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re: What's the most devastating regular season loss for each football program?
Posted on 8/26/17 at 10:12 pm to Korin
Posted on 8/26/17 at 10:12 pm to Korin
I've only felt marginally sad for the Ags once in my life: when OU run ruled them so bad they had a running clock for most of the second half - OU won 77-0 (2003).
Ags have had some kicks in the balls but that had to be a bad day.
Ags have had some kicks in the balls but that had to be a bad day.
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Posted on 8/26/17 at 10:19 pm to Feral
Not being snarky but not with the Memphis loss on the resume. Tigers ended up going off the rails at the end of the season and finished unranked.
Posted on 8/26/17 at 10:21 pm to Afrojedi
Meaning the cfp appearance not sec ccg
Posted on 8/26/17 at 10:57 pm to Korin
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Arkansas - 1969 Texas
I'm only 32, and even I know that this is the correct answer. To his dying day, Coach Broyles never watched the film of that game. That's the epitome of devastating.
If we hang on to win (we were leading 14-0 in the 4th quarter), we win the '69 National Championship and head into the '1970s as one of the premier college football programs in the country.
This post was edited on 8/26/17 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:18 am to Korin
The 1972 Alabama lose (17-16) to Auburn was, IMO, the most devastating loss. Alabama was undefeated and headed for a national championship game, but Auburn blocked 2 punts and returned them both for TDs in the 4th quarter to win. The thing that made it so devastating was that Alabama was by far the superior team and Auburn couldn't have scored an offensive TD in 10 quarters off that Alabama defense. The kick-6 game was an evenly matched game, so that wasn't so bad.
This post was edited on 8/27/17 at 7:19 am
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:33 am to coachcrisp
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Alabama was undefeated and headed for a national championship game
Even if we would have held on to beat Auburn that scenario is doubtful. USC was #1 for much of the season while we were behind them at #2. USC would have gone to the Rose Bowl to meet a Top 5 Ohio State team (just as they did in reality), while we would have been stuck in another major bowl game (either the Sugar or the Cotton). The best we could have hoped for in '72 was a split national championship because USC absolutely CRUSHED Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 8:40 am to RollTide1987
Good point, but I was actually more focused on the fact that Alabama lost any chance for a share by losing to an inferior team that couldn't even score by normal means...that, to me, is what was so devastating.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 8:42 am to Korin
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Texas A&M -
If you want to use all meanings of the word "loss", Bear Bryant announcing that "Momma's Calling" after starting the season 9-0 in 1957.
If you're talking about in terms of a game, probably the 1975 Arkansas game.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 8:43 am to monceaux
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I've only felt marginally sad for the Ags once in my life: when OU run ruled them so bad they had a running clock for most of the second half - OU won 77-0 (2003).
Ags have had some kicks in the balls but that had to be a bad day.
That was during a 4-8 season though. The 1975 Arkansas loss took A&M out of National Title contention and Emory Bellard never recovered.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 8:45 am to Gary Busey
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Maybe their last game vs Texas?
That ended Mike Sherman's tenure and got us 2 years of Johnny Manziel.
Hardly devastating.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 11:34 am to Korin
1983 season opener vs Maryland. Admin decided to rectify the situation with a methodical 25 year rebuilding phase.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 12:08 pm to David Ricky
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they were one of only two teams in the country that could've hung with Miami that year (the other being Florida).
No doubt that team was loaded.
No way in the world I thought you'd lose to LSU
Posted on 8/27/17 at 12:18 pm to piggilicious
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I'd say the Stoernover would probably top it and that was ~20 years ago itself.
No F'n way. Almost 50 years later and I still won't watch a replay of that game.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 12:24 pm to David Ricky
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VOLS - 2001 SECCG
VOLS would've been playing for their 2nd National Championship in four years and imo, they were one of only two teams in the country that could've hung with Miami that year (the other being Florida).
Instead, we blow an early lead with sloppy play, fumbles and John Chavis inexplicably forgets how to defend a QB sneak executed by a future dentist. Tennessee has not been an elite program since that night in Atlanta and yes, I'm still mad
they had the CFB awards show the week of the game (remember everything got pushed back bc of 9/11) and when Josh Reed won the Biletnikoff award they announced he was back in BR getting ready for the SECCG, then they cut to Fulmer sitting in the audience with a not so bright look on his face. I knew right then we had a chance.
This post was edited on 8/27/17 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 8/27/17 at 2:12 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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We would have lost to FSU.
Last year vs Clemson. We were 30 seconds away from another national title.
I actually don't know about that. Their offense, as good as it was with Jameis, didn't have a mobile guy at QB. Around that time, it was much more of an issue with mobile QBs than it is for us now. Their offense was more of a pro-style that happened to have a great QB and WRs. Around 2013, we were doing very well against this kind of team. Offensively, we could have run on them. I actually think the Barn, while not as talented as FSU, matched up better (at least their offense) against us. I would say 60/40 odds we would have beaten FSU. Doesn't matter now.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 10:22 am to coachcrisp
I laughed until I cried.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 10:34 am to SummerOfGeorge
2002 UF for me....that 2008 team just wasn't that good anyway. The 2002 loss could have cost them a chance to play in the natl champ game. By the end of the year, that 2002 team was hitting on all cylinders.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 10:38 am to BammerDelendaEst
I can certainly believe that. Going by your post history, it's obvious that it doesn't take much to make you cry, so... 
Posted on 8/28/17 at 10:45 am to coachcrisp
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The 1972 Alabama lose (17-16) to Auburn was, IMO, the most devastating loss. Alabama was undefeated and headed for a national championship game, but Auburn blocked 2 punts and returned them both for TDs in the 4th quarter to win. The thing that made it so devastating was that Alabama was by far the superior team and Auburn couldn't have scored an offensive TD in 10 quarters off that Alabama defense.
The older Bama fans always reference this one as the biggest "what the heck" game. A blocked punt returned for a TD is not very common, but two in one quarter is crazy (and by the same guy).
Posted on 8/28/17 at 10:59 am to coachcrisp
Still butt-hurt, after all these years....
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