Your Top 5 most scarring sports outcomes...

[Dartgod]

1. 1976 ALCS Game 5, Chris Chambliss walk off homer off Mark Littell in the 9th. Just devastating.

2. 1995 loss to the Colts

3. 1997 loss to the Broncos (****ing dirty cheaters!)

4. 2013 loss to the Colts

5. 1984 Orange Bowl, Nebraska loses to the Miami Hurricanes when Osborne goes for the two point conversion and the win instead of the XP and tie. The conversion fails and Miami wins the national championship instead of my Huskers.

[ChiefsCountry]

1. Losing senior year in football in first round of state playoffs. We were undefeated, ranked 3rd in state. Got upset by 2 points, we missed a field goal. Team we lost to went on to get 2nd in state. Should have been us.

2. Chiefs-Colts in 1996 playoffs. Not the best Chiefs team but I was young and thought they would win the Super Bowl.

3. Chiefs-Broncos in 1998 playoffs. Best Chiefs team in the last 30 years. Lost to the better team, but still it hurts.

4. Royals-Giants 2014 World Series. Tough because we were so close and it took an all time great performance to beat us.

5. Missouri State getting left out of NCAA tournament in 2006. Highest ranked team ever to be left out.

[smithandrew051]

No particular order on these:

-Kansas vs Syracuse in 2003. 3 point loss after shooting 12 for 30 from the free throw line. And **** Gerry McNamara.

-Chiefs vs Broncos in 2015. Jamaal Charles with 2 fumbles to lose the game. The second was returned for a TD when we were trying to run out the clock for OT. Extra salt in the wound that it was instrumental in giving the Broncos another title. Had we won, we would’ve been the 2 seed and the Broncos would’ve been the 5. No way the Broncos win 3 straight road games to get to the Super Bowl with that QB play.

-Kansas vs Northern Iowa in 2010. We were on a collision course with Kentucky for the title. 2 losses all year before that game. Loaded roster (5 NBA big men on that team). Northern Iowa’s center hadn’t attempted a 3 All year and goes 3-3. And **** Ali Farokmanesh.

-Chiefs vs Steelers in 2017. A slow methodical death. Felt like watching someone saw your foot off with a butter knife.

-Royals vs Giants Game 7 in 2014. Yes, I was ecstatic to see the Royals just make it to the World Series. I couldn’t help but think that they would revert back to the old Royals the following year (thankfully I was wrong). Really felt like we let a golden opportunity slip away. I figured that would be the closest I’d ever see the Royals get.

[Ming the Merciless]

Bottom 4 are the colts losses , in no particular order

#1 is trading for alex smith

2003 playoff loss was sad too

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

#1 is trading for alex smith

That was about as deflating as you can get. There was no hope to win anything meaningful.

Don’t forget trading picks for Herm Edwards. That started the dark ages of chiefs football.

[ptlyon]

That halftime show might have been it

[In58men]

#1. Trading for Alex Smith, I knew nothing good would come out of it. I watched several games with him as a Niner due to my brother being a fan. I had ZERO faith in Smith.

#2. Carl Edwards getting spun out by Larson in the championship race when Edwards was dominating all day.

#3. Fedor’s first MMA loss against Werdum. Still breaks my heart.

#4. Derrick Thomas passing away.

#5. Losing to Titans at home. Mariota’s batted pass TD still pisses me off because that’s how we should lose, in the most Chiefiest way.

[Why Not?]

1. Game 7 2014 hands down.

2. Chiefs Colts. The latest one.

3. Hawaii Georgia. Don’t get me wrong, I had no delusion of winning but just to see em get beat down so badly after such a magical season.

4. Plano East vs John Tyler HS football playoffs Dallas, TX 1994. Look it up. Had a buddy who was the PESH QB. I even left early and it was still painful.

5. Any because Chiefs shitty Andy and Alex loss

[tk13]

1. Colts/Chiefs 96. This is far and away the worst one. I think the Chiefs have had better teams lose in the playoffs, but the unspoken truth is that this is probably the best chance the Chiefs had to actually get to the Super Bowl. The 97 loss and 2003 loss were brutal but we were playing HOF QBs in both of those games and it was very clear it would be a hard fought contest. In 95, we went into that game knowing the Steelers had knocked off the Bills. There were no great QBs left, or honestly great offensive weapons. The Colts had Harbaugh and Lamont Warren at RB. The Steelers had Neil O'Donnell and Bam Morris and Eric Pegram. Even with Bono, that team had every reason to get to the Super Bowl. And if the kicker could have made a kick, maybe they would have.

