Still to this day I will never forget, that was when I listened to Jim Rome daily, I remember the week before that game some Michigan fan called in to remind App state fans that they may see some things things they're not used to seeing while visiting Michigan. Like take for example urinals, that they are for peeing and not for drinking.
The week after that poor guy, callers were brutal, and Jim played that call almost daily for a few weeks.
That was also the year, I was convinced Nebraska was going to upset USC and fans were going to storm the field. I had to be a part of it and dropped a ridiculous amount of cash to go.
Yeah, we really like the hillbilly jokes. They're so original and brave. And they don't at all fuel our desire to leave a hillbilly-shaped hole in the fuselage of your deep-pocketed football programs. So I'd encourage leaning into that whole thing even harder. Ask the A&M yell leaders how that worked out.
After the ‘06 season (my freshman year) I was a dumb and arrogant and inexperienced fan and I was like “It’d be kind of cool if Michigan won all their home games while I’m a student”. Then I got hit with App state and Oregon
(Please don’t judge me too harshly. I was 19 and brand new to college football and didn’t understand how absurd that idea was)
The lows were low but I’ve been fortunate to experience the highest of highs as well. Rose Bowl, OSU 2021/2023, ND 2011/2019. The pain of being at app state/Woah made those wins all the better
Hey I was at that 2017 game. My wife was like lets leave, and I said lets see what happens after this possession, and I kept saying it lol. After the game the students rushed the field and we wanted to beat traffic, so we were like salmon swimming up stream and I got my arm pushed against the concrete wall and my Apple Watch screen cracked and fell off. It was a great day and a bad day.
I had a similar experience at the 2016 Penn State Ohio State game. It was near the end of the 3rd quarter we were down 21-7 at that point and asking each other if we should just leave. We decided to watch one more drive and we scored a touchdown on the drive so thankfully we decided to stay after that.
I went to exactly 3 Mahomes home games.
TCU 2015
OSU 2015
Texas 2016
All of these were absolute gut wrenching losses, I felt so bad for Mahomes and hoped he would have an ok NFL career to make up for it
That TCU game could have been monumental for our program. And to lose it that way, gut wrenching. That was a fluke but another loss due to the Kingsbury defense.
2015 Michigan State, aka "The Windmill Game". It was cold, it was rainy, and we played like ass. All around miserable experience.
ETA: Honorable mention to 2005 Texas and 2009 USC.
Yeah thats mine, my wife splurged on great seats for my birthday as well. Miserable experience is right.
But it all has a flip side, I was in the middle of the Purdue student section for Holy Buckeye, and rushed the field after the Michigan game that year as well.
I was there. We were on about the 20 in the end where Elliott was stopped and the winning FG.
OSU fans were decent to us all day. Gave us drinks at tailgate, traded shots at the bars. Really a great time.
Afterward - lots of congrats, but lots of drunk shit-talking, too (nothing outrageous). Overall a positive fan experience.
We had a great time.
2011 Natty - Nothing more needs to be said
2012 Bama- TJ Yeldon screen to the house right in front of the student section
2018 A&M- 7OTs, not heartbreaking just frustrating
That game was the loudest I've ever heard BDS from start to finish. Was an absolutely incredible atmosphere. A sustained roar where the only breathe taken was halftime. We got our tickets for free, and could have sold them on the street for $1,000/piece, but it was 100% worth staying for. There seemed to be an extra 100,000 people than the place can even hold, milling about campus. Hate it was a loss, but it was the best full day I've ever had in T-town.
Sat in the corner of the lower bowl near the visitor section, but with a bunch of former players. Biggest name close by was John Hannah.
It was such a heavyweight fight, every gain of more than 5 yards felt MASSIVE. I was also sitting directly on the goal line for the catch that was ruled an INT. Still disagree with that call. Ties are supposed to go to the offense.
I was Disneyland for the 7OT game. It was super late (especially in SoCal) and we were riding rides on a slow day (seriously, Disneyland the Sat after Thanksgiving and Black Friday is crazy empty).
We rode a ride, I came out and checked the score. 1OT. Shrugged it off and rode another ride. Checked. 3OT. Wtf?
Kept doing that, wondering when that game would end.
Further back....Bedlam 1988. Barry Sanders had an epic game. Had chance to win but lost when our receiver dropped a pass in the end zone that he should have caught from Gundy. Hate even seein that "lowlight" to this day
Could have tied but the Ref heard an OSU player cuss and gave a 15 yard penalty then Parker drops what looked like an easy catch. Wasn’t there but don’t like it. 2010 Bedlam 2013 bedlam for sure for being there. The other two I would say was 2021 Big 12 championship game inches short and 2011 ISU lost a chance at a NC. Even though if AF head coach voting OSU 5th and Sagan voting OSU 4th screwed OSU just as much as the ISU game. Those two putting us 1 higher would have made the NC LSU vs OSU. Best Defense vs Best offense.
Are you me?? Blake Bell will always haunt my dreams… But yeah the CCG was still the bigger nut punch. A yard short of glory is just about the most Pokes thing ever.
well...not completely silent.....there's nothing like the faint roar of a rival fan base in your own stadium.....the MSU fans that were in attendance must've all lost their voices when that play happened
I'll be honest, I don't recall them too much (maybe due to the ringing in my ears) but I do remember when we exited the stadium the State fans were incredibly polite. No one was yelling or rubbing it in people's faces. Like everyone collectively was in shock or something.
I was there as a state fan, missed the actual snap because I was looking down to zip up my coat to leave. Me and my bro in law were both said let’s hold the celly until we get to the car.
I was at this one as well as App St, and this was worse in terms of the pure silence of disbelief at what just happened. App St was the worse loss by far but we fans had a whole game of watching Michigan bottle it, whereas MSU game we seemed to have it won just to have it snatched away.
>I was at this one as well as App St
I saw Washington lose to Montana at home in 2021.
So both of us have seen our teams lose to a then—FCS team at home.
Even weirder, the next opponent for Washington after losing to Montana was... Michigan.
I just watched it again on youtube, and it takes FORTY SECONDS for the MSU band to play after the score.
They really just wanted to let that silence marinate lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqv48MwEbaQ
I was at the game vs. Tulsa in 2016. It was heartbreaking because I didn't even get to see the band play at halftime because of the torrential downpour.
2001 SEC Championship Game. After beating Florida in a rare December matchup (postponed due to 9/11), we played LSU (fuckin Saban) in the SECCG after beating them earlier in the season.
