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Great Stanford comebacks - Spiny_Norman - 06-02-2015

After the women's golf finals, the Stanford AD published an article that highlighted great comebacks in Stanford athletics history

http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=210118187

What do you think they missed?  I would add:
1990 Big Game
2014 baseball regional win over Indiana with Tommy Edman's 2 run walk-off homer

For those who are less familiar with the Paul Carey HR, it is the stuff of legend.  Stanford was behind 5-2 in the bottom of the 10th in an elimination game.  On the mound for LSU was Ben McDonald, the #1 pick in the MLB draft.  And then this happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F50r4pYDiQo

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - BostonCard - 06-02-2015

Robinson hitting a game-winning three as time expires to keep the streak alive against Arizona.


http://youtu.be/nmlTWtxyAhQ

Also, Tavita Pritchard hitting Mark Bradford for the go ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter of the Greates Upset Ever.

BC


Re: Great Stanford comebacks - Nan3cy - 06-02-2015

We had friends over to have dinner and watch that Bluebonnet Bowl game. We nearly stopped watching at the half -- thank goodness we decided to be gluttons for punishment...  ;)

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - winflop - 06-02-2015

Best comeback ever:  walking down frat row at Berkeley after winning the 2000 Big Game...some drunken frat boy yells out "Stanford Sucks!" and a fan in front of me yells back, "Dude you were in middle school the last time Cal won Big Game!"  Even his frat brothers were rolling after that one


THAT'S WHAT I CALL A COMEBACK!

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - Papa John - 06-02-2015

October 6, 2007: Greatest. Upset. Ever


Folks might not recall that Stanford was down to the #1 (coaches poll) team at the Coliseum, 23-14, until Derek Belch nailed a 26-yard field goal with 5:43 left in the fourth quarter. Wopamo Osaisai intercepted a John David Booty pass with under 3 minutes left and the rest, as they say, is history.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mFtGaV_w48

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - BostonCard - 06-02-2015

Great mind think alike.

BC

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - Ronnietrader - 06-02-2015

Winning in South Bend in 1990 which gave birth to the legend of Touchdown Tommy should be included.

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - winflop - 06-02-2015

But in all seriousness, there's a reason it's called the GREATEST.UPSET.EVER

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - BostonCard - 06-02-2015

(06-02-2015, 08:05 PM)winflop link Wrote:But in all seriousness, there's a reason it's called the GREATEST.UPSET.EVER

Yes, I think because it was such a massive upset, it gets lost that it was also a pretty amazing comeback.

BC

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - PalmTree - 06-02-2015

I can't argue with any of the above. Some of these brought back some great memories.

For the Carey's slam against LSU, I was stuck in the office late with the game on the radio.  I didn't know one of our student workers, an undergrad, was also there in his cubicle listening to the game until Carey's shot at which point we both started primal-screaming and bunny-hopping down the hallway like baby goats on a sugar high.

Kind of the same for the MBB win over Rhode Island - my usual MBB-watching crew was out of town so I watched alone at home.  As soon as the game was over, my phone rang - I picked up the phone and just yelled, loud and long - best part was, I was getting the exact same reaction on the other end of the line.  I am almost certain my upstairs neighbors, both Duke grads about to watch their game against Kentucky, had to have hated that - I did not hear a peep from them for months afterward  :-)

Otherwise, I would have to add the list, #9 WVBs comeback win to upset #1 Washington (22-0 to that point) in Burnham in our last championship season, 2004-05.  We dropped the first 2 sets 28-30, 11-30 then came back to win the next two 30-27, 34-32...talk about scrappy.  In the fifth set, we were down 14-11 and came back to win 20-18 after a service ace by Jen Hucke.  That 5th set alone had 23 tied scores and one lead change...double scrappy! Ogannah Nnamani ka-boomed the Husky Women for 37 kills that night too... epically great stuff!




Re: Great Stanford comebacks - winflop - 06-02-2015

Later in life I ended up playing softball with LSU's third baseman from that 1987 game.  We had VERY different memories of Carey's grand slam :)

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - PrinceLightfoot - 06-03-2015

For those wanting to relive the final moments of 1990 Big Game

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

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - BobK - 06-03-2015

That WVB game was a great comeback.  Crazy that night.  Then on to the NCAA Championship win.





Re: Great Stanford comebacks - French Rage - 06-03-2015

Among all the love for the comeback win @USC in 2007, let's not forget the win @USC in 2011 was also a comeback after the pick 6.

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - Ronnietrader - 06-03-2015

Stanford - Duke in Oakland in December 2000.  Scoring on every possession in the last 6+ minutes to come all the way back with Condi and Tiger in the house.

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - fullmetal - 06-03-2015

(06-03-2015, 09:22 AM)French Rage link Wrote:Among all the love for the comeback win @U$€ in 2007, let's not forget the win @U$€ in 2011 was also a comeback after the pick 6.

Triple OT.  Classic.

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - terry - 06-03-2015

That triple OT game against U'S'C in 2011 was amazing. Maybe the most exciting game I ever attended in person. Game Day, 94,000 people, Andrew Luck, noise (it was so loud!), changes in momentum, twists and turns, unbearable suspense. What I will always remember was how the intensity was so thick in the air. What a game.

Screw the comebacks - Mick - 06-03-2015

Stanford 55, USC 21.
Gearhart, 178 yards and 3 TDs on 29 carries; 469 total yards to 334 for Tjans, 4 $C turnovers, Sherman 43 yard pick six, Fleener TD, Luck TD, Marecic TD, Gaffaney TD, Barkley career low pass rating of 14.4, Bo McNally INT, Masifilo INT, Powers 2 sacks, Masifilo sack,  90,071 whimpering fans, one silent band and one not-remotely-silent band and one sweet, sweet post-game question by $C's coach...

Re: Great Stanford comebacks - CrazedZooChimp - 06-03-2015

(06-02-2015, 10:11 PM)PalmTree link Wrote:Otherwise, I would have to add the list, #9 WVBs comeback win to upset #1 Washington (22-0 to that point) in Burnham in our last championship season, 2004-05.  We dropped the first 2 sets 28-30, 11-30 then came back to win the next two 30-27, 34-32...talk about scrappy.  In the fifth set, we were down 14-11 and came back to win 20-18 after a service ace by Jen Hucke.  That 5th set alone had 23 tied scores and one lead change...double scrappy! Ogannah Nnamani ka-boomed the Husky Women for 37 kills that night too... epically great stuff!


That was probably the best comeback (and win) I saw live while I was a student, it was awesome.  And you could tell after they won that match they weren't going to lose one the rest of the season.

Re: Screw the comebacks - winflop - 06-03-2015

(06-03-2015, 04:08 PM)Mick link Wrote:Stanford 55, U$€ 21.
Gearhart, 178 yards and 3 TDs on 29 carries; 469 total yards to 334 for Tjans, 4 $C turnovers, Sherman 43 yard pick six, Fleener TD, Luck TD, Marecic TD, Gaffaney TD, Barkley career low pass rating of 14.4, Bo McNally INT, Masifilo INT, Powers 2 sacks, Masifilo sack,  90,071 whimpering fans, one silent band and one not-remotely-silent band and one sweet, sweet post-game question by $C's coach...


Mick all you had to say was "What's Your Deal" and everyone would have known what you were saying