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Best Carolina Game Ever...

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So the thread title says Best Carolina Game Ever, and the OP says your Favorite Game Ever. 

I think for Best Carolina Game Ever, it's clearly gotta be the 03' playoffs game versus the Rams. A game we had won, then looked like we were going to blow it more than once, and finished on an incredible play. This might be one of the best NFL games ever, period.

Favorite Game Ever just for how satisfying it was for me is the NFC Championship win. The game itself was a blowout, but it's the best fan experience I've ever seen. For all the bullshit that PSL/season ticket holders have to listen to about how we are the reason the atmosphere at BOA sucks and/or it's our fault that the team is bad, games like that are proof that when there's something worth rooting for it's an amazing place to be. I only wish I was in person for the 1996 Cowboys playoff win, because that was so satisfying to end their dynasty and really something that wretched franchise and their insufferable fans never recovered from. 

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I’m going with the game against the Giants in the 2015 season. The back and forth with Norman and Odell. Man, talk about 2 people who couldn’t stand each other going back and forth. Outside of that last Odell TD, Norman had him shut down the entire game. Going up big, letting the Giants come back, and Cam on the sideline with the “I got this” expression, leading the team to a win. My favorite game ever.

2. 2015 NFC title game

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1996 : NFL WARS  Game 15.. The NFC West Battle .   Second Year Expansion Team ,  The Carolina Panthers, traveled to 5 time defending champion S F 49'ers.  We were on a 4 game winning streak and this was a  test to see if a second year team had really arrived. 

We jumped on them early. Our defense was holding their own against Steve Young/ Jerry Rice. Leading 27-17 at the half.  I WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED.. We ended up winning 30-24..  SWEEPING the 49'ers for the season,  and fueled the winning streak to continue to 8 games .  12-4 regular season ,  

Panther Fever was born with this win.  We had arrived in only our second season.   We beat the big boys and smashed them in mouth twice.  

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4 minutes ago, AggieLean said:

I’m going with the game against the Giants in the 2015 season. The back and forth with Norman and Odell. Man, talk about 2 people who couldn’t stand each other going back and forth. Outside of that last Odell TD, Norman had him shut down the entire game. Going up big, letting the Giants come back, and Cam on the sideline with the “I got this” expression, leading the team to a win. My favorite game ever.

2. 2015 NFC title game

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Cam's finish in that game was fantastic, but it's also a textbook 'Rivera off the gas' game where Carolina blew a 28 point lead in less than 20 minutes to require such a closeout. One of Rivera's most infuriating traits.

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Here are the top 10 games I go back and watch in order of preference:

1. X-Clown

2. X-Clown

3-7. X-Clown: There is nothing you could ask for that this game didn't have.  Incredible defense, incredible offense. The most nerve-wracking game I've ever seen.  A fluky 'JAKE! what the heck are you doing?' fumble that ended as a Moose TD.  A comedy of penalties that just kept moving us back and back, and then it was, oh yes, back again.  A devastating last-minute Rams comeback.  Horrible coaching decision. Missed sudden death FGs.  And this doesn't even come close to describing it all.  Then there was the greatest play in Panther history.  "IT'S OVER! ... IT'S OVER!"

8. 1996 Steelers game. (For those that mentioned this one, shame on you for not speaking of the greatest highlight: Cowher holding back laughter while the refs decided whether to penalize Sir Purr.)

9. 2005 playoffs against the Bears that had beaten us earlier in the year and were so cocky sure they were going to easily get by us again.  (This is the game that Smitty shared the cool secret about during the game Saturday.  The play that set the stage and let the Bears know hibernation time was coming.  What we all thought was an awesome pump fake was actually Jake trying to throw where Smitty was supposed to be on his hitch route.  But Tillman was ready for it so Smitty took it upon himself to head to the endzone for the "That guy thinks he's gonna tackle me.  I'll just slam on the brakes and let him fly on by" TD.

10.  Wow.  Gotta pick between (a) "You've been watching film, too, huh?  That's cool. Watch this!" (b) "Ice up, son!" (c) the day some unintelligible Cajan came it at halftime (d) the rain game (e) Seahawks playoffs [that we won.  God! Not the other one!] (f&g) Cowboys playoffs and (h) the game that got Chucky fired.

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2003 week 2 versus Tampa Bay. Completely whooped early on in the game, Coach John Fox benches Rodney Peete and sends in unknown Jake Delhomme to salvage at least the team's dignity. Delhomme goes from zero to hero and brings the win back, assisted greatly by fantastic defensive efforts and special teams play.

The Cardiac Cats were born and the season that had more edge of the seat moments than any other one culminates in a last minute Superb Owl loss to the New England Patriots, who had cheated time and again. 

 

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1 hour ago, OceanPanther said:

1996 : NFL WARS  Game 15.. The NFC West Battle .   Second Year Expansion Team ,  The Carolina Panthers, traveled to 5 time defending champion S F 49'ers.  We were on a 4 game winning streak and this was a  test to see if a second year team had really arrived. 

We jumped on them early. Our defense was holding their own against Steve Young/ Jerry Rice. Leading 27-17 at the half.  I WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED.. We ended up winning 30-24..  SWEEPING the 49'ers for the season,  and fueled the winning streak to continue to 8 games .  12-4 regular season ,  

Panther Fever was born with this win.  We had arrived in only our second season.   We beat the big boys and smashed them in mouth twice.  

Good call!  Just like we got Chucky fired, sweeping the 49ers basically got Seifert fired.  Little did me know that would come back to bite us in the butt.  Though I guess we have his claim to fame bringing in Smitty and his claim to shame getting us Pep.

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6 hours ago, GRWatcher said:

1996. I remember that! Seared in my brain is seeing Chad Cota with the end zone interception to end the game.

My favorite will always be the 1996 playoff against the Cowboys. 75,412 fans new to the notion of NFL playoffs, rockin' like there's no tomorrow. The team came out of the locker room and ran around the stadium thanking the fans. No one wanted to leave that night.

Wow...  '96....  Hard to believe...  And yeah that Cowboys game was probably the best tho...  We knocked out Deion Sanders and Micheal Irvin...  There was a picture a day or two after the game in the Charlotte Observer showing "prime time" being helped on a plane....

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