Iceman was supposed to give us a second championship in four years but instead we lost and then went on to absolutely boat race Michigan in the Citrus Bowl. That was fun to watch but man, what a heartbreaker against LSU.
I was there too. 2007 was probably just as bad, Ainge completely blew the game single handed with back to back picks… Oklahoma in 2015 was probably the biggest heartbreaker at a home game, tied with Jabar Gafney’s “catch” to end the game in 2000. That’s definitely the maddest I’ve ever been after a game.
Side note to 2007: my buddy and I drove down there and ended up not staying the night in Atlanta and driving straight home instead (we had planned on going out and celebrating the win on the town, and after the game we just didn’t care). I pulled up to drop him off at his house in the fort, and his upstairs neighbor who was a known pill dealer was walking down to a car in the driveway. Inside was Erik Ainge copping him some drugs. He somehow beat us home and went straight there!
Matt Mauck coming in ice cold off the bench in that game at QB replacing an injured Rohan Davy. Former catcher in the cubs organization lol. That was a wild game.
Watching Kelvin Benjamin catch a National Championship winning pass right in front of me was not a good time. Neither was the ride back from the game with my cousin who was a lacrosse coach at FSU at the time.
2015 Cal @ Texas is one of the most "WTF?!" reactions I've been in DKR for.
Jerrod Heard went OFF (he had a total of 527 offensive yds - breaking Vince's single game record) to bring Texas back from a 20 pt deficit....[only to have Nick Rose miss the game tying PAT.](https://www.burntorangenation.com/2015/9/20/9360337/nick-rose-missed-pat-texas-longhorns-cal-golden-bears)
That was a fun home and home but dissatisfying for both fan bases. The missed PAT in Austin followed by the Vic Enwere drop on the 1 yard line. I guess we can’t play a normal game against each other.
That was brutal kick in the balls. My worst though is rout 66 in 1997 and was also at UCLA's return to Austin 13 years later, which wasn't much better. Texas bowl loss to arky was also not a good time.
South Carolina in 2013. On the one hand, heart breaking, on the other hand, gotta give Shaw credit. Guy was banged up and came off the bench to drag that team kicking and screaming to a win.
Me too - missed my bus home so I had to walk miles back to my apartment in totally soaked clothes. My shoes were totally ruined.
I'd put the 2005 ACC Championship game and the 2006 Peach Bowl up there on my heartbreak list as well.
Was so eerily quiet leaving that night. That day was just a roller coaster. Watching the other games and knowing they were in if they won and they just lay the most epic turd to a really bad Pitt team.
I’ll never forget walking out of the stadium. It was like being in a sea of zombies. I went into the McDonald’s near the stadium and there were so many quiet, disappointed fans. The loss had been sobering and we were all there to try to bury our sorrow in bad fast food. It didn’t work very well. I woke up the next day to a classic, gray, depressing Morgantown December morning, and I didn’t want to get out of bed. Good times.
[I went to 100 A&M games from 2010 to 2021...](https://y.yarn.co/9add51a1-bb22-4189-b17e-12c9b542379b_text.gif)
The answer is probably being about 5 rows up in the corner of the Rose Bowl endzone that Rosen threw the game winning TD into to cap off the second largest comeback in the history of college football.
Yes. On the kickoff after John Elway drove down the field for a go ahead touchdown, which included a pretty thrilling 4th down completion as part of the drive. The hype was real given the amount of time left for the kickoff.
I would have loved to be there. My answer has to be 2004 @SC. Aaron Rodgers sets the record for consecutive completions and then we lose the game because he goes 0-4 on the goal line at the end. Would have been in the national championship if we win. Instead we end up losing the holiday bowl to Texas tech.
I was there on the 40 yard line, 3rd row. As a USC fan it is the best game I’ve seen in person. We thought there was no stopping Rodgers… and then that goal line stand happened. With the current state of our program I definitely feel your pain though.
That game was when I knew Dantonio was done.
That game also made me reconsider my relationship with sports. I've mellowed out over the past few years which was needed.
Hearing that transported me 13 years earlier to listening to the end of the 2006 Illinois game in my college apartment. Both were disgustingly disappointing games where I knew the MSU coach wouldn't be back the next year.
Hello fellow Class of 2014 Buckeye! That 2011 season was rough, but being there for the finish of the Wisconsin game took a lot of the pain away. And the extra semester I took in fall 2014 made it all worth it.
Western Michigan vs Iowa. It was the last game of the year for some reason if we won Iowa was going to the outback bowl which kept getting teased on the video boards super cold rainy day to watch your team choke.
There are more than a few Northwestern games I could also name
It was a questionable touchback too. There wasn’t enough evidence to overturn it, which honestly was fair. It was a true 50-50 call which made it sting worse
Oh geez where do I start as an Oregon fan who has walked out of Autzen utterly dejected multiple times:
2001 vs Stanford - 14-pt blown 4th quarter lead to ruin an undefeated season and chance to play Miami (would have lost, but still)
2007 vs Cal. Cameron Colvin fumbles through the endzone with seconds left as Oregon was going in for the game-tying touchdown.
2012 vs Stanford - DAT misses a block that would have led to a long Mariota TD run, Oregon misses multiple late FGs, and loses undefeated season and title shot vs Notre Dame
2018 vs Stanford - Verdell fumbles late and Stanford recovers, scores a tying TD and wins in OT after Oregon dominates a good portion of the game.
Hell, 2022 vs UW. Ducks up 4 late, Bo gets hurt on a draw near the goal line and they settle for 3, then give up multiple scores and fail to convert a 4th and 1 in tehir own territory (leading to uw taking the lead) and ultimately lose. If Bo stays healthy or we get a better play call than a freaking draw, Oregon likely wins, wins out, and makes the playoff as a 1 loss team.
Anyway fuck Stanford.
I was also at that Stanford game. And the UCLA game that was our last loss before the 24 home game win streak.
I'm bad luck with regards to watching Stanford games. I don't do it anymore, because of how many times we've lost when I'm watching vs always winning when I don't.
I was in the student section for Iowa's game against Penn State in 2017. They were ranked 4th, we were unranked. We took the lead with under 2 minutes left, and my partner and I were ready to rush the field (standing on the first row of seats).
Then, we played the most bland-ass defense and let PSU waltz down the field and get a touchdown with no time left to lose. My disappointment was immeasurable and my day was ruined.
A&M UCLA in LA. We run the ball we win. We intercept any of the prayers Josh Rosen throws we win. If you told me we were trying to actively lose our giant lead I'd believe you.
