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re: What is the biggest upset in the history of sports?
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:25 pm to themetalreb
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:25 pm to themetalreb
Probably the US beating the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics.
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Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:29 pm to themetalreb
In terms of major betting, Leicester City has to be up there. Just a once-in-a-century type bet when you consider the amount of money the other English teams spend these days.
As a one-off, Chaminade defeating UVA isn’t all that meaningful in terms of repercussions, but it’s still a massive upset.
As a one-off, Chaminade defeating UVA isn’t all that meaningful in terms of repercussions, but it’s still a massive upset.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:32 pm to themetalreb
Appy State over Michigan. Appalachian State was by design in a lower-tier of football.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:38 pm to themetalreb
Miracle on Ice and it’s not close
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:39 pm to themetalreb
#1 Kentucky basketball team beat at home by unranked Evansville.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:44 pm to themetalreb
Goliath was heavily favored over David
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:54 pm to themetalreb
Pitt over West Virginia 2003
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:57 pm to themetalreb
1980 Olympics, USA over USSR in hockey. If you didn't grow up in that time period, you just can't understand how big an upset that was. The US fielded a team of college players, while the Soviets kept their team together for their entire career. That Soviet team beat a bunch of NHL teams in exhibitions. They hadn't lost an Olympic game since 1968.
Nationally, I think Chaminade over Virginia is a good call. Chaminade was an NAIA team, not even NCAA (D1, D2, or D3). As noted, Virginia had Ralph Sampson, who was the 3 time POY in the NCAA, they were ranked #1, they were a 1 seed in the NCAA tourney.
App State over Michigan was big, but not nearly the difference in levels. App State was D-1AA (FCS) champs, Michigan was ranked #5 in the D-1 polls. Huge upset, but that's only one level down.
Nationally, I think Chaminade over Virginia is a good call. Chaminade was an NAIA team, not even NCAA (D1, D2, or D3). As noted, Virginia had Ralph Sampson, who was the 3 time POY in the NCAA, they were ranked #1, they were a 1 seed in the NCAA tourney.
App State over Michigan was big, but not nearly the difference in levels. App State was D-1AA (FCS) champs, Michigan was ranked #5 in the D-1 polls. Huge upset, but that's only one level down.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 9:03 pm to themetalreb
2000 Sydney Olympics - HvyWt Wrestling - Rulon Gardner upset Alexandr Karelin 1-0 to win the gold
Karelin hadn't lost a wrestling match in 13 years, 3x defending Olympic Champion, 9x World Champion, and he hadn’t been scored on in over 7 years. His record was 887-1 entering that GM match. Both of his losses were 1-0. Karelin is arguably the greatest Greco Roman wrestler of our time.
David defeated Goliath
Karelin hadn't lost a wrestling match in 13 years, 3x defending Olympic Champion, 9x World Champion, and he hadn’t been scored on in over 7 years. His record was 887-1 entering that GM match. Both of his losses were 1-0. Karelin is arguably the greatest Greco Roman wrestler of our time.
David defeated Goliath
Posted on 8/29/23 at 9:24 pm to themetalreb
Maybe not the biggest, but Puerto Rico beating team USA by 20 points in the Olympics, (the shitty 2004 one but still had Lebron, hence the nickname Lebronze).
Posted on 8/29/23 at 9:37 pm to themetalreb
Leicester City
USA over Russia hockey
Anything else is second/third tier
USA over Russia hockey
Anything else is second/third tier
Posted on 8/29/23 at 9:37 pm to themetalreb
Miracle on Ice - not even close.
This is a mashup from a few different sources:
In the late 1940s, the Soviets were only learning to play hockey. But within eight years, they built one of the most feared hockey teams in the world. The Red Machine went on to dominate hockey for four decades...In 1954, only eight years after the first match between two amateur student teams took place, Soviet athletes debuted at the 1954 World Championships in Stockholm and won gold, beating Canada to everyone’s surprise...
The Soviet hockey team was in 9 Olympics. Won gold in 7 of them. The only times they did not win gold were at events in the US.
In February 1979, they faced an NHL All-Star team that featured an astounding 20 future Hall of Famers in a three-game series. The Soviets won two of the matchups, including Game 3 at Madison Square Garden in a 6-0 rout.
"They practiced and trained around 1,200 hours a year," said Alpo Suhonen, former Team Finland head coach and the first NHL head coach from Europe. "In Finland, we practiced about a third of that, and the Swedes were about 100 hours ahead of us.
Between 1954 and 1991, the team won almost every world championship and Olympic gold medal.
I don't remember specifically, but there was a long stretch of years where they never lost in international play.
They were the most dominant international team of all time. Even after 1980 they remained dominant. The only thing that ended it was the fall of the USSR.
This is a mashup from a few different sources:
In the late 1940s, the Soviets were only learning to play hockey. But within eight years, they built one of the most feared hockey teams in the world. The Red Machine went on to dominate hockey for four decades...In 1954, only eight years after the first match between two amateur student teams took place, Soviet athletes debuted at the 1954 World Championships in Stockholm and won gold, beating Canada to everyone’s surprise...
The Soviet hockey team was in 9 Olympics. Won gold in 7 of them. The only times they did not win gold were at events in the US.
In February 1979, they faced an NHL All-Star team that featured an astounding 20 future Hall of Famers in a three-game series. The Soviets won two of the matchups, including Game 3 at Madison Square Garden in a 6-0 rout.
"They practiced and trained around 1,200 hours a year," said Alpo Suhonen, former Team Finland head coach and the first NHL head coach from Europe. "In Finland, we practiced about a third of that, and the Swedes were about 100 hours ahead of us.
Between 1954 and 1991, the team won almost every world championship and Olympic gold medal.
I don't remember specifically, but there was a long stretch of years where they never lost in international play.
They were the most dominant international team of all time. Even after 1980 they remained dominant. The only thing that ended it was the fall of the USSR.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 9:37 pm to themetalreb
#16 seed UMBC blowing out #1 Virginia.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 9:55 pm to themetalreb
It's gotta be the US Hockey team's gold medal at Lake Placid in 1980. That just came totally unexpected
Posted on 8/29/23 at 9:58 pm to themetalreb
UAB beating Coach Saban at LSU.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:00 pm to themetalreb
For me personally it was Serra beating GSP.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:19 pm to themetalreb
Miracle on Ice, but my favorite was Pitt over West Virginia in 2007. LSU doesn't win a title if it wasn't for that miracle.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:31 pm to themetalreb
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:54 pm to themetalreb
Mighty Ducks beating Iceland
Posted on 8/30/23 at 12:18 am to themetalreb
Iron Sheik defeating Bob Backlund for the WWF title. BB was champion for many years until Sheik put him in the camel clutch.
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