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Post by hifigator on Jul 30, 2009 14:05:25 GMT -5
Obviously, we will all think most fondly of Championships and will be the most upset with losses along the way to what could have been championships. But those aren't necessarily the types of moments I am asking about.
What were the most emotional highs and lows of your personal experiences? Obviously the magnitude of the game will affect how emotional the feelings, but in my opinion, the strongest instants came in games where the outcome could go either way at the very end. For this reason, neither of our basketball titles nor any of our 3 football titles make my short list. Not that they weren't awesome in their own right, but all of the title games were essentially over by the end.
I'm pretty sure I know one instant that will get mentioned a few times here. But what are some of your highs and some of your lows?
Two of my high points would be Mike Miller hitting a shot falling down in the lane against Butler in the second round of March Madness in 2000. We were down by 1 with under 5 seconds left and snatched victory from defeat. We then advanced to the title game, where we lost to Michigan St.
The other high was a touchdown from Danny Wuerrfel to Chris Doering against Kentucky. We were about to lose to lowly Kentucky but on 4th down with under a minute, we hooked up on a 25 yard touchdown pass.
What are your best/worst moments?
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Post by CAHoya07 on Jul 30, 2009 14:14:22 GMT -5
Most favorite: The moment I read the post in which hifigator announced he would never post on HoyaTalk again.
Least "favorit": The moment I read hifigator's first post on HoyaTalk.
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Post by JohnJacquesLayup on Jul 30, 2009 14:35:00 GMT -5
Best: A) Iverson dunking on the entire UMASS team early in the East Regional final game in the '96 tourney. B) Wilber Marshall's (Redskins) interception return for TD in the '91 super bowl year, which included an ankle-breaking fake lateral.
Worst: Jeffrey Maier.
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Post by hifigator on Jul 30, 2009 14:49:17 GMT -5
Most favorite: The moment I read the post in which hifigator announced he would never post on HoyaTalk again. Least "favorit": The moment I read hifigator's first post on HoyaTalk. Boy that didn't take long. I thought about saving you all the effort by posting that same thing almost verbatim. Kidding aside, this could be a very interesting thread. We've had a lot of fun with it over on our boards and I've enjoyed reading similar topics on numerous other boards.
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Post by PhillyHoya on Jul 30, 2009 14:49:23 GMT -5
Most favorite: The moment I read the post in which hifigator announced he would never post on HoyaTalk again. Least "favorit": The moment I read hifigator's first post on HoyaTalk. BOOM. ROASTED. But to play along... 2007 NFC Championship: Least favorite: Tynes missing two late FG's in regulation. Favorite: Corey Webster's interception leading to Tynes making the FG. Least favorite: The McNamara Game Favorite: beating G-Mac and Cuse on (my) Senior Day in '06 so that I could finally graduate with us having beaten Cuse.
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Post by swhoya on Jul 30, 2009 15:02:08 GMT -5
Least: Anytime Braswell had the ball with under 10 on the clock, game tied.
Favorite: It's a toss up. Either Burton's layup (the best basketball experience I had at Gtown) or rushing the court after beating Duke (being there for the re-birth).
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Post by hifigator on Jul 30, 2009 15:07:11 GMT -5
sw, I wondered how long it would be before someone mentioned being there for the upset of Duke. I remember that vividly, even to the point of which stool at the bar that I was sitting on. That left the Gators as the lone remaining undefeated team ... which lasted all of about 5 hours ...
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Post by HeartAttackHoya on Jul 30, 2009 15:18:58 GMT -5
Least: Buffalo Bills historical comeback against my beloved Oilers
Most: in recent memory @ least, Roy Hibbert's dunk to win the Notre Dame game. Might not have been a big game but definetely got out a couple years of frustration rushing the court.
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Post by hifigator on Jul 30, 2009 15:30:03 GMT -5
Here were the two bad moments that stick out in my mind:
1. 93 FSU game. With about 3 minutes to go, we had cut the lead to 5 or 6 points. On first and second downs, we had batted down Charlie Ward passes, setting up a 3rd and 10. To this day, that was the loudest single instant at the Swamp that I ever remember. 3rd and 10, and the crowd is really into it. You can't hear yourself think. Everyone can feel it. But then in an instant, we had lost the game. Trying to blitz Ward, we were caught in man-to-man and Warrick Dunn ran a wheel route. I forget which linebacker was "covering" him, but it was no contest. Ward hit him in stride, and Warrick Dunn took it the distance, clinching the victory for the bad guys.
2. Baseball Regional against Miami ... in 2002 or so I think. I spent literally the entire weekend at work or at the Mac. Friday night I went straight from work to the 6:30 game. Then after working until 3pm on Saturday, I went straight to the 4pm game against Miami, which we lost. Then we eliminated someone (Stetson maybe?) in the elimination game in the loser's bracket, setting up Sunday's games against Miami, where we needed to beat them twice to advance. In the first game, we were the home team and the game went back and forth. I think it was tied going to the ninth, but we won it with a walk off. There was a 45 minute break between games, allowing us to go cool off at the Porpoise. Then it was back for the regional's final game. This time Miami was the home team, and once again the game went back and forth. Finally, we head to the bottom of the ninth with a 2 run lead. Eventually, Miami had trimmed the lead to 1 and had runners on first and second with 2 outs. Jim Burt was at the plate with two strikes on him. You couldn't have more of an emotional set up here. Then Burt lines a shot into the left-center gap. With 2 outs, the runners were off on contact and both runners come all the way around and score. We went from advancing to the super regionals to having our season end on one pitch. We left Jimmy Ramshaw on the mound and he was running totally on fumes, but we didn't have any other real options. It was just an emotional roller coaster that I have never encountered before or since. For a couple of weeks, everytime I would wake up, the first thing I would think of was that our season was over and WHY couldn't we just get one more out?
