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Your Top 5 most scarring sports outcomes...
(https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=320174)
I'd not say games but individual plays...
The fumble off a lineman's head back to Luck for a TD.... Mariota's pass to himself for a TD... Those are plays driven by forces outside of anyone's control...literally 1 in a million chance. Both situations, the defender made a great, drive ending play which just added to the surrealism....they both ended up being the difference in the game. Chiefs have lost two post-season games directly as a result of once in a lifetime, freak occurrences...in a span of 4 seasons. You are left without a tangible explanation... |
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I actually think Watson losing that Open was bad for Watson fans and KC but good for golf. A 59-year-old guy winning a major is a bad look for a sport, IMO.
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Don’t forget trading picks for Herm Edwards. That started the dark ages of chiefs football. |
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Trading for Cassel was so much worse than trading for Smith.
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Half the fanbase, myself included, was convinced he was the next Trent Green, or even better, a younger version! Cassel was like Montana after all that Huard-Croyle-Thigpen bullshit. We learned fast. ROFL |
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And we wasted 4 solid years of potential championship defenses on Alex. Alex is equal or greater than Cassel. |
Think the standard should be if the loss didn’t happen and instead your team won, would it have led to a Championship (or at the very least a trip to the Championship Round)
So with that in mind and I will just limit this to KC professional sports teams and NOT Sporting KC who I simply don’t give a **** about... 1. 2014 World Series Game 7 - this really wasn’t the most heartbreaking per se. I mean the Royals won so much that year even without winning it all. They mattered again. They were relevant again. That 29 year abyss one can easily argue was worse than this drought with the Chiefs. For me, it was tough because I flew out to KC for Games 6 & 7 of World Series with my 8 year old son, all to see them lose. Left the K feeling really proud for the Royals and the season/run they had but to not achieve the ultimate father/son sports moment (watching your team win it all live in person) hurt so ****ing much. Thankfully we DID get that chance next year as drove 30 minutes from our home to Citi Field for Game 5 and stayed there til 2am celebrating with the Royals and some 5000 Royals fans who also were there. STILL, seeing them all winning it all in New York WAS nice but it would not have held a candle to seeing them win it off in KC the year before. So yes, it’s tops for me but for selfish reasons. 2. 1977 ALCS Game 5 - although the Yankees were themselves. Great team, that WAS the best ever Royals team. 102-60. 16 game winning streak. Then an 8 game winning streak. Part of a 35-4 run. Games 4 AND 5 in KC. Up 3-1 through 7 innings in Game 5 and still up 3-2 going to the 9th and summoning your ace pitcher Dennis Leonard to finish them off and you give up 3 to lose the pennant. Did we ever need Wade Davis in a time machine... Royals would have annihilated the Dodgers in World Series. 3. 1997 AFC Divisional Playoffs - always felt winner of that game was going to crush Steelers the next week and go to Super Bowl and stood a great chance to win Super Bowl. After seeing the Chiefs detonate the 49ers 44-9 a month before, it just felt this team had it all and no real weakness. I mean put that D on the 2018 Chiefs and we are 16-0 without being seriously challenged even with that schedule. Yes Gannon should have started that game. Yes Broncos greased their jerseys. Yes Gonzalez had a TD taken away. I still think had they won that game they WIN the Super Bowl. 4. 1993 AFC Championship Game - with Montana leading Chiefs to improbable comeback wins to Steelers and then Oilers, just felt even with going to Buffalo and facing the 3 time defending Champs, there was a Super Bowl berth on the line and we had the QB to pull off the impsoble. Then the counter trey happened. Then Kimble Anders at the goal line just before halftime doing his best Demetrius Harris impersonation happened. Then DT being benched happened which cost him years from finally making the Hall of Fame. Then Montana being concussed happened. We’ve never been back to an AFC Championship Game since despite having 5 chances (4 at home) since. 5. 1980 World Series Game 5 - much like the 1977 ALCS. Royals led 3-2 top 9 and had the Quiz in for the save in KC. Close it out and you have 2 chances to win it all in Philly. But he gave up 2 so it’s now 4-3 Phillies. Royals load the bases and Jose Cardinal pinch hits with 2 outs and inexplicably takes a called strike 3 and Royals lost the World Series the next game but it was pretty much all over rughtbthere and then. Was at that mother ****ing game too. I left some out so I’ll call it next level Top 5 or 6-10 6. 