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re: What's the most embarrassing loss ever by a SEC team
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:20 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:20 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Ranking the worst Alabama losses
1. 2007 ULM (6-6) : They were bad, we had just lost 2 close games to the national champs LSU and a solid Mississippi State team. We weren't great, but we weren't awful. This was the most embarrassing loss of the last 50 years.
2. 2000 Southern Miss (8-4) : USM had a solid team, but we lost 21-0. At home. Miserable.
3. 2000 Central Florida (7-4) : We were bad, we had given up (one of the only seasons I ever remember seeing us give up). This UCF team won 7 games, 3 of which were against 1AA teams. Their 4 D1 wins? Eastern Michigan, Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana Tech.........Alabama. Embarrassing.
4. 2006 Mississippi State (3-9, 1-7) : Mississippi State went 0-22 in SEC road games from 2001 to November 3, 2006. Then they beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa to seal Mike Shula's fate. This shouldn't be on the list because without it we don't fire Shula, but it was awful and miserable and terrible and as low as I've been as an Alabama fan/student.
5. 2006 Duke (0-12) : We actually won the game but we were losing at halftime 14-10 and only up 16-14 heading to the 4th quarter. Duke was 3-22 in their last 25 games coming into that one. Fvckin Shula.
There were other losses to non-Power 5 teams, but they were all pretty solid teams and we were bad (other than 1999 La Tech). 1997 LTU went 9-2, 1999 LTU went 8-3, 2003 Hawaii went 9-5, 2003 Northern Illinois went 10-2.
Bonus : I was a student for 3 of these! Yay me!
1. 2007 ULM (6-6) : They were bad, we had just lost 2 close games to the national champs LSU and a solid Mississippi State team. We weren't great, but we weren't awful. This was the most embarrassing loss of the last 50 years.
2. 2000 Southern Miss (8-4) : USM had a solid team, but we lost 21-0. At home. Miserable.
3. 2000 Central Florida (7-4) : We were bad, we had given up (one of the only seasons I ever remember seeing us give up). This UCF team won 7 games, 3 of which were against 1AA teams. Their 4 D1 wins? Eastern Michigan, Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana Tech.........Alabama. Embarrassing.
4. 2006 Mississippi State (3-9, 1-7) : Mississippi State went 0-22 in SEC road games from 2001 to November 3, 2006. Then they beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa to seal Mike Shula's fate. This shouldn't be on the list because without it we don't fire Shula, but it was awful and miserable and terrible and as low as I've been as an Alabama fan/student.
5. 2006 Duke (0-12) : We actually won the game but we were losing at halftime 14-10 and only up 16-14 heading to the 4th quarter. Duke was 3-22 in their last 25 games coming into that one. Fvckin Shula.
There were other losses to non-Power 5 teams, but they were all pretty solid teams and we were bad (other than 1999 La Tech). 1997 LTU went 9-2, 1999 LTU went 8-3, 2003 Hawaii went 9-5, 2003 Northern Illinois went 10-2.
Bonus : I was a student for 3 of these! Yay me!
This post was edited on 8/11/16 at 2:27 pm
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Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:21 pm to SummerOfGeorge
USCw beating Arkansas 130-31 in back-to-back seasons was bad.
Neither McFadden nor Felix Jones went over 100 yards in both contests and neither of them scored one touchdown. Damian Williams, Arkansas leading receiving in the 2005 game, would transfer to USCw. Mitch Mustain, Arkansas QB, transferred to USCw as well.
Edit: I'll also add Auburn going 0-2 against USCw in 2002/2003. In 2003, they were #6 going into the season with a home opener against USCw and they were shutout 23-0. Roster included Carnell "Cadillac" Williams and Ronnie Brown. Neither went over 100 yards in the 2003 contest nor did they score a touchdown. Matt Leinart, future Heisman winner, threw his first TD pass on his first throw.
Alabama should snap the streak in less than a month here.
Neither McFadden nor Felix Jones went over 100 yards in both contests and neither of them scored one touchdown. Damian Williams, Arkansas leading receiving in the 2005 game, would transfer to USCw. Mitch Mustain, Arkansas QB, transferred to USCw as well.
Edit: I'll also add Auburn going 0-2 against USCw in 2002/2003. In 2003, they were #6 going into the season with a home opener against USCw and they were shutout 23-0. Roster included Carnell "Cadillac" Williams and Ronnie Brown. Neither went over 100 yards in the 2003 contest nor did they score a touchdown. Matt Leinart, future Heisman winner, threw his first TD pass on his first throw.
Alabama should snap the streak in less than a month here.
This post was edited on 8/11/16 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:22 pm to AU24
Not an insult to Auburn but the 2010 Bama Auburn game was embarrassing to give up that lead with the talent and defense Bama had.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:24 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Was the ULM loss after the textbook nonsense?
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:26 pm to AlabamaAlum07
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Was the ULM loss after the textbook nonsense?
Hahahaha no, that was actually Tennessee, which we won by 30.
ULM was after DJ Hall got suspended for a half for probably smoking weed or something.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:44 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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4. 2006 Mississippi State (3-9, 1-7) : Mississippi State went 0-22 in SEC road games from 2001 to November 3, 2006. Then they beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa to seal Mike Shula's fate. This shouldn't be on the list because without it we don't fire Shula, but it was awful and miserable and terrible and as low as I've been as an Alabama fan/student.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:48 pm to msu202020
Honestly, just in terms of the team that it happened to, the timing of it, all that stuff........
I think that 2006 MSU loss was the worst I can remember. We were 6-3 with 3 close losses to 3 really good teams, all on the road (Arkansas 24-23, Florida 28-13 and Tennessee 16-13). Coming off a 10 win season, 8-4 with a win over Auburn would have been an acceptable year for us.
