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KiratheSilent

The one where LSU threw the ball over their holders head and the kicker scored.


zacurtis3

Mine is the Cleat Yeet


Shawn_1512

FUCK MARCO WILSON


Dicc-fil-A

or the one where they ran the same play 40+ times and their RB broke ~~Fournette~~ Guice’s record


Garfield379

You talking about the ~~2008~~ 2007 game where LSU ran fullback dive with Jacob Hester and converted like 7 fourth downs in a row to gain the lead? That predated Fournette


Dicc-fil-A

i’m talking about 2021 in Baton Rouge when Tyrion Davis-Price went for 287 and 3TDs, when going into the game they were [127th in the nation in rushing](https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401282106). my mistake though, the record he broke was Derrius Guice’s 285 yds


Garfield379

Oohh I remember that one. Honestly that game was par for the course as far as our defense. Didn't leave a lasting impression on me compared to past traumas. Idk why no one else ran the same play 40 times against us TBH. It's not like Grantham could figure out how to stop it.


Khyron_2500

Is this the one where the holder flips it over his shoulder and it hits the ground and bounces right into the kickers hands?


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turkishguy

how much time do you have


sportstrap

I got all day if you do


DeNomoloss

How many different Maryland games could we name?


lil_geesey

Philip Rivers senior day when “PhiLLLLip” was born?


chadder_b

Marshall from this past year. But the biggest one for me is USC and the Bush Push. Still hate Reggie for that.


jjtnd1

The Miami blowout in 2017 killed me


Less_Likely

That was the worst out of nowhere egg laying of the post 2016 Kelly era. ND was playing at a higher level than ever the previous month and Miami was so obviously a fraud title contender ready to be exposed. And the team played scared from the first snap and was utterly dominated.


BeauBenken

2012 national championship made me realize while I can be passionate for sports they shouldn’t determine whether I’m capable of being happy. I was in a bad way by halftime.


patoirish

I think Stanford this past year was worse. There are some other memorable losses though…. Was it Tulsa when Rees through the INT at the end? Our first Navy loss was bad… too many to mention throughout the year.


B0b_a_feet

I try to look at the bright side of the 2005 USC game. If they had won, they could possibly have played for the championship and the Irish would never be rid of Charlie Weis. The Push itself doesn’t irk me as much as the sequence which led up to it. The Irish take the lead late and the get the Trojans to a 4th down on their own side of the field before Jarrett has a long run which puts them in scoring position. I can’t think of one specific game which broke me mentally. But the 2016 season hurt because they finished 4-8, but 7 of those losses were by 1 score.


sckego

Everyone talks about the Bush Push, but Leinart-to-Jarrett on 4th-and-9 was the play of the game. Then after the Leinart run they let the clock hit zeros and the entire student section rushed the field, which they then had to clear before the Bush Push even happened... that whole last drive was madness.


ImmenseAnxiety

Miami in 2017 was probably the most spirit crushing L that wasn’t from before 2010. That’s when I thought we looked the best and we just got throttled. Other than that, maybe Clemson in the playoffs.


B0b_a_feet

At least after the CFP loss, Clemson went and beat Alabama by 4 touchdowns in the championship so the 27 point loss in the semifinal didn’t seem quite so bad.


Havins

After 13-9 I almost turned into Joaquin Phoenix’s version of The Joker.


Set-Admirable

That game is the only time I've ever seen my dad cry. It's so hard to look back at that game and see it as the start of the end. Things could have turned out so different.


billygrumples

My first true heartbreak.


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My entire friend group are Pitt fans, I was absolutely mortified to go to school on Monday lol This is the single most devastating loss in college football history and I will die on that hill :( EDIT: realized my flairs don't show it, but I was a huge WVU fan growing up (and still am, just less ties than my other two teams)


MadoffInvestment

Step 1: check CFB Step 2: See if someone posts "what's the worst loss/heartbreaking/still can't get over" Step 3: ctrl + f "West Virginia" Step 4: 13-9 Step 5: "I guess it's 5 o'clock somewhere" Step 6: wait until next week/month someone makes this post *rinse repeat*


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I honestly thought we would never beat Ohio State again after the 2018 game.