1976 ALCS Game 5. Yeah Chambliss walk off HR but it’s all top of 9 when a very disputed force out at second for the third out denied the inning being continued. Had it been continued the Royals would have had the bases loaded and Brett was going to be up. Somehow I feel the Chambliss HR would have sliced the Royals lead to 8-7 (or 9-7 - or maybe Brett hits the most clutch granny of all time and its now 10-7). What I’m saying is Royals would have made the World Series. They would have been destroyed by the Big Red Machine but going to World Series on their first playoff appearance would have been incredible - precursor to what did happen in 2014 if you will. 7. 1995 AFC Divisional - this was the most painful loss for me and hopefully I’ll never experience anything like this again. My appetite shut down for 5 days. I was beyond depressed. Years of past Chiefs disappointments all because they kept losing on the road but now you’re 8-0 at home and the 1 seed and you go 13-3! And here comes a 9-7 Colts team that was good at absolutely nothing. It still boggles my mind that they lost that game. If ever there was a game for Marty Ball it was that game in the 0 degree freezer with our elephants against their undersized DL and they put it in Bono’s hands. WHY? Still, even if they won given all the heartache in Marty’s career before and since there was no guarantee whatsoever they would have beat Steelers next week and after getting beat soundly in Dallas in Thanksgiving, there was very little reason to think they would have been able to beat that Cowboys Dynasty. Still though, it would have been a Super Bowl. 8. 1990 AFC Wild Card - this was next up. I wasn’t born for Christmas Day OT loss in 1971 so hating Shula and the Dolphins was something told to me from my Dad but I learned how to hate them here. Completely dominated Marino for 3 quarters and up 16-3 and now down 17-16 and yes the hold by Szott really hurt but Lowery is on for a 52 yard FG to win it and he made SO MANY long FGs in his career and it could be said he was the best long FG kicker in the game. It was in Miami and I don’t remember it being windy or rainy. Hell, Stoyanovich made a 58 yard FG to close first half. So Lowery hit it and it was right down the middle and I celebrated and celebrated until the refs said it was no good. Replays show it being at least 3 yards short. I still to this day cannot believe Lowery did not have the power to make that kick. And that Chiefs team was really good. DT 20 sack season. DeBerg was fantastic. Barry Word and Christian Okoye could run so effectively. That team likely loses to Buffalo next week though. Also if DT sacks Kreig for Sack 8 they won the AFC West and Raiders go to Miami and Chiefs host Bengals in Divisionals so maybe they beat Esiason. I say that because instead, the Raiders host Bengals and that’s the game Bo Jackson hurt his hip and in the process ends his Royals career. 9. 2016 AFC Divisonal - how do you lose a game when your D (and team) does not give up a single TD the whole game and your offense scores 2 TDS and you STILL lose? Only the Chiefs. Here however, the Steelers did control the game tempo and although Chiefs led in first half they never led in second half. However this was best chance for any Chiefs team post Marty to reach AFC Chamlionship Game and failed. I don’t think they would have had any chance to beat the Patriots the following week. 10. 2003 AFC Divisional - the No Punt game. Only team Vermeil tool to the playoffs and their offense was so freaking good. And their special teams was so freaking good and yes Dante Hall took one to the house in this game too. And their defense was so freaking bad. And we knew it going on and Peyton just carved them up. The whole. Freaking. Game. Hey fun fact. This was the ONLY home playoff game in Chiefs history that they NEVER led at any point. The shame is Priest Holmes, Tony Gonzalez, Trent Green never had a chance to play for a Super Bowl appearance. Even though Bellichick and Brady would have routed them in AFC Championship Game. Now I didn’t put 2013 AFC Wild Card Game here. In pain, it is at the top no doubt and when you’re up 38-10 even on the road you win. But keep in mind they were the worst team in NFL the year before and during the course of this game they were beyond banged up. So many key injuries. Winning that game would have been without question their last win of the year as they were toast next round. And I didn’t put 2017 AFC Wild Card Game either. It is also painful because up 21-3 in your home, you win ESPECIALLY against a mediocre offense that somehow managed to score 19 points in a half with everything at stake. Truth be told, I was so ready for the season to end and turn the keys over to Mahomes. Seriously, as Alex struggled in second half, Mahomes should have been the call for the final drive. I had absolutely zero doubt then the Chiefs win if he played but not upset. Losing that game was a blessing in disguise as it ushered in the Mahomes Era and despite Sutton and despite Reid, you give Mahomes a 21-3 lead or a 38-10 lead, home or road, strong team or weak team, I have unwavering confidence Mahomes will win each and every one of those games. |
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Hell me and you could do an entire topic just on Phil.... |
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I do think like the Royals' game 7 loss this season for Liverpool could go a long way to erasing that nightmare. |
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Oh yeah DT failing to sack Krieg for sack #8 might be my #5.