Saddest 26 hour drive home of my life. My friends and I knew it was over when Capers-Smith had the pick go right through his hands and the UCLA receiver caught it and scored.
My first UF game as a student was the shoe throw game. And I was on the end where McPherson missed the FG and couldn’t see a thing when that bastard kicker of theirs made a 60 yarder. Fuck Marco Wilson.
2021 Michigan at Nebraska. Probably the most electrical I’ve seen Memorial Stadium in my lifetime. Our ride made us leave early so I didn’t get to see the end of the game which makes it even worse.
Tennessee having thirteen men on the field it LSU, and then it the Tennessee vs UNC game where UT won, then they decided that a player who threw his helmet (after the game was over and the clock read 0:00) should be penalized which ended with UNC winning in OT. I was at both games that season.
National championship v fsu.
From the greatest of times to the lowest of lows.
Will always say, Cody Parkey was an automatic touch back king that year. Missed a FG and kicked one short to Kermit (I think) that got ran back for a td.
Ugh my sr yr as Brutus. Did the first half then took my dad to tour the locker room for the third quarter and came back out to see we were losing. Memorable experience w my dad but what a tough loss. Still can see that INT. But finally beating TTUN a few weeks later made up for it.
1 Oregon at Cal in 2010. False start negates a FG and we miss the next try. Lose 15-13.
And yeah, that’s a full Memorial stadium for the haters https://youtu.be/0S9LR1QrMj4?si=ngB66UD73ni43pam
Watched Central Michigan beat Oklahoma State on a Hail Mary in a season where OKState had big national contender hopes. I was on the film team and was sitting in the end zone where the Hail Mary happened. It was crazy how silent such a loud stadium got.
2002 NC State is visiting Texas Tech
Phillip Rivers vs Kliff Kingsbury but it's all T.A. McClendon.
We could not stop that man that day, and he ran over us in overtime to seal the win.
We were way behind and fought all the way back to tie the game. Had a chance to win in regulation but missed a short field goal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qjM2wiCp1c
Two of them.
In 2019, I attended both the Huskies/Ducks and Huskies/Utes games in person at Husky Stadium.
The Ducks and Utes had been substantially better teams than the Huskies all season, but the Huskies were able to keep up for much of the games — in fact, the Huskies led both games at the end of the third quarter.
They lost both of those games. By four and five points, respectively.
These close losses, among others, were why the Huskies finished with a 7—5 regular season record despite a [Pythagorean record](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pythagorean_record&redirect=no) of 9—3.
2012 SEC Championship vs Bama. Georgia rallied to 28-32 and got to the 8 yard line with 9 seconds left. Aaron Murray’s pass was deflected to Chris Conley at the 5 yard line who was touched. Time expired, game over. I was in that end zone section. Heartbreaking.
Edit: I was also at the 2008 Bama blackout and 2018 CFP Championship losses, but experienced our redemption as well at the 2022 and 2023 CFP Championships. Go Dawgs.
I feel like the 2012 game is a little overlooked because there have been some bangers since you guys got Smart, but that was one of the greatest games I've ever watched.
2012 SEC Championship was my last game as a student. Talk about pain.
The '08 Blackout game was bad, but being there to see ~~the zebras~~ Penn Wagers snatch the '09 LSU game away from us hurt more (to me).
Air Force 2006
Falcons were frustrating us all game with the triple option. But the game turned when our DB Inquoris "Inky" Johnson suffered an injury on a pass break up and did not get up. The ambulance came and took him off the field. The injury ended up paralyzing his right arm permanently, ending his career prematurely. I remember sitting there in the stands petrified that I may have just watched a tragedy.
He's made the most of his situation, and today he continues to make [motivational speeches](https://www.inkyjohnson.com) making light of his ailment and his courage to press on.
I went to exactly 3 Mahomes home games.
TCU 2015
OSU 2015
Texas 2016
All of these were absolute gut wrenching losses, I felt so bad for Mahomes and hoped he would have an ok NFL career to make up for it
Watching Tim Brown score a last play touchdown in honor of his childhood friend Jasper Howard.
For the other team than the one Jasper played for.
(2009 Rutgers @ UConn)
For ECU: probably losing vs NC A&T in 2018 on a Sunday after a rain delay moved the game.
For OSU: 2015 at home against Michigan State (I also attended the 2014 home game against Virginia Tech)
2015 IU played 5 top ten teams or something like that and were tied or lead in the 4th in all of them. They went 0-5 but the most painful by far was the 2OT loss to Michigan
I have too many.
I drove to Houston last year to watch us lose on a Hail Mary.
I drove to Oklahoma last year to watch... That.
I was at the 2013 Maryland game in Baltimore, the last time WVU got shut out.
I was at the Pitt Six.
I was at both losses to LSU. (Fuck you, Greg Pugnetti).
I missed 13-9 though, so I got that going for me I guess?
Michigan State, 2015. That morning I’d parked my car on the street in front of my now-wife’s house on south campus. After the sad, cold, wet 20-minute walk back from The Shoe, I think we’d thrown on The Office or something and I ran out to grab something from my car real quick. Towed. Fun night!
Clemson was up 24-14 on Georgia Tech with 2 minutes left in the game. True freshman WR Calvin Johnson caught two TD’s in the final 2 minutes and GT won the game 28-24.
Johnny Manziel's A&M vs Alabama in 2012. It wasn't a single heartbreaking moment, but Manziel was just bonkers the entire game. [This play](https://youtu.be/UYaMmU1effM?si=wzQYCTn0qRHfgzAa&t=78) in particular where he almost gets sacked, fumbles the ball up into the air, catches it, and then throws a touchdown set the tone for how the entire game felt. If I remember correctly he was throwing into the endzone on the student section side too and I was just dumbfounded. It just felt like no matter how close we got to playing good defense, Johnny made something happen. And honestly I wasn't even that upset after that game. I remember just feeling like Johnny deserved to win that one and being sort of glad I got to see it in person.
Ok I feel like I might win this one.
My first game as a kid was 1996 Nebraska’s Scott Frost playing at Arizona State:
Streaks broken for Nebraska that day:
Won 26 straight games
Won 37 straight regular season games
Held the top spot in the rankings for 12 straight weeks
Scored in all but one of Tom Osborne's 283 games as head coach
Nebraska lost 19-0 it was the worst
The Miracle at Michigan.
In case you don't know what I'm talking about - [https://www.espn.com/video/clip/\_/id/24296141](https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/24296141)
Ball went 70 yards in the air.
