tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post3352484866890592206..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Super Bowl XXXII, 10 Years LaterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-70957680958696391832008-02-02T17:24:00.000-05:002008-02-02T17:24:00.000-05:00It'll sound anti-climactic to a Super Bowl game, b...It'll sound anti-climactic to a Super Bowl game, but I saw an Expos game. In Montreal. <BR/><BR/>I had rooted for the Expos from the West Coast for 25 years and seen them in 9 different stadiums, but never in Montreal. Their final year there, I made a pilgrimage to the Big O and saw a weekend set against the Reds. <BR/><BR/>The Expos lost the first two games, but won the finale. I caught a foul ball that day. I got to "Run the Bases" with my then-one-year-old after the game. I even went up and knocked on the press door and, amazingly, was granted a "hi, how-are-you" with the bewildered Expos broadcasters.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927626720379097981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-15161678532484697662008-02-02T07:42:00.000-05:002008-02-02T07:42:00.000-05:00I was at not one, but two sporting events that peo...I was at not one, but two sporting events that people still discuss, even more than 20 years later. The first was the 1982 playoff game between the Dolphins and the Chargers. Although the Dolphins lost, it was a very well-played game by both teams. The second event also featured the Dolphins--it was in 1985, and it was against the then-undefeated Chicago Bears. To this day, I remember how electric the atmosphere was in ye olde Orange Bowl, and yes, the Dolphins won that game!birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089995293849314248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-21189138568413245762008-02-02T02:04:00.000-05:002008-02-02T02:04:00.000-05:00Nebraska's ass kicking of Florida in the 96 Fiesta...Nebraska's ass kicking of Florida in the 96 Fiesta Bowl. Before everyone started sucking USC's dick and Dan even knew who the Gators were the Cornhuskers ruled college football and put a beautiful 62-24 beat down of the Ol' Ball Coach's boys.futurelegendvinceyounghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175243502967953702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-85671945150700816152008-02-01T23:10:00.000-05:002008-02-01T23:10:00.000-05:00I've got 2. First is my alma mater, Clarkson, winn...I've got 2. First is my alma mater, Clarkson, winning the ECAC Hockey conference title the year after I graduated, after watching the team improve to that point over my 3 years there. The school is in the middle of nowhere, and there is nothing to do except follow the hockey team, the only DI program at the school.<BR/><BR/>The other was a Mets game a few years back, in Mike Piazza's first series back as a Padre. I think it was the second game, so the intro wasn't all that great. But he hit home runs in his first two at bats and got a standing O and a curtain call after the second. In his next at bat, he hit it to the warning track. Seeing that kind of atmosphere for a visiting player was nothing short of amazing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09835056497330744030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-28855966397295804992008-02-01T18:37:00.000-05:002008-02-01T18:37:00.000-05:00Game 2 of the 2007 NBA Finals. Cheapest of the che...Game 2 of the 2007 NBA Finals. Cheapest of the cheap seats, right by all the international press, and I loved every minute of it. (Almost missed tipoff, thanks to a broken fryer at Hooters.)<BR/><BR/>And Dan, I seem to remember you having some sort of meeting with NFL security that you brought up once... care to rehash that story?Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028071922265519069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-51443394817552594332008-02-01T18:05:00.000-05:002008-02-01T18:05:00.000-05:00My greatest sporting event memory was working with...My greatest sporting event memory was working with Dan at Super Bowl 32 and watching as he conceived the SuperBowl.com website.Iconoclast Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01970662964105587567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-20328937889984686362008-02-01T16:29:00.000-05:002008-02-01T16:29:00.000-05:00Game 6 of the 1992 NBA Finals. I was 11, and my da...Game 6 of the 1992 NBA Finals. I was 11, and my dad's friend managed to get 4 tickets; my mother declined to go, and I made the cut.<BR/><BR/>When the Blazers looked like they were going to force the series to 7 with an easy double-digit win, we almost left (but chose to stay because I had just purchased a 3 lb bag of Lemonheads). And then Bobby Hansen hit the first three of the Bulls' comeback.<BR/><BR/>To this day, that night in Chicago Stadium ranks up there as among one of the loudest nights I have ever experienced. To see the first championship won at home by a Chicago team since the Bears won in '63 at Wrigley Field, probably will never be topped (barring, of course, being there when the Cubs break through their culture of ineptitude). And for an 11 year old to get to share it with his dad helped quite a bit, too.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139184196376141492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-75957809786477539062008-02-01T16:05:00.000-05:002008-02-01T16:05:00.000-05:00Dan,I too was at Super Bowl 32. I'm from Wisconsi...Dan,<BR/>I too was at Super Bowl 32. I'm from Wisconsin and a die-hard Packer fan so you can imagine my disgust at the result. I was a high school senior at the time so I didn't have too many great Sports moments that I had been to live yet, but even though we lost the experience still ranks up their as the best and most surreal of my life.<BR/><BR/>If only Mike Holmgren hadn't been such a stubborn ass and made some adjustments to pick up the blitz. Read here for an amazing read about how Ron Wolf blames Mike for the loss.<BR/><BR/>http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=713518McNaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212493897431023273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-49629513989018135522008-02-01T15:56:00.000-05:002008-02-01T15:56:00.000-05:00I was at Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS, the game where M...I was at Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS, the game where Moises Alou caused a fan to fear for his life to this very day. I was about 8 rows behind the play, and watched in horror as a long line of media types marched to the scene before they lead the poor bastard out.<BR/><BR/>The rest is too damn upsetting...Your Humble Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14879789377628861418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-64184183221552806392008-02-01T15:53:00.000-05:002008-02-01T15:53:00.000-05:00Not really the biggest of events, but the most mea...Not really the biggest of events, but the most meaningful to me, was the 1998 ECHL Kelly Cup Finals in Pensacola, watching my team (the Hampton Roads Admirals) win it in game 6. Made the playoffs by a single point and needed another team to lose on the last day of the regular season to make it, but that was one magical playoff run.Michael Moultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10928573436058941171noreply@blogger.com