What has been your "Peaks" and "Valleys" as a sports fan?

[docdw25]

What peaks? I'm a Cleveland fan.

I was going to say the same thing.

 

[mudflap02]

Peaks-
Texas A&M winning the Big XII Championship my freshman year and going to a BCS bowl (even though we got whipped by Ohio State.)
The Aggies finally fielding a competitive basketball team.
Becoming an Orioles fan after the Astros disappointed me year after year. Even though they're no better than the Disastros, they are a much better team to support and get behind.


Valleys-
Finding out the hard way that A&M in a BCS bowl is the exception not the rule.
Dennis Franchione.
77-0 vs Oklahoma in 2003.
Loss to Arkansas State in Kyle Field a couple of years ago.

 

[Card Magnet]

Highest peak:
Ruslan Fedotenko scoring Tampa Bay's only two goals in game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals to win The Cup as I watched from the waiting room in the hospital as my mom was having surgery. Just 5 or so minutes after the conclusion, the doc came out and told us she was fine in recovery. I watched that whole game on a 10 inch tv while eating vending machine food, drinking coffee, and laying back on a few armless chairs put together.

Other peaks in no order :
Dallas Cowboys' three Super Bowl wins in the 90s (especially SB *** against Pittsburgh)
Duke's National Championship this year
Miami Hurricanes football national title in 2001
Chicago White Sox World Series

Valleys in no order:
The Orlando Magic right now.
Jimmy Johnson no longer coaching the Dallas Cowboys.
Vinny Testaverde retiring.
Frank Thomas no longer being a White Sock.
The Johnstown Chiefs leaving Johnstown.

 

[KandKCards]

Peaks-
All 3 Pats super bowls, but the first one most of all because they were huge underdogs and it was the first in franchise history.
Both Sox WS titles but more so the first one because, well I'm sure you can figure out why.
Villanova going to the final four last year
Pats going 18-0

Valleys-
Pats losing SB to Giants (still haven't and probably will never get over this one)
Aaron Boone and all the other Sox blowups
Manning being gifted SB MVP after the dreaded Colts finally got over the hump by beating the worst NFC Super Bowl team in history (still bitter about this one, clearly)

 

[thenumberonemetfan]

Peak-The 2006 Mets
-Todd Zeile final at bat(it was a homerun)
-Mike Piazza breaking the home run record(for a catcher)
-Cliff Floyd hitting a walkoff homerun after fouling the previous pitch 5ft to the left of the foul pole

Valley-The 2006 Mets
-Piazza leaving the Mets
-The 2007,2008 Mets
-Mike Cameron colliding with Carlos Beltran

 

[cowboysrule48]

Peaks:
1995 Super Bowl
2002 World Series (I was an Angels fan until my hometown team grew on me a few years ago, no baseball in Florida when I was younger)
Missouri beating Kansas in football in 2007, becoming #1 in the country
2008 ALCS Game 7 (I was there!)
Missouri beating Memphis in 2008 to make the Elite Eight

Valleys:
I cried the day Troy Aikman retired
2007 playoff game against the Seahawks (the Romo fumble)
2008 playoff game against the Giants (The one year in recent memory I really thought Dallas had a shot to win it all)
2010 playoff game against the Vikings
Missouri losing to UConn in 2008 in Elite Eight, failing to make first Final Four in school history
2007 Big 12 Title game
Cowboys three straight 5-11 seasons

 

[RL24]

As an Indians fan, the peak was probably in '07 when they beat the Yankees in the ALDS and went up 3-1 over the Red Sox in the ALCS. I was then immediatly was plummetted into the deepest valley I've ever had as a sports fan.

After all, I grew up cheering for Rickey. Life as a sportsfan was full of peak after peak with nary a valley to be found.

 

[Crazylox23]

Best day was the Saints winning the Super Bowl and the worst was when MJ retired (the first time)

 

[PSquared]

Peaks:

Calgary Flames 86 Stanley Cup Appearance
Calgary Flames 89 Stanley Cup Victory
Calgary Flames 04 Stanley Cup Appearance
Boston Celtics 86 NBA Championship (Which made me a Celtics Fan)
Boston Celtics 08 NBA Championship
Paul Pierce Winning the 08 NBA Finals MVP


Valleys:

The Vick Incident
Atlanta Falcons parting with Vick (Which no longer made me a Falcons fan)
Calgary Flames of the Mid 90's
Chicago Cubs playoff woes

 

[Watt]

I have no peaks.

 

[champb21]

hopefully another world series win for phillies this year. I absolutely hate the yankees

peaks
-2008 phillies world series
-2000 titans making super bowl
-2010 phillies getting roy halladay

valleys
-2009 world series loss to yankees
-pats superbowl wins
-yankees ws wins

 

[sportscardtheory]

Valleys

1990-91 Buffalo Bills lose Super Bowl 25 ("wide-right", absolutely drop-to-the-knees heart-breaking)
1991-92 Buffalo Bills lose Super Bowl 26
1992-93 Buffalo Bills lose Super Bowl 27
1993-94 Buffalo Bills lose Super Bowl 28

Buffalo Bills haven't reached the playoffs 1999-present
Buffalo Bills have never won a Super Bowl

1997-98 Buffalo Sabres lose in the Conference Finals
1998-99 Buffalo Sabres lose in the Stanley Cup Finals ("no-goal", complete bullshat)
2005-06 Buffalo Sabres lose in the Conference Finals
2006-07 Buffalo Sabres lose in the Conference Finals (best team in regular season, injuries to our two best defensemen in the playoffs, extremely disappointing)

Buffalo Sabres have never won a Stanley Cup

2002 Buffalo Bisons (Indians farm team) lose Championship

1992 The City of Buffalo loses a bid for one of the two Major League Baseball expansion teams to Colorado and Florida

Peaks

1997 Buffalo Bisons (Indians farm team) win Championship
1998 Buffalo Bisons (Indians farm team) win Championship
2004 Buffalo Bisons (Indians farm team) win Championship

 

[bballcardkid]

Peak:

96-98

I had the pleasure of watching #23 put on a show on a nightly basis, plus Kentucky went to the Championship game 3 straight years and was an overtime away from a 3 peat.

It's been a valley ever since.

 

[card-treasury]

Huge valley today when my favorite player was pulled with a shoulder injury (usually career-threatening) after 2 1/3 innings. He never had an arm injury before. Oh well.

 

[bmc398]

Peak as a Purdue fan:

8:30 left in the first half in our game at Minnesota this year. Cruising to another easy road win.

Valley:

7:30 left in the first half in our game at Minnesota this year. Robbbie Hummel writhing on the floor after just tearing his ACL. I still maintain the National Title would have easily been ours had he been healthy.

BLAH...........

That image of him tearing his ACL still haunts me.

 

[G $MONEY$]

im enjoying this thread a lot, would love to hear some others....