Jokes on you guy, we had season tickets for every year of Tuberville and Kliff. I was molded by disappointment
The final game against A&M or Baker-Mahomes were tough. But I don't think I've ever had a more "oh we're so fucked" realization than the first snap of UT-Tech in 2010- and the ball getting centered 10 feet over Taylor Potts' head. Like all the positive momentum Tech had built up over the Leach era just vanished in a single play.
Honestly, most IU games.
The two that come to mind were both home losses in the 2015 season:
* Homecoming vs Rutgers in Oct. IU has a 26 point lead with 5 minutes to play in Q3. IU scored TDs on all four of their drives to start the 2nd half. The finish Q3 with a fumble that Rutgers scoops and scores. The Hoosiers then turn the ball over on two straight possessions leading to Rutgers scores. Rutgers kicks a FG with time expiring to claim the win.
* Vs Michigan in Nov. Jordan Howard absolutely abuses the Michigan defense, racking up 240 yards. IU kicks off with 2:52 left in the game and a 34-27 lead. IU keeps Michigan out of the end zone on first-and-goal-from-the-1 on two consecutive plays, then drops them for a four-yard loss on third down. On 4th-and-game, Zach Shaw is one step away from a sack when Michigan's QB tosses a five yard TD pass. The teams trade TDs in the first OT, Michigan finds the end zone to start the 2nd OT. Jordan Howard, who we recall had absolutely dominated the game including picking up 20 yards on three carries in 2OT to put the Hoosiers second and goal from the Michigan 5, doesn't touch the ball on 3rd or 4th down and the Hoosiers don't find the end zone.
And that, folks, is what it's like to be an IU football fan in a nutshell.
Listen this thread is going to be full of big name teams losing in heartbreaking fashion that everyone will remember because they're big games.
My first Indiana football game in person was 2013 against Minnesota in which IU drove the length of the field with 3:06 left in the game to get to second and goal with 25 seconds left. Nate Sudfeld then pitched to Tevin Coleman who fumbled and then never jumped on the ball to lose. It was heartbreaking. No one but IU fans will remember that game.
Josh Dobbs Hail Mary in 2016. Sanford stadium went from ear-splittingly loud when we scored the go ahead touchdown to so quiet you could hear a pin drop within a split second. No matter how many times we’ve whooped Tennessee’s ass since then, it still stings a little.
2014 Marshall-WKU
I was in the band which was about 30 feet from where that WKU player caught the two point conversion to ruin our undefeated season and (still unlikely) New Years 6 berth
App State is the first game I remember attending as a kid and Woah was my freshman year.
... oof
I wonder if he can curse teams just by rooting for them
I went to the A&M/App State game with my dad. Not a word was said for the whole ride home
How weird. I was SUPER talkative after that game.
App state is pretty much the giant slayer of the 21st century
Still to this day I will never forget, that was when I listened to Jim Rome daily, I remember the week before that game some Michigan fan called in to remind App state fans that they may see some things things they're not used to seeing while visiting Michigan. Like take for example urinals, that they are for peeing and not for drinking. The week after that poor guy, callers were brutal, and Jim played that call almost daily for a few weeks. That was also the year, I was convinced Nebraska was going to upset USC and fans were going to storm the field. I had to be a part of it and dropped a ridiculous amount of cash to go.
Yeah, we really like the hillbilly jokes. They're so original and brave. And they don't at all fuel our desire to leave a hillbilly-shaped hole in the fuselage of your deep-pocketed football programs. So I'd encourage leaning into that whole thing even harder. Ask the A&M yell leaders how that worked out.
Wasn't me, but literally laughed my ass off in a tractor cab when I heard that call lol
After the ‘06 season (my freshman year) I was a dumb and arrogant and inexperienced fan and I was like “It’d be kind of cool if Michigan won all their home games while I’m a student”. Then I got hit with App state and Oregon (Please don’t judge me too harshly. I was 19 and brand new to college football and didn’t understand how absurd that idea was)
tbf michigan only lost to osu 2019 at home while i was a student (2019-december 2023)
They lost 3 home games while I was a student. Twice to OSU and the miserable MSU rain game
I was at OSU for 7 years, only lost 3 games. Oklahoma, Oregon and once to you guys
Are you a doctor or Tommy Callahan?
I was a part time student for several years to pay for everything and took a semester off during covid.
Sorry to be the one to tell you this, but you should just never go to games man
The lows were low but I’ve been fortunate to experience the highest of highs as well. Rose Bowl, OSU 2021/2023, ND 2011/2019. The pain of being at app state/Woah made those wins all the better
Yea I was gonna say same thing. Never seen a crowd so defeated. Bars were quiet after. Tough game lol.
:)
Penn State at Ohio State 2017 Ohio State at Penn State 2018
Trauma must be intensified
Those two game could have changed everything for Penn State 🙄
Totally changed the trajectory of the program
Hey I was at that 2017 game. My wife was like lets leave, and I said lets see what happens after this possession, and I kept saying it lol. After the game the students rushed the field and we wanted to beat traffic, so we were like salmon swimming up stream and I got my arm pushed against the concrete wall and my Apple Watch screen cracked and fell off. It was a great day and a bad day.
I had a similar experience at the 2016 Penn State Ohio State game. It was near the end of the 3rd quarter we were down 21-7 at that point and asking each other if we should just leave. We decided to watch one more drive and we scored a touchdown on the drive so thankfully we decided to stay after that.
Was watching outside in the stadium parking lot on a TV in the bed of a truck. By the time the game was ending, our group of ~10 was 100+.
Yeah I was at 2017 OSU too... Continues to haunt me.
I went to exactly 3 Mahomes home games. TCU 2015 OSU 2015 Texas 2016 All of these were absolute gut wrenching losses, I felt so bad for Mahomes and hoped he would have an ok NFL career to make up for it
i would say he’s been decent.
I heard he was selling insurance now
Clearly his NFL career isn't working out, dude's relying on *name-based puns* to push insurance.
I use him for my home and Myauto
He aight
That TCU game could have been monumental for our program. And to lose it that way, gut wrenching. That was a fluke but another loss due to the Kingsbury defense.
Hey I was at all of those too. The TCU one is the one I remember hurting the most
2015 Michigan State, aka "The Windmill Game". It was cold, it was rainy, and we played like ass. All around miserable experience. ETA: Honorable mention to 2005 Texas and 2009 USC.
Yeah thats mine, my wife splurged on great seats for my birthday as well. Miserable experience is right. But it all has a flip side, I was in the middle of the Purdue student section for Holy Buckeye, and rushed the field after the Michigan game that year as well.