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I guess it could have been worse - he could have yipped a 3-footer for the win. Same thing with the World Series in 2014. If Salvy had popped up with 1 out and Gordon on 3rd it would have been so much more painful. |
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I've played that hole. It's tough, and damned near impossible from over the back of the green. |
I'm going to Denethor his ass if we win the SB
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Thinking you have a legit shot at the Super Bowl and then realizing you really don't and then doing it all over again a year later...and AGAIN the next year... That's a lot worse than dropping a 30-7 stinker because you just plain suck, or having your geriatric team crushed by a HOFer in his own house. Having false hope crushed is a far more shitty experience as a sports fan than being embarrassed. At least with one there's gallows humor. |
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28-3 Atlanta Super Bowl debacle Oilers/Bills comeback Bears Cody Parkey FG double doink miss the other night Vikings Morten Anderson chip shit miss to not go to the Super Bowl Vikings Blair Walsh chip shot FG miss again for the win 3 years ago Flacco 4th down Hail Mary in Denver Scott Norwood Bill FG miss Saints debacle last year in Minnesota |
I’m still enraged by 96 colts. I can’t say that about any other outcome.
But it taught me a lesson: records don’t mean shit. I didn’t follow point spreads back then so -8.5 isn’t a sure thing. I felt like it was a -15 spread equivalent or something. |
93. 13:25 left in 3rd quarter of AFC title game. Bruce smith and Darryl Talley bounce Joes head off the turf. Kreig comes in and Chiefs fall 30-13. I was 16 years old that season. First season introduced to football and the chiefs. Got hooked, misery ever since.
95 Marty sticks with Bono after 3 picks, and **** kickers. Gannons pass just over Lake Dawson's fingertips still ****ing haunts me. 97. Horseshit OPI on Tony Gonzalez..... 03. No punt bowl. Johnnie Morton drop and a Priest Holmes fumble kept us from keeping pace with fivehead. 14. 38-10 at half. Lose 45-44. |
1) Royals lose Game 5 of 1977 ALCS
2) Chiefs lose in AFC Divisional round for 1995 Season 3) Royals lose 1980 World Series in 6 games 4) Royals lose Game 7 of 2014 World Series 5) US Mens Basketball lose to USSR in 1972 Olympics |
We drafted Ethan Horton #15 overall in 1985.
Jerry Rice went next. |
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MU losing the UCLA. Mario Lemiuex and Jagr losing to Flordia Panthers in game seven. KU losing when they had Wiggons and Embid was bad, KU losing to Michigan was bad, I don't remember much about the KU loses to bucknell and bradley because I was drinking booze and cough syrup all day in those days. The Chiefs game where they brought a specialist to kick the ball deep on kickoffs and he kicked it out of bounds 3 times was a bad one.
