tough one but I will stick to the 2000s. The Curtis Martin snow game against the Steelers and the game against Green Bay to get in the playoffs. The blowout playoff win against the Colts was pretty great too. Ah, hell, the win against the Pats in the playoffs has to be the tops for me actually. That was a sweet moment
knocking the patriots out of the playoffs in NE was simply epic..
It was incredible, but the coldest I have ever been at a sporting event.
And how could I forget that great 51-45 game against Miami? I wasn't there in person, but that ranks as one of my favorite Jets games of all time.
o'brien to walker for a 40 something yard TD pass for the win??
Yep 43 to be exact in overtime. Kenny 4 tds Marino 6 the Fins as usual had no running game and we were without Freeman but Hector and others did the job.
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How that game was lost my Miami
They had the ball up 7 points with about 1:50 remaining on the clock. Jets had 1 TO remaining. First down..run up the middle. Jets call final time out. 2nd and 8..handoff, running back tries to go wide, gets strung out and runs OUT OF BOUNDS, clock stops...3rd and 6 or so...Marino attempts safe pass to get first down..INCOMPLETE... clock stops again.
So instead of running the clock down to about 20 seconds or so, they punt to the Jets with about 1:30 left. Just enough time for KOB to complete the tying.TD pass with no time remaining
I think I've told this story on our prior board, but I was at that game, which definitely goes down as my favorite jets memory.
my dad took me to the game and he wanted to leave early to beat the traffic. when the dolphins scored to go up 45-38, lots of people started to leave. i remember the guy in front of us saying "you can bet your house on it these bums are gonna lose" and he proceeded to leave. my dad asked if i wanted to go, and i said no, i wanted to stay through the end. he usually got tickets to take me to 1 game a year through a co-worker (he's a giants fan), so this was my only game for the year. fortunately he relented and the rest is history.
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Amazing coincidence, hobson54
I took my 8 year old daughter to that game and she was you (not wanting to leave) and I was your dad (packing our bags)
We actually walked as far as the concourse behind our UD seats, got to the 50 yard line and she convinced me to just wait until Miami got that first down and ended it.
She's reminded me of this many times since
The difficulty in answering this is deciding when the cutoff is wherein one is no longer a child, but the truth is that many of us are kids again every Sunday so even though I was out of school and working by the third game on my list below, I still felt like a kid, so ...
Funny but some of the greatest moments were losses:
1. First FB game at Shea: Loss to KC in '66, but seeing a game live for the first time was life changing, Not sure if it was for the better or the worse.
2. Early 70's at Shea vs 49ers, Namath had been hurt for over a year. He was activated for that game, but Bob Davis started instead. Davis got injured and while he was laying on the ground, Namath took off his jacket and started warming up. The crowd started to go crazy. By the time he gimped onto the field, everyone was standing and screaming. It was the loudest Shea crowd I've ever heard, maybe even louder than games 6 & 7 in the '86 World Series. Joe almost brought them way back for the win. Very exciting game
3. (counting the '81 season as one event) The Barkum catch to win '81 Dolphins game and the aforementioned Bills playoff game. That Miami game was critical and after years of futility, the franchise turned a corner. For the Bills game, we were just amazed at getting a home game and the future looked bright. Although it was a loss, it too was a very exciting game
In general, the fondest memories that come to mind is Namath throwing bombs to Maynard, Sauer and Turner, just being at season ticket holder at Shea and hanging with some great folks
Worst memories include that Thursday night first game at Giants Stadium in '84 vs Pitt. I remember us talking about how much it was going to suck playing in someone else's stadium. We were right. It didn't help that after years in the Mezz Reserve at about the 15 yd line to lower level end zone at Giants Stadium
Funny but some of the greatest moments were losses:
1. First FB game at Shea: Loss to KC in '66, but seeing a game live for the first time was life changing, Not sure if it was for the better or the worse.
2. Early 70's at Shea vs 49ers, Namath had been hurt for over a year. He was activated for that game, but Bob Davis started instead. Davis got injured and while he was laying on the ground, Namath took off his jacket and started warming up. The crowd started to go crazy. By the time he gimped onto the field, everyone was standing and screaming. It was the loudest Shea crowd I've ever heard, maybe even louder than games 6 & 7 in the '86 World Series. Joe almost brought them way back for the win. Very exciting game
3. (counting the '81 season as one event) The Barkum catch to win '81 Dolphins game and the aforementioned Bills playoff game. That Miami game was critical and after years of futility, the franchise turned a corner. For the Bills game, we were just amazed at getting a home game and the future looked bright. Although it was a loss, it too was a very exciting game
In general, the fondest memories that come to mind is Namath throwing bombs to Maynard, Sauer and Turner, just being at season ticket holder at Shea and hanging with some great folks
Worst memories include that Thursday night first game at Giants Stadium in '84 vs Pitt. I remember us talking about how much it was going to suck playing in someone else's stadium. We were right. It didn't help that after years in the Mezz Reserve at about the 15 yd line to lower level end zone at Giants Stadium
I was hoping that you would include the 2 pats of butter story...I remember laughing my a$$ off when you first posted that a few years back.
Well, I took my father to Mets-Phils many years back at Shea. Rain delays, Schilling shut down the Mets through 8, Phils up 4-0 going into the ninth. After all the hours of delays, we leave, and hear the Mets comeback somewhere over the Triboro. Never left a game early again.
being allowed to stay up very late to watch the orange bowl when I barely knew what football was. There was this guy who could really throw the ball. Seemed to be playing a different game than all the others. And then he came to NYC - along with this other guy named Huarte.
What a night, what a day.
What a night, what a day.
These 3 games are my favorite moments. Green Bay, Indianapolis, and New England.
I walked a little taller after each one. And drank a little too much, too. :nudie:
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