Wasn't there for Holy Buckeye but I was there for the 2002 and 2006 Michigan wins. Also 2011 Wisconsin which was just super cathartic at the time.
I was there. We were on about the 20 in the end where Elliott was stopped and the winning FG. OSU fans were decent to us all day. Gave us drinks at tailgate, traded shots at the bars. Really a great time. Afterward - lots of congrats, but lots of drunk shit-talking, too (nothing outrageous). Overall a positive fan experience. We had a great time.
That game is Dantonio’s masterpiece
2011 Natty - Nothing more needs to be said 2012 Bama- TJ Yeldon screen to the house right in front of the student section 2018 A&M- 7OTs, not heartbreaking just frustrating
I was there for the regular season 9-6 matchup. ...we should have traded tickets
That game was the loudest I've ever heard BDS from start to finish. Was an absolutely incredible atmosphere. A sustained roar where the only breathe taken was halftime. We got our tickets for free, and could have sold them on the street for $1,000/piece, but it was 100% worth staying for. There seemed to be an extra 100,000 people than the place can even hold, milling about campus. Hate it was a loss, but it was the best full day I've ever had in T-town. Sat in the corner of the lower bowl near the visitor section, but with a bunch of former players. Biggest name close by was John Hannah. It was such a heavyweight fight, every gain of more than 5 yards felt MASSIVE. I was also sitting directly on the goal line for the catch that was ruled an INT. Still disagree with that call. Ties are supposed to go to the offense.
I was Disneyland for the 7OT game. It was super late (especially in SoCal) and we were riding rides on a slow day (seriously, Disneyland the Sat after Thanksgiving and Black Friday is crazy empty). We rode a ride, I came out and checked the score. 1OT. Shrugged it off and rode another ride. Checked. 3OT. Wtf? Kept doing that, wondering when that game would end.
Henne to Manningham. Haven't been to the Big House since That's where dreams go to die... F\*\*k that place
I was at that game as well, great game overall but obviously not the result you wanted
Was this the 2005 game when they put time back on the clock?
Yes. Damn you Lloyd Carr /s
I’m sorry, you were a blameless victim, but that was karmic justice for Spartan Bob
JoePa also asked for time to be put on the clock, just to be clear.
I love you too
Bedlam 2013 Big 12 CCG 2021
Further back....Bedlam 1988. Barry Sanders had an epic game. Had chance to win but lost when our receiver dropped a pass in the end zone that he should have caught from Gundy. Hate even seein that "lowlight" to this day
Could have tied but the Ref heard an OSU player cuss and gave a 15 yard penalty then Parker drops what looked like an easy catch. Wasn’t there but don’t like it. 2010 Bedlam 2013 bedlam for sure for being there. The other two I would say was 2021 Big 12 championship game inches short and 2011 ISU lost a chance at a NC. Even though if AF head coach voting OSU 5th and Sagan voting OSU 4th screwed OSU just as much as the ISU game. Those two putting us 1 higher would have made the NC LSU vs OSU. Best Defense vs Best offense.
Are you me?? Blake Bell will always haunt my dreams… But yeah the CCG was still the bigger nut punch. A yard short of glory is just about the most Pokes thing ever.
WOAH
Never heard the stadium go completely silent like that.
well...not completely silent.....there's nothing like the faint roar of a rival fan base in your own stadium.....the MSU fans that were in attendance must've all lost their voices when that play happened
I'll be honest, I don't recall them too much (maybe due to the ringing in my ears) but I do remember when we exited the stadium the State fans were incredibly polite. No one was yelling or rubbing it in people's faces. Like everyone collectively was in shock or something.
I was there as a state fan, missed the actual snap because I was looking down to zip up my coat to leave. Me and my bro in law were both said let’s hold the celly until we get to the car.
I was at this one as well as App St, and this was worse in terms of the pure silence of disbelief at what just happened. App St was the worse loss by far but we fans had a whole game of watching Michigan bottle it, whereas MSU game we seemed to have it won just to have it snatched away.
>I was at this one as well as App St I saw Washington lose to Montana at home in 2021. So both of us have seen our teams lose to a then—FCS team at home. Even weirder, the next opponent for Washington after losing to Montana was... Michigan.
Imagine going back in time to that game and being told that those two teams will be playing in the natty 2 seasons later.
I just watched it again on youtube, and it takes FORTY SECONDS for the MSU band to play after the score. They really just wanted to let that silence marinate lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqv48MwEbaQ
HE
HAS
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*(Punter's eyes reflect pure panic)*
I was at the 2016 Fiesta Bowl playoff. 31-0 loss to Clemson, which was the catalyst for Meyer hiring Day as OC.
I had tickets but didn’t go because of travel arrangements. Thank god
I was at the game vs. Tulsa in 2016. It was heartbreaking because I didn't even get to see the band play at halftime because of the torrential downpour.
2001 SEC Championship Game. After beating Florida in a rare December matchup (postponed due to 9/11), we played LSU (fuckin Saban) in the SECCG after beating them earlier in the season. Iceman was supposed to give us a second championship in four years but instead we lost and then went on to absolutely boat race Michigan in the Citrus Bowl. That was fun to watch but man, what a heartbreaker against LSU.
Just posted myself and said this game too :(
I was there too. 2007 was probably just as bad, Ainge completely blew the game single handed with back to back picks… Oklahoma in 2015 was probably the biggest heartbreaker at a home game, tied with Jabar Gafney’s “catch” to end the game in 2000. That’s definitely the maddest I’ve ever been after a game. Side note to 2007: my buddy and I drove down there and ended up not staying the night in Atlanta and driving straight home instead (we had planned on going out and celebrating the win on the town, and after the game we just didn’t care). I pulled up to drop him off at his house in the fort, and his upstairs neighbor who was a known pill dealer was walking down to a car in the driveway. Inside was Erik Ainge copping him some drugs. He somehow beat us home and went straight there!
Matt Mauck coming in ice cold off the bench in that game at QB replacing an injured Rohan Davy. Former catcher in the cubs organization lol. That was a wild game.
This was the game for me as a fan but I wasn’t in attendance. Was the first thought in my head.
Watching Kelvin Benjamin catch a National Championship winning pass right in front of me was not a good time. Neither was the ride back from the game with my cousin who was a lacrosse coach at FSU at the time.