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Chiefs - no particular order
No Punt Game Trent getting concussion was pretty scarring to see live. Colts comeback in Andy's first year was bad; that team was hot. Pittsburgh and Tennessee losses were bad. Nothing beats a playoff defeat. Besides Chiefs, 2014 Game 7 of World Series sucked. Most scarring to date, because it ruined hockey for me, for years: 9 year old me, 1993 Stanley Cup Finals. **** Jacques Demers. |
Blowing the 28 point lead in the playoffs. Nothing else comes close.
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most of the 90's playoff losses. The one vs the Colts and that kicker that shall not be nammed. The one when Marty benched Rich Gannon because "you can't lose your job due to an injury"
those two where definitely the worst ones for me. |
Every Chiefs playoff loss. I am a Jayhawks fan and while they've had many tournament disasters, they've also had success. It balances out. The Chiefs need to start balancing out now.
Also, how the **** does golf make it into your top 5? |
These play off loss threads are surely bad karma for Saturday?!
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1. Royals vs giants 2014 90 ****ing feet.
2. Chiefs vs Titans last year playoff we had the game! 3. Ksu vs. Texas a&m **** you Bob stoops 4. Chiefs vs colts 2014 we had the game part 2 but injury bugs. 5. Chiefs vs colts 95 the kicker that shall be unnamed game. Grrrrrr! |
The most scarring for me was the 2006 NBA Finals. Dallas Mavericks go up against the Miami heat and lead the series 2-0. The refs made sure Dallas didn’t win another game after that.
It was one of the biggest screw jobs I’ve ever seen in sports. Their eventual Championship in 2011 was much less enjoyable, and I haven’t been able to care about any sports team the same way since. |
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Not sure if it's been mentioned, but KU's loss to Northern Iowa when they were possibly the best team in the tourney.
The 95 and 97 playoff games. I was younger but when KU lost to Arizona I was pretty devastated. |
As with any sports fan, there are alot of ups and downs. Only one I would say has truly scarred me. The loss of the 1986 WS by the Red Sox to the Mets (Buckner through the legs is only a part of it) basically turned me away from baseball as a serious fan. Ever since, I'm the most casual of fans, paying scant attention, and only watching if the Sox are in the WS.
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Honorable mention on my list is the Chiefs first game of the the 2000's... when they lost to the Raiders at Arrowhead and blew a chance to win the AFC West/make the playoffs.
Only the Chiefs could lose a game because a designated "kickoff specialist" kicks the ball out of bounds multiple times during the game. |
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1. KU vs. UA in 97
2. KU vs. UA in 97 3. KU vs. UA in 97 4. KU vs. UA in 97 5. KU vs. UA in 97 That game still hurts. I'd throw in 05 KU vs. Bucknell at #10 or #11 because it's the first & only time I've broken a pool cue on a tree. |
I'm a bit surprised at how many list Game 7 of the 2014 World Series.
When Salvy popped up, my shoulders slumped at the finality of a wild ride. Damn, so close. But I didn't feel the least bit crushed emotionally. And any lingering disappointment was pretty much flushed away the next year. I still think that if they win in 2014 they don't win in 2015, because they were so motivated to return, so either way we get our WS. |
I'm not sure I can come up with 5, but I can think of 3.
#1 - Arizona vs Duke 2001 National Championship game. This was when I finally started seriously wondering if refs were bias/corrupt and not just incompetent. I'll never forget Jason Gardner grabbing a rebound, then Jay Williams collides with him and is actually lying on his back as Gardner tries to maintain control of the ball, and no foul was called. Why was no foul called? No doubt 'cause it would have been a critical 3rd foul on Williams, and they were still in the 1st half. #2 - Arizona vs Illinois 2005 Elite 8 game. I couldn't speak all day after this game, 'cause I was hoarse from screaming. Also not particularly proud to admit I cried in disbelief at the end of this game. Heh, this was the game that finally broke me. I still follow and enjoy Arizona basketball and Kansas City Chiefs football, but I don't get emotionally invested anymore. #3 - Kansas City Chiefs vs Indianapolis Colts 2013 playoff game. I guess the '96 game could go here too. I wasn't hoarse this time, but I was stunned speechless...then I doubled over and started laughing like an idiot at our epic collapse. Heh heh, I tried to stop myself from laughing, 'cause I was afraid dad was gonna pop me over the head, 'cause he was really pissed at the Chief's collapse. Quote:
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KC-Mia Longest Game 1971 Stenerud missed easy FG
KC-Indy Playoffs Kicker Who Shall Remain Nameless Game 1995 **** that guy! KC-PHILLY 1980 World Series. **** Pete Rose! KC-Den 1997 Playoffs: Neil Smith rubs our nose in it. **** Neil Smith! KC-Tenn 2018 Playoffs: Blow 18 point lead, shut out at home 2nd half. **** Bob Sutton! |
The last 2 playoff blunders sucked ass at the time but they don't really still sit with me. The Titans and the Colts that is. I think both those teams seasons would have ended the next week in the divisional round either way, so that is what it is.
