Greatest Upset Ever?
Is George Mason's shocking victory over UConn the greatest sports upset ever? That has been a theme thrown around lately since Mason won. I've been around since 1981, and I'm having a hard time thinking fo something bigger. Its definatly up there:
--NC State over Houston still might be the greatest NCAA upset ever
--Vilinova over Georgetown might be 1a to NC State's 1
--The New England Patriots over the St. Louis Rams has to be another shocker
--I think the Pistons over the Shaq/Kobe/Malone/Payton Lakers is in the conversation
--The San Jose Sharks over the Detroit Red Wings in I think 1994 was another one.
In terms of NCAA upsets, this might be the greatest. But NC State and Vilinova won their games for the actual championship. But Mason does not come from a big conference like the ACC or Big East, where State and Nove came from. But with Mason will now join those two teams as the greatest NCAA upsets ever.
All time sports upset, though? My vote still goes to the Jets over the Colts in Super Bowl III.
The Mason campus, for those who don't know, is as electric and as together as it has ever been. But in typical NoVa fashion, students were celebrating by driving around in their cars and honking our horns. Only in NOVA will people celebrate this win in their cars, because they STILL want to beat traffic.
What about the Miracle on Ice?
Posted by: CR UVa | March 26, 2006 at 11:20 PM
OF COURSE! Damn, completely forgot about that! Good call on that one.
Posted by: Chris | March 27, 2006 at 01:12 AM
And another biggie I forgot--when #8 Denver Nuggets took out the loaded Seattle SuperSonics. Who can forget Dikembe Mutumbo falling to the floor, clutching that ball.
Posted by: Chris | March 27, 2006 at 01:13 AM
Is everyone going to let Jim Nance and Billy Packer off the hook for their stupid comments on Selection Sunday regarding George Mason?
I hope that GM fans vocally and visually remind them of them at the Final Four.
Posted by: Daniel K | March 27, 2006 at 02:47 PM
Hey -
Don't forget that USC was favored by 2 TDs against Texas this year.
Also - Jets - Namath guarentees win
I wouldn't put the Patriots in there...the Rams were suspect on defense.
Nova was the biggest championship upset...but not as big as GMU or Charmonade.
Don't forget BC over Notre Dame
UVA over FSU
U of R over Syracuse
Posted by: Virginia Centrist | March 27, 2006 at 06:38 PM
One that I heard on the radio we can't forget:
Buster Douglas over Mike Tyson.
I was young then, be even I knew back then how destructive Tyson was. Nobody thought he would ever be beat, and this nobody put him down.
Posted by: Chris | March 27, 2006 at 10:35 PM