What Was Your Most Heartbreaking Moment As A Sports Fan?

[MAD]

Tell us your most heartbreaking moment as a sports fan?

Mine has to be the Texas A&M double overtime loss in 2016.
Or
Florida in 99, first loss after winning the National championship.

 

[EODVOL]

TN vs. OU 2015, double-overtime ranks up there as well.

 

[Panthro]

Super Bowl 50.

 

[FranklinVFL]

Hands down worst sports moment was the 2001 SEC Championship game vs. LSU.

I still have nightmares of the name Matt Mauck..

 

[howie87]

TN vs. OU 2015, double-overtime ranks up there as well.

This... I foolishly thought for 58:00 of game clock that TN was back... But they weren't...

 

[murfreesboro_vol]

Tell us your most heartbreaking moment as a sports fan?

Mine has to be the Texas A&M double overtime loss in 2016.
Or
Florida in 99, first loss after winning the National championship.

Tie between 2015 and 2017 against florida

 

[Other_Guy]

As a follow-up question: when did you first feel numb to the football program?

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Hands down worst sports moment was the 2001 SEC Championship game vs. LSU.

I still have nightmares of the name Rohan Davies.

That one was devastating, for me it'll always be the 91' World Series though, the first cut is the deepest.

 

[TNHopeful505]

The Terrance Cody Belly Block of '09.

 

[N.ohio vol]

I dont know if it was the most heartbreaking but it was the 430 mile trip down to watch Tennessee take on Georgia st. I sat there after the field had cleared and couldnt believe what i just witnessed. Just thought how can we be this bad. I was expecting a 52-7 blowout.

 

[murfreesboro_vol]

1. 2017 Florida
2. 2015 Florida
3. 2009 Alabama
4. 2013 Georgia
5. 2015 Oklahoma
6. 2010 LSU
7. 2014 Georgia
8. 2014 Florida
9. 2016 Texas A&M
10. 2010 North Carolina

Basketball
1. 2010 Michigan State
2. 2019 Purdue
3. 2018 Loyola Chicago
4. 2014 Michigan

Just the most heartbreaking for me personally. 2016 A&M ranks lower cuz i was out of service for the game and had the results of each play texted to me.

 

[cbrown]

Hands down worst sports moment was the 2001 SEC Championship game vs. LSU.

I still have nightmares of the name Rohan Davies.

This. Not only was it crushing in the moment, but looking at it in historical context, it could be argued that it was the moment Tennessee started its descent into the abyss.

 

[MR_VOL]

The day Pat Summitt stepped down.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

College Football: 2001 SEC Championship Game.
NFL: Titans Super Bowl loss.
College Basketball: 2000 Sweet 16 collapse to UNC, very close second the 2007 Sweet 16 collapse to Ohio St.
MLB: 2003 NLCS Cubs choke against the Marlins
NHL: Predators choking in the playoffs the year they won the President's Cup.
NBA: Don't really have one but probably back when the Grizzlies still had never won a playoff game and they blew one against San Antonio.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Losing to Oklahoma in the 67 Orange Bowl. I was 12 years old and was heartbroken

 

[VolMack——————$]

Tie between 2015 and 2017 against florida

Mine was the disrespect that I watched and experienced at the Alabama game the year Fulmer was let go.! As a FAN....I was taught sportsmanship while I played sports. Never in my life have I ever seen fans acted so bad EVER!!! Booing wasn’t nothing compared to the ranting and screaming/booing Tennessee off the field as they left. After they beat us pretty convincing throughout the game. I had an elderly couple sitting by me that just kept apologizing to me. I was the only one in my group that was a Tennessee fan. As we left there was someone who threw a aguafina litter bottle from the second deck area. I was the only one in the area around me in orange. It was the most disgraceful and humiliating feeling I’ve ever had to handle.!!! CLOSE # 2.....Peyton losing the Heisman !!!

 

[rusty11]

This. Not only was it crushing in the moment, but looking at it in historical context, it could be argued that it was the moment Tennessee started its descent into the abyss.

It was our last chance to win another Natty. It was also before we really knew who Nick Saban was as well. I remember yelling at Stallworth with that cast on to get down when he caught that pass across the middle, but he tried for the extra yards and fumbled. We had so many chances to win that game and squandered them all. Meanwhile we hurt Rohan and this other dude named Mauck comes in and just runs QB draws up the middle.

 

[VolMack——————$]

Hands down worst sports moment was the 2001 SEC Championship game vs. LSU.

I still have nightmares of the name Rohan Davies.

That one really had a sting to it that’s for sure

 

[VolMack——————$]

As a follow-up question: when did you first feel numb to the football program?

Never...once a Vol always a VFL!!! I wouldn’t call it numb...I would call it putting life into perspective!

 

[Catbone]

2019 purdue

 

[Panthro]

As a follow-up question: when did you first feel numb to the football program?

It wasn’t until UK this year. Been watching every single Tennessee game since the early 90s, and this season is the first time I admitted to myself that it shouldn’t affect my life as much as it does.
Also, can you get on board with my claim of Super Bowl 50? I was so sure we’d win that one.

 

[VolMack——————$]

The day Pat Summitt stepped down.

You could roll that one all up in a nutshell...Cancer retirement and her passing

 

[jwilliams]

2001 SEC championship game loss

 

[Zues1]

Hiring a cornbread eating wise azz

 

[MR_VOL]

You could roll that one all up in a nutshell...Cancer retirement and her passing

I tried to keep it as positive as possible, but you are correct.