01-23-2017, 06:28 PM
1990 Big Game - Sure...That was good.
2012 Rose Bowl - For a while it didn't seem like a win would happen in my lifetime.
2011 Football vs USC. To end the game in an instant on an OT fumble recovery was great. I was in a very loyal USC section. The fumble happened in front of my section, so I remember screaming fumble and then screaming they got it, it's over! After other incidents in LA sporting venues I guess I should be thankful I survived because people around me looked rather angry at my joyful real time commentary. ;D
1997 MVB NCAA Championship - Sat with Stanford player parents as they finally beat UCLA to get a title. Real blast
1997 WVB NCAA Championship - A 2-0 lead, turned 2-2 with the wheels looking like they were off the cart, only to pull it back together.
2010 MVB NCAA Championship - The worst to first, and the cancer death backstory were just storybook stuff. To win a team title in Maples was AMAZING.
In fairness, the basketball victories all merge together. Still those years when the student section would chant "Down by 30" or 40 or 50 against UCB were lovely times. The Duke game in Oakland was beyond amazing as the team slowly ate into that Duke lead to then win at the end.
Lower profile but, the Men's tennis championships in 1997 were delightful. Those at the event got to see Stanford claim NCAA Team Title #6 for the 1996-1997 academic year. To do it at UCLA made it very meaningful. Back then it seemed like it would be just few years until Stanford zipped over UCLA. Would never have guessed that in 2017 UCLA would still be ahead. Still winning 6 in a year is a uniquely Stanford claim. Tennis with its 6 court show doesn't quite have the same shared common experience, but it was fun to be there. Saw 4 of the 6 team titles in person that year.
2012 Rose Bowl - For a while it didn't seem like a win would happen in my lifetime.
2011 Football vs USC. To end the game in an instant on an OT fumble recovery was great. I was in a very loyal USC section. The fumble happened in front of my section, so I remember screaming fumble and then screaming they got it, it's over! After other incidents in LA sporting venues I guess I should be thankful I survived because people around me looked rather angry at my joyful real time commentary. ;D
1997 MVB NCAA Championship - Sat with Stanford player parents as they finally beat UCLA to get a title. Real blast
1997 WVB NCAA Championship - A 2-0 lead, turned 2-2 with the wheels looking like they were off the cart, only to pull it back together.
2010 MVB NCAA Championship - The worst to first, and the cancer death backstory were just storybook stuff. To win a team title in Maples was AMAZING.
In fairness, the basketball victories all merge together. Still those years when the student section would chant "Down by 30" or 40 or 50 against UCB were lovely times. The Duke game in Oakland was beyond amazing as the team slowly ate into that Duke lead to then win at the end.
Lower profile but, the Men's tennis championships in 1997 were delightful. Those at the event got to see Stanford claim NCAA Team Title #6 for the 1996-1997 academic year. To do it at UCLA made it very meaningful. Back then it seemed like it would be just few years until Stanford zipped over UCLA. Would never have guessed that in 2017 UCLA would still be ahead. Still winning 6 in a year is a uniquely Stanford claim. Tennis with its 6 court show doesn't quite have the same shared common experience, but it was fun to be there. Saw 4 of the 6 team titles in person that year.