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Biggest upsets in sports history
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:01 pm
by dangla.
Whats the biggest upset?
post if im missing any you think should be up here
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:09 pm
by Govs93
I seriously doubt this thread will last long (unless you-know-who makes an appearance)... 1980 U.S. olympic hockey.
Moving on...
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:23 pm
by packerboy
NC State over Houston in the NCAA Bball final @1985 or so.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:36 pm
by Neutron 14
Centennial over Moorhead the Schwanns Cup last year!
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:39 pm
by EREmpireStrikesBack
You and him are one in the same...
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:05 pm
by Neutron 14
EREmpireStrikesBack wrote:You and him are one in the same...
I assure you, I am not him.
post 8253
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:14 pm
by boblee
Holy Cross over the Gophers?
Re: post 8253
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:16 pm
by east hockey
boblee wrote:Holy Cross over the Gophers?
Only in Gophers fans' eyes.
Lee
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:19 pm
by packerboy
Thats right Lee and nobody who was Catholic was surprised
But here is another big upset:
The Catholics not winning another hockey championship last year.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:24 pm
by east hockey
packerboy wrote:
But here is another big upset:
The Catholics not winning another hockey championship last year.
Not to us heathens!
Lee
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:29 pm
by Neutron 14
packerboy wrote:
But here is another big upset:
The Catholics not winning another hockey championship last year.
Kind of rendered a 53 page thread moot. I see why your still "upset".
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:05 pm
by Stealth
Holy Cross over the Gophers?
I like this one too!
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:07 pm
by Can't Never Tried
The public schools winning the OE ruling
I can't believe I just wrote that !!!
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:23 pm
by rbkhockey
honestly not the michigan game! the team they lost to has won 2 straight 1AA national titles. i agree a big upset but not even close to the biggest of all time
post 8254
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:06 pm
by boblee
rbkhockey wrote:honestly not the michigan game! the team they lost to has won 2 straight 1AA national titles. i agree a big upset but not even close to the biggest of all time
It was the first time ANY D1 AA team beat a RANKED D1 A team. And they beat the #5 team in the nation...pretty big upset.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:09 pm
by State Champ 97
USA vs Soviet Union 1980 hockey. The rest are big but nothing will ever top that.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:03 pm
by Neutron 14
The Wolverina's have dropped out of the AP top 25.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:51 pm
by tomASS
No joke - ESPN carried Nate's hot dog eating contest and the american beat the 10 time winner from Japan and the idiot color guy states that it would go down as one of the greatest sporting upsets in US history.
spewed beer through my nose when I heard it and then quickly turned the channel becasue I was embarrassed I had actually watched it
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:37 pm
by greybeard58
Another sad one to remember, can't remember the year but the Russian basketball team getting extra chances to hand the USA team their first basketball loss to get the gold medal at the Olympics.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:41 pm
by EREmpireStrikesBack
Neutron 14 wrote:EREmpireStrikesBack wrote:You and him are one in the same...
I assure you, I am not him.
Not you... the one who started this thread.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:19 pm
by goldy313
I refuse to let a hockey game be the biggest upset, goaltending plays too big a factor. Same with baseball and a pitcher. In those sports 1 guy can make too big of a difference.
Dan Gable never lost a match in 3 years at Waterloo West; 64-0, at Iowa State he amassed 99 wins and 2 National Championships - freshmen were ineligible then. As a Junior 137lb he went 31-0 winning by fall 27 times, as a 142lb Senior he went 33-0 winning 31 by fall before losing to Larry Owings in the NCAA championship match.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDhH4aTWi-M
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:32 am
by packerboy
I agree goldy, if its one game.
But how about the '69 Mets beating the Orioles in the World Series?
As far s the 1980 game vs the Russians, I think it was an upset but not as big as its made out to be.
Larry Owings is no Appalacian St
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:10 am
by Knowlzee
I don't know if any NCAA championship match is an upset, Owings was 32-2 on the year, he was a pretty good wrestler, too. What a wonderful wrestling match.
Gable looked tired at the beginning,.....and frustrated at the end. Gable tried everything he had in the middle of the match,....and Owings refused to give in. A great performance, by a kid who probably had no idea, what he actually achieved. What a great story for the grandkids.
Practically impossible to keep the intensity to go undefeated in a year, much less a college career. Gable was a great one.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:19 am
by goldy313
1 problem I have with all those upsets, they all happend in either championship or medal round games and it gives the opponent little credit for being there. Just to get there the team or individual had to be very good, you can't luck your way through an entire season or tournament.
So how about this one: Man-O-War was 21 for 21, 21 starts 21 wins before he was beaten by a 100-1 longshot named......Upset.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:00 am
by packerboy
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.