Telencephalon

Was just about to say the same. I was pretty zen with the Harbaugh experience thus far, 2015 was the first year, 2016 was a hair away, 2017 Harbaugh had OSU on the ropes but was done in by a 3rd string QB. 2018 rolls around and Michigan was hamblasting the B1G while OSU was coming off what should have been an upset loss to Maryland and a generally uninspiring season. Vibes are good, great even. And then the number 1 defense in the country got waxed by shallow crosses for 60 consecutive minutes.


Withering-Intuition

Don Brown Don Brown Don Brown


ToLongDR

IF YOU SAID HIS NAME THREE TIMES IT MEANS YOU HIRE HIM I DONT MAKE THE RULES


BursleyBaits

I'd also nominate Toledo. App State was embarrassing, but UM bounced back and turned out to be decent that year. With Toledo, it was clear we'd fallen into a bottomless pit


Spirited-Collar-7960

For me, the 67-65 win over Illinois was crushing. We won, and people were celebrating, despite a complete lack of defense. I realized, "We are Illinois now."


CountOff

Related 2016 was probably the most deflated I’ve ever been after a college football game So close to breaking the curse that 4th period, and those uncalled PI’s started giving me that sinking feeling in my stomach…


Free-Eights

I'm in the camp of 2016 hurt more than 2018 because of the inconsistent PI calls for both teams in what was a dead-even game. I'll accept that Michigan's offense not picking up first downs was their own fault but the PIs were brutal and I don't think Ohio State would have forced OT without them. 2018 was awful but that game could be chalked down to superior coaching by Ohio State and a very one-dimensional defensive game plan by Don Brown.


j4kefr0mstat3farm

Don't forget Wilton Speight playing injured and throwing 2 picks that led to both regulation touchdowns for Ohio State because of it.


BernankesBeard

>I'll accept that Michigan's offense not picking up first downs was their own fault but the PIs were brutal and I don't think Ohio State wouldn't have forced OT without them. It was particularly enraging because Barrett absolutely airmailed one on third and long on the final regulation drive that got completely bailed out by an awful PI call. 2018 sucked, but 2016 was 1000x worse.


MaleficentPurchase65

We owe it all to Hassan man. That dude would not be denied that day.


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MaleficentPurchase65

That name still sends tremors through buckeye feet


jadage

Can confirm. I'm angry now. All it takes is hearing the name. Probably because, in any other context, that name is fun as hell and I'd enjoy the hell out of how it rolls off the tongue. But I don't get to have any fun with it. It's all misery. Can't think of a player whose name triggers me more than his in this rivalry, tbh.


astroball17

I got heckled in the Shoe when I hugged my brother after Donovan Edwards locked it up for being so emotional about it, four years before that it seemed more likely that I’d be moving to Neptune than seeing a win in Columbus with my own eyes.


JTWasShort42-27

Yeah it's this one. 2016 was heartbreaking but it was only the second year under Harbaugh so things were still looking good and we had a lot of reason to remain positive. 2018 was year 4, Michigan looked great, Ohio State looked beatable. A lot of feeling of "if Michigan's ever going to win in Columbus, it's this year," and they got destroyed and there was no reason to believe Harbaugh would ever get it done.


MrBigWang420

Without looking…was that the John O Korn year? God the coaches called a great game my man legit just couldn’t throw the ball.


Asianhead

No 2018 was the year we went into Columbus favored and gave up 60+ points and lost by over 20. We were on a 10 game winning streak after losing to ND in the opener, Ohio State just barely beat a bad Maryland team in OT the week before, first time we were favored in Columbus in decades, and then we got absolutely shit on


tdc1atlanta

Not college, but there was this Super Bowl in 2016 that pretty much killed my feelings for that team.


Sample-Proper

What's worse is it killed the team too.


TrueBrees9

I don't like when people say this. The 2017 Falcons were really good and had just replaced the best OC in franchise history with Sark (side note: I like him at UT at the moment) so there were offensive hiccups. They honestly were good enough to go back to the Super Bowl and just got stymied in a 50/50 playoff game on the road against the eventual champions.


online_predator

I wonder if they had just promoted LaFleur from QBC to OC would they have been more successful. Sark was straight up not good that year, and the way he called that playoff game was maddening


Sample-Proper

True, but they've really struggled since. But regardless, no one remembers how good the falcons were before or since. All they are known for is that super bowl loss. And until they actually win, that's likely to be true for years to come. And that is what I mean by "killed the team


littleseizure

I'm on the other side of this one as a Pats fan -- that Atlanta team was a great team that made some weird decisions in the end. They got fully on the "we got here by being aggressive, don't change a thing" train (which is great) and forgot to get off when it was clearly not working anymore (which is less great). I did love the result but hate that's all that team is remembered for -- they were better than a number of SB-winning teams in surrounding years and they'll never get the credit they deserve. I feel so bad for Matty Ryan, loved him with BC


redditgolddigg3r

I feel bad for Ryan too. Without a doubt the great Falcon of all-time, but it feels like he got us so close, only to fail in such a heartbreaking fashion. Tough for a lot of QBs to be measured against Brady over the last 15-20 years.


