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Biggest Boston choke job?

CCSUblue said:
This just in...14=16.

You don't have to go by percentages. Because when you do 1-0 is the same as 16-0.

In the end, the Dolphins won 17 total games. But the Patriots won 18. Again, those are different numbers.
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In terms of record, yes, you have to go by winning percentage. And undefeated is undefeated. You can't get better than that.
 
boba said:
Manning beat Belichick's defense; Coughlin's defense beat Brady.
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Giants’ pass rush overwhelmed the Patriots’ offensive line. Imo Tuck got robbed of the MVP. If Assante Samuel could catch Eli would have been the goat.
 
I think we can all agree that the old Red Sox forever will be the gold standard when it comes to flops that demoralize the entire region. In this spirit, the Red Sox’ 1986 World Series fold forever will be the capo di tutti capi of Boston sports collapses. After 68 years of near-misses (hello Bucky Dent and Denny Galehouse), the Sox were one strike away from winning the World Series at Shea Stadium, but they dissolved in a 10th inning that famously featured the Steamer’s wild pitch and Mookie Wilson’s Little League grounder between Billy Buck’s wickets.

In my world of woes, the silver medal for local sports sorrow is the Patriots loss to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII in February of 2008. That was the 18-0 team that couldn’t finish the job in Glendale, Ariz. We’ll never forget David Tyree’s Velcro-helmet catch and Mercury Morris and friends popping champagne in Miami as they remained the NFL’s only undefeated team. Preprinted copies of the Globe’s “Perfection” commemorative book were believed to be stored in closets at our old Morrissey Boulevard property.

As awful as the Bruins loss was, was it the worst Boston sports collapse?​

 
HooperScooper said:
I think we can all agree that the old Red Sox forever will be the gold standard when it comes to flops that demoralize the entire region. In this spirit, the Red Sox’ 1986 World Series fold forever will be the capo di tutti capi of Boston sports collapses. After 68 years of near-misses (hello Bucky Dent and Denny Galehouse), the Sox were one strike away from winning the World Series at Shea Stadium, but they dissolved in a 10th inning that famously featured the Steamer’s wild pitch and Mookie Wilson’s Little League grounder between Billy Buck’s wickets.

In my world of woes, the silver medal for local sports sorrow is the Patriots loss to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII in February of 2008. That was the 18-0 team that couldn’t finish the job in Glendale, Ariz. We’ll never forget David Tyree’s Velcro-helmet catch and Mercury Morris and friends popping champagne in Miami as they remained the NFL’s only undefeated team. Preprinted copies of the Globe’s “Perfection” commemorative book were believed to be stored in closets at our old Morrissey Boulevard property.

As awful as the Bruins loss was, was it the worst Boston sports collapse?​

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Christmas comes early for the CHB.
 
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Deepster said:
1978 Sox - Had a 14 game lead at the end of July, blew it to the Yankees then lost a one game playoff at home (Bucky F Dent).
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Made worse by the lack of a Wild Card game. Those two teams were the best teams in baseball, by a significant margin. Deserved to face each other in the AL Championship Series.
 
1986 was a fluke. The most wonderful and glorious fluke ever...but the 86 Mets were the better team. Winning game 7 after that game six would have been a minor sports miracle, and they almost did it.

2017 Patriots didn't choke. They simply lost a close game to a good team.

2010...that was a CHOKE!

But 2023...they were a record setting level of "dominant"....and they didn't even make it out of the first round. Unbelievable.
 
Deepster said:
1978 Sox - Had a 14 game lead at the end of July, blew it to the Yankees then lost a one game playoff at home (Bucky F Dent).
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That team did win 12 out of their last 14 to tie.
 
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Ranger fan and hope to get by the Devils, but listening to the Boston sport stations this one hurts big time mostly because its right now and nobody saw this coming and they didn't adapt to the playoff intensity and panthers did. Florida deserves credit they were tough. Don't know where it ranks in Boston's choke jobs but its up there.
 
MilliniumPrince said:
1986 was a fluke. The most wonderful and glorious fluke ever...but the 86 Mets were the better team. Winning game 7 after that game six would have been a minor sports miracle, and they almost did it.

2017 Patriots didn't choke. They simply lost a close game to a good team.

2010...that was a CHOKE!

But 2023...they were a record setting level of "dominant"....and they didn't even make it out of the first round. Unbelievable.
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2017 Pats Belichick threw that Super Bowl to the Eagles.
 
Despite the name of the thread, a Boston team was on the other side of the greatest choke job I ever saw. Sox came back from 7-1 vs the Braves as well.

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Scoe said:
1986 Redsox

2007 undefeated Patriots

2023 Bruins losing first rd after record breaking season

2010 Bruins losing a 3-0 series lead

Other
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Anyone under 50 probably does not understand the pain inflicted on Red Sox nation the last 6 weeks of the 1978 baseball season. It was horrendous.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Absolutely want the Rangers to win tonight (and three more series' afterwards) but it may be a bit early to LOL another team. If we hadn't treated game three like a throwaway game we would have swept the Devils.
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The boneyard jinx never fails ever.
 
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Cs choked last night for sure. Not the biggest choke but are trending in that direction
 
Scoe said:
The boneyard jinx never fails ever.
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Unfortunately that game was over at 0-0 last night. Rangers were soooooo flat. Oh well. No shame losing a game 7 to a higher seed on the road.

Thought we could pull it off anyway.
 
August_West said:
Unfortunately that game was over at 0-0 last night. Rangers were soooooo flat. Oh well. No shame losing a game 7 to a higher seed on the road.

Thought we could pull it off anyway.
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Well, we have the Wolf Pack with a 2-0 lead in a best-of-5 2nd round versus the Bruins tomorrow. Good chance of 2 titles from XL teams this season.
 
Deepster said:
1978 Sox - Had a 14 game lead at the end of July, blew it to the Yankees then lost a one game playoff at home (Bucky F Dent).
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Yeah this. Reggie Jackson homered. Ironic Yaz makes last out.
 
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August_West said:
Unfortunately that game was over at 0-0 last night. Rangers were soooooo flat. Oh well. No shame losing a game 7 to a higher seed on the road.

Thought we could pull it off anyway.
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Tough to win when your coach hasn't made an adjustment since the day he showed up, and all your star players don't show up for the whole series
 
Last nights Celtics-76ers game was a total choke job
Boston shoots over 70% from the floor for the 1st half and only are up by 2 - why? no defense
Boston is outscored in final 4 minutes of the game (again) - why? no defense, no rebounding and just really bad offense.
No Rob Williams in last 3 minutes is ridiculous
They cant win this if Embid comes back
 
Palatine said:
Beating the Yankees after going down 0-3 in 2004.
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That would be the opposite of a choke job. Even as each game was happening though, it seemed the Yankees were going to lose each game.
 
gtcam said:
Last nights Celtics-76ers game was a total choke job
Boston shoots over 70% from the floor for the 1st half and only are up by 2 - why? no defense
Boston is outscored in final 4 minutes of the game (again) - why? no defense, no rebounding and just really bad offense.
No Rob Williams in last 3 minutes is ridiculous
They cant win this if Embid comes back
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It was one game, and they are winning this
 
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