Northside Hawk
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Weird, but so was that second half. And surreal. I've never felt more helpless, and frustrated watching a sporting event in my life. That was our equivalent of the Bucky Dent game for Red Sox fans. You just mentioned that you and your brother in law still talk about how disheartening that game was.I remember watching it with my friends in one of my friends basement. I think I was a sophmore in HS.
Damn right, That was the one time in my life (that I remember) that Iowa was viewed as a legit National Champion contender. Nobody was interested in playing Iowa and that full court press. I think they were a 2 seed, correct? Iowa was one of the studs of that year. My brother-in-law and I still talk about how disheartening that game was. B-in-law states that was the game that broke him as a fan, or at least ALL IN Iowa. Crushing to say the least.
Man, what could have been. I think UNLV was the one hurdle in the way that year.
Another poster said he has had a 31 year hangover from that game. (Not literally, you know what I mean).
I could see some people sitting on their couches staring into space for two or three hours after that game, totally unable to digest what happened.
Throwing things at a TV when your team drowns is hardly uncommon. But that game was. It sure put me over the edge.
You're right about UNLV being our worst possible matchup. The only thing our team lacked that year was a true interior defensive stopper. Gilliam killed us. I mentioned in another thread how incredibly tough our whole region was that year.
If we had Acie Earl on that team, some games may of had to have been stopped via technical knockout. When he lleft he was 7th all time in career blocked shots. In the entire NCAA.
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