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Detroitgator · Feb 22, 2020

We watched it live on our 13" color Sony Trinitron. Watched the game against Finland for the gold too.

78 · Feb 22, 2020

SeabeeGator said:
You listed what you believe was the greatest sports upset of all time then asked if there was a bigger upset. Qualifier was needed for “bigger upset”.

His eloquent use of the word “a” should have made it abundantly clear it was a backward reference to sports.

GatorInGeorgia · Feb 22, 2020

The US hockey upset was huge.

Tyson/Douglas was a biggie as was a Harbaugh coaches Stanford team beating USC football about 10-12 years ago.

stephenPE · Feb 22, 2020

Biggest upset for me. When SOS resigned after hammering Maryland in the Orange Bowl and Rex was coming back the next year. And Chaminade beating Ralph Sampson and UVA in Hawaii

Gator By Marriage · Feb 22, 2020

SeabeeGator said:
You listed what you believe was the greatest sports upset of all time then asked if there was a bigger upset. Qualifier was needed for “bigger upset”.

We already have one ass on this site; we don’t need another. ;)

GatorJ · Feb 22, 2020

Detroitgator said:
Again, not even close... not even in the same solar system... not even in same galaxy... not even in same universe...

sure

78 · Feb 22, 2020

stephenPE said:
Biggest upset for me. When SOS resigned after hammering Maryland in the Orange Bowl and Rex was coming back the next year.

Upsetting or upset? We knew he had been flirting with the idea for some time.

SeabeeGator · Feb 22, 2020

Gator By Marriage said:
We already have one ass on this site; we don’t need another. ;)

True... I could never supplant him as lead ass, not sure anyone could.

Just know there’s a difference between specified and implied meaning. Implied leave it open to interpretation.

FireFoley · Feb 22, 2020

GatorInGeorgia said:
The US hockey upset was huge.

Tyson/Douglas was a biggie as was a Harbaugh coaches Stanford team beating USC football about 10-12 years ago.

Those were upsets, but in regards to team sports I do not think anything comes close to the US Hockey team in 1980. In regards to boxing, yes there have been plenty of upsets, but in one on one matches, one punch can do it. I am not saying that is what happened. Stanford beating USC was huge yes, but both D 1 teams and shyt happens. I think that Chaminade beating UVA in Hoops was bigger than Stanford over USC. yes it was in Hawaii, but you are talking #1 in D1 Hoops against a D 20 team basically. The only commonality was age.

But the US Hockey thing was genuine college ams against Russian pros. Most of those guys on the Soviet team would have been in the NHL had they been allowed. They were much older and already pros in their own country. Meanwhile only some of the US team members eventually played in the NHL and very few if any were really stars.

Detroitgator · Feb 22, 2020

FireFoley said:
Those were upsets, but in regards to team sports I do not think anything comes close to the US Hockey team in 1980. In regards to boxing, yes there have been plenty of upsets, but in one on one matches, one punch can do it. I am not saying that is what happened. Stanford beating USC was huge yes, but both D 1 teams and shyt happens. I think that Chaminade beating UVA in Hoops was bigger than Stanford over USC. yes it was in Hawaii, but you are talking #1 in D1 Hoops against a D 20 team basically. The only commonality was age.

But the US Hockey thing was genuine college ams against Russian pros. Most of those guys on the Soviet team would have been in the NHL had they been allowed. They were much older and already pros in their own country. Meanwhile only some of the US team members eventually played in the NHL and very few if any were really stars.

And they demolished the NHL teams they played and smoked our Olympic team in the exhibition game 10-3 just two weeks before the Olympic game.

Detroitgator · Feb 22, 2020

GatorJ said:
sure

Love ya man, and I watched both events live (was in Gainesvlle for the Douglas-Tyson fight), but it's not even close. Massive upset... in the Top 10, probably Top 3 of all time, but not even close to us beating the Soviet team.

Marine1 · Feb 22, 2020

Hard to beat the hockey upset but up there would be the 69 Mets. That was such a great series. One of my favorites.

78 · Feb 22, 2020

Marine1 said:
Hard to beat the hockey upset but up there would be the 69 Mets. That was such a great series. One of my favorites.

Didn’t they beat one of those great O’s teams?

Detroitgator · Feb 22, 2020

Marine1 said:
Hard to beat the hockey upset but up there would be the 69 Mets. That was such a great series. One of my favorites.

I agree with all the other examples cited, but they are all "pro vs pro" examples. 1980 hockey was college kids, that had not payed as a team, vs pros that had played as a team for YEARS.

78 · Feb 22, 2020

It was one of those moments where you had to be there to absorb the enormity of it. You can’t fully grasp what it meant by reading an account on Wikipedia. There were serious political and military tensions between the two nations, and the odds as stated were grossly against us. It was Good Guys vs. Bad Guys, David vs. Goliath.

It is what it was, the greatest upset.

GatorJ · Feb 22, 2020

Detroitgator said:
Love ya man, and I watched both events live (was in Gainesvlle for the Douglas-Tyson fight), but it's not even close. Massive upset... in the Top 10, probably Top 3 of all time, but not even close to us beating the Soviet team.

I was only 5 when that Hockey game was played. So I can only go off what you guys say.

what an amazing feeling that must have been. I still count the medals we win during summer Olympics. Beating Russia is like us beating FSU if FSU was a bigger program. But in a national scale. With patriotism pouring on top.

I still get jazzed when I see Ricky beat up on Drago.

Gator By Marriage · Feb 22, 2020

GatorJ said:
I was only 5 when that Hockey game was played. So I can only go off what you guys say.

what an amazing feeling that must have been. I still count the medals we win during summer Olympics. Beating Russia is like us beating FSU if FSU was a bigger program. But in a national scale. With patriotism pouring on top.

I still get jazzed when I see Ricky beat up on Drago.

Those of us old enough to remember can probably tell you where they were when they heard the news. (I was in the kitchen of my parents house and heard it on the radio.) It was that big a deal. Believe it or not, the game was broadcast on a delay, so many folks watched knowing how it was going to end.

Marine1 · Feb 22, 2020

78 said:
Didn’t they beat one of those great O’s teams?

Yes the Orioles were loaded and won 109 games. The Miracle Mets took them down. Donn Clendenon was MVP. Seaver, Kooseman, Cleon Jones, Tommy Agee, Ron Swoboda,etc. Loved that team.

78 · Feb 22, 2020

Marine1 said:
Yes the Orioles were loaded and won 109 games. The Miracle Mets took them down. Donn Clendenon was MVP. Seaver, Kooseman, Cleon Jones, Tommy Agee, Ron Swoboda,etc. Loved that team.

And a hard-throwing young right-hander named Nolan Ryan. The Cubs blew a colossal August lead.

GatorBart · Feb 22, 2020

Marine1 said:
Yes the Orioles were loaded and won 109 games. The Miracle Mets took them down. Donn Clendenon was MVP. Seaver, Kooseman, Cleon Jones, Tommy Agee, Ron Swoboda,etc. Loved that team.

I was five and remember that series. Brooks Robinson was always a favorite of mine, but had no ties to either team. Was a Cardinals fan at the time.

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