Biggest Seattle sporting events in my lifetime

DerekJohnson

1978 Rose Bowl UW-Michigan
1979 NBA Finals Game 5 Sonics vs. Bullets
1979 UW-USC
1981 UW-USC
1983 AFC Championship Seahawks vs. Raiders
1985 Orange Bowl UW vs. Oklahoma
1990 UW-USC
1992 Rose Bowl UW vs. Michigan
1995 MLB Playoffs Game 5 Mariners vs. Yankees
1996 NBA Finals Sonics vs. Bulls
2000 UW vs. Miami
2006 Super Bowl Seahawks vs. Steelers
2013 NFC Championship Seahawks vs. 49ers

BayDawg

What, no room on that list for the Sounders friendly with ManU? Scarftards had the joint rockin'.

Fetters is not going to be happy...

PurpleBaze

I'm surprised DJ didn't mention the championships that the Storm won.

Meek

tldr

DerekJohnson

PurpleBaze said:

I'm surprised DJ didn't mention the championships that the Storm won.

I'm right here

TierbsHsotBoobs

Those UW regular season games don't fit on the list at all.

DerekJohnson

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Those UW regular season games don't fit on the list at all.

It's my list

DerekJohnson

@TierbsHostBoobs you should make a list of Seattle Fucking Dreckfests in your lifetime

bananasnblondes

I see a few omissions

Oregon loses to Auburn
Oregon loses to Stanford
Oregon loses yo USC
Oregon loses to Stanford again
Oregon loses to Arizona #lol
Buddha Baker decommits from Oregon
Jim Mora loses

Other than that, looks pretty good

RaceBannon

Randy Johnson v Mark Langston one game playoff 1995

RavennaDawg

+1 on the one game playoff

Game 7 in 1978 might be the most important game ever in the city.

The 1984 Seahawks never get any love, but RaiderBuster Monday is probably the biggest regular season game in team history, and the 1984 Wild Card against the defending champs was amazing. Still the loudest sporting event I have ever attended. #DrDanFromWapato #DomeLouderThanClink.

And I know there are a lot of hipsters on this bored who think it is important to care enough about soccer to tell people they don't like soccer, but the '77 Soccer Bowl against Pele and Beckenbauer needs to be near the top of the list. Seattle sports in 77 were much different than in 79, and the Sounders started that.

The three Final Fours were big, but none involved a Seattle team.

Fire_Marshall_Bill

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Those UW regular season games don't fit on the list at all.

Yeah, personally I'd leave off the 2000 Miami game. I don't remember a lot of hype and buildup to it. We came in ranked about 15th.

DeepSeaZ

I know you are being sarcastic but those Rosebowls didn't take place in Seattle.

WilburHooksHands

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Those UW regular season games don't fit on the list at all.

Yeah, personally I'd leave off the 2000 Miami game. I don't remember a lot of hype and buildup to it. We came in ranked about 15th.

Doesn't say anything about buildup. Games and experiences can be considered watershed after the fact. I hate pulling this card, but "if you were there," you probably understand why DJ has that game on his list. I grew up in Texas and didn't know a thing about UW football (other than 91) until I started attending college there in '99. I'd been to lot of big games in Texas, the south, etc growing up, but the electricity at that 2000 Miami game still might be the most I've ever felt. It was like a 747 landing on your head for 3 hours. It really was a special game considering Miami's streak, the mind boggling amount of talent on the field, and about 100 other reasons.

CaptainPJ

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Those UW regular season games don't fit on the list at all.

Yeah, personally I'd leave off the 2000 Miami game. I don't remember a lot of hype and buildup to it. We came in ranked about 15th.

Our eventual Rose Bowl trophy, Marques, and Triplett disagree.

Ken Dorsey might also disagree seeing as it was one of about 3 total college losses.

MikeDamone

1980 Seatlle Seafair hydroplane races. Bill Muncey wins his 4th straight title in the Atlas Van Lines boat

Fire_Marshall_Bill

WilburHooksHands said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Those UW regular season games don't fit on the list at all.

Yeah, personally I'd leave off the 2000 Miami game. I don't remember a lot of hype and buildup to it. We came in ranked about 15th.

Doesn't say anything about buildup. Games and experiences can be considered watershed after the fact. I hate pulling this card, but "if you were there," you probably understand why DJ has that game on his list. I grew up in Texas and didn't know a thing about UW football (other than 91) until I started attending college there in '99. I'd been to lot of big games in Texas, the south, etc growing up, but the electricity at that 2000 Miami game still might be the most I've ever felt. It was like a 747 landing on your head for 3 hours. It really was a special game considering Miami's streak, the mind boggling amount of talent on the field, and about 100 other reasons.

WilburHooksHands said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Those UW regular season games don't fit on the list at all.

Yeah, personally I'd leave off the 2000 Miami game. I don't remember a lot of hype and buildup to it. We came in ranked about 15th.

Doesn't say anything about buildup. Games and experiences can be considered watershed after the fact. I hate pulling this card, but "if you were there," you probably understand why DJ has that game on his list. I grew up in Texas and didn't know a thing about UW football (other than 91) until I started attending college there in '99. I'd been to lot of big games in Texas, the south, etc growing up, but the electricity at that 2000 Miami game still might be the most I've ever felt. It was like a 747 landing on your head for 3 hours. It really was a special game considering Miami's streak, the mind boggling amount of talent on the field, and about 100 other reasons.

