In any sport? Probably Bowling Green's 1984 national championship in hockey over Minnesota-Duluth in Lake Placid. At the time it was the longest hockey game in NCAA history.
In football: There is room for debate, but I'm going with Bowling Green's 2003 win over Northern Illinois. It was a battle of two national-ranked teams that brought ESPN Gameday to the MAC for the first time.
(06-17-2021 08:40 PM)Schadenfreude Wrote: In football: There is room for debate, but I'm going with Bowling Green's 2003 win over Northern Illinois. It was a battle of two national-ranked teams that brought ESPN Gameday to the MAC for the first time.
(06-17-2021 11:31 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote: That Saturday was the apex of the golden age of MAC football.
That whole season, really. On Sept. 20, when Northern Illinois beat Alabama and Bowling Green came close to taking down Ohio State, Marshall beat No. 6 Kansas State, and Toledo beat Pittsburgh.
I should ask around to see if video still exists, but I distinctly remember turning on ESPN that afternoon to see them open a halftime report with this, more or less: "It was an exciting day in college football. We've had some big games in the Big 10 and Pac 10. But first to the MAC..."
It was delicious.
Quote:What I’d give to relive this week, even with Bowling Green spoiling NIU’s season.
Yes. That NIU-BGSU battle was the most fun I ever had at a football game.
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(06-14-2021 08:12 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: I have to say that Ohio St’s 2 NCs in my lifetime were both special—it’s just very annoying that years later people still try to delegitimize both off them.
The officiating in the Miami was terrible both ways. No one wants to remember the bad ones that went against Ohio St; only the one that kept the game alive for the Buckeyes. That call was close but it was correct.
Then there’s the CFP era title. No one seems to care that we dispatched both #1 and #2 to hoist that trophy—all you ever here is Baylor/TCU deserved to be seeded 4th.
Football:
1999 Alabama. They were were SEC champions that year. I believe Tech is the only member from a G5 or non-AQ conference to beat an SEC champion in their championship year. It's easy to forget that Tim Rattay (who set many NCAA passing records by the time he graduated) didn't throw the game winning pass. It was the backup.
Basketball:
1985 Ohio State in the NCAA tournament to get us into the Sweet Sixteen for the first time. Karl Malone's team basically.
^not highlights from the game but a nice time capsule of that year for Tech's basketball teams. Cameos from Kim Mulkey and Karl Malone in it.
Women's Basketball:
1988 NCAA final against Auburn. The third National Championship for the Lady Techsters so any three would work but it's nice to say three time national champions so I'll go for this one.
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Well, for my alma mater, it would have to be Redhawks over Bemidji 4-1 in the Frozen Four semifinals to be the first team in school history to go to an NCAA championship finals.
(Mind, hockey is the only sport where I barrack for my alma mater.)
For the Golden Flashes, 78-73 OT over Pitt in the Sweet Sixteen to be the first MAC team to advance to Elite Eight since the NCAAT expanded beyond 22 teams.
For my boyhood college football team, the Buckeye's first CFP National Championship. That was the national championship that made my late brother the happiest, as he had nearly given up hope that the Buckeyes would be picked for the top four.
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2006. Men's soccer national championship over UCLA. It was only our second national championship in any sport, and erased the bad taste from 2004 where UCSB had lost to Indiana in the national title game in a penalty kick shootout. UCSB denied UCLA what would have been their 100th national championship.
The celebrations back in Isla Vista are what takes the cake. Students removed a goal post from our stadium, tossed it over a cliff and carried it into the ocean
Honorable mention for UC Santa Barbara is baseball, the 2016 Super Regionals over Louisville. The Cardinals had only lost one game at home all season going into the NCAA Tournament. Gauchos defeated them twice and advanced to their first College World Series on a pinch hit, walk-off grand slam. Louisville had a couple future pros like Brendan McKay (Rays) and Will Smith (Dodgers). UCSB had Shane Bieber (Indians, 2020 AL Cy Young winner) and Kyle Nelson (Indians).
It was the second consecutive year a Big West team punched their ticket to Omaha on Louisville's field. Cal State Fullerton won their Super Regional in 2015 over Louisville. Over that two season stretch, Louisville was 63-11 at home. But only 1-4 against Big West teams.
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(06-19-2021 04:30 PM)jdgaucho Wrote: Honorable mention for UC Santa Barbara is baseball, the 2016 Super Regionals over Louisville. The Cardinals had only lost one game at home all season going into the NCAA Tournament. Gauchos defeated them twice and advanced to their first College World Series on a pinch hit, walk-off grand slam. Louisville had a couple future pros like Brendan McKay (Rays) and Will Smith (Dodgers). UCSB had Shane Bieber (Indians, 2020 AL Cy Young winner) and Kyle Nelson (Indians).
It was the second consecutive year a Big West team punched their ticket to Omaha on Louisville's field. Cal State Fullerton won their Super Regional in 2015 over Louisville. Over that two season stretch, Louisville was 63-11 at home. But only 1-5 against Big West teams.
You got to love the umpire trying to hold the UCSB players back then getting run over :)
(06-19-2021 04:30 PM)jdgaucho Wrote: Honorable mention for UC Santa Barbara is baseball, the 2016 Super Regionals over Louisville. The Cardinals had only lost one game at home all season going into the NCAA Tournament. Gauchos defeated them twice and advanced to their first College World Series on a pinch hit, walk-off grand slam. Louisville had a couple future pros like Brendan McKay (Rays) and Will Smith (Dodgers). UCSB had Shane Bieber (Indians, 2020 AL Cy Young winner) and Kyle Nelson (Indians).