The 95 and 97 ones stick with you because those teams were just really good all around and were as good or better than anyone those years. The 16 Chiefs that lost to the Steelers in the playoffs was a worst loss to me than the collapses. I think that team could have beaten New England. |
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If we are doing Chiefs games:
1. KC v Indy 1995 2. KC v Denver 1997 3. KC v Indy 2003 4. KC v Indy 2013 5. KC v Tenn 2017 why the **** is Indy in here so much |
2014 walking around Lucas Stadium @ halftime and having multiple Colts fan congratulate me on the win. The reply was quick "it's not over" and obviously it wasn't.
That being said the past is the past and means nothing now that we have Mahomes. |
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Was dead frickin set the Blues were winning the Cup that year even after Fuhr's injury. |
Oh yeah - there's a whole other category of "what might have been" games that still haunt me:
If Gordon Heyward's shot had gone in against Duke. If poor Plano East doesn't give up a kick return for a TD (although that was still awesome either way) If Chicago would have somehow retuned that 2pt conversion on Sunday If Rocket Ismael's return hadn't been called back If Jackie Smith could catch an easy pass If Big Ben hadn't tackled that Cardinals defender And of course - if Salvy had hit the ball just a half inch more on the barrel at the end of the WS. Or in Bumgarner had thrown it just a teeny bit lower and less inside. 2 run dinger - arguably greatest moment in WS history. |
1. 95 Chiefs loss to Colts
2. 97 Chiefs loss to Broncos 3. 2010-11 KU E8 loss to VCU 4. 2009-10 KU 2nd round loss to NIU 5. 2003 Chiefs loss to Colts 6. 2003-04 KU loss to Syracuse in NC 7. 2013 Chiefs loss to Colts 8. 2016 Chiefs loss to Steelers 9. 2014 Royals game 7 loss to Giants 10. 2017 Chiefs loss to Tennessee |
I forgot how pissed I was at KU's losses to Arizona and Rhode Island
Man that was centuries ago...but especially that 96-97 team...that was probably the best 2-3 teams ever to not win a Men's bball NC. Everytime I see Miles Simon on TV, I want to punch him in the face. My KU hit list: 1. Gerry McNamara 2. Ali Faroukwhogivesa**** 3. Mike Bibby 4. Miles Simon 5T. Jamie Skeen (VCU), Melo |
Christmas Day vs Dolphins.
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I mean, number one of all time has to be when Jan Ulrich of Team Bianchi crashed in the rain on the final individual time trial of the Tour De France, dashing any hopes of a comeback win over Lance Armstrong, and permanently throwing him into a depression and personal battle with alcohol, drugs and an eating disorder, making him the perennial second place finisher to Armstrong for the next four years. Amirite?
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Imagine being a huge John Van De Velde fan. Or US Curling.
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Were you at this game? It made my top 5 for sure. That would be cool if another CPer was at this game |
I've never been scarred. But I have been vexed.
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I hate all horse teams and want them all to die horrible, painful, lingering deaths.
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The Monday Night Meltdown. My father was in the hospital with cancer and we watched the game together; he passed away early the next morning.
After that game, I never gave a shit about anyone who acted like an ass that game, no matter how good of a player they were. My father and I didn't agree on a lot of things, but we bonded over Chiefs games...and that was the last game he saw. He was so disappointed in them. |
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