Biggest upsets in sports history

[elliott70]

Biggest upset ever,

1963 Minnesota state high school hockey championship game,
in overtime, 4 to 3, St. Paul Johnson over International Falls.

[Irishmans Shanty]

But here is the biggest upset in the history of the known world:
Jesse "The Body" Ventura being elected the Governor of Minnesota.

How in the Boof did that happen?

A record number of people in their late teens and early 20's probably voted, something that demographic usually doesn't do.

As long as we're talking politics, Al Gore losing Tennessee in 2000 to Bush. Everyone remembers the fiasco in FL but none of that would have mattered had Gore won his home state. Even Mondale took Minnesota in 1984.

[greybeard58]

Add 2 more in the 80's Columbia Heights over Cloquet in double overtime at the Fair Grounds and then beating Edina at the State tournament. They had a goalie with a last name of Miracle.

[TTpuckster]

Its a good point goldy. The '69 Mets won 100 games and were the National League champs.

The "Miracle" team of 1980 was coming off a number of impressive wins including a thrashing of the Czechs before it beat the Russians.
Nobody beat the USA at Lake Placid so it wasnt like the Russians were their only win.

Some of these "greatest upsets" are a creature of hype to some degree.

But here is the biggest upset in the history of the known world:
Jesse "The Body" Ventura being elected the Governor of Minnesota.

How in the Boof did that happen?

And speaking of politics, maybe Lee's favorite political party will nominate Hilary for President and she will win. Talk about being upset.

PB,

You may be right!!
Jesse's win Definitely came out of nowhwere.
How many political wins did he have before that?
Mayor of Brooklyn Center? Or was it Brooklyn Park?

The only downside to this one is that he was going up against less than stellar competition from any of the other parties.

[bubblehockey27]

Naturally being a Michigan fan, and taking so much heat for the app state loss, I'm going with Holy Cross over Minnesota

[dangla.]

[quote="bubblehockey27"]Naturally being a Michigan fan, and taking so much heat for the app state loss, I'm going with Holy Cross over Minnesota[/quotei

i forgot about that loss until you ppl bring it up. pisses me off

[east hockey]

Naturally being a Michigan fan, and taking so much heat for the app state loss, I'm going with Holy Cross over Minnesota

i forgot about that loss until you ppl bring it up. pisses me off

Here ya go

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X1_x1oo35L0

Lee

[Goldy Gopher]

Naturally being a Michigan fan, and taking so much heat for the app state loss, I'm going with Holy Cross over Minnesota

i forgot about that loss until you ppl bring it up. pisses me off

Here ya go

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X1_x1oo35L0

Lee

I could have done without that.

[packerboy]

When referring to Ventura being elected Gov as being an upset the the Puckster wrote:

The only downside to this one is that he was going up against less than stellar competition from any of the other parties.


Well, I dont know Puckster. He beat Norm Coleman who has been elected one of our US Senators and Skip Humphrey whose last name is Humphrey and who had won a number of state wide elections.

Jesse shocked the world.

After which he was an embarassment.

[TTpuckster]

When referring to Ventura being elected Gov as being an upset the the Puckster wrote:

The only downside to this one is that he was going up against less than stellar competition from any of the other parties.


Well, I dont know Puckster. He beat Norm Coleman who has been elected one of our US Senators and Skip Humphrey whose last name is Humphrey and who had won a number of state wide elections.

Jesse shocked the world.

After which he was an embarassment.

Yea,

I guess your right PB.
Hindsight is 20-20, but at the time, it was quite an upset.

Here's to hoping something like that never happens again.

[Indians forever]

USA vs Soviet Union 1980 hockey. The rest are big but nothing will ever top that.

Well Said, USA Baby!!!!!!!!!