You could say that about several games like the '92 Nebraska game, the '91 N game, the '86 TOSU game, or even the '09 USC game and '99 Stanfraud game. There's no doubt that Miami team was loaded, but a lot of them were fairly young and they were still coming into their own. I'll admit that I couldn't watch it live so maybe I missed out (I have seen parts of it on Youtube and replays).

Getting absolutely destroyed by them a yr later took a bunch of the luster off too. It was like 65 to 7, and in my opinion, that game along with the Oregon State and UCLA, were the preludes to the 2004-2008 shitshow.

DerekJohnson

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

WilburHooksHands said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Those UW regular season games don't fit on the list at all.

Yeah, personally I'd leave off the 2000 Miami game. I don't remember a lot of hype and buildup to it. We came in ranked about 15th.

Doesn't say anything about buildup. Games and experiences can be considered watershed after the fact. I hate pulling this card, but "if you were there," you probably understand why DJ has that game on his list. I grew up in Texas and didn't know a thing about UW football (other than 91) until I started attending college there in '99. I'd been to lot of big games in Texas, the south, etc growing up, but the electricity at that 2000 Miami game still might be the most I've ever felt. It was like a 747 landing on your head for 3 hours. It really was a special game considering Miami's streak, the mind boggling amount of talent on the field, and about 100 other reasons.

WilburHooksHands said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Those UW regular season games don't fit on the list at all.

Yeah, personally I'd leave off the 2000 Miami game. I don't remember a lot of hype and buildup to it. We came in ranked about 15th.

Doesn't say anything about buildup. Games and experiences can be considered watershed after the fact. I hate pulling this card, but "if you were there," you probably understand why DJ has that game on his list. I grew up in Texas and didn't know a thing about UW football (other than 91) until I started attending college there in '99. I'd been to lot of big games in Texas, the south, etc growing up, but the electricity at that 2000 Miami game still might be the most I've ever felt. It was like a 747 landing on your head for 3 hours. It really was a special game considering Miami's streak, the mind boggling amount of talent on the field, and about 100 other reasons.

and in my opinion, that game along with the Oregon State and UCLA, were the preludes to the 2004-2008 shitshow.

The shitshow actually ran from 2003-2013, truth be told.

HTH

MikeDamone

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

WilburHooksHands said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Those UW regular season games don't fit on the list at all.

Yeah, personally I'd leave off the 2000 Miami game. I don't remember a lot of hype and buildup to it. We came in ranked about 15th.

Doesn't say anything about buildup. Games and experiences can be considered watershed after the fact. I hate pulling this card, but "if you were there," you probably understand why DJ has that game on his list. I grew up in Texas and didn't know a thing about UW football (other than 91) until I started attending college there in '99. I'd been to lot of big games in Texas, the south, etc growing up, but the electricity at that 2000 Miami game still might be the most I've ever felt. It was like a 747 landing on your head for 3 hours. It really was a special game considering Miami's streak, the mind boggling amount of talent on the field, and about 100 other reasons.

WilburHooksHands said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Those UW regular season games don't fit on the list at all.

Yeah, personally I'd leave off the 2000 Miami game. I don't remember a lot of hype and buildup to it. We came in ranked about 15th.

Doesn't say anything about buildup. Games and experiences can be considered watershed after the fact. I hate pulling this card, but "if you were there," you probably understand why DJ has that game on his list. I grew up in Texas and didn't know a thing about UW football (other than 91) until I started attending college there in '99. I'd been to lot of big games in Texas, the south, etc growing up, but the electricity at that 2000 Miami game still might be the most I've ever felt. It was like a 747 landing on your head for 3 hours. It really was a special game considering Miami's streak, the mind boggling amount of talent on the field, and about 100 other reasons.

You could say that about several games like the '92 Nebraska game, the '91 N game, the '86 TOSU game, or even the '09 USC game and '99 Stanfraud game. There's no doubt that Miami team was loaded, but a lot of them were fairly young and they were still coming into their own. I'll admit that I couldn't watch it live so maybe I missed out (I have seen parts of it on Youtube and replays).

Getting absolutely destroyed by them a yr later took a bunch of the luster off too. It was like 65 to 7, and in my opinion, that game along with the Oregon State and UCLA, were the preludes to the 2004-2008 shitshow.

Stanfraud!! Lol!!!

[Deleted User]

2000-2001 Mariners playoff series'.

At every home game.

Fuck Roger Clemens, fuck David Justice, fuck Paul O'Neil, fuck Bernie Williams, and especially FUCK DEREK JETER.

[Deleted User]

I've been around a long time to include Seattle's short history on this #fuckingdreckfest of a planet. So the best I saw was Seattle's 1917 Stanley Cup title, which happened AFTER Washington State Agricultural College's last Rose Bowl win. Seattle will win another Stanley cup before that ever happens again.

None of the sporting events now compares to the sports back in my day: gladiator matches. It started going down hill after the Roman Gladiator League started banning swords to the head.

And yes, I like movies about gladiators. But it's nothing like the real thing.