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That was fucking awful, McNabb (hate him to this day) hit his TE I think on 4th down in the Carrier Dome and ripped all our hearts out. Awful. The 62-0 redemption the following year was one of my happiest.
Temple that year was mildly less terrible, but in a way it lingers, because it's still brought up as one of the biggest upsets ever.
And of, Matt Fucking Ryan. I hate him. That was just horrendous.
That game was sweetened by a trip to New Orleans to play Michigan while Clemson got manhandled by the cousins. That made the Sugar Bowl even more painful. We had a chance to carry the banner even without winning the ACC and had it taken from us.
National Championship game vs FSU....fight all the way back from 28-7 to take a 29-28 lead and let it slip away in the 4th
This. Fuck mattryan. Go 49ers!
During the game doing the first down sign with my crutches was fun, then Matt Ryan happened and after the game crutching down the east stands ramps was not.
First half: Our defense dominated
Second half: We got Glennon'd. 4 fucking picks.
Funny thing is that I can't remember that last loss because its been soooooo long. But in NJ there is only one UVA guy at work that I occasionally cross his path. He will let me know when UVA wins, because I've had his number since I first met him. Even he knows UVA sucks! Sugar Bowl loss to Michigan is at top too!
I was there...after standing in the pouring cold rain with my girlfriend for hours (most of it spent being reminded how cold and wet she was) watching that game. That last 2 mins was heartbreaking. I still hate Matt Ryan to this day and am pulling for anyone except for him. I used to follow the Falcons when Vick, Hall, and Williams where there, when he was drafted I officially bounced.
2012 - Danny Coale caught that.
2000 - And the National Championship Game simply because I was there. Granted I had an excellent time leading up to that game in New Orleans. Or at least I think I did. Pictures seem to support most of that claim.
I wanted to put this game down, but I banished it from my memory because of the destruction that game did to my heart and mind. I was a RA at that time and never experienced that quiet of a weekend in my life.
In the ACCCG game was the most pissed I've probably ever been. Yes the Boise loss hurt, and the JMU debacle was dreadful, but I just would not stop thinking about the Clemson game for weeks. The fact that we knew what they were going to do, and our players (Antone Exum) were constantly making remarks about how they were going to get revenge, only to be beaten even worse, was just embarassing to me. I also stayed until the end of the game, but with 4 minutes left in the 4th quarter, 90% of Hokie fans had already left, which was also embarassing.
ESPN was camped out in B'burg all week in anticipation of the game. It's the only time I've ever seen the National Championship Trophy. And then Marcus happend.
Virginia Tech Passing
Cmp Att Int Yds TD Long Sack
Marcus Vick 8 22 2 90 0 22 5
That's right, 8 completeions to go with 5 sacks, 2 picks and 4 FUMBLES! Thanks Marcus!
This is my first time posting on this site. I have been coming back to it everyday reading the comments and enjoying the topics. Finally I admit I must convert and be a TKP fanatic.
So Boise St and BC were both awful losses and almost as equal in the heart wrenching, pain staking departments. What sets Boise St. apart was the HYPE. I mean all summer long all I heard was how VT was going to win and finally get over this hump. Well not only did we lose, but we lost on a defensive breakdown. I came into the office the next day and my co-workers took all my VT stuff and placed it beside a trash can on top of my desk. I admit I didn't move the stuff or the trash can for 3 weeks. I was so damaged inside I couldn't speak or watch football for awhile. For the first time in years, Fall was was no longer the sweet reminiscent smell of moving onto campus, but the devastation of failed expectations. So that in my opinion is why Boise St is the worse loss.
UVA, 1998.
I didn't talk for 3 hours. Maybe 4. Never opened my mouth.
The rest....ehh.... I'm not a "National Championship" guy, I don't hold it as a goal, I don't think we'll ever see it. So when we lost to BC in '07, I just didn't think we were that good. I remember thinking we were lucky it rained the first 3 QTRs or Ice would have lit us up. National Championship game? Certainly it was painful and I did have the perspective to know it was likely a once-a-lifetime experience, but we "won" in so many other ways that night.
Then I just have the run-of-the-mill, WTF just happened loses. Like Pitt this year. Like Miami in '08. Or that ECU game. Or WVU in '02. Coming out and losing to a team that isn't as good as you really bothers me. Unpreparedness.
07 BC because it was cold and wet, and we dominated before the heroics of the second coming of Flutie...
01 Miami because 17 eventual first round draft picks, 38 picked overall, widely considered among the greatest teams in college football history. And Ernest Wilford could have tied it if he could have just hung onto the damn ball...
Part of me is also pissed because it was in the 70s and sunny in Blacksburg on the first weekend of December, and we were hosting a team just shy of the tropics.
Can't blame him for being lured by NFL jobs, even the Bills.
After the '07 BC game, I might say the two bowl games I've gone to: 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl: Glennon pulled a double Glennon and led to blowing a 21pt lead from halftime. Not looking up the stats, but he had ~5 turnovers that game.
Orange Bowl vs. Kansas for 2 reasons: it was the coldest Miami had been in 100 years and I wasn't dressed/packed for it, and Brandon Ore was DESTROYING the Kansas D so Stinespring stopped running the ball.
There have been so many painful ones, so I'm sure I'm overlooking some.
...texas know anything? (I mean that specifically in this situation....and fundamentally as well....)
In 2011, only MOC was in the booth calling plays, and our offense performed pretty damn well (given, we had a lot more on offense to work with) You don't think that Stiney said a single word to MOC regarding play calling this year?
Clearly the worst was 2007 against BC. I remember standing in the North Endzone during the Monsoon and thinking with 8 minutes left "oh my God- I am going to be at VT when we are a SERIOUS contender for a National Championship Game birth." Then Matty Ice broke Hokie Nation's Hearts. Yeah we got revenge in the ACC Championship Game but still the sting of that loss still resides with me today.
Order for VT football since 2004:
1) BC in 2007
2) Auburn in 2005 Sugar Bowl (another game we should've won but execution in the red zone killed us as did special teams errors).
3) JMU in 2010
4) Kansas in 2007 Orange Bowl (see #2)
5) Boise State in 2010- major comeback and then the regular VT choke job at the end followed by horrific playcalling on final "drive"
6) Michigan in 2012 Sugar Bowl- simply didn't execute.
7) NC State in 2004- Brandon Pace missed FG as time expired. I thought it was good from the East Stands.....
Worst pro sports loss ever:
1) NYR losing to New Jersey Devils in game six of 2012 Eastern Conference Finals in overtime.
2) NYR losing to Philadelphia Flyers in game three of 1997 Eastern Conference Finals
3) NYJ losing to Pittsburgh Steelers in 2010 AFC Championship Game/NYJ losing to Pittsburgh in 2005 AFC Division Playoffs after having three chances to put the Steelers away.
Best win- NY Mets 8 run comeback against the Yankees in 2000 Subway Series (regular season) and same against Braves in 1999 when Mike Piazza ended the comeback with a 2 out, 2 strike grand slam; 1994 NY Rangers beating Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 of Stanley Cup Championship.
That the guys Alabama recruit aren't given higher rating because they are getting recruited by Alabama? Yes Alabama rakes in the 4 and 5 star recruits, but it seems a bit strange that they never have a lower rated recruits, when diamonds in the rough do exist out there.
I still have nightmares about that game...
Absolute worst game ever.
1980, VT at FSU, scored tied....watch and marvel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JwxdII8uTk