It was the second consecutive year a Big West team punched their ticket to Omaha on Louisville's field. Cal State Fullerton won their Super Regional in 2015 over Louisville. Over that two season stretch, Louisville was 63-11 at home. But only 1-5 against Big West teams.
What an ending. One of the most exciting endings of a college baseball game I've seen.
(06-19-2021 04:30 PM)jdgaucho Wrote: Honorable mention for UC Santa Barbara is baseball, the 2016 Super Regionals over Louisville. The Cardinals had only lost one game at home all season going into the NCAA Tournament. Gauchos defeated them twice and advanced to their first College World Series on a pinch hit, walk-off grand slam. Louisville had a couple future pros like Brendan McKay (Rays) and Will Smith (Dodgers). UCSB had Shane Bieber (Indians, 2020 AL Cy Young winner) and Kyle Nelson (Indians).
It was the second consecutive year a Big West team punched their ticket to Omaha on Louisville's field. Cal State Fullerton won their Super Regional in 2015 over Louisville. Over that two season stretch, Louisville was 63-11 at home. But only 1-4 against Big West teams.
You got to love the umpire trying to hold the UCSB players back then getting run over :)
Yup. We don't celebrate often. But when we do, it's a sight to behold
(06-19-2021 04:30 PM)jdgaucho Wrote: Honorable mention for UC Santa Barbara is baseball, the 2016 Super Regionals over Louisville. The Cardinals had only lost one game at home all season going into the NCAA Tournament. Gauchos defeated them twice and advanced to their first College World Series on a pinch hit, walk-off grand slam. Louisville had a couple future pros like Brendan McKay (Rays) and Will Smith (Dodgers). UCSB had Shane Bieber (Indians, 2020 AL Cy Young winner) and Kyle Nelson (Indians).
It was the second consecutive year a Big West team punched their ticket to Omaha on Louisville's field. Cal State Fullerton won their Super Regional in 2015 over Louisville. Over that two season stretch, Louisville was 63-11 at home. But only 1-4 against Big West teams.
What an ending. One of the most exciting endings of a college baseball game I've seen.
Nothing beats LSU's walk off to win the CWS. But this one to get there is among the top endings.
Coastal Carolina walking off LSU in their 2016 Supers was nice too.
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Navy beats Notre Dame in triple overtime, selling out to stop the run on their 2pt conversion.Highlights before that included Navy QB Kaipo Noa Kaheaku-Enhada urging the South Bend crowd to make more noise before he got under center on our OT possession, and Navy LB Ram Vela flying over a blocker to sack Evan Sharpley (d-lineman actually credited with the sack). For the previous 43 years, since Roger Staubach's time Notre Dame had won. The longest consecutive inter-region rivalry (ended in 2020 by the pandemic and associated bs) was also the longest consecutive losing streak.
Every Army win is the best win of the year.
Every Air Force win is almost as good.
Breaking the streak was historic.
I was in my year at the U.S. Army War College, and spent the day socializing with my seminar mates and families, and catching games in our diverse rooting interests. So I was watching with a roomful of Army LtColonels and Colonels, several West Pointers but not all, and every one of them was pulling for Navy. As the Navy team flooded the field in jubilation, I was in Carlisle PA telling myself "Do. Not. Cry. In. Front. Of. the. Woops."
As a Marshall fan there are more than a few to choose from the Xavier game in 1971 (1st win after the plane crash) 1992 and 1996 IAA National Titles (Undefeated in 96), 1999 13-0, Ranked 10th at the end of the season. All of those wins are probably more emotional but Marshall's best win came just last month.
#3 and 3 Seed Indiana 0 #10 and unseeded Marshall 1 2020 College Cup National Champions: The Marshall Thundering Herd
Final Coaches and TopDwarer Poll: #1 in the nation
We also return 10 of 11 starters in the fall
Every Marshall Goal From The 2020 NCAA Tournament
Marshall took down a lot of soccer royalty in the NCAAs:
Marshall's March To The National Title
#23 Fordham- Undefeated coming into the NCAAs -- Marshall 2-1 in OT, Golden Goal by Milo Yosef at the 96:41 mark of the first OT
#1 and 1 seed Clemson- The top ranked team in the nation at 14-2-3 -- Marshall 1 Clemson 1 after 2 OT -- Marshall advances on PKs 7-6
#7 and 8 seed Georgetown- Georgetown was the Defending National Champions -- Marshall 1-0, Goal by Jamil Roberts at the 20:05 mark in the 2nd period
#16 and unseeded North Carolina- UNC had made the College Cup semis the last 3 of 4 years -- Marshall 1-0, Goal by Jamil Roberts at the 30:22 mark in the 2nd period
#3 and 3 seed Indiana- Indiana has the most NCAA wins with 95 and 2nd most titles with 8 -- Marshall 1-0, Golden Goal by Jamil Roberts at the 98:41 mark of the first OT
Clemson - 2 time National Champions (32 NCAAs, Titles 1984, 1987)
Georgetown - 1 National Champions (10 NCAAs, Defending National Champs, Title 2019)
North Carolina - 2 time National Champions (26 NCAAs, College Cup Simis 3 of the last 4 years, Title 2001, 2011)
Iniana - 8 time National Champions (44 NCAAs, 21 College Cup semis, 16 College Cup Finals, Titles 1982, 1983, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2012)
Also this was only Marshall's 2nd NCAAs in men's soccer, the 1st was 2019 as an 11 seed and Sweet 16.
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