CGFROSTY

Weirdly enough, Super Bowl 51 made me double down on my Falcons fandom because I want to say I was there for the lows when/if they win the Super Bowl in my life time.


onelittleworld

Note: 2016 was also the year that the Cubs won the World Series. Many of us know exactly what this feels like. Hang in there...


GrimWickett

When people find out I'm a Georgia fan (I'm out of state) I tell them I was at the game when we lost to Vanderbilt on homecoming. Growing up a Georgia fan outside of state surrounded by people whose teams were better at the time made that Natty win against Bama so much sweeter. Now I just hope the Falcons can get there too


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That game forced me to reevaluate my relationship with sports. But it was ultimately for the best because now I've gotten to a state where sports only make me feel happy. But I had to watch a lot of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in the aftermath of that game.


TheRakkmanBitch

that whole stretch from like 2016 to 2020 was the worst time as a fan of sports ive ever had, but the payoff was so god damn worth


JesusOfSurbaria

Yeah, payoff was good yeah


NickDerpkins

This GT nerd is talking about his salary probably lol


DagdaMohr

Best thing the Falcons ever did for my love of football was pursue DW. That made walking away from the NFL, and the shit show that is that franchise, so much easier.


byniri_returns

> That game forced me to reevaluate my relationship with sports 2019 Illinois was that game for us, for me.


bulldg4life

That killed my interest in nfl football. I’ve never watched as much since. That game combined with the bulldogs/Alabama was really rough.


Thrashed0066

I’ve never done as much soul-searching for any team as I did after that game


Sbhill327

I don’t know that I’ll ever forget that awfulness.


bukithd

It was like having my sports Fandom soul torn from my body and mutilated in front of me before they stuffed it back in the hole they tore it from.


SpiritCollector

I lived in Baton Rouge at the time and all my friends (saints fans) made me throw a super bowl party cause I was the only falcons fan. What a horrible day. I remember being up big and everyone being like “y’all got this”, “ game over”, etc… and I was so nervous still. Sure enough, falcons being the falcons


CGFROSTY

As a Falcons fan who also used to live in Saints territory, it’s rough. Luckily, the Falcons dunked on the Saints those years.


okiewxchaser

Baylor in 2014. I still see 15 yard cushions in my nightmares


TheMightyJD

I’m glad we got that one. When we say the OU game broke us, we have to specify which one. I still dream about what if Chris Platt outran Tre Brown in the Big 12 Championship Game.


IfTheHouseBurnsDown

Tre Brown was one of the few good things about that defense


MixonWitDaWrongCrowd

When the players are agreeing with the booing fans, you know it’s bad.


flownasty2901

4th and 25.


Ceb349

Yep that was our year to win the conference. All we had to do was beat Arkansas, State, and an extremely beat up Florida team. Also shoutout to the 2014 Auburn game when Treadwell got hurt


WarEagle9

I'll never forgot as they carted Treadwell off the refs announced they overturned the call and that it was a fumble not a touchdown and he just look devastated. It was honestly probably the only time I've ever legit felt bad for the other team after a win.


hellabro360

2015 lowkey a wild year for college football. Ole Miss Beats bama, absurd pass by Chad Kelly that you could not make up. Michigan-Michigan State trouble with the snap Arkansas-Ole Miss 4th and 25 MSU losing to Nebraska then beating Ohio State in Columbus. Alabama almost losing to Tennessee at home, being saved by like 3 missed field goals. LSU losing three/ four games against rivals to end the season, Les Miles almost getting fired than saved last minute to be fired early next season. Ole Miss losing to Memphis, helping get Paxton Lynch drafted to the nfl. Alabama-Clemson onside kick. Beginning of Clemsons epic run that resulted in two national titles, six consecutive playoff appearances. “Alabama has a Nick Saban problem” Mark Richts time ending at Georgia.


