College football is only a month away, and as much as I love it, it's also full of heartache. ESPN is counting down the 50 Most Painful Outcomes in College Football History. The World Wide Leader is only up to 31, but the Jayhawks and Tigers have already made the list -- on opposite ends of the heartbreak scale.
Missouri played heartbreaker, beating the Iowa State Cyclones in Ames on
November 27, 2004. Missouri played spoiler, intercepting a pass in the
end zone and beating the Cyclones 17-14 in overtime -- a loss that kept
I-State out of the Big 12 championship game. I witnessed it. Just seeing
the photo on ESPN still hurts.
The Jayhawks' New Year's Day 1969 loss to Penn State in the
Orange Bowl ranked No. 40. The Nittany Lions trailed 14-7 int he final
minute, blocked a punt, complete a 47-yard pass to Kansas 3-yard line
and the Lions' QB ran it in. Trailing by one, Joe Pa decided to go for
two. The Jayhawks stuffed them but were penalized for having 12 men on
the field. Ugh. Given the second chance, the Nittany Lions scored on a
sweep for the 15-14 victory. That has to hurt.
Can't wait for college football to break my heart again.
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Figured that the jayhawks game would involve them cheating....it is just what they do!!!
@Eric, good catch. I didn't notice that they'd gotten down to 21. Didn't mean to exclude the Cats.
You know there are a lot of K-State fans around here:
Number 21:
Dec. 5, 1998: After decades as a downtrodden program, the unbeaten Wildcats rose to No. 2 when they faced an injury-depleted Aggies team in the Big 12 title game. A victory would secure K-State's place opposite Tennessee in the Fiesta Bowl to play for a national title -- and with a 27-12 lead in the fourth quarter, that seemed assured. But A&M rallied, tying the game on a two-point conversion with 1:05 left, then winning in double overtime. Kansas State had never before come that close to the ultimate prize, and hasn't since.
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