I love this question whenever it comes up... and I always make it way more complicated than it NEEDS TO be, and can't decide on just one.
I mostly think of only the games that I attended, and base it more on how much fun I had with the win, than how good the game actually was or how meaningful it was.
2000 Nebraska has to be near the top of everyone's list. Meant so much to the program, great game, lead to a NC, and the atmosphere in Norman that whole rest of the weekend was amazing. 2001 texsa with the Superman play was my freshman year and so fun both at the game and after the game 2003 texsa blowout 2003 Bedlam was fantastic because of the previous two years and Les Miles and all the OSU fans who had grown cocky. The goal line stand may have been the loudest I had ever heard the stadium get for a single moment. 2008 Jump Around vs Tech 2021 RRS just because of the emotion
Games I didn't attend but can remember exactly where I was, and how I reacted during big moments: 2013 Bedlam, 2013 Sugar Bowl vs Bama, 2015 Tennessee, 2015 Baylor, 2017 Ohio State
Post by cushcreekmonk on Feb 24, 2022 20:33:48 GMT
The NC winning Orange Bowl game is the TOP Sooner game. Winning an NC; beating the favored team; shutting out the offense that was predicted to score 30+ on OU; the upstart, second-year HC beating the venerable "legend" Bowden; and setting the stage for recruiting top players after a decade of decline.
All of the 2000 games were important to get to this game - KSU, Neb, coming back at A&M, and holding off Okie lite, but none would've meant as much as they did without the final win in the Orange Bowl!
1. 2001 texsa - My first RRS couldn’t have been a better one. 2. 2000 NC - My first season really paying attention to OU football. Didn’t attend, but watched it with my dad. 3. 2003 TAMU - I grew up in Houston. Lots of Ags around. I was a jr in HS and got to go to this game. The following Monday was glorious, especially since we had lost to them the previous year. 4. 2015 Tennessee - When Baker became Baker. 5. 2013 Bedlam - Just a great way to crunch little brother’s soul. BLAKE Bell’s last career pass couldn’t have been better.
2015 OU vs Baylor seems to be forgotten. It's not the best OU game since 2000, but it was a great game that reestablished OU back to the national forefront on a primetime stage after a few down years. Great performances by Samaje, Baker and Shepard. OU vs Tenn gets a lot of love from that season(for good reason) but Baylor was a much better opponent that year IMO. Fast paced game and I was on the edge of my seat the whole night.
