What is the best sporting event you have been to?

Postby **willeyeam** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:36 am

2007 International Bowl was lit.

Will post runner-ups after lunch.

Postby **Viva la Ben** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:41 am

I went to the inaugural ArenaBowl at the civic arena.

Postby **Silentom** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:41 am

Mud Dogs won the Bourbon Bowl 30-27.

Postby **blackjack68** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:48 am

2008 Pens/Rangers playoff game.

Pens went down 3-0 in the first period.

Pens won 5-4.

Got two hours sleep and drove back to Jersey.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:50 am

Either the 2010 Rose Bowl when tOSU beat Oregon, my cousin was the punter and we had the majority of my mom's side of the family out in Costa Mesa for a week.

Or Game 5 of the 08 Stanley Cup finals, triple OT and met Max Talbot before the game in the elevator and had a cool conversation with him.

Postby **dodint** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:51 am

Pirates game when SRod hit his comeback homer.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:52 am

2009 Stanley Cup Game 6

Postby **columbia** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:54 am

Gretzky (EDM) vs. Lemieux at The Arena.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:55 am

2013 Wild Card game buccos reds.

2016 Pitt Super Panthers vs. Clemson Tigers

Those back to back home runs.....man, that was awesome.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:55 am

2009 Stanley Cup Game 6

Tough to top that one. what a friggin game

Postby **Silentom** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:57 am

I've been to a pile of Pens games, but no exciting late round ones. Probably my favorite was early 2010's - Pens over Bolts 8-0. Stamkos fell down on a penalty shot.

Postby **Orlando Penguin** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:58 am

1. Game 7 of 2004 Stanley Cup Final -- Flames at Lightning
2. 2005 NCAA Championship game -- UNC vs. Illinois
3. Missouri at Kansas basketball 2012 (last game between the bitter rivals)
4. Michigan at Penn State 4 OT game 2013
5. Twins at Yankees in 2002 when Jason Giambi hit a game-winning grand slam in the rain in extra innings (and I'm a Twins fan)

Postby **Tomas** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:08 pm

Whatever that "one-legged Jagr beats New Jersey in OT elimination Stanley Cup playoff, and saves Penguins from moving to Kansas City" game was. Plus, I was working as a bankruptcy consultant for the Penguins, and they got us really good seats for free!

Postby **Troy Loney** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:08 pm

1994 AFC Championship game.

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:13 pm

Royal Rumble 2014. The moment when the Daniel Bryan movement could no longer be ignored by WWE brass as perranial baby face Rey Mysterio Jr. was booed heavily and Rumble winner Batista became "Boo"tista

Postby **Gaucho** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:24 pm

Kickers Sennestadt U13 tournament 1985.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:36 pm

2009 Stanley Cup Game 6
Tough to top that one. what a friggin game

In the company box to boot. Never had I been to a Pens game where it was loud the entire game.

Postby **Nuge** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:37 pm

http://old.post-gazette.com/penguins/20001231pens2.asp

This one probably tops my list. Second game of Lemieux's comeback.

Postby **shmenguin** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:39 pm

NCAAF: Miami vs UCLA in 1998

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:40 pm

Whatever that "one-legged Jagr beats New Jersey in OT elimination Stanley Cup playoff, and saves Penguins from moving to Kansas City" game was. Plus, I was working as a bankruptcy consultant for the Penguins, and they got us really good seats for free!

1991? I didn't think they were moving to KC back then.

Postby **tifosi77** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:42 pm

That Jagr game was more like '99 or '00.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:44 pm

I looked it up, it was 1999. For some reason, I don't remember that game.

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:44 pm

I couldn't say what the best game was, but the most memorable was Game 5 of Pens vs Caps in 1996.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/ ... 1d15ea2892

The only thing about this game that I remember other than the Pens winning was Jim Schoenfeld getting ejected and having to walk across the ice while getting booed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCuLZRGzQjg

Postby **tifosi77** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:53 pm

This isn't actually the most memorable sporting event I was at in the spirit of the question, but I'm going with this just the same.

Was at a Pens-Kings game in LA that the bad guys won in OT. The winner was scored by a guy whose name is phonetically identical to mine, and who wore the same sweater number as I was wearing in my beer league at the time. So hearing 17,000 hockey fans lose their minds when my name and number was announced was kinda fun, despite the situation.

Postby **tifosi77** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:56 pm

I couldn't say what the best game was, but the most memorable was Game 5 of Pens vs Caps in 1996.

I was at game 1 of that series, which was not nearly as enjoyable. That was the same series with the epic 4 OT game with the Nedved seeing-eye goal and sad_gonch.gif.