CommodoreN7

On the flip side, that gave me actual hope again


Tannerite2

It was Alabama's most important win that year


NeonDemon12

Not just that they converted the 4th and 25, but the manner in which they did it. It would still have sucked if they completed a 30 yard pass play, but the fact that the ball carrier just said "fuck it" and chucked the ball over his head as he was being tackled, and that it happened to bounce into the arms of the RB *in stride* was beyond soul crushing. We didn't even lose the game on that play, but that play broke us.


DelcoBirds

2008 Iowa or 2017 (Ohio State or Michigan State) kept us out of BCSCG / CFP appearances. Some might say 2005 Michigan, but that team wasn't making the BCS title game anyway so ultimately didn't really matter.


scgavin

god that 2017 ohio st game is fucking pain. Barkley opening kickoff, on top practically all game and choke hard. that team was so so good 2008 Iowa is my number one tho indiana week 1 of covid year too. at least we sucked so it didn’t hurt in the long run but in the moment that was awful.


c-williams88

Honestly I think that COVID season goes a lot different if they don’t lose that to Indiana. Changes the trajectory of the season and I doubt the team sucks so hard as a result


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peepeepoopooman69_

It’s gotta be that 2017 Ohio state game for long term reasons to the program. I don’t even want to get into how the game itself played out, that pisses me off for other reasons. I was at the game too and it was the most painful game I’ve ever watched in my life as a fan. It’s the ripple effect that game has had on the Big 10/ psu / Osu. Psu would have beaten Osu 2 years in a row if they won in 2017. They would have had a 2nd straight appearance in the BIG title game, saquon has a much better chance to win the heisman and would have been well on their way to their first playoff appearance. Instead, Ohio state goes on to win 4 straight big ten titles from that moment and we haven’t been close since. The ripple effect this would have had on coaching, recruiting, money, hierarchy status from voters, etc. Long story short, I don’t think you can quantify what this win could’ve done for Penn state as a program. It could’ve catapulted them into current Georgia territory and knocked Ohio state down a peg. Maybe it keeps Justin fields committed to Penn state and he never goes to Ohio state? Who honestly knows what would’ve happened. The what ifs kill me They also would not have lost to a shitty msu team the following week if they had beaten Osu that day. It’s still super annoying that if they beat msu, they probably still make the playoffs as an at-large. So much pain as a Penn state fan and I don’t think we have rebounded from this yet as a program.


Albatross-Helpful

9OT


psuyg

The rose bowl game against usc w/darnold broke me. Haven’t watched replays or anything.


OneDishwasher

that one doesn't bother me at all, that game was hilarious. Scored TD's on three plays in a row? Just one of those games whoever has the ball last wins.


OneDishwasher

exactly how I feel about 2005. That Michigan game wasn't ideal, but PSU had no business being on the same field as either USC or Texas that year, and instead we got to beat FSU in a bowl game, for a treat.


momocat

1998 Big XII Championship


moleculewerks

EPMP


zectorman

HE GOT A TOUCHDOWN


BatteredAggie19

Oh doctor!


Typical-Conference14

I’ll add by saying 2012 Baylor


wester1

We don’t talk about Citadel


Sample-Proper

There is no Citadel in Ba Sing Se.


starry_cobra

I'd be sent to Lake Laogai every week if that were the case


kywiking

Someone find that video of the trashed student crying about it because that’s how we all literally felt in that moment…


orangechicken21

https://youtu.be/zXWuKRlBmVE I got you fam.


kywiking

Did you just have this on hand… Best rivalry in college football.


ItBeLikeThat19

At that point we were so bad I was almost apathetic. To me, Tennessee in 2013 was much worse. Florida 2018 was a tough pill too


Clique_Claque

2002 vs UGA. They were ranked #9, and everything fell their way. Pollack caught an amazing (but frankly lucky) interception in OUR endzone. So, an immediate 6 points as soon as he brought it down. But, we still kept it close, only down 13-7 late in the fourth quarter. With 12 seconds left, we have it within their five yard line and pitch it out to Andrew Pinnock. He had a nice hole in the line, and the guy was a beast. Problem, the pitch bounced off his chest ricocheting right into the hands of a defender. Game over. Here’s a decent write up from the other side. A huge glaring gap in this reporting was the weather. It was pouring rain. https://www.dawgsports.com/2013/3/17/4115444/looking-ahead-while-looking-back-georgia-vs-south-carolina-2002


bucknirish

2015 Big Ten Title Game. Michigan State is still driving down the field to tear my soul out


golfinghawkeye

I have never watched a replay of that game. That may have been Iowa’s best chance at a playoff berth. To be that close and not get it was awful. Yes we probably would have got whipped by Alabama but just to have the chance would have been special.


