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re: What is the biggest upset in the history of sports?
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:14 pm to tigerfan84
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:14 pm to tigerfan84
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Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:16 pm to KosmoCramer
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Upset over Man O' War.
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Starting gates are not yet used and horses are led up to a tape barrier. A fill-in starter has difficulty getting the horses ready and they mill around. While Man o' War apparently is backing up, the tape is sprung. Man o' War "was almost left at the post," the Louisville Courier-Journal reports.
After a slow start, Man o' War is third as the field heads for home in the six-furlough race. Blocked by close quarters, he has to go to the outside in the final eighth and though he gamely makes up ground, he misses by a half-length of overtaking the winner, who at 115 pounds carries 15 fewer pounds than the 11-20 favorite.
There was scarcely a witness of this race who did not believe after it was all over that Man o’ War would have walked home, with anything like a fair chance. The start was responsible for the defeat of Man o’ War, it turned out.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:16 pm to Arthur Bach
Agreed about Buster Douglas. If you weren’t old enough to experience Tyson’s complete dominance, you can’t appreciate it. The fight was televised live and I can remember how shocking it was to see it unfold.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:19 pm to themetalreb
Americas Cup losing in 1983 to Australia
NYYC's 132-year reign was the longest (in terms of time) winning streak in any sport.
NYYC's 132-year reign was the longest (in terms of time) winning streak in any sport.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:21 pm to SloaneRanger
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Agreed about Buster Douglas. If you weren’t old enough to experience Tyson’s complete dominance, you can’t appreciate it. The fight was televised live and I can remember how shocking it was to see it unfold.
I woke up to the news on my alarm radio getting up for school...thought it was April 1st, still half asleep.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:23 pm to themetalreb
Obligatory WVU-Pitt mention
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:25 pm to themetalreb
Probably the US beating the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:26 pm to WPBTiger
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Not the biggest but the 1990 Reds sweep of the A's was not expected.
Reds went wire to wire and were the clear best team in baseball that year. The As were just media favorites.
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 8:34 pm to tigerfan84
Appy state over Michigan
ULM over Bama was a big one
Stanford/USC
Kansas beating Texas the year they had 2-3 wins under miles
ULM over Bama was a big one
Stanford/USC
Kansas beating Texas the year they had 2-3 wins under miles
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 SwampRocket
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Leicester City winning the English Premier League in 2016. Basically a 38 game upset. 5000/1 betting odds at the start of the season
This is the one.
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 9:06 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Michigan was shite. That was just the media overhyping them going into the season.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 9:15 pm to MasterAbe1
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ULM over Bama was a big one
I know it's an LSU site, but two people mentioned this game. Not even sure how it even registers in the same stratosphere as the other upsets.
Stanford over USC and Appalachian State over Michigan I get.
Miracle on ice is probably the answer to the op
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