I did this for my Sports Moments of the Decade last December and had fun with this, so I'm going to go ahead and do this for the year. Now again these are what I think, so there will be a local flair and national flair.
1-Northern Iowa upsets Kansas - The #1 seed gets sunk by Farokmanesh! The Panthers were the best team in the State for the 2nd year in a row. 2 years ago Drake's Cinderella run was sunk on a last second 3. Last year Northern Iowa was beat by Purdue in a close 1st round matchup. In 2010 the Panthers beat UNLV in the first round to set up a matchup with #1 Kansas and lead damn near the whole game. Ali sank a 3 and the rest is MARCH MADNESS HISTORY!
They even landed on the cover of SI and even an ESPY.
2-Duke beats Butler in the Championship game after last second shot misses. In the best championship game in memory. The team that only had to go 5-15 mins from campus had a chance to win it all (hello college football) and missed out on beating one of the best programs in the world by an inch. This is what makes sports great!
3-The Thomas family at the ESPYs -- Ed Thomas was shot and killed by former player Mark Becker in 2009, but in 2010 ESPN honored his family and him and his legacy with the 2010 Arthur Ashe Award at the annual ESPY's. Great moment for a great family. Really shows what small town Iowa is.
4-Iowa State wins AT TEXAS - Yea it happened. What Paul Rhoads has done with road wins at Nebraska last year and now Texas this year. ISU has found a good coach. Just needs talent.
5. Iowa wins the 2010 Orange Bowl - Yea it seems like a year ago, it happened int he 2009 season, but still was in 2010. And it built up the hype machine for the 2010 season that has gone to 7-5 and an Insight Bowl Bid vs Missouri instead of a dream that many fans had of the National Championship or Rose Bowl.
So these are my moments from 2010, what are yours?
4-Iowa State wins AT TEXAS - Yea it happened. What Paul Rhoads has done with road wins at Nebraska last year and now Texas this year. ISU has found a good coach. Just needs talent.
5. Iowa wins the 2010 Orange Bowl - Yea it seems like a year ago, it happened int he 2009 season, but still was in 2010. And it built up the hype machine for the 2010 season that has gone to 7-5 and an Insight Bowl Bid vs Missouri instead of a dream that many fans had of the National Championship or Rose Bowl.
So these are my moments from 2010, what are yours?
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