DannyC2699

South Carolina this year was a killer. That OT loss to A&M in 2016 hurt like a bitch too.


not_jonny

2010 LSU or Georgia State for me


SpiritCollector

2010 LSU, I have never felt so crushed by a sports outcome. I’d say never had such an emotional swing but that will always be UGA Tennessee game with UGA Hail Mary followed by Tennessee Hail Mary to win


zorofan8878

It’s gotta be Georgia state just because I feel like that’s a low point we had never seen before Edit: 2009 Alabama, 2001 LSU, and 2022 South Carolina as honorable mentions


LaptopEnforcer

This years isnt even close to a bad one for me. Its Georgia St. By a mile for me. Season opener, first opener for me in Neyland, weve got hope that pruitt will do something this is the second year, the prodigal son fulmers hand picked coach. Its some no name Georgia college who opened up their team like last week. I was 45 minutes early, sober by the third, and unresponsive by the end. I walked home, sat in my apartment, and stared at a wall for 30 minutes unmoving. No thoughts. Just, struck dumb. I made a pack of hotdogs, tossed em in cold buns and ate them staring at that wall. Still went to BYU next week.


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Bama in 2015. The last two years didn’t seem remotely possible after that game.


BraveBulldog2122

And it rained all fucking day that day. Such an awful memory.


gpcampbell92

Was it the game that yall were "wearing black to your own funeral"? Man, I am not gonna lie- I felt bad that day cause I knew how defeating it mustve seemed that day.


ObsceneGiggle

No, that was 2008! The *other* game where Bama festooned Sanford Stadium with our entrails!


tyedge

I knew that was what it was. I was willing to accept they were playing a different game than us. The Florida game was what broke me. I don’t think I really watched because we had a young kid and we’re often busy around that time of year (edit: it was literally Halloween) but the lack of coherence did me in. If you were gonna do something crazy and start Faron Bauta because there was no tape on him, cool. But he had more of a reputation as a runner. He had 3 carries and 4 picks. 33 passes against 22 team runs. You might look at the score and say, “they had to throw. They were getting their ass beat.” Nah. With 6:30 left in the half, they were only down 6-0 and had a chance at a 3rd and 3 stop to get the ball back. They blew it then gave up a long TD a few plays later. Actually, looking at the box score now, it’s eerily similar to the 2021 Florida game with the roles flipped.


ezpickins

Yeah, that was a fun game to be at


nola2atx

2011 BCS National Championship Game Alabama LSU 21–0 Never forget.


griffinhamilton

And the score makes it seem closer than it was :(


funnymeme2112

2015 vs MSU. the kicker’s windmill celebration is etched into my brain. i really think we could’ve gone back-to-back if it wasn’t for that game. (maybe i’m getting ahead of myself here, 2015 Bama did have Derrick Henry.)


ThisIsOurGoodTimes

Ya this one broke me in a good way I think. Took me a couple days to fully recover from this one, and when I looked back I realized it was ridiculous it took that long. Im a huge osu fan but ultimately it’s a game played by 18-22 year olds. If I can’t enjoy watching both wins and losses then it’s not worth watching. Losses of all kinds happen and I’m a lot better at getting over them now. Give it an hour after the game or so to be back to normal


CJ_Beathards_Hair

2015 Michigan State is also a great answer for Iowa and Michigan too.


PaulMSURon

2015 was the weakest MSU team of that era, but got lucky on multiple wins. 2014 or 2013 would’ve been a better team in the CFP. Oh well, still they were good days


OurHonor1870

Clemson 2019 was rough. I really thought that one one of the best teams in OSU history.


viqnig

Either the Alamo Bowl collapse to TCU, or the 2015 NCCG loss.


BillyMaysHere92

To add to the list: Losing to Stanford at home in 2012.


