Best sports day of the year

Best sports day of the year#225331

By jcmanson - January 15th, 2009, 4:33 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 4:33 pm #225331

I got this from an article I read on espn.com

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By SuperJon - January 15th, 2009, 4:43 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 4:43 pm #225332

NCAA tournament by far.

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By Kolzilla41 - January 15th, 2009, 4:49 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 4:49 pm #225333

Mines any time the Caps make the playoffs

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By Fumblerooskies - January 15th, 2009, 5:27 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 5:27 pm #225344

No brainer...day one of March Madness.

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By blwall1416 - January 15th, 2009, 5:45 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 5:45 pm #225354

March Madness.....nothing else comes close..........at all.

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By Fumblerooskies - January 15th, 2009, 6:03 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 6:03 pm #225360

Of course, the Big South screwed up our own form of March Madness by separating the mens and womens tournament. Ahhhhh....those WERE the days.

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By adam42381 - January 15th, 2009, 6:03 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 6:03 pm #225361

March Madness by a wide margin. MLB opening day is second for me.

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a statistical tie in the Medic household#225363

By PAmedic - January 15th, 2009, 6:16 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 6:16 pm #225363

The Masters

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By BJWilliams - January 15th, 2009, 6:22 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 6:22 pm #225364

Ive always been a big fan of Opening Day. If I had to rank those in terms of which Id most want to go to Id rank them:

1. MLB Opening Day (baseball was the first sport I got interested in when I was a child)

2. NFL Championship Sunday

3. Super Bowl Sunday (Only because there is about a 5-10 year wait for tickets)

4. Daytona 500 (Been a racing fan for a long time)

5. First Day of the NCAA Tournament

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By LUconn - January 15th, 2009, 6:49 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 6:49 pm #225368

It's not even close. I don't understand how BJ could have it so incredibly wrong.

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By BJWilliams - January 15th, 2009, 7:12 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 7:12 pm #225377

Well the NCAA Tournament is pretty cool Im not gonna lie LUConn, its just that I dont much have a rooting interest in it many years. I mean when LU was in it in 04 I was glued to my TV watching the game against St Joe's. When ODU made its run to the sweet 16 a number of years ago I was either watching on TV or sitting right by my radio listening to the games. Other than that, March Madness just never really excited me.

Everyone is entitled to their feelings about sporting events. If I was offered a choice between being in a box at my favorite MLB teams park on Opening Day and tickets to an NCAA tournament game Id frankly take the baseball tickets. Something about the general ambience at a baseball always excites me. If you think Im wrong then youre welcome to think that LUConn but that is simply how I feel.

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By jcmanson - January 15th, 2009, 7:42 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 7:42 pm #225384

I've had a legitimate rooting interest maybe 5 years in my life. It still is not even close. The NCAA tournament's first weekend is simply amazing.

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By SuperJon - January 15th, 2009, 7:54 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 7:54 pm #225385

It's not the same as the NCAA tournament, but people from North Carolina put day one of the ACC tournament up there. I remember watching the noon and 2:30 games in class in middle school and high school.

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By ATrain - January 15th, 2009, 8:38 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 8:38 pm #225392

Super bowl beats everything...easily!!!

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By phoenix - January 15th, 2009, 9:40 pm

- January 15th, 2009, 9:40 pm #225403

The Masters.
Opening Day of the NHL season.
SpeedWeek at Daytona.
The Indy 500.

I can think of too many that aren't even on the list.

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By flamesbball84 - January 16th, 2009, 12:05 am

- January 16th, 2009, 12:05 am #225420

any day the kentucky mens basketball team plays

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By blwall1416 - January 16th, 2009, 9:37 am

- January 16th, 2009, 9:37 am #225436

SuperJon wrote:It's not the same as the NCAA tournament, but people from North Carolina put day one of the ACC tournament up there. I remember watching the noon and 2:30 games in class in middle school and high school.

The new format has changed that a little. Thursday is not really a great day, but I know my schools back home still stop classes at Noon to watch or listen.......especially if dook, state, wake, or Carolina is playing in the early afternoon games.

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By Hold My Own - January 16th, 2009, 10:10 am

- January 16th, 2009, 10:10 am #225442

like they actually shut down and close????

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By SuperJon - January 16th, 2009, 10:11 am

- January 16th, 2009, 10:11 am #225444

No. They are still in class but have the games on tvs in the room while either teaching or just watching the game.

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By Fumblerooskies - January 16th, 2009, 10:31 am

- January 16th, 2009, 10:31 am #225448

Unfortunately, this year's Spring Break has been pushed up a week so now the 1st Round is during classes. I suspect an IPTV overload on campus this year.

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By blwall1416 - January 16th, 2009, 10:32 am

- January 16th, 2009, 10:32 am #225449

ATrain wrote:Super bowl beats everything...easily!!!

Without looking it up, I couldn't name the last 5 winners of the Super Bowl for a million bucks.

Its always been more of a "lets get together to eat & laugh at commercials" kind of deal.

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By Cider Jim - January 16th, 2009, 11:16 am

- January 16th, 2009, 11:16 am #225462

In WV, it's the opening day of deer season.

For me, it's opening day for the Orioles.

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By AZjonz - January 16th, 2009, 11:18 am

- January 16th, 2009, 11:18 am #225463

1st day of the NCAA tournament for me.

Though January 1st bowl games used to be pretty special.

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By LUconn - January 16th, 2009, 12:19 pm

- January 16th, 2009, 12:19 pm #225479

blwall1416 wrote:
ATrain wrote:Super bowl beats everything...easily!!!
Without looking it up, I couldn't name the last 5 winners of the Super Bowl for a million bucks.

Its always been more of a "lets get together to eat & laugh at commercials" kind of deal.

While I agree that the Superbowl is not even close to being a great sports event, I think you are part of the .005% of heterosexual males that can't name the last 5 NFL champs. 5 years wasn't that long ago. Heck it's only 4 teams.

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By adam42381 - January 16th, 2009, 12:22 pm

- January 16th, 2009, 12:22 pm #225480

SuperJon wrote:It's not the same as the NCAA tournament, but people from North Carolina put day one of the ACC tournament up there. I remember watching the noon and 2:30 games in class in middle school and high school.

We did the same thing. We'd watch the games during classes after lunch. We did the same thing for March Madness too.

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