Biggest Upset In Sports History?

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Originally Posted by j2k4

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Originally Posted by RPerry

Its funny people seem to forget about this team: http://www.pro-football-reference.co...s/min/1998.htm I on the other hand never forget who my team beats, or gets beaten by. (Tampa Bay) This Minnesota team was probably among the greats, but because they also fell short in a superbowl bid, are hardly mentioned either.

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Yeah, but gee whiz, Rob - they lost to the frigging Falcons. :whistling

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but the falcons were pretty good that year :huh:

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Originally Posted by RPerry

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Originally Posted by j2k4

Yeah, but gee whiz, Rob - they lost to the frigging Falcons. :whistling

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but the falcons were pretty good that year :huh:

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If you insist. :whistling

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Originally Posted by j2k4

Are the Pats not amongst the greatest all-time teams?

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Absolutely. 3 SB wins in 4 appearances in 7 years. Not bad.

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Originally Posted by j2k4

Again, while I personally don't count the Dolphins amongst the greatest teams, I find it sort of appalling they are never even mentioned.

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Mentioned where? I always hear people mention the Dolphins. I don't see where it goes down in upset history. Although they were undefeated, they actually upset the Redskins.

The '72 Dolphins were mentioned even more this past NFL season for obvious reasons. Easy schedule or not, perfection is not easy in football.

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Originally Posted by DefX

My point is the undefeated record of the 72 Dolphins is not indicative of their playing strength in comparison to the best teams debated around since their easy schedule paved the way for them to go undefeated in the first place. I looked it up and found out that the overall winning pct of all their opponents that season was .400 :O. They also didn't dominate their playoff opponents (both their playoff games were nailbiters, i believe) which would've put them in the "dominant" pedestal that is prereq for any talk of "greatest team ever".

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Mmk.

The Patriots played in shitty division....for years.

This year no one in their divsion made the playoffs with the Bills being closest with a nice 7 wins (.438). The rest?

The Jets with 4 wins (.250) and the Dolphins with a mere 1 win (.063).

Well that's 6 games out of a 16 game season right there. Their divisional opponents cumulatively actually averaged the Jets average.

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Originally Posted by Busyman™

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Originally Posted by DefX

My point is the undefeated record of the 72 Dolphins is not indicative of their playing strength in comparison to the best teams debated around since their easy schedule paved the way for them to go undefeated in the first place. I looked it up and found out that the overall winning pct of all their opponents that season was .400 :O. They also didn't dominate their playoff opponents (both their playoff games were nailbiters, i believe) which would've put them in the "dominant" pedestal that is prereq for any talk of "greatest team ever".

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Mmk.

The Patriots played in shitty division....for years.

This year no one in their divsion made the playoffs with the Bills being closest with a nice 7 wins (.438). The rest?

The Jets with 4 wins (.250) and the Dolphins with a mere 1 win (.063).

Well that's 6 games out of a 16 game season right there. Their divisional opponents cumulatively actually averaged the Jets average.

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What you say is true. AFC east is one of the weakest in the NFL but despite that, the Pats still had to play tougher opposition overall this season compared to the 72 Dolphins.

Had to look it up but i found out that 72 Dolphins and the 07 Pats had winning percentages of 0.357 and 0.469 respectively.

Thats more than 100 pt differential plus they had to play 6 playoff teams in the regular season.

my biggest upset was


a semi-final match in Uefa Cup

my team scored 2 goals...in the first half

and if the other team wanted to qualify they had to score 4 goals :-<.


in the last minute they scored the 4th goal ..I cryed like a biatch

Milan-Liverpool The final of Istambul!

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Originally Posted by MiniMalistic

my biggest upset was


a semi-final match in Uefa Cup

my team scored 2 goals...in the first half

and if the other team wanted to qualify they had to score 4 goals :-<.


in the last minute they scored the 4th goal ..I cryed like a biatch

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Are you talking about the incredible match between Middlesbrough and Steaua Bucharest?

If that is what you are talking about.. that was a very big upset...

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Originally Posted by ClodiuS

Milan-Liverpool The final of Istambul!

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You're right man! I also said in an earlier post that this was a very big upset for Milan!
:cry::cry::cry:

Anyway.. Milan always comeback to high level football ( =Final of UCL) :D:D

when Argentina was out in the first round of the Wordl Cuo 2002

If you're a fan of A.C. Milan, then the final vs. Liverpool in UEFA Champs. League 2005.
If you're a fan of the world of track & field, then the Ben Johnson doping scandal in Seoul 1988.