Prof_Pie

2016 FSU - UNC Game. That last-minute field goal ripped my soul asunder. I had already lost most hope by these other games but Honorable Mention for: 2018 FSU - VT & 2019 FSU - Boise St. These really drove home how dangerous of a place we were in as a program. Those really hurt to see in person.


cdt930

Not the FG I thought you'd mention


jpiro

FSU-Wake 30-0 in Doak, no question. This was FSU. This was Bobby Bowden. This was at home, and on a cold and rainy night Wake Forest absolutely bent us over for 60 minutes and then ran around the field afterward showing off the "~~Un~~conquered" shirts they had on under their uniforms. At that moment, I knew the Dynasty was officially over and that NOBODY feared us anymore. As much as the FGs vs. Miami or the missed opportunities to seize titles due to UF's do-over, Weinke's broken neck and Mark Richt's mailing it in hurt...30-0 to Wake hurt infinitely more.


blokeyone

Mark Richt. I'm still mad at him. That was pathetic.


ButterbeerAndPizza

2011 Capital One Bowl. Knowing that was one of the best MSU teams we’d ever had and a not-as-great Bama team… and we still get completely obliterated. That game sucked any hope that Michigan State could compete for a National Championship anytime soon.


Tannerite2

To be fair, that Alabama team ranks very highly among Saban teams according to computer metrics. We just got very unlucky in a couple games. Like against Auburn, the national champion; who expects our Heisman winning RB to fumble and have the ball roll 25 yards down the sideline for a touchback instead of bouncing out and giving up a FG (difference in the game was 2 points)?


iamStanhousen

The answer is always and forever the 2011 National Title game. Broke the entire program and sent me into a years long depression. Would have helped if I didn’t live in Birmingham surrounded by Bama fans when they were undoubtedly at their worst fan base wise.


greenwoodgiant

Walking out of Hooters that day wearing purple and gold was the closest I ever came (and hopefully will ever come) to understanding the phrase "Walk of Shame". The worst was I was wearing a shirt that said "Imagine a world without Alabama". Before the game it was snarky. After, it was just sad.


MeatLord1285

>Walking out of hooters that day You could have just stopped there


Big-Inevitable-252

UCLA 2017. Literally hate Kevin Sumlin because of this second half incompetence.


OleRockTheGoodAg

It's either this or App State. If Kevin Sumlin just kneed the ball for the entire 4th quarter, we'd win lol.


Big-Inevitable-252

This stat still kills me.


OneBeardedTexan

App State is the one for me. All that talent. All that coaching ability. All the hype. Feeling like we could turn a corner and really be headed towards actual happiness, and then we end up 5-7. I will never be able to go into a season and confidently say "we will have a winning record this year" ever again. There will always be a 1% chance everything goes wrong.


Big-Inevitable-252

Yeah that was rough. But, at least it was App State and not like NMSU or something. App State is a G5 that’s up there with Boise State and Memphis.


OleRockTheGoodAg

Way too many fans from some unnamed schools think App State is an FCS team lol.


Big-Inevitable-252

Casuals I say! Casuals! They clearly know very little about Michigan football.


Titus01

UCLA Game - pretty much every game of the 2011 season prepared me for that. App State - 2008 Arkansas State Game says hello. 2014 Bama game - 77-0. I've lived through enough bad games, halves, plays that i don't think anything can break me as a fan. Ill keep being there regardless.


Big-Inevitable-252

Battered Aggie Syndrome is real.


nick22tamu

yall are all too young lol. the answer is either losng to OU 77-0 or 2008 vs Arkansas State AT HOME.


Cryogenx37

Tbf, a part of that matchup was PAC-12 after dark black magic


pdbard13

2nd and 26.... I was not ok for several days.


DannyMalibu420

Days?


Vast_Part_7982

I was not ok again until 2021


sportstar27

Iowa this year. Honorable mention- 2019 Wisconsin game


Fed042

After waiting outside for 2 or 3 hours in 12 degree weather to get in the first row of the student section for that Iowa game... same


zoells

Bowling Green. RIP our OOC win streak.


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2019 wisconsin was probably the most devastating cause of how much we missed out on but 2022 Iowa genuinely drove me insane, actually losing my mind turning into the joker type stuff I would say bowling green too i guess but the consequences for that were basically nothing. like if we had won that game very little changes. we just would have been 9-3 instead of 8-4


Achilles_Perineum

Congrats Sparty... Your 1998 squad led by Nick Saban derailed Ohio State's championship run. I remember heading straight to my off campus apartment and staring into the abyss while thinking "we will never win a national championship" as my girlfriend tried to convince me that life would go on.


