Game of 2010!

There are 12 games to choose from in the past year.  Allow me to review them.

January: Arizona Cardinals 51-Green Bay Packers 45 (OT), NFL Wild Card Playoff.
This high scoring, offensive explosion helped the Cardinals move on in the playoffs and Green Bay came back from a 17-0 deficit to force overtime.

February: Canada 3, United States 2, OT, Gold Medal game at the 2010 Winter Olympics. David vs. Goliath match up. David, the United States won the first game in the preliminary round 5-3. Canada would have none of that in the second game, but the U.S. came back resiliently and pushed it into overtime with 25 seconds to play.

March: Kansas State 101, Xavier 96, 2OT, 2010 Men's Basketball Tournment. Electrifying game, which sent K-State on to the elite eight.  This was a "David vs. Goliath" game, and Xavier nearly pulled the upset.

April: Duke 61, Butler 59. Another "David vs. Goliath" match up, and Goliath won again, but barely. Cinderella wasn't given her glass slipper tonight, but it was an amazing game, which was so close for Butler to pull it out.

May: Philadelphia Flyers 4, Boston Bruins 3, Game 7, Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Flyers came back from a 3-0 game deficit and a 3-0 series deficit to force this decisive game 7. As mentioned earlier, the Flyers went down 3-0 early in the game, but came roaring back after a time out by Peter Laviolette.



June:  Wimbledon 1st round: John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut.  This match was the longest in the history of tennis.  Isner eventually won after three days 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-3), 70-68.


July:  2010 World Cup final.  Spain vs. The Netherlands.  This game was very physical, and scoreless until the 116th minute, the latest a winning goal was scored in the history of the World Cup.  Spain wins 1-0.


August:  92nd PGA Championship, it featured a playoff and Martin Kaymer won hist first major title.


September:  Boise State vs. Virginia Tech.  Intense game, tension filled and Boise came out with the victory 33-30.


October:  Atlanta Braves vs. San Francisco Giants game 2, NLDS.  Atlanta won 5-4 on a dramatic long home run in the 11th inning by Rick Ankiel.


November:  Auburn at Alabama, Iron Bowl.  Auburn came back from a 24-0 deficit to remain number one and have the chance to play for the National Title.


December:  Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants.  Philly came back from a huge deficit to retain control of first place in the NFC East.  Philadelphia came back from a 31-10 deficit with 8:17 left in the game to win 38-31.


The game of the year in my mind must be the 2010 Winter Olympics Gold Medal game between the Unites States and Canada.  This game featured intense hockey, pride,  and an underdog in the U.S.  It also featured overtime, which Canada's star and golden boy, Sidney Crosby eventually scored to give the home country their most coveted gold.