After over five decades of going to games of all kinds, I don't think I ever enjoyed a year of in-person sporting events more than 2016. It began with Kris Jenkins game-winner in Houston and progressed through a PSU football season that may never be topped for sheer thrills and fun. Here are the top 13 events I've seen live dating back to a childhood in the 1960s and listed chronologically.
Ohio State was a team of mostly untested sophomores coming off a 5-4 season and a 13-point underdog against #1 Purdue and its dual Heisman candidates Leroy Keyes and Mike Phipps.