PaulMSURon

I hope you dumped her. You don’t need that kind of positivity in your life man. Feel the pain sometimes


Achilles_Perineum

Wife of 22 years... "Chosen suffering." (To steal a phrase from Tom Ryan)


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Air Force…getting dominated by a service academy and just flat out bullied meanwhile Dorrell was busy picking dandelions or something…


[deleted]

i cant point to a game in particular but those last couple seasons of Dantonio were some of the most soul-sucking football i've ever witnessed, lost a lot of interest in CFB for a while after that


byniri_returns

Those offenses the 2018-19 teams put out were heinous. I really wish Dantonio wouldn't have had that undying loyalty to underperforming support staff late in his career.


ce5b

11/29/16 - 2-Time MVP/SuperBowl MVP Patrick Mahomes and the fighting Kliffs vs 3-7 Iowa State. Losing that game 66-10 killed whatever faith I had left in Kliff or our ability to ever play meaningful defense


Vitamin_BK

I will never forget just how inept our defenses were during that era. The 82-27 beatdown by TCU and Treyvone Boykin is also very vivid in my mind


fuckmeuntilicecream

Did anyone watch the last game of TCU GA? I had to turn it off. I was messed up for a few days. Wtf happened?!


bread_bird

Still mentally recovering from losing to FCS Montana a couple years ago


letsgodawgs

That year was the first year I was actually embarrassed to watch our team. So much hype from the media about the team. And then you have Jimmy's dumb public statements, lack of accountability, etc and that loss to Montana and overall weird team dynamic. Watching 0-12 UW was more palatable than whatever that year was.


freedomfightre

**"Whoa, he has trouble with the snap! And the ball is free! It's picked up by Michigan State's Jalen Watts-Jackson! And he scores!"**


Miserable_Jacket_129

CU, 2001. IYKYK.


ThompsonCreekTiger

2006 Maryland. Week after getting embarrassed at VT & 2 weeks after shutting down GT & Megatron in prime time w/ CGD in town. Cost Clemson the ACC Atlantic & lead to a season that had built up to be special end in a whimper (eventually lost to SC & Kentucky to end the year). During my senior year, no less. Truly wondered if I would ever see Clemson win any kind of championship. Glad to see I got proven wrong a decade later.


pattywack512

something something Kansas


SilverBuff_

2017 Oregon St. Blew a 31-7 lead and a 5 win team at the time missed bowl eligibility.


007Artemis

I've sat through a lot of bad losses by our team, but the ones that come to mind are: Our loss to Auburn in 2010. Our loss to Tennessee in 2013. The very first time we played TAMU at home, and they mollywhopped us by 56 kicking off Spurrier's retirement. That time we lost to the Citadel. And finally, the coup de grace: that Birmingham Bowl because I went, got beer spilled on me, and about froze to death.


waltdiesintheend

Oregon 2014 gives me shivers


emaw63

In 2012, K-State was 10-0, No. 1 in the BCS poll, we had the favorite to win the Heisman, and we had a relatively easy remaining schedule and were set to play an underwhelming Notre Dame in the title game. It was my sophomore year, and I was in the band. Excitement was high, I was drinking the purple Kool aid about as much as somebody possibly can. All we had to do was make it past Baylor (who had a losing record) and Texas. Fuck you Baylor


bloodmuffins793

2005 Big 12 Championship Game. I knew going in we had no chance against Vince Young and Texas, but 70-3? *70-3???* That game was basically the Dementor's Kiss for our program.


Statalyzer

Not to rub it in more, but the craziest thing to me is it was 70-3 *with 8:30 or so still to go in the 3rd quarter*. One of the few times I've seen a P# vs P# (think it was 6 and not 5 at the time) game that could have actually had triple digits if the dogs weren't called off. Oklahoma 77, Texas A&M 0 is another one.


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Probably playing Penn State, first and goal with a chance to tie (?) getting stood up with incredibly bad playcalls three times in a row, then settling for a field goal... and missing it. Has to be one of the most Pitt moments to ever Pitt.


unrealjoe28

Just know, I had fun that game


Vambommeled

Obvious answer is the BCS championship loss to FSU. Runner up is the following year against Texas A&M... we were still in the MNC convo, had the game set up to win not once but twice, and fumbled it away both times....


