Change history. You decide

[Gurleyman]

In a bubble, the answer is 1990. That was as much heartbreak as I’ve ever had over sports because that team was so special. However, I have long contended that the 1999 title was the greatest sporting event ever because it had absolutely everything to make it memorable for a fan of a team:

1) Winning a title after much suffering
2) Beating a team you hated for revenge
3) Winning as a huge underdog when nobody gave you a shot
4) The outcome wasn’t decided until the horn
5) The game was considered a classic

1 and 2 would have been a lot different had that 1990 game not happened. Try and come up with another sporting event like 77-74: Red Sox/Yanks in 2004 (for Boston) and Miracle on Ice weren’t championships.

I might go Maryland in 2002 so that Caron got a Final Four with that second half. I don’t know if the butterfly effect would carry over into the 2004 title all that much. Or maybe the South Carolina women's title game, so we would be a combined 18-0 in national championships instead of 17-1. Ridiculous stat either way.

 

[GemParty]

Great selection of games to highlight!

Will need to book some studio time to Podcast!

 

[Mr. French]

I’m Yanks/Pats but I’m also old enough to have put in my time watching some truly awful teams in the 80’s and early 90’s.

Any combination of any of those teams is despicable. There’s no acceptable combination.

 

[The Yakk]

yeah when we all know Big Papi used steroids but it was ignored by the media

LOL called it!

I bet you're certain Jeter was clean, too. Man, that could have been beautiful.

Oh well, maybe in another universe where Derek's/Peyton's HGH doctor is not as scrupulous about their privacy.

 

[temery]

yeah when we all know Big Papi used steroids but it was ignored by the media

It's pretty safe to say most pro players have used PEDs.

 

[uconngb]

Me too. Not odd when you were born and raised in Connecticut. Plus the Patriots became a team much later than the Giants. There are still elderly football fans in the Boston area who root for the Giants.

I was born and raised in CT. It was pretty basic. You were either a NY fan or a Boston fan. None of this crossover BS.

 

[HooperScooper]

I was born and raised in CT. It was pretty basic. You were either a NY fan or a Boston fan. None of this crossover BS.

One of my friends grew up in Bristol and is a Yankees, Giants, Celtics and Bruins fan. I think there are a lot of crossover fans.

 

[AllHusky]

No original thoughts here, the Fiesta Bowl gets my vote

 

[87Xfer]

Patriots win 2011 SB and finish the season unbeaten

This or the helmet catch would be my pro sports choices. Unless I could undo Senna at Imola in 1994, then that above all else.

 

[87Xfer]

I was born and raised in CT. It was pretty basic. You were either a NY fan or a Boston fan. None of this crossover BS.

Nope. I somehow grew up a Patriots and Mets fan

 

[HCCForever]

'People forget the score was tied. Had Buckner made the out it would have gone to the 11th.

And it was the sixth game anyway. The Sox could have won game seven and Buckner’s error would be afterthought.

I wouldn’t change the history of 86. This loss to the Mets never bothered me as much as losing to Dent or Boone. 2004 was special in the win over Yankees and then St Louis who they lost to in 67.

 

[August_West]

If I could go back in time I’d outlaw podcasting.

 

[temery]

End Jack Tatum's career before he ends Darryl Stingley's.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Too many to pick, but since I am on this board: If we had won the Fiesta Bowl.....

Or the blatant robberies known as the Immaculate Deception or the * uck Rule Game

 

[CONN78SEJ]

I was born and raised in CT. It was pretty basic. You were either a NY fan or a Boston fan. None of this crossover BS.

The Giants have roots in Fairfield CT too. I met Frank Gifford and Rosey Grier as a 7 year old in 1962 at Fairfield University. Others in my family met many of the Giants team, because my mom’s side of the family owned Rawley’s Drive In on the Post Rd, which was 5 minutes away from the practice fields, and that’s where many of the Giants went to eat. My brother worked there as a teenager taking orders. Lol

 

[ctbbfn]

UConn replacing all the bad football coach hires post Edsall with good ones

 

[CONN78SEJ]

UConn replacing all the bad football coach hires post Edsall with good ones

Easier to just replace Hathaway, and things fall into place.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Too many to pick, but since I am on this board: If we had won the Fiesta Bowl.....

Or the blatant robberies known as the Immaculate Deception or the * uck Rule Game

What D backs were allowed to do then is almost criminal .
I just watched a video of the most feared guys in football when they hit you their intent wasn’t to stop the play but to take you out of the game ..

 

[Kitaman]

Kinda depressing reading this thread as a Husky fan. So many painful memories, I was trying to forget.

 

[HooperScooper]

Kinda depressing reading this thread as a Husky fan. So many painful memories, I was trying to forget.

Every sports fan has them. Fortunately as a UConn men’s basketball fan we’ve had a lot more very highs than lows. The ups and downs ultimately make sports something we want to follow.