Instead, we lost to State and then lost out to LSU and Auburn.
Of course, like I said above, without that loss we more than likely never fire Shula and never hire Saban. So, thanks Sly! Row Tahd!
I think that 2006 MSU loss was the worst I can remember. We were 6-3 with 3 close losses to 3 really good teams, all on the road (Arkansas 24-23, Florida 28-13 and Tennessee 16-13). Coming off a 10 win season, 8-4 with a win over Auburn would have been an acceptable year for us.
Instead, we lost to State and then lost out to LSU and Auburn.
Of course, like I said above, without that loss we more than likely never fire Shula and never hire Saban. So, thanks Sly! Row Tahd!
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:49 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Honestly, just in terms of the team that it happened to, the timing of it, all that stuff........
I think that 2006 MSU loss was the worst I can remember. We were 6-3 with 3 close losses to 3 really good teams, all on the road (Arkansas 24-23, Florida 28-13 and Tennessee 16-13). Coming off a 10 win season, 8-4 with a win over Auburn would have been an acceptable year for us.
Instead, we lost to State and then lost out to LSU and Auburn.
Of course, like I said above, without that loss we more than likely never fire Shula and never hire Saban. So, thanks Sly! Row Tahd!
Believe me, I am laughing with you, not at you.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:51 pm to msu202020
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Believe me, I am laughing with you, not at you.
After that game I walked out of the student section and just sat under a tree on the Quad for probably a solid 2 hours. Staring into space.
It was probably my lowest moment in terms of being a fan. 2007 ULM was embarrassing, but even then there was hope because of Saban and the recruiting all that. After that 2006 loss there was no hope. We were either going to keep Shula or fire him and hire some other bum like Jim Grobe. Yuck.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:55 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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to keep Shula or fire him and hire some other bum like Jim Grobe.
Should have hired Croom.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:58 pm to AU24
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UL Monroe beating Arkansas
That loss in 2012 started the big slide for the Hogs. That was a highly ranked and talented team. The Petrino dumpster fire created some bad things.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 3:00 pm to tennfanatic
#2 South Carolina vs Navy 1984. Win that game, and going to the national championship game...
Lose 38-21 to a 4-6-1 Navy team.
Lose 38-21 to a 4-6-1 Navy team.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 3:13 pm to chawk195
I feel our game against USCe in 2009 is worth mentioning. Pre-season #4, and fell flat on our face in Columbia. That absolutely was textbook getting ahead of yourself. Snead 4 Heisman. 
South Carolina would lose 20-7 to UConn in the Papa John's Bowl.
South Carolina would lose 20-7 to UConn in the Papa John's Bowl.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 3:20 pm to SquarePizzaRebel
i say maine over msu
Posted on 8/11/16 at 3:27 pm to VADawg
[quote]For Georgia, losing to UCF and Colorado in 2010 was pretty damn embarrassing./quote]
That UCF team finished top 25. The Colorado team was really BAD. Still no excuse to lose to UCF though.
That UCF team finished top 25. The Colorado team was really BAD. Still no excuse to lose to UCF though.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 3:30 pm to MeatCleaverWeaver
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The Colorado team was really BAD.
I was at the Vortex Burger in Little Five Points when this happened. Memorable game, memorable burger. I want that burger now.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 3:30 pm to SquarePizzaRebel
In hindsight, the Jacksonville State loss isn't nearly as embarrassing to me as USCe in '09 or the Peach Bowl blowout loss to TCU. The team that lost to JSU was one of the more undisciplined squads we've ever had. They hated Nutt, who'd completely checked out after getting his extension, and, despite the consecutive Cotton Bowls, the athletic department should've seen that he'd lost the program and given him the axe after '10 (though, who knows if CHF/Bjork/the death penalty come to town if we fire Nutt after his third season). That was actually my first game as an Ole Miss student though. I'd recently transferred in, and my friends figured I (and another friend who transferred in at the same time) might've been a curse over those first two seasons.
The USCe game was peak WAOM. We get our highest ranking since the Vaught era basically and completely shite the bed on a Thursday night in Columbia. Jevan Snead was never the same.
The Peach Bowl is the most embarrassing loss under Freeze. Arkansas in '14 and UF/Memphis in '15 were bad, don't get me wrong, but those games weren't on the same national stage as the Peach Bowl, and it was clear Freeze had both himself and the team woefully underprepared. It's not like TCU wasn't a quality opponent. They were probably the best team left out of the CFP, but there's no excuse for the piss poor performance Ole Miss gave.
The USCe game was peak WAOM. We get our highest ranking since the Vaught era basically and completely shite the bed on a Thursday night in Columbia. Jevan Snead was never the same.
The Peach Bowl is the most embarrassing loss under Freeze. Arkansas in '14 and UF/Memphis in '15 were bad, don't get me wrong, but those games weren't on the same national stage as the Peach Bowl, and it was clear Freeze had both himself and the team woefully underprepared. It's not like TCU wasn't a quality opponent. They were probably the best team left out of the CFP, but there's no excuse for the piss poor performance Ole Miss gave.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 3:41 pm to TOFTR
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The team that lost to JSU was one of the more undisciplined squads we've ever had.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 4:43 pm to DuncanIdaho
No doubt but they were nobody before that season. Guess I just had them pegged as a directional school. And yeah Leavitt could coach. Realized all that after that crushing loss
Posted on 8/11/16 at 5:33 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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That was a really good NIU team and a terrible Alabama one.
Yeah, but this is the SEC we're talking about...
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