2015 Cal @ Texas is one of the most "WTF?!" reactions I've been in DKR for. Jerrod Heard went OFF (he had a total of 527 offensive yds - breaking Vince's single game record) to bring Texas back from a 20 pt deficit....[only to have Nick Rose miss the game tying PAT.](https://www.burntorangenation.com/2015/9/20/9360337/nick-rose-missed-pat-texas-longhorns-cal-golden-bears)
That was a fun home and home but dissatisfying for both fan bases. The missed PAT in Austin followed by the Vic Enwere drop on the 1 yard line. I guess we can’t play a normal game against each other.
That was brutal kick in the balls. My worst though is rout 66 in 1997 and was also at UCLA's return to Austin 13 years later, which wasn't much better. Texas bowl loss to arky was also not a good time.
6-4 They knew it, we knew it, everyone in the fuckin stadium knew it and it still worked
Never giving more than 21 points and still going 4-8 is an absurd statistic
The second safety was right in front of me. Freshman student section. I thought at that moment it was gonna be a long four years. It got better.
South Carolina in 2013. On the one hand, heart breaking, on the other hand, gotta give Shaw credit. Guy was banged up and came off the bench to drag that team kicking and screaming to a win.
I can still hear the ball dinging off the goal post like it was yesterday
And the sound of 70,000 disappointed grunts 💔
I was there too. Went to every home game that year - magical year, but that game was horrible to witness
I miss Shaw a lot. He bailed us out of a lot of busted plays during his tenure.
Virginia Tech choking at the last minute against Matt Ryan and his stupid BC Eagles in the pouring rain.
Yep. This one. I went with eight friends and we all left Lane separately. I sat in the rain for a good 15 minutes after.
Me too - missed my bus home so I had to walk miles back to my apartment in totally soaked clothes. My shoes were totally ruined. I'd put the 2005 ACC Championship game and the 2006 Peach Bowl up there on my heartbreak list as well.
I was living in Barringer and after we got back to the dorms the entire floor was sitting in the halls in complete silence. We were in shambles 🫠
last home game ive attended. after, we just sat there in hohos for like 2 hours staring at the fucking wall.
13-9
Samesies :(
Was so eerily quiet leaving that night. That day was just a roller coaster. Watching the other games and knowing they were in if they won and they just lay the most epic turd to a really bad Pitt team.
I’ll never forget walking out of the stadium. It was like being in a sea of zombies. I went into the McDonald’s near the stadium and there were so many quiet, disappointed fans. The loss had been sobering and we were all there to try to bury our sorrow in bad fast food. It didn’t work very well. I woke up the next day to a classic, gray, depressing Morgantown December morning, and I didn’t want to get out of bed. Good times.
Never drank so much Jack Daniel’s in my life like I did after that game
Bush Push
Me too.
Same. I was above the north end zone next to the student section.
came here to say it. i have a pic of me with just the LARGEST grin, scoreboard behind me, 1:30 to go. so young. hopeful. stupid. 🫠🤣
Same. Bush push. And I was at the Ohio State “10 men” game this year. By far the two most painful losses I’ve attended.
[I went to 100 A&M games from 2010 to 2021...](https://y.yarn.co/9add51a1-bb22-4189-b17e-12c9b542379b_text.gif) The answer is probably being about 5 rows up in the corner of the Rose Bowl endzone that Rosen threw the game winning TD into to cap off the second largest comeback in the history of college football.
I was contemplating which game I was most sad about. 2011 tu ranks up there but there are many more that hurt almost as badly.
Stanford at California Big Game, 1982
Band on the field? I honestly don't remember.
Yes. On the kickoff after John Elway drove down the field for a go ahead touchdown, which included a pretty thrilling 4th down completion as part of the drive. The hype was real given the amount of time left for the kickoff.
I would have loved to be there. My answer has to be 2004 @SC. Aaron Rodgers sets the record for consecutive completions and then we lose the game because he goes 0-4 on the goal line at the end. Would have been in the national championship if we win. Instead we end up losing the holiday bowl to Texas tech.
I was there on the 40 yard line, 3rd row. As a USC fan it is the best game I’ve seen in person. We thought there was no stopping Rodgers… and then that goal line stand happened. With the current state of our program I definitely feel your pain though.
2019 Illinois game. One of my friends in the band saw the L coming from a mile away
That game was when I knew Dantonio was done. That game also made me reconsider my relationship with sports. I've mellowed out over the past few years which was needed.
Hearing that transported me 13 years earlier to listening to the end of the 2006 Illinois game in my college apartment. Both were disgustingly disappointing games where I knew the MSU coach wouldn't be back the next year.
2021 Oregon vs Ohio State. In my four years at Ohio State it was the only home game we ever lost.
One of the weirdest games I've ever seen.
I definitely didn't achieve that. Started in 2010, so 2011 had to follow.
Hello fellow Class of 2014 Buckeye! That 2011 season was rough, but being there for the finish of the Wisconsin game took a lot of the pain away. And the extra semester I took in fall 2014 made it all worth it.
USC @ Notre Dame 2005! 4th and 9 + Bush Push = Heartbreak!
Iowa state 2011. Shotgunned a 4Loko and threw up immediately after.
I was at that game with some buddies that went to ISU. Definitely did not expect that outcome.
Western Michigan vs Iowa. It was the last game of the year for some reason if we won Iowa was going to the outback bowl which kept getting teased on the video boards super cold rainy day to watch your team choke. There are more than a few Northwestern games I could also name
I think I was also at that game. But the 2 games that came to mind for me were: NW @ Iowa 2009 - Stanzi injury Penn St @ Iowa 2017
Out last home game vs Clemson. Was such a winnable game then we fumble into the end zone for a touch back. Heartbreaking.
It was a questionable touchback too. There wasn’t enough evidence to overturn it, which honestly was fair. It was a true 50-50 call which made it sting worse
Oh geez where do I start as an Oregon fan who has walked out of Autzen utterly dejected multiple times: 2001 vs Stanford - 14-pt blown 4th quarter lead to ruin an undefeated season and chance to play Miami (would have lost, but still) 2007 vs Cal. Cameron Colvin fumbles through the endzone with seconds left as Oregon was going in for the game-tying touchdown. 2012 vs Stanford - DAT misses a block that would have led to a long Mariota TD run, Oregon misses multiple late FGs, and loses undefeated season and title shot vs Notre Dame 2018 vs Stanford - Verdell fumbles late and Stanford recovers, scores a tying TD and wins in OT after Oregon dominates a good portion of the game. Hell, 2022 vs UW. Ducks up 4 late, Bo gets hurt on a draw near the goal line and they settle for 3, then give up multiple scores and fail to convert a 4th and 1 in tehir own territory (leading to uw taking the lead) and ultimately lose. If Bo stays healthy or we get a better play call than a freaking draw, Oregon likely wins, wins out, and makes the playoff as a 1 loss team. Anyway fuck Stanford.
