Worst Loss in CT Sports History

[Chin Diesel]

Laettner nuff said. Punch in the gut.

Kick. And a few inches lower.

 

[Adios]

The Patriots were never moving to Hartford. Bob Kraft was just using us to get a better deal. John Rowland being the that he is lost the only major league team that Hartford ever will see. Hartford would be so much better if The Whalers were still here.

They actually did come close. The family thought it made sense financially. They didn't get a better deal. They were sort of forced to stay by the NFL, etc.

Springfield-Hartford-New Haven(-Waterbury) would have even had higher potential.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

There's a Mr. Mason on line 1 for you. A Mr. George Mason.

Game still makes me shake with rage.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

As far a UConn basketball goes I was a fan from the Hugh Greer era to now
Any loss to an instate team was hard to take .
When the Kimball's team lost to StJoes in the tourney , was hard. He had 28 rebounds in that game and I believe St Joes was nationally ranked .
Perno's teams were notorious for grabbing defeat out of the jaws of victory God there were so many,
I remember leading a Ewing lead GT by one with the ball and possession and GT stealing the inbounds pass and scoring at the buzzer. Or folding in the last few minutes against St Johns in the "where's the puppy now game". The Andrew Gaze buzzer beater at the CC which knock us out of the NCAA wasn't much fun in the JC era. I was there for that one, the groan and then silence of what had been a raucous crowd.
But nothing could top the Duke loss in 1990.
If Tate only deflected the ball down court, rather than knocking it out of bounds still plays in my head.
I still stay the fans who experienced that heartbreak truly understood the vengeance of 1999. (77-74)

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Bruin fans were starting fights at the urinals, it was kinda surreal

I use to joke for years after that I always wanted the Bruins to advance, if only to keep their fans off the streets for a few more weeks.

Since Mass 's prison release policy was fresh in everyone's minds at the time , I use to think those buses came directly from Walpole State Prison.
They actually were in uniform with bluejeans and Black Tees so maybe I was right.
I believe they were more hooligans rather than actual fans as the game itself was of secondary importance to them.

 

[pnow15]

When Steve Young went to BYU instead of UConn.

 

[Sky ball]

Our first shot at a F4? So '89-'90 was just a dream? Damn, seemed real enough to me.

The Miami game was in 2001, Darius Rice with the buzzer beater. Deep foul trouble forced Shamon Tooles to be in a situation he was not prepared for. Still, had Taliek (and others) made some free throws, Miles' heroics would have been moot.

OK Mr Wonderous memory a little fuzzy..long time ago. Still Donyell makes a FT we are in 1st F4.

 

[Bezzz]

Still Donyell makes a FT we are in 1st F4

Beating Florida would not have put us in the Final Four as we still needed to beat BCU in the elite eight. Tough loss though.

 

[August_West]

Beating Florida would not have put us in the Final Four as we still needed to beat BCU in the elite eight. Tough loss though.

We were in the middle of a 20 something game winning streak against BCU. It would have been a cakewalk.

 

[August_West]

Small portion of my liftetime "ticket wall"

 

[Gurleyman]

We were in the middle of a 20 something game winning streak against BCU. It would have been a cakewalk.

One of those 20 something was in double overtime earlier in that season when we came back from down 19 in the second half. Needed clutch threes from Sheffer and Donyell to force both overtimes. Granted that was at BC, but they wouldn't have rolled over for us.

 

[mauconnfan]

Small portion of my liftetime "ticket wall"


Bob Dylan Woosley Hall and U of H - very cool

Lionel Ritchie HCC - not as cool but not bad. lol

 

[WhiteDressWes]

One of those 20 something was in double overtime earlier in that season when we came back from down 19 in the second half. Needed clutch threes from Sheffer and Donyell to force both overtimes. Granted that was at BC, but they wouldn't have rolled over for us.

BCU had a history of losing their legs when playing with 48 hours rest. They would have folded by halftime.