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Post by theexorcist on Jul 30, 2009 15:34:09 GMT -5
We do these once a year. My answers don't change.
Best: Walking around DC after beating Duke, yelling, in a hoarse voice "We won!". Really anything that afternoon and night.
Worst: A tie - Four (I think) years ago, when Georgetown collapsed against Syracuse after being up at the half in the BET semis. I was planning to go up to the Garden. A friend walked back with me over the Key Bridge, which probably kept me from jumping in.
Other one - III's first season, I went to the UConn quarterfinal game. Georgetown was so close. At the end, I walked around the Garden concourse for most of the first half of the Syracuse-Rutgers game.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 30, 2009 15:40:09 GMT -5
The worst moment in the history of sports was when Terry Porter threw his flag to ruin the 2003 Fiesta Bowl. That is followed very closely by the 8th inning of the 2003 NLCS. I was at both of these games and they forever changed the way I look at sports.
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Post by whatmaroon on Jul 30, 2009 15:50:08 GMT -5
Best (non-GU): Home Run Throwback. Another crushing playoff loss averted in pretty much the best way possible. I thought for sure it was getting overturned, but Wycheck's toss to Dyson was absolutely, positively a lateral. Best (GU): Duke. The day hope came back to life.
Worst (non-GU): Three worthy candidates. 1. Dave Smith blows a 3-0 9th inning lead in Game 6 of the 1986 NLCS between the assistant principal announcing the score at the end of the schoolday and getting picked up. 2. Blowing a 35-3 lead, and losing in overtime after an INT created by a receiver getting murdered before the ball got there. 3. Al Del Greco missing 3 FGs, one returned for a score, and the best team in the NFL losing to the only team that could have beaten them. Worst (GU): Freshman year, January 25, 1997. US Airways Arena. Pitt 89 - Georgetown 71. The day hope died.
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Post by hifigator on Jul 30, 2009 16:08:02 GMT -5
These are some good answers and I'm enjoying reading them. But I'm still curious wham MOMENT ... what INSTANT really sticks out in your minds. There are "big games" for sure. Like I said before, winning them feels great and losing them sucks. And the bigger the game, the more intense the emotion. But I guess what I'm asking about are those particular moments that went both ways -- the times you snatched victory from defeat or the times it went the other direction.
Any ideas?
Incidentally, 9797, that flag was necessary.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Jul 30, 2009 17:09:41 GMT -5
The recent Georgetown moment that actually sticks with me most is the shot bey Jeff against ND in the BE tourney. Maybe Brandon falling on the ball versus Duke.
When I was in school, Iverson had a put back dunk over someone from UConn that was ridiculous. Just amazing.
I'm a huge Olympics fan, and from the last Olympics, the close IM Relay race was pretty freaking amazing.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 30, 2009 17:10:11 GMT -5
No, it wasn't. It was complete BS and maybe the worst call ever.
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Post by PhillyHoya on Jul 30, 2009 17:20:20 GMT -5
How could I almost forget (the mention of the Bills reminded me). Scott. Norwood.
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Post by whatmaroon on Jul 30, 2009 17:36:09 GMT -5
I dunno, there's something to be said about losses where your team has the lead, then goes behind, and they're trying to come back but the deficit is expanding instead of getting smaller and you as a fan get that sinking feeling that your team simply isn't that good. True reversal of fortune moments, like Miller's buzzer-beater or Burton's against Arkansas just aren't that common.
And, yes, that was pass interference. I just wish he'd thrown his flag immediately instead of taking a second to make sure he was absolutely confident in the call. Watch his hand the next time you see a replay-it goes to the flag in the pocket as soon as the play happens.
And the Cubs really could have taken care of business in Game 6 (or Game 5 or Game 7). Odd how in 2003 the losing manager in each LCS really cost his team by mismanaging his pitchers, but only one of them got fired for it.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 30, 2009 17:57:13 GMT -5
I don't know how you could have seen where his hand was during the play since he was about 30 yards away. The guy who was standing 3 feet away didn't make any move for his flag. Odd
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Post by Boz on Jul 30, 2009 18:06:12 GMT -5
Can pictures of Erin Andrews count as a favorite moment in "sports"?
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Post by hoyarooter on Jul 30, 2009 18:31:15 GMT -5
Best, off the top of my head (and these are single moments, not particular games:
1. Magic's junior junior sky hook to sink the Celtics.
2. Big Shot Rob's dagger at the end of game 5 against the Kings.
3 (tie). Charles Smith's length of the court drive to beat Syracuse, and Tyus Edney's length of the court drive to beat Missouri.
Worst: OJ's run against UCLA; Worthy throwing the ball to Gerald Henderson in Game 2, 1984 championship series; Sam Jefferson's stupid foul.
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