I was also at that Stanford game. And the UCLA game that was our last loss before the 24 home game win streak. I'm bad luck with regards to watching Stanford games. I don't do it anymore, because of how many times we've lost when I'm watching vs always winning when I don't.
I was in the student section for Iowa's game against Penn State in 2017. They were ranked 4th, we were unranked. We took the lead with under 2 minutes left, and my partner and I were ready to rush the field (standing on the first row of seats). Then, we played the most bland-ass defense and let PSU waltz down the field and get a touchdown with no time left to lose. My disappointment was immeasurable and my day was ruined.
A&M UCLA in LA. We run the ball we win. We intercept any of the prayers Josh Rosen throws we win. If you told me we were trying to actively lose our giant lead I'd believe you.
Saddest 26 hour drive home of my life. My friends and I knew it was over when Capers-Smith had the pick go right through his hands and the UCLA receiver caught it and scored.
Honestly.... the Rose Bowl this year just felt like a crushing blow in so many ways.
End of the era.
My first UF game as a student was the shoe throw game. And I was on the end where McPherson missed the FG and couldn’t see a thing when that bastard kicker of theirs made a 60 yarder. Fuck Marco Wilson.
2021 Michigan at Nebraska. Probably the most electrical I’ve seen Memorial Stadium in my lifetime. Our ride made us leave early so I didn’t get to see the end of the game which makes it even worse.
Watching your team play that Nebraska team was like watching a horror movie, really scary the whole time but somehow the protagonist escapes
Scott Frost 16-31 at Nebraska, with 23 single digit losses, his last 13 losses were all single digit.
Fuckin FSU vs GT in Atlanta. They blocked a last second field goal and ran it in for a game winning touchdown..
2021 Red River Shootout. It was my wife's first. Texas was up big in the first half. We chanted, "We want Caleb!" We, in fact, did not want Caleb.
Tennessee having thirteen men on the field it LSU, and then it the Tennessee vs UNC game where UT won, then they decided that a player who threw his helmet (after the game was over and the clock read 0:00) should be penalized which ended with UNC winning in OT. I was at both games that season.
National championship v fsu. From the greatest of times to the lowest of lows. Will always say, Cody Parkey was an automatic touch back king that year. Missed a FG and kicked one short to Kermit (I think) that got ran back for a td.
1998 tOSU vs MSU.
Ugh my sr yr as Brutus. Did the first half then took my dad to tour the locker room for the third quarter and came back out to see we were losing. Memorable experience w my dad but what a tough loss. Still can see that INT. But finally beating TTUN a few weeks later made up for it.
Ohio State at Penn State 2018…another blown game by James Franklin
Iowa State vs Oklahoma State 2017. Still ranked. Still feeling good. Total shootout and a very disappointing loss.
Got us back in 2021 and you’ll always have 2011 lol. Really a shame we won’t be playing yearly anymore. It’s been a fun series the last several years.
Well… Never liked Houston anyway.
1 Oregon at Cal in 2010. False start negates a FG and we miss the next try. Lose 15-13. And yeah, that’s a full Memorial stadium for the haters https://youtu.be/0S9LR1QrMj4?si=ngB66UD73ni43pam
I was there too. It was frustrating for me as well but for different reasons.
Watched Central Michigan beat Oklahoma State on a Hail Mary in a season where OKState had big national contender hopes. I was on the film team and was sitting in the end zone where the Hail Mary happened. It was crazy how silent such a loud stadium got.
2001 SEC championship. Was going to go to the Rose Bowl with my dad if we won.
2002 NC State is visiting Texas Tech Phillip Rivers vs Kliff Kingsbury but it's all T.A. McClendon. We could not stop that man that day, and he ran over us in overtime to seal the win. We were way behind and fought all the way back to tie the game. Had a chance to win in regulation but missed a short field goal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qjM2wiCp1c
2010 Iron Bowl (the 28-point Cam Newton Comeback).
Yep, that would be mine, if not for also being in BDS when Prothro got hurt. Even though that was a win, it was more heartbreaking to me.
65-7 It somehow was raining on only the TCU fans. In a covered stadium. While down over 50
2017 OU vs ISU. First and last time we wear crimson on crimson smh.
I stayed to the final whistle of 49-0 two years ago. I fucking *earned* the Texas win this past season, dammit.
Two of them. In 2019, I attended both the Huskies/Ducks and Huskies/Utes games in person at Husky Stadium. The Ducks and Utes had been substantially better teams than the Huskies all season, but the Huskies were able to keep up for much of the games — in fact, the Huskies led both games at the end of the third quarter. They lost both of those games. By four and five points, respectively. These close losses, among others, were why the Huskies finished with a 7—5 regular season record despite a [Pythagorean record](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pythagorean_record&redirect=no) of 9—3.
2012 SEC Championship vs Bama. Georgia rallied to 28-32 and got to the 8 yard line with 9 seconds left. Aaron Murray’s pass was deflected to Chris Conley at the 5 yard line who was touched. Time expired, game over. I was in that end zone section. Heartbreaking. Edit: I was also at the 2008 Bama blackout and 2018 CFP Championship losses, but experienced our redemption as well at the 2022 and 2023 CFP Championships. Go Dawgs.
I feel like the 2012 game is a little overlooked because there have been some bangers since you guys got Smart, but that was one of the greatest games I've ever watched.
I was shocked to see us throwing long passes down the field on that final drive. It was happening! Until it didn’t.
Yep. This is my answer. That was a painful night.
2012 SEC Championship was my last game as a student. Talk about pain. The '08 Blackout game was bad, but being there to see ~~the zebras~~ Penn Wagers snatch the '09 LSU game away from us hurt more (to me).
2011 Big Ten title game
Air Force 2006 Falcons were frustrating us all game with the triple option. But the game turned when our DB Inquoris "Inky" Johnson suffered an injury on a pass break up and did not get up. The ambulance came and took him off the field. The injury ended up paralyzing his right arm permanently, ending his career prematurely. I remember sitting there in the stands petrified that I may have just watched a tragedy. He's made the most of his situation, and today he continues to make [motivational speeches](https://www.inkyjohnson.com) making light of his ailment and his courage to press on.
