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Re: The heights of Stanford joy - JohnR34231 - 01-24-2017

The 1971 football dismantling of U$C in LaLa land was pretty fun, too. I had missed the 1970 victory courtesy of Uncle Sam.

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - AthleticsDynasty - 01-24-2017

Nothing will top 2009 USC for me

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - Bruce Wang - 01-24-2017

All worthy nominations, I am going to try to pick one height.  Something that hits all the notes: upset, thrilling finish, and a high stakes/important game.  The one that fulfills all three criteria best that comes to mind immediately is the 2012 game against Oregon.  I was even more excited than these people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIpbRy2aAC8

Would love to see if I overlooked any other worthy games based on the aforementioned rubric.  Would love to relive some memories.



Re: The heights of Stanford joy - Phogge - 01-24-2017

1980 Norman. Torrential rain. Shooting field level, thank god for super wide lens shade. Steve Lemon penalty prevented a shutout in all probability. Could have been 50-0 if Wiggen kept throwing. Stunned Sooner fans. Nelson didn't play, Dot and VDub the backs.

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - cctop - 01-24-2017

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Todd Lichti and the men's basketball victory over #1 Arizona in 1988.

Maybe it just made an impression on me because I was an undergrad.

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - Hurlburt88 - 01-24-2017

CCTOP,

I was not there in person but listened on the radio.  My emotions at the end were about as high as ND in 1990.  Good reminder of a great game!

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - teejers1 - 01-24-2017

ccTop is correct about that Arizona game at Stanford.  I was there.  Incredible atmosphere and fun win.

P.S.  Was that the game that Lichti ended with a reverse dunk exclamation point (or was that another game)?  Man, those were some fun years at Maples . . .

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - TooMuchTV - 01-24-2017

(01-23-2017, 10:52 PM)TheFarm07 link Wrote:Though the buzzer beater by Robinson to beat Arizona in the '03-04 season rightly has gotten a lot of headlines during that year, I remembered an equally dramatic win at Washington State that year as well.

It was my freshman year and we were watching the game in our dorm lounge and I remember we all went crazy in the last 45 seconds as we clawed back, but then Chris Hernandez threw the ball away and then WSU went up by 5 with 22ish seconds left. But Grunfeld got fouled on a successful 3-point shot, then WSU turned the ball over when they couldn't inbound the ball within 5 seconds and then a desperation 3 by Lottich won us the game.

Lottich's shot to win was amazing, but there was another game that season, in Eugene, where Chris Hernandez scored 22 second half points after the team only scored 24 in the first half. They were down by 19 in the second half, but came back to win it 83-80.


Re: The heights of Stanford joy - fullmetal - 01-24-2017

Spring of 2006, Stanford men's rowing: The Cardinal first varsity boat defeats Washington's first varsity boat for the first time ever.

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - Embo - 01-24-2017

Interestingly, I had been thinking for months about starting a thread about the best games in the new Stanford Stadium.  In just 11 seasons, we've had the pleasure of storming the field multiple times.  So if you were to ask me which was the greatest, I would have to say .....

2013 Football vs. Oregon.

Think about this.  The game had been circled on the calendar for a year.  ESPN selected this for a Thursday night special due to the national implications.  And there was certainly no disappointment on ESPN's part when the game arrived - Oregon was ranked #3, Stanford #5.  There was no other competition on any channel.  And the people paying attention weren't just in Tallahasse, Tuscaloosa, Columbus,Clemson, or Norman - it was the whole friggin' country.

Here's a quick anecdote.  We frequently stay in Mendocino for weekends.  The neighbors to the cottage we rent are a couple who are full time residents.  He's a fisherman, she's a nurses aide.  They have no connection to either Oregon, Stanford, or the Bay Area.  But they got tickets for this game a long time in advance - because they knew it would be a big deal and wanted to witness it.

I was euphoric after the game.  My daughter texted me, "On the field?"  and I replied, "Not yet!"  I was in the photo where Shayne Skov was being interviewed postgame.  The nation was in awe of how Stanford dismantled Oregon both on offense and defense.  Every time it was replayed on ESPN or the PAC-12 network, I'd watch it in its entirety - and just exalt over Reese Davis's final call:  "And for one night - at this bastion of academia - college football rules!"

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - Hulk01 - 01-24-2017

I've an unusual choice here--my second one.

My Number One is Plunkett et al. dethroning what some called the best college football team ever, the
70 Buckeyes: Jack Tatum and Jim Stillwagon on defense, Rex Kern and John Brockington on the offense--four famous players at that time.  Wnen Plunk hit my fellow Oregonian Bob Moore on the deep ball late, I nearly shattered our windows with my shrieking.

I wouldn't describe my reaction to Oregon 2013 as "joyous," but the game might have been the most deeply satisfying.  For three quarters, we dominated--holding  the vaunted Duck offense scoreless.  My pretty well-known dislike of the Ducks certainly helps explain this nominee.

The Iowa Rose Bowl and Virginia Tech Orange Bowl probably top my "deeply satisfying" list.  Stanford dominated, particularly on offense, in brobdingnagian games. 

