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BigFish · 02-03-2008, 10:51 PM

Yes! Maybe the biggest upset in sports....cept' for Sox sweep Yanks in 04' of course!

Andy D · 02-03-2008, 10:58 PM

One of the biggest right up there the Sox sweep of the Yanks.

lurch · 02-03-2008, 11:46 PM

have to agree biggest upset of all time.

Giants played a great game.

Pats one sack and if Asante catches the ball we are talking about 19-0...oh well next year.

We let my 8yrd old stay up and watch the game and she was a mess...crying for almost an hour. I had to explain to her about losing and that we should congratulate the Giants.

Mike P · 02-04-2008, 12:06 AM

No. The Jets upsetting the Colts--who were 13-1 during the regular season and 17 point favorites--was a bigger one. It removed the AFL from "minor league" status, and the Chiefs sealed that the next year.

What would the NFL look like today if the Jets hadn't given the newly merged AFL legitimacy---how would Rozelle have convinced the Steelers, Colts and Browns to go back and tell their fans they were no longer real NFL franchises if the Jets hadn't put the AFL on an equal footing?

wrikerjr · 02-04-2008, 06:56 AM

its up there, but not bigger than the jets colts. It will certainly be a loss that will remain with the Patriots for a long time.

JohnR · 02-04-2008, 07:24 AM

Certainly a big upset, and probably in the tops ten, but here are a few it is not bigger than:

US v CCCP 1980

Sox -v- Yanks '04

Jets Colts

Pats -v- Rams '01 Remember the greatest show on turf? The Pats had no right winning that game but they did. This game, the Giants always had a shot and those that thought it would be a blowout of epic proportions were blowing smoke up their arses. I forgot who I was talking to from here a bit about this (maybe Afterhours??) but I've been saying tight and low for a while but that was tighter and lower that I even thought. "Course I'd picked the Pats to win.

beamie · 02-04-2008, 07:54 AM

I wonder if a loss like this will spark the end of the "Dynasty". Teddy and Junior may retire, who knows where Moss and Samuel will be. May be all down hill from here,....hope not though.

striperking70 · 02-05-2008, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFish

Yes! Maybe the biggest upset in sports....cept' for Sox sweep Yanks in 04' of course!

cept' the Yankees were'nt a big favorite and undefeated and it was only the ALCS not the biggest game.

The Dad Fisherman · 02-06-2008, 08:26 AM

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cept' the Yankees were'nt a big favorite and undefeated and it was only the ALCS not the biggest game.

Only the BIGGEST choke in Major league Baseball.....NO OTHER TEAM IN MLB HAS BLOWN A 3-0 LEAD (and don't even try and compare that to the Ball between Buckner's legs.....that only made it a 3-3 series tie).........And what have they done since then.....that pretty much sucked the "Mystique" right out of them.

BassDawg · 02-06-2008, 12:08 PM

Hey, The "Mystique"!

Isn't that a river that feeds the North side of Boston Harbor

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striperking70 · 02-06-2008, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Only the BIGGEST choke in Major league Baseball.....NO OTHER TEAM IN MLB HAS BLOWN A 3-0 LEAD (and don't even try and compare that to the Ball between Buckner's legs.....that only made it a 3-3 series tie).........And what have they done since then.....that pretty much sucked the "Mystique" right out of them.

Buckner cost them the World Series but I guess in your little world the ALCS is more important.

The Dad Fisherman · 02-06-2008, 08:00 PM

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Buckner cost them the World Series but I guess in your little world the ALCS is more important.

Actually, he didn't....Calvin Schiraldi, "Boston Creme Bob" Stanley and Rich Gedman cost them that game. Should never have gotten to the point where the ball could go through his legs

Buckner was just the Goat....

Raider Ronnie · 02-06-2008, 08:30 PM

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Actually, he didn't....Calvin Schiraldi, "Boston Creme Bob" Stanley and Rich Gedman cost them that game. Should never have gotten to the point where the ball could go through his legs

Buckner was just the Goat....

I've been saying the same things for years!
Bob Stanley, wild pitch let in the tying run after Schiraldi gave up a 2 run lead!
Manager should have been hung for leaving Buckner in that late in the game !
I think it was Dave Stapleton who played 1st base late innings all season long !

The Dad Fisherman · 02-06-2008, 09:46 PM

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I think it was Dave Stapleton who played 1st base late innings all season long !

Yep...Macnamara always put him in for Buckner late in the game for defense....just not that game

Mike P · 02-11-2008, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

I've been saying the same things for years!
Bob Stanley, wild pitch let in the tying run after Schiraldi gave up a 2 run lead!
Manager should have been hung for leaving Buckner in that late in the game !
I think it was Dave Stapleton who played 1st base late innings all season long !

Don't lose sight of the fact that Buckner's rusty gate imitation came in game 6, and it was already tied, with the momentum swung the Mets' way, and---most importantly--the Sox had a 3-0 lead in game 7 and Buckner wasn't around to blow it.

If Buckner fielded that ball cleaniy, he still would have had a had time beating Mookie Wilson to the bag. And do you really think that fatass Stanley would have gotten over to cover the bag in time? There was no one--NO ONE--faster from the box to first in the mid-80s than Mookie Wilson. He was two steps down the line by the time the bat left his hands