Biggest Sports Upset Ever?

or the up set of the red sox winning straight games in the 04 alcs when they were already 3 games to none to the new york yankees.

Go check the gold medal game in the 1972 Olympics, USSR vs USA in basketball.

Well I'm just looking at team sports, and i think i listed 5 pretty huge ones, feel free to list others that are greater.

uh i don't believe USC lost to a 1AA team last year...

Montana St beat Colorado last year...

ok, they lost to one of the smaller D-I schools. Still, this is the best of the best of 1-AA football. Upsets happen. This is not even close to a top 10:

In no particular order, here are at least 10 bigger upsets:

• Miracle on Ice
• SB III (Jets over Colts)
• SB 36 (Pats beat the greatest show on turf)
• Georgetown over Villanova
• George Mason over Duke
• Tiger's first Masters
• 1983 NC State over Houston
• Texas over USC
• Diamondbacks win WS over Yankees
• Game 5 of 2007 Eastern Conference Finals (LeBron downs the Pistons)
• 1928 Notre Dame over Army
• 2004 Red Sox over Yankees
• Music City Miracle
• Boise Sate over Oklahoma

And I'm sure I'm missing a lot of other better upsets

WHen you give examples like D-Backs over Yankees, Super Bowl XXXVI and Texas over USC, you lose the little credibility you are hanging onto, FP...

I won money on each of those events back when I was a fearless gambler...

UPSET isn't the same thing as "Surprising"

none of those teams were favored, and all happened in much bigger situations than the regular season opener.

I already said miracle on ice was bigger. that being said every other one of those on your list i disagree with except maybe red sox over yankees which is hard to compare because it was a series versus one game. think about this for a second Appalachian state is quite literally not even in Michigan's League. To me this victory would be like if a AAA team won a series versus a playoff baseball team to knock out that team from the playoffs. You might as well consider this one a playoff game for Michigan because they will now need to win every other game if not win them convincingly just to have a chance to get to a bcs bowl game.

Question - does games against non-IA teams even matter to BCS computers? I know it will resonate with voters, but I thought these games were like "exhibitions" to the BCS... if I'm wrong, it's not the first time...

george mason didnt play duke. they beat UCONN. Duke lost to LSU that year in the tournament.

your telling me that a young, black golfer with practically no experience in one of the most racist golf clubs in the country winning the most prestigous tournament in golf isn't bigger? Your telling me a bunch of NFL journeymen, lead by a QB that was never a true starter in college, and that was a 6th round rookie beating the team of the time to win a superbowl isn't bigger? You're telling me an 11 seed knocking off the top team in the tournament isn't bigger? Your telling me that the game known for the "Win one for the gipper" speach over Army in their period of strenght isn't bigger? Your telling me that a team from Idaho beating a BCS team in a BCS Bowl isn't bigger? YOur telling me that beating thhe best team in baseball after facing a 3-0 deficit isn't bigger? You're telling me that a inferior team from an inferior league facing the best of the best and winning isn't bigger? Your telling me that Jimmy V's upset to win the NCAA Tournament over houston isn't bigger? Your telling me that essentially a one trick pony beating a team that was considered one of the best CFB teams ever isn't bigger? YOu're telling me in an era of Baseball where small markets can't compete as well against big markets, one of the lowest budget teams beating the biggest budget team in the league isn't bigger? You're telling me that when essentially shut down for most of a game that would send them home in a 4-1 series win over the best of the east, and ONE GUY erasing a deficit with no real help around him isn't a bigger upset? Is this some kind of a joke or am I just crazy?

I believe that is what he is telling you.

and yes to all, I meant UCONN, not DUKE. I regret the error

size of the college has nothing to do with it, or Michigan would win every year... It's all about the program, not the student body.

You're missing my point, Manny. I'm not talking about enrollment. Michigan invests buukoo bucks into their football program. They underestimated AP State. They brought their A-game and stuck it to the Wolverines in "The Big House."

These kids don't get this type of opportunity to play D-1 schools every week. In fact, they don't play at a D-1 school.

This was a big time football school against 1-AA school. Michigan should have never lost control of that game.

Did anyone notice who App State's opponent is next week?

Lenoir-Rhyne ...

Wonder what that coaching staff is thinking.

I hear what you're saying, but when talking 17-22 year old kids (Yes, I am officially old now), is there REALLY that big of difference talent-wise across the board?

I took my son to a sports bar with intentions of watching the Rays-Yankees game but forgot it was a YES-dictatored game, so we ended up watching the Mich St and Mich games with 200 drunk idiots. It was fun! Every play SOMEONE was cheering raucously... my little man likes football more than I do now!

Sure Michigan has more depth, but it's Sept. 1st, if these teams played in November, after the fine tuning and fire testing of the season, after injuries to key players, nicks and bruises, grinding of the season, Michigan's depth would prevail and it wouldn't have been close.

But this was A State's Super Bowl, Olympics and World Series wrapped into one... They were FAST (that was thing that stood out to me), they came VERY prepared and nothing to lose so they wanted it BADLY! They kicked the crowd in the groin, made Mich doubt itself and they earned it and they deserved it...

Kicking the FG on first down was kinda weird with 30+ seconds left.

I had Michigan winning it all, but I LOVE these types of 'WOW!" games

Your wife must be pissed off at you for taking the kids to a sports bar. On the other hand, that probably qualifies you as "super cool" dad...

in that list do you mean George Mason over UConn, because i dont think they played Duke. Duke lost to LSU.

I would say #1 is the oldest of them all - David v. Goliath. Come on - Anytime a little Jew beats anyone fairly in a fight, it's big news. But he beat an undefeated Philistine GIANT! And set the table for these analogies to be made...

that wasn't a team sport though. lol

Well to be fair wasn't God kind of on David's side that day making it a "team" sport..... ?

Well, technically, GOD was on Goliath's side too... but also, it was army v. army but they decided to let the best of each army battle it out man to man...

The Philistines had an ace up their sleeve.

According to King James' finest translators a guy from Gath named Goliath, who was an uncircumcised Philistine of six cubits and a span tall (around 9 feet) was a champion who whooped the shit (my word, not theirs) out of a lot of challengers before facing up the Jews that day.

Of course, David kind of cheated the rules of the fight by using a projectile (a rock that the Lord provided unto him) and not the sword or spear he was given.

Let it be known that David didn't kill him with a stone. He only Debo'd him - (knocked him the eph out) by hitting him in the gourd where he wasn't protected by a brass helmet (it was more likely just copper or some other simple alloy since brass wasn't made until after Jesus was long gone) and his hundreds of pounds of armor (Leather and hides at best).

After he was knocked out, David beheaded Goliath with his the Philistine's own sword, even though it also states that GOD's command was to NOT use a sword at all - THAT little mess up (among others) came back to bite David in the arse...

The Philistines ran and hid like Michigan's boosters are today and the Jews lived happily ever after! Umm... well... the Bible isn't much for fairy tale endings (ever read Revelations?)

Lets not forget how big every game in college football is... michigans title hopes are basically over now.

The Wolverines are also on a 3 game losing streak, with each loss being more disheartening than the one before.

Is Lloyd Carr in a bit of trouble here?

That's a good point i suppose i should have said American sports... there are most assuredly a league two team or something like that in england to have beaten a premiership team in the FA cup, however i wasn't really thinking of international sports.

I honestly believe that may be it for Mr. Carr. They haven't won a bowl game in 4 years, and now this.

Since 2000, the word EVER means "anything this week"

The assistant coaches for the New England Patriots must be giddy right now.

I disagree there. It's the last 4 years haven't been great.