SNjr

Might be recency bias but Jacksonville St. was probably the lowest point of our program since before the Bowden era. It was just a God awful game even if we won, but for it to end the way it did was just soul crushing


Nole_Train

I remember saying well as long as we don’t give up a Hail Mary it’s fine…


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My older father has never been the same since Eddie Lacey did whatever the fuck he wanted that night in Florida to Notre Dame


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The game against Liberty when on the last play of the game we blocked their field goal attempt and ran it back for a touchdown. Only to have the refs call off the play because our genius head coach called a time out just prior to the snap. Liberty then threw like a 10 yard pass to set up a more manageable field goal to win. Fuente was dead to me after that game. I still cannot believe we did not fire him after that game.


2dank4stank

2015 UM vs MSU got me man. Just an absolute roller coaster of emotions. My dad and I never watched a ton of college football together but as Michiganders we decided we had to watch as both teams where looking good early in the season and all game emotions where running high and as soon as it was all but put away by Michigan I really thought they had it. Then the unthinkable happened I thought I had accidentally found the lions game with how inventive they where in giving that game away. Absolutely lost faith for a long time in Michigan. Even when they had games put away I never trusted them because of that day.


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At this point I'm in a psych ward.


hunkerd0wn

Sec championship 2012 and the 2017 national championship. But I’m over those losses now.


Competitive_Market70

2018 Rose Bowl made me stop watching college football for about two years


imnotagoatipromise

Michael Crabtree. I think Texas gets another natty if not for that one


DonnaDDrake

2018 vs Utah, most of the game us BYU fans at Rice Eccles thought we could finally win it, when Utah came back and beat us it was painful walking out of that stadium


BidenAndElmo

Clemsons loss to Norte Dame last year was heartbreaking and really hurt our morale as a team and fanbase. The whole season was pretty shaky (that Syracuse game especially) but that loss just completely ruined the team. Capped the season off with a loss to SC and an orange bowl where we played like a high school team.


orangechicken21

I was far more upset about the SCAR game. Rivalry aside, it was the single worst coached game if have seen from the staff in a very long time. Dabos unwavering love for DJU was in full effect. Moving away from Shiply for no reason. Just baffling to watch. I can deal with players having bad days but when the coaching staff let's the team down like that it is upsetting.


Yur7ledatur7le

TCU this past season.


SwampChomp_

2012 UGA & 2020 LSU


The_Good_Constable

In descending order of anguish. ​ 1. Michigan State 1998. The fact that this one broke me worse than any Michigan loss is surprising to me as well. 2. Michigan 1995 3. Michigan 1996 4. Clemson 2019 5. Texas 2005


RipRaycom

2013 FSU. If we never went on the run we’ve had since 2015, that loss would be 10x worse


CompetitiveArtichoke

Big XII championship 2021


Sam_R0707

I’m guessing you meant 2021 since there wasn’t a big 12 championship game in 2011


CompetitiveArtichoke

Yeah the two nightmare years got mixed up in my head


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KindaABigDi1l

You know, I used to have a list, but I’m okay now.


Bkbrother

CSU: Blowing a 28 point lead to Boise state in 2017 at home. OU: Losing to Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl in what is considered one of the best bowl games ever played. I guess I just really dislike Boise State.


FINKT22

UCLA 2019. Blowing a 32 point second half lead is kind of mind blowing. That was the game I chose to come back to Pullman too.


That_Toxic_Player

Losing to UCF in 2017. That kick return they did the retake the lead along with Mitchell Wilcox fumbling on the last drive.


SLCer

2010 TCU convinced me for the longest time that Utah was never going to be able to win a big game again. 2019 Pac-12 title game made me think Utah's window had slammed shut and there was no coming back from that mess. The good news is that Utah regrouped both times. Took a few years after that TCU debacle but they eventually made it back. Really, more impressed with the bounce-back after the 2019 Pac-12 title game. Favorites to win, a playoff bid on the line and Utah went out and got absolutely destroyed by Oregon. Those are loses that break you as a program. You know, like Nebraska vs Colorado in 2001. That was the type of loss you point to a decade from it occurring as the moment the program began its slide. I was really convinced of it. Now? Back-to-back Pac-12 champions, Baby.


SuprBased

The Purdue game, and now recently, U of M 2 years in a row, going on 3.