 

[amory]

I was 10 when they moved, so I don't really remember the Whalers. Would've been awesome if they had stuck around.

It's kinda ok that they left though. It helped turn CT into the college sports bastion of the northeast. We got nothing else.

 

[LIUCHusky]

We were in the middle of a 20 something game winning streak against BCU. It would have been a cakewalk.

It wouldn't have been a cakewalk as Donny Marshall was hurt in the Florida game and would not have been able to play against BC.

 

[Northbound]

Small portion of my liftetime "ticket wall"

I've been rooting around trying to find my brass bonanza 45. The flip side is the call of the fight versus the Minnesota Fighting Saints - classic.

 

[Devland]

The Patriots were never moving to Hartford. Bob Kraft was just using us to get a better deal. John Rowland being the that he is lost the only major league team that Hartford ever will see. Hartford would be so much better if The Whalers were still here.

The whole Patriots to Hartford thing got the UConn football to D1 conversation started. If the Patriots moved to Hartford UConn football would have been second fiddle to the Patriots. In the end it was the perfect storm for UConn football.

 

[Devland]

I've been rooting around trying to find my brass bonanza 45. The flip side is the call of the fight versus the Minnesota Fighting Saints - classic.

I think I may have it but it is a cassette tape. I don't have a cassette player though.

 

[The Viking]

The other OT game 7 loss to Montreal - where Russ Courtnall slipped an innocent shot through a crowd and ultimately Frank Pietrangelo

I was at game 6, a 1-0 win by the good guys. Unbelievable atmosphere. It was the loudest crowd of any game I have ever been to. Man, did I love the Whalers. F... Karmanos and F... Rowland.

Lowell Weicker had more to do with the Whalers leaving than Rowland. That sonofabitch.

 

[Waquoit]

Lowell Weicker had more to do with the Whalers leaving than Rowland. That sonofabitch.

I didn't find out until later that Weicker was on the Compuware Board of Directors for years. Bastard.

 

[BugsyCT]

The Whale's best NHL regular season was a year later in '86-'87. Won the Adams division and finished 4th overall in the league. Lead Quebec 2-0 in the 1st round series and promptly lost 4 straight. That was a huge bummer. Never got back to that level again.

 

[Tommyboy]

Cup. It's the ultimate "what if" game. If the Whale wins that game, they win the Stanley Cu (the Habs only lost 2 games the rest of the way). And if they won the Stanley Cup the would still be in Hartford, in a new building. Hartford would have become the Green Bay of the NHL.

Small portion of my liftetime "ticket wall"

I saved all my tickets growing up too. Kinda makes me sad today that I hardly ever have these types of tickets anymore. Now its all print at home or electronic.

 

[NCHusky91]

I was at that game. It was sickening.
The worst part was bus loads of black clad young Bruin fans came down and took over the Civic Center.
We were pelted by debris until that group was finally ejected.
I also was at the parade ,accidentally.
A couple of us were at a software show in the Civic Center and actually caught the parade.

A worse group of mutants I've never seen at a sporting event. My brother used to say he took less grief wearing a Whalers jersey at Boston Garden than at the Civic Center.

An epic meltdown, and the beginning of the end for the franchise, fast-tracked by the worst trade in NHL history a year later.

 

[willie99]

The other OT game 7 loss to Montreal - where Russ Courtnall slipped an innocent shot through a crowd and ultimately Frank Pietrangelo

Lowell Weicker had more to do with the Whalers leaving than Rowland. That sonofabitch.

Weiker's trifecta

1) implemented a state income tax, after promising he would do no such thing
2) fought the Indians all the way to the SC, thus losing out of table game revenues from the casinos
3) hand picked Peter Karmoanscum to buy the Whalers, and then gave him state money too

idiocy on steroids

and then he wins an award for courage for lying to the taxpayers and screwing the citizens, only in the world of delusional politicians can this stuff be real

 

[UConnStats]

Surprised Chief hasn't come here to say Bunk yet.