And one more add: 1971 USC.  Ralston sent John Winesberry out in the USC I and ran Student Body Right and Left at those guys all night--and dominated.  It was more than a nice win; it was an inspired mind f--k.

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - BostonCard - 01-24-2017

I'll add another one.  Ukropina's kick to beat Notre Dame at home in 2015.  I was sitting behind the end zone with some family friends who were casual fans (at halftime they had a segment in support of special needs children so our friends, who have a child in the program got to walk on field and welcome the team back after halftime, an experience which was wonderful for them).  The game was obviously close, and when Notre Dame scored with 30 seconds left to take the lead, I for some reason was not especially concerned.  Neither, apparently, was Ukropina, who calmly drained the 46 yard field goal with time expiring for the win.  And there was much rejoicing.

BC

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - ColoradoTree - 01-24-2017

(01-23-2017, 03:19 PM)French Rage link Wrote:If it's allowed, I'd like to count the streak to end the 2012 season altogether, Hogan coming in against CU, the tough win at home against OSU to keep it alive, the upset of UO to take the lead in the division, and the back-to-back defeats of UCLA to get into and then win the CCG.  It seemed like a ridiculous idea at the start of the CU game, but after it was more and more possible.

I'll allow it.  I was at that CU game, assumed we'd win easily, and was getting frustrated at Nunes's inability to get the offense moving against a pretty lackluster defense.  And then Kevin Hogan came in and I thought, "hey, maybe we have something here."  Did we ever. 

The 2016 Rose Bowl is a special one, though all the personal delight I was experiencing was tempered a bit because I was in the stands next to my wife (an Iowa grad).  For one, I love my wife and it felt weird to exult while she was becoming more and more miserable.  More than that, though, as the game went on, I was told in no uncertain terms that the greater the beatdown, the larger and more expensive the jewelry I would need to buy to make up for it. 

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - CompSci87 - 01-24-2017

(01-24-2017, 04:13 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:I'll add another one.  Ukropina's kick to beat Votre Dame at home in 2015.  I was sitting behind the end zone with some family friends who were casual fans (at halftime they had a segment in support of special needs children so our friends, who have a child in the program got to walk on field and welcome the team back after halftime, an experience which was wonderful for them).  The game was obviously close, and when Votre Dame scored with 30 seconds left to take the lead, I for some reason was not especially concerned.  Neither, apparently, was Ukropina, who calmly drained the 46 yard field goal with time expiring for the win.  And there was much rejoicing.

That one was so great. ND scored and I said "They left too much time on the clock!" After a couple plays my seat neighbor asked me how much farther we needed to get to be in Ukropina's range, and I replied "We're in his range now!" And then he went out and kicked it. Couldn't be better!

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - CowboyIndian - 01-24-2017

(01-24-2017, 05:53 PM)CompSci87 link Wrote:ND scored and I said "They left too much time on the clock!"

Ah, youth! That used to be the lamentation when WE scored late to take the lead.

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - martyup - 01-25-2017

This is a fun thread.  It should be pinned to the top so we can read it whenever we need a pick-me-up.

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Re: The heights of Stanford joy - BostonCard - 01-25-2017

(01-24-2017, 07:33 PM)CowboyIndian link Wrote:[quote author=CompSci87 link=topic=16489.msg187346#msg187346 date=1485305598]
ND scored and I said "They left too much time on the clock!"

Ah, youth! That used to be the lamentation when WE scored late to take the lead.
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Yup, I had the exact same thought!  Another sign of how far we've come.

BC

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - ducklord - 01-25-2017

1990 Big Game, but mostly because I was in the Band.

As the game wound down to its climax, the Band dutifully shifted to its post-Game spot behind the Cal end zone.  We cheered mightily for the touchdown that drove the score to 24-25... but we didn't set a foot on the field.

When the two-point conversion failed, we groaned mightily... but we didn't set a foot on the field, even as the entire Kal campus and football team prematurely stormed the field in celebration.

A Kal football player (to this day I wish I knew which one) wagged his finger in my face.  I didn't step on the field, but instead shouted, "there's 12 seconds left, asshole!"

The team recovered the onside kick... but the Band didn't set a foot on the field.

We got the lucky penalty... but the Band didn't set a foot on the field.

Only after the kick sailed through the uprights and the final gun sounded did we finally take the field in an orgy of rock exhilaration.  I believe there was nudity involved.

The LSJUMB, like all good Stanford students, learns from its mistakes.  Kal... not so much.



Re: The heights of Stanford joy - CornFed - 01-25-2017

Loved that, ducklord.  And welcome to the Board.  Have you been lurking a long time?  I'm surprised the discussion of the Band suspension didn't draw a comment from you earlier, but happy to hear from you now.

Re: The heights of Stanford joy - CTcard - 01-25-2017

(01-25-2017, 06:40 PM)ducklord link Wrote:1990 Big Game, but mostly because I was in the Band.

I'd agree with that choice, mostly because I was in the band in for The Play - and in 1990 in the stands as a grad student.

Storming the field, mixing with the cal students who had stormed the field a few moments earlier but now rather distraught, was about as good as it gets.

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And as we seem to have had some new members lately, I am reminded to ask what happened to the introductions thread that used to be pinned to the top?
I thought that helped a lot to foster a good sense of community here.