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re: Toughest losses

Posted on 7/31/26 at 7:19 am to
Posted by Capn_Bevo
Austin
Member since Jan 2019
1611 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 7:19 am to
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What time is it in Texas?

10 to 9


Posted by southpawcock
Member since Oct 2015
18056 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 7:22 am to
I don't even care about that Citadel game. There's been way more meaningful games that were tougher losses.

Florida 17-16 in 2005 or 2006... when Jarvis Moss should not have even been playing for instance, blocked the extra point but also Succop's would have been game winning FG.


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Not even close for us. Any true Carolina fan will tell you it's Navy '84.


I wasn't alive... so not for me anyway.
This post was edited on 7/31/26 at 7:24 am
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
50812 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 7:49 am to
Anything other than the 1980 Georgia game is wrong, but that is ancient history to most of you.
Posted by Rodo
Houston
Member since Aug 2011
2305 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 7:49 am to
Nobody gives a shite about UCLA

Rodo
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
39916 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 8:26 am to
Mike Leach
Posted by littleavery1948
Member since Oct 2014
6639 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 9:56 am to
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Yeah Nebraska's would be the 2009 Big 12 title game when the officials gave Texas an extra second on the clock.


That was some BS, but justice won out in the end. It was too bad that it had to be Bama. Florida would have ANNIHILATED Texas.

And can you imagine? TCU would have played for the title. Yikes.
This post was edited on 7/31/26 at 10:01 am
Posted by Tigerpride18
Lubbock TX
Member since Sep 2017
33602 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 10:14 am to
I dont care if wilson was deion sanders ,his arse is coming off the field on that first down
Posted by RichardCranium
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Member since Aug 2005
2602 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 10:21 am to
The 21-0 national Championship LSU loss to Bama was the worst coaching beat down in the history of college football in my opinion. LSU had better players and Nick Saban's gameplan and humiliation of Les Miles showed me truly that Miles was winning on talent alone. I hate that he ended up at Alabama but I will always appreciate what Saban started at LSU. Now if we can just get a coach that can use all the talent we get.
Posted by Tigerpride18
Lubbock TX
Member since Sep 2017
33602 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 10:23 am to
21-0 wasnt that tough of a loss. It was pretty much over halfway through the 4th quarter. the tough ones are losing on the last play of the game
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
8432 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 10:25 am to
Eh, 21-0 was bad, but Bama fans may be shocked that I am gonna say there is another LSU/Bama game that sickened me more. I say this because I honestly felt no one could have beaten Bama twice in 2011. Equally, I think no one would have beaten LSU twice that year. Bama got the better end of the deal.

When the #1 ranked LSU defense gave up 300 yards rushing to Beard and Williams which allowed Bama to walk away with a 31-0 victory. Watching that game was torture. Every single running play worked for Bama.

Another that ranks equal is 1994's game with Auburn. Five 4th quarter interceptions was sickening to watch.
This post was edited on 7/31/26 at 10:26 am
Posted by Dawgs2122
Member since Dec 2024
3184 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 12:30 pm to
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They went for it all and lost.


Nah I think there is something cool about not wanting to win it with a tie
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
8408 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 1:44 pm to
Well don't forget about undefeated Cincinnati. Maybe Brian Kelly doesn't leave and take the ND job?
Posted by Boom33
Member since Jul 2026
1679 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 1:56 pm to
Kick six sucked but it was a legit win.

1983 against Penn St was outright bullshite.
Posted by Gunga Din
Oklahoma
Member since Jul 2020
3841 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 2:11 pm to
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I would think Oklahoma would be the Rose Bowl against Georgia


Boise State was embarrassing more than anything...

Georgia was painful...

But there is no doubt that the toughest OU loss in history was the 1971 game against Nebraska. It was at home...it was the last of a serious of Games of the Century in the mid to late '60s and early '70s....

I don't even think the Georgia loss was as soul crushing as that '71 loss to Nebraska was.... but of course you would have had to been alive to be able to appreciate it.
Posted by Trumansfangs
Mo
Member since Sep 2018
9690 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 2:13 pm to
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1983 against Penn St was outright bullshite.



Lol yeah. 5th Down says hi

1990 Mizzou vs Colorado

Posted by littleavery1948
Member since Oct 2014
6639 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 3:52 pm to
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Well don't forget about undefeated Cincinnati. Maybe Brian Kelly doesn't leave and take the ND job?


I think TCU was third in the BCS polls, then Cincinnati. Cincinnati playing for the Natty would have been worse. I mean, Florida DESTROYED Cincinnati.
Posted by wareaglepete
Siberia
Member since Dec 2012
19969 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 4:01 pm to
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God that FSU title game.


Will always be the most painful.

Another one that was close was the Earthquake game. We win that, we play Holtz and ND for the Natty and I think our defense would have destroyed them. Probably cost us a Natty.
Posted by BranchDawg
Flowery Branch
Member since Nov 2013
10172 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 4:44 pm to
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2012 SECCG was much worse.


I tell people I’m a Georgia/Atlanta sports fan and everyone assumes 28-3 is my biggest sports trauma.

Nope. 2012 SECCG. Part of me is still standing in front of that TV at my grandparents’ house trying to process that finish. No sports loss ever gave me quite that dead inside feeling before or since.
Posted by Claws and Effect
COMO
Member since Mar 2026
112 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 5:08 pm to
Yea. The 5th down still haunts me to this day.
Posted by Globetrotter747
Member since Sep 2017
5970 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 5:19 pm to
1. I think OU’s worst loss is the 1978 Orange Bowl. Losing 31-6 when you were an 18 pt. favorite and a win likely claims a national title is pretty tough to swallow.

2. I think the 1987 Fiesta Bowl was worse for Miami. Lost with literally triple the yardage of PSU due to turnovers. If they had played a clean game that night and won, they would be a frequent mention for GOAT status. They had an exceptional amount of NFL talent and overall balance for the time period. They just blew it.
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