What was your toughest, hardest, most depressing, gut-wrenching loss to take?
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That definitely left a mark. That one doesn't hurt, but only because I have buried that entire season under a heavy load of denial.
I had the flu and pneumonia at the time of the 2012 aTm loss. It was truly a horrible day/week, but everything did get better quickly.
And yeah, my response to losses has changed over the years as I've matured but they still hurt too badly.
The AU loss this past year was a low point, but my father had just passed as well so it was tough to take. Still, it got better quickly (the hurt of the loss) just like 2012.
This is the first game that came to mind. Alabama was down 34-7, and made a great comeback, and should have won the game 35-34 but for the horrible call...
I don't believe in any way that the LSU players or coaching staff was overconfident. It's even hard to believe that the fans were that stupid. Bama had controlled the game in Tusc, they just could make if count on the scoreboard. LSU had done nothing offensively - barely had over 200 yds of total offense. They crossed the 30 twice in regulation, Bama 6 times. IMO, they knew Bama was the better team. If they were overconfident - they are the most stupid sports team I've ever heard of. I just can't believe they were that stupid. I've heard LSU players (Hebert) talk about that game on local Bham radio and never has overconfidence or complacency even been considered. Maybe not being prepared but not the other.
my bad...one of those north of the Mason Dixon schools....I'll tip my hat to their humor though
My top ten ...
1) Auburn 2010. Could have had a chance to deny Auburn a national championship, although they probably would still have gone to the BCSCG. Might have popped their bubble, though, which would have given Oregon a better shot at the upset if AU was questioning itself. And I'm not sure Newton gets the Heisman absent an undefeated season.
2) Clemson 2017. If for no other reason than the entire media world wanted to talk about it as being a "changing of the guard." :rolleye2:
3) Auburn 2013. Just ridiculous all the way around and AU almost won a title as a result.
4) Auburn 1997. Hate it for us, and for Ed Scissum in particular.
5) LSU 1986. Talk about games you watched slip away from you.
6) LSU 2011 (at BDS). Especially the deal with the "simultaneous catch" and some other questionable calls.
7) Louisiana Tech 1999. One of the few times I've ever known a lack of basic effort had a hand in killing a game for us.
8) Tennessee 2003. Forget 4th-and-19, let me tell you about 1st-and-2.
9) Minnesota 2004. Irrelevant game in the grand scheme of things but one of the few games in my life I could directly point to incompetence on the part of the game officials and say it cost a win.
10) Any other Auburn game I didn't list above. Maybe Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl. I would say Notre Dame 1973 but I was less than age 1 at the time.
1) Auburn 2010. Could have had a chance to deny Auburn a national championship, although they probably would still have gone to the BCSCG. Might have popped their bubble, though, which would have given Oregon a better shot at the upset if AU was questioning itself. And I'm not sure Newton gets the Heisman absent an undefeated season.
2) Clemson 2017. If for no other reason than the entire media world wanted to talk about it as being a "changing of the guard." :rolleye2:
3) Auburn 2013. Just ridiculous all the way around and AU almost won a title as a result.
4) Auburn 1997. Hate it for us, and for Ed Scissum in particular.
5) LSU 1986. Talk about games you watched slip away from you.
6) LSU 2011 (at BDS). Especially the deal with the "simultaneous catch" and some other questionable calls.
7) Louisiana Tech 1999. One of the few times I've ever known a lack of basic effort had a hand in killing a game for us.
8) Tennessee 2003. Forget 4th-and-19, let me tell you about 1st-and-2.
9) Minnesota 2004. Irrelevant game in the grand scheme of things but one of the few games in my life I could directly point to incompetence on the part of the game officials and say it cost a win.
10) Any other Auburn game I didn't list above. Maybe Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl. I would say Notre Dame 1973 but I was less than age 1 at the time.
I can't click "like" to your post but I do agree with all of them. I was at the Minnesota game and I thought the physicality of the running backs they had made our defense look soft that day. I was just happy to see Alabama in a bowl game so I don't remember the bad calls by the officials.
I guess Auburn 2010 doesn't get me so badly. Sort of like last year's game. We had injury problems all year long in 2010 and they ultimately cost us that game. Yes, we didn't capitalize opportunities in the first half that would have buried them. But part of that was, overall, they were just better than us that day. We got the jump on them with the crowd and all that, but they were too good for us to ultimately kill them off early. Last year, we had all the LB injuries. I don't think Auburn was the better team overall by a long shot and the end of the season proved that out. But it also helped that losing that game didn't end our title hopes.
Don't get me wrong. Those two games would definitely rank in any top 10 I did.
Don't get me wrong. Those two games would definitely rank in any top 10 I did.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I completely forgot about this!!! Maybe it's just me but I though it was hilarious then and still do. I mean.... BUY WHY????? LOLi figured this would have been the most gut-wrenching moment as an lsu fan
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It's a toss up between a few games. The loss to Utah in the Sugar Bowl was definitely one of them, but the most bitter pill was either the 24-pt comeback by Cam Newton or the Kick 6.
I think the guy in the white hat is the same guy doing the T-Rex dance in the other game.there was this doozy too. the corndogs always deliver
Trust me they were very confident that they were going to beat us by 2 tds in Nola.
You ought to dig up Daddy Herbert’s crap going into that game and after to see the level of confidence.
The 2012 game in Baton Rouge I honestly thought we were probably walking into either a good Miles-Saban battle or a Bama beat down. But what we got was a game incompetence by Nuss and chavis to see who was the most incompetent coordinator on the field.
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Easy- forget the year (I'm sure y'all will remind me) but Payton Manning beats the crap out of us and leads their band in Rocky Top in the section next to me. I can't stand him to this day...
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