ALL SPORTS: Most Heartbreaking Game You Attended?

[Realist]

Yup that was an awesome game! Expect a repeat of the 2009 game this year

not planning on that..

 

[Rivers17ncsu]

I haven't attended many games in recent years. It would probably be some NC State basketball game I attended back when I was younger, but I attended so many I can't remember one particular game. So I'd have to say vs Florida State in 08, or vs Georgia Tech when Daniel Evans and Reggie Ball were QB's.

If I was to add in one I watched then easily the 2002 game at Ohio State

 

[padman59]

USC vs Notre Dame in 2005. There was so much build up for that game, and it's easily the best atmosphere I've been a part of. The disappointment was palpable after the game.

 

[ram29jackson]

Easily a top 5 worst days of my life, I'll never forget walking out of that stadium.

get a life

 

[Aso]

Only game I've attended was college football, Temple vs Maryland and Temple fucking blew. The stadium was also incredibly empty. Maryland fans dominated the place.

 

[Juggernaut]

Brett Favre's last game as a Jet.

LOL JK

We were rooting for the Dolphins by the end of the game since we were eliminated from playoff contention, and if we won the Patriots would have went to the playoffs.

 

[Rayman]

This past October wasn't heartbreaking, but it was damn sure infuriating.

I flew all the way out to Dallas to sit in the big stadium for the first time just to watch Romo's collarbone get broken and then watch the team subsequently quit and fold up like a cheap tent.

At least it eventually led to Wade's firing, but I couldn't be talked to that night. Walked right out at the end, trekked all the way back to Rangers Ballpark where our van was parked, pulled out the bottle of Henny that was in the back and started drinking away.

And I rarely drink.

:jimshake:

 

[NAHSTE]

-2007 LSU v. Arkansas ... triple OT loss. Walking out I was certain we just blew the national championship. In hindsight it wasn't that bad but still a really deflating loss. Peyton Hillis beat Ali Highsmith on an out route to convert a 4th and 15 and keep the drive alive that would tie it at the end of regulation. It was my last game in the student section too, just crushing.

-2003 preseason game, Falcons v. Ravens... newly purchased season ticket plan down the drain 10 minutes into the first preseason game.

-2002 LSU v. Virginia Tech ... not necessarily heartbreaking, just miserable to sit through after a 12-hour drive. A punt return touchdown was called back early in the game and it was all downhill from there. LSU WRs dropped everything in sight and we lost 26-7. Had to be back by the next morning for football practice too.

 

[Tailback U]

I was 15. Pretty cool to read about and remember it 10 years after the fact.

CNNSI.com - 2001 NFL Playoffs - Siragusa knocks Gannon, Raiders out of postseason - Monday January 15, 2001 02:53 AM

Devastating blow
Gannon's injury fatal to Raiders' chances
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Posted: Sunday January 14, 2001 8:01 PM
Updated: Monday January 15, 2001 2:53 AM

Rich Gannon Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon struggles to stand after being pancaked by Ravens defensive tackle Tony Siragusa. AP

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Rich Gannon couldn't save the Oakland Raiders.

Gannon orchestrated three come-from-behind victories this season, but Baltimore's pumped-up playoff defense was too much and Oakland lost the AFC title game 16-3 to the Ravens on Sunday.

Tony Siragusa knocked Gannon on his right shoulder early in the second quarter and he was never quite the same.

"I don't know if it would have made a difference if I had been 100 percent healthy," Gannon said. "They were a better football team [Sunday]."

Gannon brought the Raiders back against Indianapolis and Kansas City, and led the drive that beat the San Francisco 49ers in overtime. Overall, he threw for 29 touchdown passes and ran for four more in the regular season.

All the while, he remained the Raiders' stoic leader, methodically marching them into their first postseason since 1994. He was picked for the Pro Bowl and the All-Pro Team.

"It's hard to look back on a season's success when you just got slapped in the face on your home court," Gannon said.

He also stayed miraculously healthy for such a mobile, 35-year-old quarterback -- until Siragusa's hit. The 340-pound tackle hit Gannon and fell on him, driving his shoulder into the ground.

"They say he's 340, but he's more like 360," Oakland center Barret Robbins said. "Obviously that's going to hurt you."

The Raider Nation was stunned. The crowd of more than 60,000 was silent as their hero was ushered slowly off the field and into the locker room.

Gannon said he was first hurt on the first series in the game, when he was hit after a Raiders' false start penalty. Siragusa's hit insured he wouldn't be his usual self.

But at the half, Gannon convinced head coach Jon Gruden he could return.

"I went with Rich Gannon," Gruden said. "I don't regret it, but I also know he wasn't the same after the injury.

"We have a relationship of trust and he felt he could throw the ball without being inhibited at all, and that's why we went with him."

Gannon started the second half but the damage had been done. Down 10-0, he took the Raiders to Baltimore's 2-yard line but underthrew his pass to Randy Jordan. Oakland settled for rookie kicker Sebastian Janikowski's field goal.

It would be the Raiders' only scoring for the game.

"It was a pretty humbling experience," Gannon said.

But the Raiders should have been able to get it done without his arm, Gannon said.

The Raiders had led the league in rushing this season, with 154.4 yards a game. Gannon and "The Committee," as the Raiders called their tight-knit corps of backs, usually found a way to get it done.

"I've always felt we could move the ball on the ground," Gannon said. "We didn't do that [Sunday], right from the very first play."

Leading rusher Tyrone Wheatley had 12 carries for only seven yards, and overall the Raiders had just 24 yards in rushing offense for the game.

As the clock wound down, Gannon knew when his time was up.

"I went to Jon and I said, 'You might as well put Bobby in,'" Gannon said.

Bobby Hoying replaced Gannon midway through the fourth quarter. The backup, who was just 0-for-2 in the regular season, took the Raiders down to the Baltimore 5, but Andre Rison was called for offensive pass interference, nullifying his catch in the end zone.

Baltimore linebacker Jamie Sharper ended the drive with an interception.

"I really felt that if we could have gotten something going when I was in there, we had a chance to turn things around," Hoying said. "But we didn't get it done.

"This is the most disappointed I've been in my short career."

It got so bad at times that even Oakland's rabid silver-and-black clad fans booed.

The Raiders figured their fans would be a little more supportive, providing that crucial home-field edge. They applauded wildly in pregame warmups.

But in the end, Baltimore prevailed and the Raider Nation headed home.

"The bottom line is that the Ravens had a lot to what happened [Sunday]," Gruden said.

"I really felt that if we could have gotten something going when I was in there, we had a chance to turn things around," Hoying said. "But we didn't get it done."

And it was over. The Raiders were headed home, just like that.

"This is the type of thing where all night long we'll be tossing and turning trying to figure out what we should have done differently," cornerback Charles Woodson said. "In the end, we didn't get it done. We didn't get the ultimate accomplishment."

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[Pills]

Kordell Stewart. 'Nuff said.

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[G-men]

Giants vs Panthers 2005 Wild Card

only team in NFL history to be shutout at home in the playoffs, just a terrible game.

 

[G-men]

Giants vs Panthers 2005 Wild Card

only team in NFL history to be shutout at home in the playoffs, just a terrible game.