Saturday, January 1, 2011

Top 10 Most Exciting Games of 2010 (for teams I'm a fan of)

Here's my list of the 10 most exciting games of 2010 for teams that I am a fan of. My teams won all of these games and helped to make 2010 a great year!



  1. 1. Texans 23 vs. Broncos 24 -- Tebow's first win.
I had been looking forward to the Broncos vs. Texans game for three weeks, ever since the Broncos failed comeback against the Rams. This was to be the first home game since McDaniel's was fired. It was also Tim Tebow's first home game as the starting quarterback. My dad and I arrived at the game wearing our brand new personalized orange jersey's I had gotten us for Christmas. We were excited to see what the Broncos could do. The announcer introduced the starting offense to chants of "Tebow Tebow!", and then the Broncos were off to the races.

After two screen passes for a bunch of yards, the crowd was psyched about Tebow, but then he threw an interception to the Texans in the North Endzone that silenced the crowd. Two quarters later our Broncos were down 17-0, and the stadium felt like this would just be another blow out in an already miserable season.

But in the second half Mile High got a glance at Tebow's potential. Tebow drove the Broncos downfield and he made some good throws, but Brandon Lloyd made some even better catches that saved Tebow from being picked off again. With Knowsheon Moreno out with an injury (as usual) Correll Buckhalter rushed up the middle for a 6 yard touchdown, making the score 17-7.

The Broncos defense played inspirational football and kept Huston out of the endzone the entire second half, a rarity this year. By the end of the third quarter Huston and Denver had traded a couple field goals making the score 23-10.

The game was still in reach, with the Broncos just needing two touchdowns to take the lead. Memories of Elway's 4th quarter magic came back, and everyone in the stadium held onto a little hope that Tebow could pull it off. Five minutes into the 4th quarter, Buckhalter caught a pass in the slot and ran it 23 yards to drop the Texan's lead to only 6. The Broncos needed just one more touchdown to win, and the crowd was going crazy!

Tebow again drove Denver down the field, and with a little help from a pass interference call on Huston on third and long got a first and goal at the one. Two plays later, Tebow took the snap, faked right and then ran left into the corner of the endzone! It had been a long time since I had heard Mile High rumble like that. Everyone around us in the South Stands was leaping up and down, with high fives all around. Chants of TEBOW TEBOW filled the stadium and suddenly, the Broncos had hope for next season.

After Haushka's extra point, the score was Houston 23, Denver 24.

Houston still had 2 minutes left, and with the way their kicker was hitting 50+ yard field goals, it didn't look good for Denver. I hoped the defense would stop them, but Houston kept driving down field, into field goal range. I hoped Denver would get a turnover, but thought that would never happen with the season we were having. Suddenly, Schaub's pass is deflected, and as if time had stopped I saw the ball slowly falling to into Denver's Syd'quan Thompson's hands. INTERCEPTION! BRONCOS WIN! The South Stands finally felt like they should, loud, proud and happy!

Tebow's first win and his first NFL 4th quarter comeback gave Denver fans something to look forward to next season. Though there's still much work to be done on the coaching staff and improving Tebow's throwing mechanics he has the leadership, passion and the skills to make Denver a proud football city once more. This is why this game tops my list of most exciting games in 2010.

2. Boise St. 33 vs. Virginia Tech 30 -- Boise St. does what they do best

3. Colorado 4 vs. Atlanta 0 --Ulbaldo's and Rockies' first no hitter

4. Atlanta 10 vs. Colorado 12 Rockies biggest comeback ever!

5. Cardinals 9 vs. Colorado 12 Another awesome Rockies comeback!

6. Nuggets 118 vs. Cavs 116 OT Nuggets beat Cavs in OT.

7. Oregon 15 vs. California 13 Oregon's offense disappears, but they still pull out the win.

8. Giants 3 -- Rangers 1 Game 5 World Series brings Giants 1st championship in 50 years.

9. Sharks 0 - Avs 1 OT Goal gives Avs 2-1 series lead

10. Cincinatti 5 Colorado 6 Most exciting play in baseball! Rockies steal home for go ahead run.