The New Sports Classics: Best moments of the past 10 years.

Burnsy was back from his voyage to the East Coast can’t get the trip out of his head. This time it was the plane ride that got the brain flowing. On the flight back Dave secretly read his wife’s Entertainment Weekly. The issue went over the New Classics of the last 25 years in movies, TV shows, albums, and books.

With sports always on his mind, Burns transformed the topic into the new sports classics. The Top 10 moments of the last ten years. When he got off the plane this is what he came up with in no particular order:

1. 2003 ALCS, Red Sox, down 3-0 rally to beat the Yanks. The BoSox were the first team in MLB history to win a seven game series after being down 3-0. They accomplished the feat against the hated evil empire, the New York Yankees. This could go down as the moment that swung the best rivalry in baseball to the other side.

2. Boise State stuns Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. Boise State vs. the Sooners in the Fiesta Bowl, who wants to watch that? Glendale, AZ ended up having one of the most dramatic CFB games in the history of the NCAA. A great upset with trick plays galore, plus the staring RB Ian Johnson proposed to his girlfriend when the game ended. What a moment!

3. D-Backs win 1st championship vs. Yankees in 2001 World Series. The Yankees were trying to win one for their city after the tragic events of 9-11. Byung Hyun Kim blows 2 games at The Stadium. Mariano can’t shut down the Snakes in the bottom of the 9th of Game 7. Plain and simple - great baseball on the biggest stage.

4. OSU upsets Miami in national championship game in 2003. Ohio State led by freshman Maurice Clarrett defeated the heavily favored Hurricanes. Most memorable moment from this game was Willis McGahee’s knee getting completely destroyed.

5. The New York football Giants take down the undefeated New England Pats in Super Bowl 42, 17-14. An unbelievable game with an unbelievable play. Eli Manning’s impromptu escape and David Tyree’s incredible catch will go down as one of the greatest plays in SB history.

6. Steve Bartman – October 14, 2003. The man will never be able to step foot in Chicago again until the Cubs win the World Series. Cubbie fans get over it, your SS Alex Gonzalez booted a routine ground ball, it wasn’t Bartman’s fault.

7. Music City Miracle – Titans defeat Bills on Wild Card Weekend Jan 8th 2000. One of the most creative special team’s plays we have seen. Frank Wycheck chucks the ball back to Kevin Dyson, Dyson 75 yards down the sideline. Another heart breaking loss for the folks in Orchard Park.

8. Mark McGwire/Sammy Sosa – Summer of ‘98. The home run chase that put baseball back on the map. Sosa and Big Mac went back and forth crushing mammoth HR’s as they drew closer and closer to the magic number 61. McGwire broke it against the Cubs and the celebration was on. Sosa and McGwire hugged; Roger Maris’ family was sitting the front row, heartbreaking stuff. The only thing better was them both looking like morons in front of Congress.

9. Tiger Woods win US open on the 91st hole in 2008 over Rocco Mediate. Woods was playing on one leg, enough said.

10. App St. upsets Michigan 34-32 on opening day at the Big House. The Mountaineers defeated the Michigan Wolverines!!!!!!!! The then #5 ranked Michigan Wolverines were the first 1-A team to lose to a 1-AA team since the NCAA started classifying teams in divisions in 1978.

After much debate with callers, producer and board opt four changes were made to the list. Axed off the Top 10 were App St’s win over Big Blue, OSU’s national championship over the U, the Music City Miracle, and the steroid chase….. I mean home run chase of 1998.

Here is what got added on –

-2005 Rose Bowl/National Championship game, Texas upsets USC. The Trojans came into the game hyped as one of the greatest teams ever. The game billed as the game of the century lived up to its stature as Vince Young carried the Longhorns passed Southern Cal in their own backyard.

-USC defeats ND 34-31. The Fighting Irish broke out the green jerseys, but they couldn’t pull out the W. Reggie Bush nudged Matt Leinart across the goal line and the Trojans continued their march towards perfection.

-Dale Earnhardt Sr. dies at Daytona 500. A sad moment, but a memorable one. One the greatest NASCAR drivers of our time die in a crash at its most famed race.

-Ron Artest goes berserk. Not only did the Indiana Pacers fight Ben Wallace and the Detroit Pistons, but they decided to brawl with the entire crowd too. Chairs, beers, and fists flew everywhere. The fight was clinched when Jermaine O’Neal sprinted across the court and laid out a fan standing on the court.