Armchair Game of the Year: Reader's Choice

# Rutgers University Scarlet Knights upset University of Louisville Cardinals

1. New York Giants overtime win against the Philadelphia Eagles
2. Game 4 of the ALCS (Oakland Athletics vs. Detroit Tigers)

Kinda stealing my idea/thunder, eh? ;-)

# 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix (okay not a game, but a sporting event, so I think it kind of fits in. Click the link to read the report.

2006 World Cup Final - France v Italy - Went to penalty shoot-out. Zidane's sending off...

World Snooker Championship 2006 - First Round - Nigel Bond beat Stephen Hendry 10-9. Bond led 7-3, and Hendry needed a snooker to win the 11th Frame, which Bond gifted to him. Hendry levelled at 7-7. Match progressed to 9-9. Bond needed black to win match in final frame. Potted black but went in-off. Match went to a re-spotted black (it was tied on points in the final frame). Bond didn't even know Hendry had asked him to break (Hendry won the coin toss). Yet Bond STILL potted the black to win the match having thrown the game away twice. Considering when the two players were at their peaks in the mid-1990s, Hendry beat Bond in four consecutive World Championships (ranging from the Quarter Finals to the Final), it was a great win. Voted the second best snooker match ever.

(If you don't allow my first one, put in the Mets game that they lost to St. Louis in the NLCS - the one with Endy Chavez' great catch. Bump the other two up, and put that Mets game up at three.

1. Game 4 ALCS (Tigers/A's)

2. Ohio State/Michigan Football

3. Pittsburgh/Indy 2006 divisional series playoff game

# Bears-Cardinals on MNF, 10/16

1. France-Brazil World Cup Semi
2. Lakers-Suns, 2006 first round, Game 4

1. Michigan @ OSU

2. Notre Dame vs. Ohio State (Bowl Game) 3. Indians @ Detroit sometime in may, the tribe slaughtered the Tigers and I was there so it was a good game.

Nominations would have been good for this. It's tough to think about aaaaaaalllllll the games played in the last year.

#USC vs. Texas in the MNC game (A well played game that pretty much lived up to the hype)

1. The MLB All-Star Game (Low scoring and dramatic)
2. Michigan vs. Notre Dame (Just because it burst the Irish bubble)

# USC-Texas in the Rose Bowl

Game 3 of the NBA Finals (When the Heat came back from 13 points down, and D-Wade had 42 points)

George Mason-Villanova in the NCAA Tournament

1. 2006 Rose Bowl USC-Texas

2. Ohio State-Michigan Game 2006

3. Lakers-Suns, 2006 first round, Game 4

1 - Ohio State / Michigan

2 - Pittsburgh Steelers / Indy Colts - AFC playoffs

3 - Texas / USC - 2006 Rose Bowl

1. Texas over USC in Rose Bowl

2. George Mason over UConn in Elite Eight

3. Andre Agassi over Marcos Baghdatis in US Open 2nd round

# Michigan at Ohio State

1. USC v Texas national championship
2. June 30, 2006. Reds v Indians. Reds, bottom of the 9th, two outs, bases loaded, down 3. Adam Dunn grand walk-off grand slam. Fantastic game to watch

Two more nominees for yur consideration:

1. The Phoenix Suns-New Jersey Nets double-overtime thriller where both teams combined for the fourth most total points in NBA history. Final: Suns 161, Nets 157.
2. A high school football game in Florida, where St. Thomas Aquinas HS of Fort Lauderdale overcame a 35-point deficit, only to lose to Lakeland 45-42, also in double OT. More on that in the upcoming AWIR...

Steelers Colts Div Playoff Game.

1. Bradley University beating Pitt in the second round of the dance, putting BU in the Sweet 16 for the first time in more than 50 years.

2. USC-Texas Rose Bowl

3. White Sox vs. Astros in July -- Sox down 9-1 entering 7th... they score one in the 7th, Iguchi hits a three-run homer in the 8th, then hits a grand slam with two outs in the ninth to tie the game. Sox lose in extras, but what a game...

Texas-USC Rose Bowl- A game for the ages. Vintage Vince Young.

George Mason/Uconn [Elite 8 game in the NCAA Tournament} Incredible game that's overlooked.

Agassi/Baghdatis match in the US Open. Absolutely amazing match. Agassi gave us one more classic.

1. OSU v. Michigan

2. Texas v. USC

3. Philadelphia Eagles v. Dallas Cowboys (Oct. game)