It's the biggest, most emotional moments of these players careers and in many cases their entire life. Let the tears flow baby!too much crying with these games...
LSU blowing a 31-point second half lead to UK back in the 90's comes to mind but nothing this fast in an intense and emotional elimination game.This may be the biggest single-game collapse in North American sports history. I can't think of anything close to it.
Yeah, obviously the Yankees are and forever will be the greatest chokers in sports history, given the sustained nature and purity of their gagjob, but in terms of a single game, this takes the cake for me. Even the Bills comeback is something that seems possible when you think of it. Twelve points in 42 seconds just doesn't even seem possible.LSU blowing a 31-point second half lead to UK back in the 90's comes to mind but nothing this fast in an intense and emotional elimination game.
I think there was some baseball team that was up 3-0 with a lead in the clinching game but the teams names don't come to mind.
I hope both benches catch fire.Oklahoma will gut these Aggies. I hope.
I agree....I was only being a wiseass.Yeah, obviously the Yankees are and forever will be the greatest chokers in sports history, given the sustained nature and purity of their gagjob, but in terms of a single game, this takes the cake for me. Even the Bills comeback is something that seems possible when you think of it. Twelve points in 42 seconds just doesn't even seem possible.
The flu or blackou or NCAA violations, etc.Who are you rooting for?
At one point NIU had a 99.99% win probability. They held Texas A&M to 22 points in the first half, then allowed them to score 14 points in the last 40 seconds of the second half, thanks to 4 consecutive turnovers. When you do that in an NCAA tournament game, that's an all time choke job no matter how you slice it.It doesn't really seem like it deserves all time choke status because they are Northern Iowa after all. It would have been an upset if they won in part because the top 20 team that played neck and neck with Kentucky all year in a major conference is supposed to have more composure. Yeah it was worse than anyone could expect but the reason it's cool when Northern Iowa keeps its cool down the stretch is because you worry they won't.
Novotna and Van de VeldeMy favorite two choke jobs are still Greg Norman and Jana Novotna.
Eaelier in the hald he broke down a switching situation in a clear/concise way that I've never heard done better. He's easy to dislike but he knows the 64 teams in the tournament and their players better than anyone in the business.If Doug Gotleib were a coach his team would probably be something like 5-27.
I don't know what kind of coach Gottlieb would ultimately be however as a player he was his teams leader and floor general with as high a BBIQ as I've seen on the college level. I'm not sure why some others feel he'd be an awful coach as he has all the qualities of a highly successful one.Eaelier in the hald he broke down a switching situation in a clear/concise way that I've never heard done better. He's easy to dislike but he knows the 64 teams in the tournament and their players better than anyone in the business.
He sure could find the right pass, that's for sure. He is often insightful, including with end of game management thoughts, but his unshakable certainty also seems to encompass all of this opinions, even the much more debatable ones. Heck, I don't know him -- maybe that's broadcaster shtick and in real life he would have the flexibility to actually coach.I don't know what kind of coach Gottlieb would ultimately be however as a player he was his teams leader and floor general with as high a BBIQ as I've seen on the college level. I'm not sure why some others feel he'd be an awful coach as he has all the qualities of a highly successful one.
The letter of the law says traveling rules do not apply to an inbounder. So he would have been quite wrong.Not to be a dick or anything but the referee could have followed the letter of the law, called a travel on the inbounds passer prior to the Koenig game winner......and he wouldn't have been wrong.
It's close. You can move three feet when the ref hands you the ball on an inbound after a timeout. Think it was a good no call.The letter of the law says traveling rules do not apply to an inbounder. So he would have been quite wrong.
This is absolutely positively incorrect.The letter of the law says traveling rules do not apply to an inbounder. So he would have been quite wrong.