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I was at a wedding during the Pitt game in 2006, so the 2007 USF game gets my vote. Before the final play, during a timeout, the place was dead quiet -- just a ton of nervous energy but no noise at all. As the team broke from the sideline Edsall suddenly turned and did a full sprint towards the student section waving his arms up in the air. The whole place suddenly went crazy, Grothe got stuffed on a naked boot, and we had our first storming of the field.

Second for me was the 2003 RU game. When Keron Henry came down with the ball and broke free to the end zone, running right toward me, it was the first time that it got so loud you couldn't hear anything.
 
All the memories from the very first game, interrupting my anniversary vacation to get to the game against Duke, the Pitt OT game, Michigan in our house, but most of all after every touchdown I used to lift my daughter up who was dressed up as a cheerleader facing the crowd behind us and she held up #1 with each hand, sadly she's ten now and I think last year was it for that little tradition!

Edit: guess she had #2's up in that picture!:)
 

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The USF game for sure. Wasn't it pouring rain that game?

And there was a Matt Nuzie end-game chip shot fail that lost a game. Still never saw a kick bend like that before.
 
  1. 2007 USF - rushing the field at the end (me included)
  2. 2006 Pitt OT game
  3. 2004 Pitt, best-tailgate-ever
  4. 2008 Cincy
  5. 2003 Indiana
  6. 2008 UVA first half
  7. 2010 WVU win
 
Is this the thread that represents the tiny plant from WALL-E?

Is it full speed toward home or do we climb back into our floating recliners?
 
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My Top Five Moments at The Rent:
  1. 2007 USF (the end of game field rush was insane, and I'll never forget the look the security and ushers had at the end when people started jumping the wall down onto the field.)
  2. 2010 Cincy (I'll never forget at the end of that game with the crowd all chanting "B-C-S" walking out of the stadium.)
  3. 2013 Michigan (it was our version of Mystery Alaska- sub the Wolverines for the NY Rangers, or at least that's what it felt like)
  4. 2014 Stony Brook (I was so pumped for the start to last season, and the beginning of the Diaco era)
  5. 2006 Pitt (...me and my Dad's first game together at The Rent)
 
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Which year had the game where UCONN went for it on 4th Down inside its own 4o against Pitt? I became an honorary UCONN Fan watching The Panturds go down that night. I hope to get a chance to visit your stadium as part of a game between our schools. I'll bring The Yuengling and kielbasi.
 
I have been to every home game except 1 in think. Teggart in the snow 2009. Unreal to stay till the end. Tailgating in the snow was just great.

 
2007 vs #11 USF - late goal line stand to seal the win, rushing the field. My friend picked up tickets in the family section, had to sneak brews in the entire night.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
12/5/15: UConn wins inaugural AAC championship game 12/6/15: UConn invited to Big Ten conference
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Holy crap if they announced an invite during a game, it'd be pandemonium.
 
Wanted to add another one to this: Every game during my 4 years in Storrs me and my group of friends that went into the games would always get a chili cheese dog basket as soon as we walked through the doors. We also did this at every Gampel game (never went to XL). Why? Not really sure. Drunkenness, stupidity, youth, maybe all the above. But tomorrow is the first time I won't see a home game at the Rent in 4 years, but I'll be sitting on my couch eating a fat chili cheese dog ready to cheer the Huskies on to victory
 
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My favorite Rent moment was the 2010 Pitt game. Jonathan Baldwin just made a spectacular catch in the back of the end zone. I remember looking around the pack stadium and thinking "this is the quietest I've ever heard 40000 people". Then the kick off to Nick Williams who returned it for a touchdown. I'll never forget seeing the entire stadium bounce up and down like an ocean of people to Sandstorm. That moment I knew, this is UConn Country.
 
What year did Greg Robinson stay home on the bootleg? Was it against Pitt?
 
DoctorWho85 said:
My favorite Rent moment was the 2010 Pitt game. Jonathan Baldwin just made a spectacular catch in the back of the end zone. I remember looking around the pack stadium and thinking "this is the quietest I've ever heard 40000 people". Then the kick off to Nick Williams who returned it for a touchdown. I'll never forget seeing the entire stadium bounce up and down like an ocean of people to Sandstorm. That moment I knew, this is UConn Country.
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I remember after Baldwin's catch I turned to pepband99 and said "we could really use a Nick Williams runback right now."
 
Excalibur said:
I remember after Baldwin's catch I turned to pepband99 and said "we could really use a Nick Williams runback right now."
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100% true. I also remember a towel or something falling off of someone during the runback, and mistaking it for a flag. Ugh - talk about being robbed of joy...
 
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Non game action: Watching my daughter in the UMBC color guard dipping the flag during Battle Hymn of the Republic in pre-game. She was front and center her senior year.

Game action: No doubt the USF blizzard game and Teggart field goal. (Ah, the good old days...)
 
DoctorWho85 said:
My favorite Rent moment was the 2010 Pitt game. Jonathan Baldwin just made a spectacular catch in the back of the end zone. I remember looking around the pack stadium and thinking "this is the quietest I've ever heard 40000 people". Then the kick off to Nick Williams who returned it for a touchdown. I'll never forget seeing the entire stadium bounce up and down like an ocean of people to Sandstorm. That moment I knew, this is UConn Country.
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Pitt and WVU 2010. Led to 2011 Fiesta Bowl. Happy to say that I was at all three games with my wife (and daughter- bowl game only).

Other favorites - Baylor game (with Tyler beating RG III) and Virginia game where Donald Brown ran wild.
 
FDNY99 said:
Hands down for me and my wife...watching the win against Pitt in OT when DJ scored into the scoreboard end zone ...right into our laps!!!
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I was in the opposite end zone. We debated whether to go to the other side in OT, maybe a good thing we didn't since we could have missed DJ's td.
 
rich1122 said:
Unreal to stay till the end.
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Say no more! :)

I echo all of these great memories but my personal favorite comes from a game most have forgotten. Temple at UConn in 2004. We won 45-31 as DanO and Brockington went wild. What made it special? It was our 3 year old grandson Jack's first game. I was so excited to introduce our first grandchild to all the pageantry of UConn college football, and hoped like heck he would enjoy it.
It was a cold late October day and I didn't know how young Jack was going to react. You can just imagine how I felt when my wife warned me on the way down from Boston that I needed to be prepared for the possibility that if Jack had a meltdown we may have to----leave early!! Of course I agreed.
I had told Jack during the ride that we were playing the Temple Owls. He loved the band, the colors, watching Jonathan the Husky, and all the normally forbidden goodies he got to eat! It was awesome. But I got concerned when he took a nap during the third quarter wrapped an a blanket in my wife's lap as she gave me that look of "maybe we should leave". Then, my dreams were realized. Not only didn't he "melt down" when he woke up, he got into the game in a big way. This little guy turned around to the fans behind us, stood on his seat and shouted, "WHACK THOSE OW--ELS"!! And he cheered till the final gun. On the way home he asked, in an excited three year old voice, "can we do this again?" That moment was pretty darn close to heaven for me. I hope all of you get to experience something like that.
 
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