HISTORY kind of trumps the "pro" thing IMHO....otherwise, it would be a couple different things...

[Vidav]

#1 2009 playoffs. Montana beating App State in the snow and cold.
#2 2009 playoffs. Montana coming from behind to beat SDSU.
#3 Every other Griz football game I have attended.

I don't really attend other sporting events. Also you bitches putting NASCAR in your lists should remember that really isn't a sport.

[93henfan]

I don't really attend other sporting events. Also you bitches putting NASCAR in your lists should remember that really isn't a sport.

Calling Fedex now...

[Vidav]

I don't really attend other sporting events. Also you bitches putting NASCAR in your lists should remember that really isn't a sport.

Calling Fedex now...

[bison07]

2011 NC Game NDSu VS SHSU
2007 NDSU VS Minnesota
2010 FCS Qtr Final NDSU VS Montana St

Never really had a good time at Pro events as I dont really feel the same when they take the field

07, I normally don't either (despite the fact 2 of the 3 events i listed to start the thread were pro events). But being witness to the two biggest events in Diamondbacks HISTORY kind of trumps the "pro" thing IMHO....otherwise, it would be a couple different things...

Ive had some good fun at the pro games dont get me wrong, but as a fan I support my College and I could easily add 20 more to this list but the 3 I posted were just flat out kick ass.

Frisco and the whole atmosphere was just awesome, Beating Minnesota in the Metrodome and me being in the MN Donor Section on the 50 yd line 7 rows u from Timmy Brew and Co was well GREAT, and the Montana St fans taking the beatdown with absolute class and celebrating with us afterwards without ANY scuffle was awesome and alsmost is number 2 but MN is just a little sweeter

[tampajag]

2. 1995 Football - Florida St. at Virginia. Warrick Dunn is stopped at the 1-inch line on the final play as UVA handed FSU their first ACC loss ever.
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Game upset me very much.

Sidebar: I grew up with Warrick Dunn. Baton Rouge in the house

[AshevilleApp]

1. Super Bowl XXVI with my dad
2. Stanley Cup Finals, Pittsburgh with Lemieux vs Minnesota North Stars
3. Duke & Michigan Final 4 Championship Game

Tough to top this.