In my post-win exuberance on Saturday, I called the 41-34 overtime thriller over Missouri a top-5 experience for me at Alumni Stadium since I started as a student season ticket holder in 2006.
I went back and thought about the games I’ve seen in the 16 seasons since and tried to determine if this was true. Looking back at my favorite Alumni Stadium games since then, it’s hard to say what are the ‘top 5,’ but there are definitely 10 that stand out - and Saturday’s game was one of them.
In chronological order:
1 - September 9, 2006 - BC 34, Clemson 33, 2OT
2 - September 16, 2006 - BC 30, BYU 23, OT
I take these two together because they were my first home game experiences as a BC student, and in retrospect I should have been more upset over setting such an incredibly high bar for the first two games that could never be cleared.