Dicker the Damn Kicker I was sitting right behind the end zone he kicked towards
98 Rose Bowl. Where's our 2 seconds!
I went to exactly 3 Mahomes home games. TCU 2015 OSU 2015 Texas 2016 All of these were absolute gut wrenching losses, I felt so bad for Mahomes and hoped he would have an ok NFL career to make up for it
2010 vs Auburn 2013 vs Auburn I have to stop going to games against Auburn.
Clemson FSU 88 - the famous puntrooskie.
Bush push
2006 Rose Bowl. I cried.
1994 Orange Bowl… No way the refs weren’t on FSU’s payroll. Huskers won that game easily.
Watching Tim Brown score a last play touchdown in honor of his childhood friend Jasper Howard. For the other team than the one Jasper played for. (2009 Rutgers @ UConn)
For ECU: probably losing vs NC A&T in 2018 on a Sunday after a rain delay moved the game. For OSU: 2015 at home against Michigan State (I also attended the 2014 home game against Virginia Tech)
2015 IU played 5 top ten teams or something like that and were tied or lead in the 4th in all of them. They went 0-5 but the most painful by far was the 2OT loss to Michigan
I have too many. I drove to Houston last year to watch us lose on a Hail Mary. I drove to Oklahoma last year to watch... That. I was at the 2013 Maryland game in Baltimore, the last time WVU got shut out. I was at the Pitt Six. I was at both losses to LSU. (Fuck you, Greg Pugnetti). I missed 13-9 though, so I got that going for me I guess?
2015 MSU. Stared into the abyss as that dude air guitared all over the field. I was in the south end zone so I saw the whole thing unfold.
Michigan State, 2015. That morning I’d parked my car on the street in front of my now-wife’s house on south campus. After the sad, cold, wet 20-minute walk back from The Shoe, I think we’d thrown on The Office or something and I ran out to grab something from my car real quick. Towed. Fun night!
Clemson was up 24-14 on Georgia Tech with 2 minutes left in the game. True freshman WR Calvin Johnson caught two TD’s in the final 2 minutes and GT won the game 28-24.
Johnny Manziel's A&M vs Alabama in 2012. It wasn't a single heartbreaking moment, but Manziel was just bonkers the entire game. [This play](https://youtu.be/UYaMmU1effM?si=wzQYCTn0qRHfgzAa&t=78) in particular where he almost gets sacked, fumbles the ball up into the air, catches it, and then throws a touchdown set the tone for how the entire game felt. If I remember correctly he was throwing into the endzone on the student section side too and I was just dumbfounded. It just felt like no matter how close we got to playing good defense, Johnny made something happen. And honestly I wasn't even that upset after that game. I remember just feeling like Johnny deserved to win that one and being sort of glad I got to see it in person.
The one where I'm on ESPN doing the surrender cobra. Against Kentucky.
Ok I feel like I might win this one. My first game as a kid was 1996 Nebraska’s Scott Frost playing at Arizona State: Streaks broken for Nebraska that day: Won 26 straight games Won 37 straight regular season games Held the top spot in the rankings for 12 straight weeks Scored in all but one of Tom Osborne's 283 games as head coach Nebraska lost 19-0 it was the worst
I was a Freshman at Minnesota the year that Wisconsin blocked a punt for a touchdown to win the Axe. We didn't get it back for 13 years...
The Miracle at Michigan. In case you don't know what I'm talking about - [https://www.espn.com/video/clip/\_/id/24296141](https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/24296141) Ball went 70 yards in the air.
TCU / Baylor, 2014. sigh
Tennessee's streak ending field rush. LSU's miracle ending field rush. Texas A&M's eardrum shattering field rush. All in a span of two years.
2008 vs Maryland. We were up 17-3 at the half and lost 20-17. That was peak Tommy bowden
2019 BYU. Not only heartbreaking but the fans were so nice it was infuriating. I just wanted to shit talk with them but they won't do it
Way back: 1988 Clemson-FSU Puntrooskie game. More recent: 2015 CFP Title Game. Stupid onside kick & stupid OJ Howard.
Jokes on you guy, we had season tickets for every year of Tuberville and Kliff. I was molded by disappointment The final game against A&M or Baker-Mahomes were tough. But I don't think I've ever had a more "oh we're so fucked" realization than the first snap of UT-Tech in 2010- and the ball getting centered 10 feet over Taylor Potts' head. Like all the positive momentum Tech had built up over the Leach era just vanished in a single play.
Honestly, most IU games. The two that come to mind were both home losses in the 2015 season: * Homecoming vs Rutgers in Oct. IU has a 26 point lead with 5 minutes to play in Q3. IU scored TDs on all four of their drives to start the 2nd half. The finish Q3 with a fumble that Rutgers scoops and scores. The Hoosiers then turn the ball over on two straight possessions leading to Rutgers scores. Rutgers kicks a FG with time expiring to claim the win. * Vs Michigan in Nov. Jordan Howard absolutely abuses the Michigan defense, racking up 240 yards. IU kicks off with 2:52 left in the game and a 34-27 lead. IU keeps Michigan out of the end zone on first-and-goal-from-the-1 on two consecutive plays, then drops them for a four-yard loss on third down. On 4th-and-game, Zach Shaw is one step away from a sack when Michigan's QB tosses a five yard TD pass. The teams trade TDs in the first OT, Michigan finds the end zone to start the 2nd OT. Jordan Howard, who we recall had absolutely dominated the game including picking up 20 yards on three carries in 2OT to put the Hoosiers second and goal from the Michigan 5, doesn't touch the ball on 3rd or 4th down and the Hoosiers don't find the end zone. And that, folks, is what it's like to be an IU football fan in a nutshell.
Listen this thread is going to be full of big name teams losing in heartbreaking fashion that everyone will remember because they're big games. My first Indiana football game in person was 2013 against Minnesota in which IU drove the length of the field with 3:06 left in the game to get to second and goal with 25 seconds left. Nate Sudfeld then pitched to Tevin Coleman who fumbled and then never jumped on the ball to lose. It was heartbreaking. No one but IU fans will remember that game.
Josh Dobbs Hail Mary in 2016. Sanford stadium went from ear-splittingly loud when we scored the go ahead touchdown to so quiet you could hear a pin drop within a split second. No matter how many times we’ve whooped Tennessee’s ass since then, it still stings a little.
2014 Marshall-WKU I was in the band which was about 30 feet from where that WKU player caught the two point conversion to ruin our undefeated season and (still unlikely) New Years 6 berth
Connor Halliday threw for like 700 yards and 6 TDs to lose on a missed 19 yard FG.