The thread on "this imbecile thinks THESE are the ten greatest games" has as always inspired me to contrarian thinking, so what do you think are the games that DON'T live up to the hype of "that was a GREAT game?"
Any sport is okay.
Here are a few that come to my mind:
1985 Georgia - the final two minutes of the game was totally awesome.....the rest looked like two MAC-level .500 teams with excessive rust.
1996 Auburn - Stallings's last game...well, it was three games in one......Tide jumps to a huge lead, Auburn comes back and pretty much owns the game......and then we win on a drive.......not near as exciting as one would think
1999 LSU - sure it came down to the last play........in a game we led by two scores.......and we lost players for the year
2005 Tennessee - yeah, I know Roman Harper'***** was awesome and the win was great....but the game as a whole wasn't that good.
2009 Tennessee - pretty much the same thing, more of a frustrating day where we couldn't generate any offense
Super Bowl XXXIV - you see, the way folks remember the story is that Mike Jones SAVED THE SUPER BOWL!!! No, he didn't - he prevented OVERTIME.......and it wasn't a great GAME, it was a great FOURTH QUARTER
Super Bowl XXXVIII - you'd think the second Super Bowl in three years to come down to a last second kick by the same kicker and that featured an 85-yard bomb and a wardrobe malfunction would be an insanely memorable game.
You'd think it - but you'd be wrong. BOR-ing.
1993 World Series Game 4 - most runs in a World Series game ever and one team comes from five runs down in the final innings.......but nobody liked this game, including the team that won the game.
More as I think of them.
Any sport is okay.
Here are a few that come to my mind:
1985 Georgia - the final two minutes of the game was totally awesome.....the rest looked like two MAC-level .500 teams with excessive rust.
1996 Auburn - Stallings's last game...well, it was three games in one......Tide jumps to a huge lead, Auburn comes back and pretty much owns the game......and then we win on a drive.......not near as exciting as one would think
1999 LSU - sure it came down to the last play........in a game we led by two scores.......and we lost players for the year
2005 Tennessee - yeah, I know Roman Harper'***** was awesome and the win was great....but the game as a whole wasn't that good.
2009 Tennessee - pretty much the same thing, more of a frustrating day where we couldn't generate any offense
Super Bowl XXXIV - you see, the way folks remember the story is that Mike Jones SAVED THE SUPER BOWL!!! No, he didn't - he prevented OVERTIME.......and it wasn't a great GAME, it was a great FOURTH QUARTER
Super Bowl XXXVIII - you'd think the second Super Bowl in three years to come down to a last second kick by the same kicker and that featured an 85-yard bomb and a wardrobe malfunction would be an insanely memorable game.
You'd think it - but you'd be wrong. BOR-ing.
1993 World Series Game 4 - most runs in a World Series game ever and one team comes from five runs down in the final innings.......but nobody liked this game, including the team that won the game.
More as I think of them.