2. Colts/Chiefs 13. We had a new coach, new QB, things seemed to have completely turned around from the rock bottom Pioli disaster in just one year. Then they get a 28 point lead in the third quarter, and you think it really has changed, the curse was over. Then it wasn't.

3. Chiefs/Broncos 98. Yeah.

4. Royals/Giants game 4. I'm going to pick a different game, because once Bumgarner came in it was like watching a slow march to death and it felt impossible to beat him. Even when game 4 loss happened I was frustrated by it. We had a chance to go up 3-1 on the Giants and had an early lead in this game, but we blew it in the 5th and 6th innings and couldn't get it to the cyborgs. I truly believe if they could have just held the fort for a couple innings they win that World Series. This is the one game SF won without riding Baumgarner.

5. Chiefs/Colts 07. This was like watching a slow death too. I knew how horrific the Colts run defense had been. Worst in the league. They literally gave up 100 yards rushing in every single game, gave up 200+ rushing yards multiple times and had given up almost 400 yards rushing to the Jags a few weeks before as things got progressively worse. And we had Larry Johnson, a monster RB who would roll the train right over them on the way to the 2nd round. Sure thing. And on top of that we held Peyton Manning in check and picked him off 3 times. Yet somehow, we were lucky to get 100 yards of total offense and got whipped.

[Sorry]

Niners vs giants. Kyle Williams game

[suzzer99]

1. Chiefs playoff game at Miami - '90 season. Marino comes back from down 13 in the 4th Q. Chiefs get to the 30 or so down by 1. Okoye runs it down to the 10, should be game over. Nope - holding Dave Szott - which no one ever saw, and I'm told was just because he pancaked his man and he defender pulled him down onto him. Deberg can't get any more yards. Lowery misses a 50-yarder with the wind - dead center perfect - one yard short. Nothing will ever hurt as much as that game. A piece of me died that day.
2. The nameless kicker game.
3. Tom Watson in the British open at 59 years old.
4. Tyus Edny - I was watching with a bunch of my friends who went to Mizzou.
5. Probably Phil Mickelson at Winged Foot - so painful.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

1. Chiefs playoff game at Miami - '90 season. Marino comes back from down 13 in the 4th Q. Chiefs get to the 30 or so down by 1. Okoye runs it down to the 10, should be game over. Nope - holding Dave Szott - which no one ever saw, and I'm told was just because he pancaked his man and he defender pulled him down onto him. Deberg can't get any more yards. Lowery misses a 50-yarder with the wind - dead center perfect - one yard short. Nothing will ever hurt as much as that game. A piece of me died that day.
2. The nameless kicker game.
3. Tom Watson in the British open at 59 years old.
4. Tyus Edny - I was watching with a bunch of my friends who went to Mizzou.
5. Probably Phil Mickelson at Winged Foot - so painful.

I wasn't going to put any golf ones but that Tom Watson one is a real good pick. Just because it would have been one of the most unbelievable things to ever happen in sports. I'm not sure there's anything you can compare to that.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by tk13

I wasn't going to put any golf ones but that Tom Watson one is a real good pick. Just because it would have been one of the most unbelievable things to ever happen in sports. I'm not sure there's anything you can compare to that.

I'm still not over it. He had a lead going into the LAST hole, then hit a fine drive. Literally at the last possible place it could have gone wrong - the 2nd shot just bounces and bounces and bounces over the green.

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.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

I'm still not over it. He had a lead going into the LAST hole, then hit a fine drive. Literally at the last possible place it could have gone wrong - the 2nd shot just bounces and bounces and bounces over the green.

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.

Watson made the mistake of hitting his normal club and not accounting that nerves make you hit the ball farther.

I've played that hole. It's tough, and damned near impossible from over the back of the green.

[ClevelandBronco]

1. The Fumble
2. The Drive
3. Red Right 88
4. Game 7, 1997 World Series
5. Can't think of one.