Defining moments in Wisconsin sports

[NeedMoreFans]

Michael Hunt came up with a list his top 5 defining moments in Wisconsin sports...

 

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=722353

 

Thoughts?

 

Honestly, I'd put winning the 1982 ALCS in the top 5. I can't argue with #1 on his list, and maybe #5 as well. As for the rest...I'd say it's up for debate.

[elbobbo82]

Here's hoping that sometime late this year, a Brewer highlight will knock something off that list.

[gypcasino]

Sounds about right. They all involve winning a championship. Kind of hard to justify having the '82 Brewers anywhere in there besides #6 at the highest.

[wisconsinfan47]

No UW moments in there? This is the "Badger State," isn't it?

 

I would argue that the "Bevell Run" is the perfect "moment" to capture the rise from mediocrity for all Badger sports in the early-mid 90s.

 

That said, Hunt's choices aren't bad at all. That must've been a fun list to make.

[hawing]

You could certainly argue that the 1982 ALCS has been (for better or worse) the defining moment to date of the Brewers franchise. But I understand Hunt's choice of baseball moment.

 

I also like the choice of Favre moment. As many of you know, my NFL fandom is extremely casual, but I gasped aloud in 1997 when that play was completed, and got a little misty watching Brett joyfully run off the field.

 

I think I'd have made room for a Badger moment - probably Bevell's run. The significance of that Rose Bowl victory for UW athletics was off the charts. But I imagine a JS writer is about as likely to favor the Bucks and Warriors over the Badgers as a Madison writer is to do the opposite.

[temke]

But I imagine a JS writer is about as likely to favor the Bucks and Warriors over the Badgers as a Madison writer is to do the opposite.

tell that to marquette folks. they seem to think the the local writers lean more toward the badgers...especially in hoops.

 

i dont see a badger moment making it until they win a football or basketball national championship.

[TooLiveBrew]

"74 Razor!"

 

 

http://shopping.officialbrettfavre.com/i/56845df68055/pf/810-9.jpg

 

 

 

After this play, in my 14-y-o mind, I thought we were going to win this game 65-0. I still have this Super Bowl taped on VHS. Definitely have to upgrade it to DVD... that audible still gives me goosebumps.

 

 

http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Images/BrettFavreSB.jpg

 

 

EDIT: had to post this first, then peek. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

Great CNN/SI recap of that game...

 

and a local take.

[Baldkin]

I wish Heiden could make a list like that. I wasn't old enough to remember the Olympics but what he did is still unfathomable to me. If it weren't for the Miracle on Ice, his performance might've been called that.

 

Tough to argue with the top 5, although, so many things are jumbled in my head, I wonder what might be #6-10.

 

Badgers beating Arizona and going to the final 4?

http://www2.jsonline.com/badger/image/2000/kell325.jpg

 

D-Wade carrying Marquette there?

 

The '82 team clinching? (Ogilvie's catch?)

[PeaveyFury]

I'm very surprised that Bevell's run isn't on there, as that Rose Bowl win put Wisconsin sports back on the map, and they haven't left it 15 years later.

[Patrick425]

They all involve winning a championship. Kind of hard to justify having the '82 Brewers anywhere in there besides #6 at the highest.

Are you saying that it's hard to justify the Brewer's higher than 6 because it wasn't a championship? (Actually it was - the American League Championship, same as the Braves clinching the NL championship). Or, are you just saying Aaron's HR seems to be more dramatic that Cooper's single? Probably...however, one was during the season, the other was the 5th and final game of a series.

[temke]

Badgers beating Arizona and going to the final 4?

these were two different moments. there really wasnt a "defining moment" during the FF run in 2000.

 

the whole thing was pretty darn cool though. mothing beat dick bennett slurring through a speech and duany duany rapping at camp randall when they arrived home. i swear the entire place (fans, players, etc) was drunk