What's your state's sporting event of the year?

No way ... it's UNC-Duke (X2) in basketball. That (as a single thing) is the event of the year in NC sports.

 

Other than bitching about Jerry Jones, there's no one thing.

 

Then there are the small states. I grew up in Delaware. I'd have to say University of Delaware football was the biggest thing exclusive to the state. That's about it. Rhode Island? Maybe when the America's Cup comes to Newport, which it hasn't for many years.
What's Maine's biggest sports event? I honestly have no idea.

 

What about the NASCAR race in Dover?

 

It's big, but not for much of the Wilmington metro that has most of the state's population. Much like the beaches in the south of the state, the Dover races are as much for the Baltimore and DC metro areas as they are for Delawareans.
Now there's no question that the NASCAR races at Loudon are New Hampshire's biggest events.

 

Red River Shootout/Rivalry/Whatever They're Calling It This Year probably gets the most attention statewide. That, the two NASCAR races, and the state high school football finals now that they're centralized.

Cowboys game days used to be big, and maybe those are back now that they're finally good again.

 

For DC, World Series and Stanley Cup games.

 

I'd guess something having to do with Virginia Tech football.

 

Little League World Series and Kiddie Fucker U football come pretty close.

 

I grew up near Philly, and while Penn State football was big, it wasn't the biggest college sports deal there. That was Big Five basketball.

 

Has to be, yep.

 

I grew up in Philly too, and I humbly submit Penn State football was easily the biggest college sports deal there, with the notable exception of Villanova in '85.

Statewide, nothing else comes close except the LLWS.