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Best, most improbable sports comebacks
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1991 Snooker Master final. Hendry vs. Hallett. Hendry was down 7-0 and 8-2 but won 9-8.
Also, this happened couple weeks ago here in our highest football league. Pretty meaningless in terms of international impact, but still crazy to see:
Also, this happened couple weeks ago here in our highest football league. Pretty meaningless in terms of international impact, but still crazy to see:
Michigan State came back from 35 points down 5 minutes into the 3rd quarter to win 41-38. It's the biggest comeback in D1 football history. (wiki)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4W5O7w1Bj0
Hell, the 20 point comeback against Baylor in the Cotton Bowl this year was pretty damn awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWc1sr4e-Q8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4W5O7w1Bj0
Hell, the 20 point comeback against Baylor in the Cotton Bowl this year was pretty damn awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWc1sr4e-Q8
Giant Robot
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The LA Kings down 3-0 against the SJ Sharks in the first round of the 2013-2014 NHL Playoffs. With their backs against the wall in every game they come back and beat the Sharks 4 games straight AND then went on to win the Stanley Cup...
jfoul
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This went into the record books as the biggest comeback by a visiting team in NFL history.
2014: Browns vs. Titans
"The Browns looked to be down and out before pulling off an improbable, 25-point comeback to defeat the Titans in Week 5."
2014: Browns vs. Titans
"The Browns looked to be down and out before pulling off an improbable, 25-point comeback to defeat the Titans in Week 5."
Newcastle 4 - Arsenal 4. Newcastle came back from 4-0 down to tie the game at 4-4 with a spectacular fourth goal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d35TNwlhmcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d35TNwlhmcc
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Ace Harding
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Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
The Habs playoff run in 2010 vs the Penguins and the Caps was pretty impressive. Down 3-1 vs Pens in the series if I remember right.
sooperkool
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I almost forgot, The Choke at Doak
The Choke at Doak was a 1994 college football game between the Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles. The game is one of the most memorable in the heated Florida–Florida State rivalry and tied the NCAA record for the biggest fourth-quarter comeback.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choke_at_Doak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U14orBc2xws
90's CFB was a great time.
The Choke at Doak was a 1994 college football game between the Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles. The game is one of the most memorable in the heated Florida–Florida State rivalry and tied the NCAA record for the biggest fourth-quarter comeback.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choke_at_Doak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U14orBc2xws
90's CFB was a great time.
JinjoUnchained
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For me personally? Either Game 7 of the 2000 NBA Western Conference Finals or Game 7 the 2010 NBA Finals. I can't pick one, they're both equally sweet. Do we go with 2000, with the Lakers on the verge of an epic choke job, down 15 in the fourth quarter at home and about to blow a 3-1 lead and likely championship to the rival Trail Blazers? Or 2010, with the Lakers down 13 in the second half, Kobe and Pau running on fumes, and a mere 12 minutes away from watching our biggest rival, the Boston Celtics, celebrate a championship on our court? In both games, the Lakers strangled the other side on D and out-executed them down the stretch for narrow, improbable comebacks that would have destroyed the fan base if we didn't pull them off. So many memories: Kobe to Shaq for the alley oop, Artest's dagger 3, and, best of all, shattering the fake tough guy personae of the Blazers and Celtics as they went soft and melted down under pressure. There will never be a comeback sweeter than those two.
tell yourself.
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im so glad i didnt watch that full game, i saw the last 5 minutes and just laughed maniacally
The LA Kings down 3-0 against the SJ Sharks in the first round of the 2013-2014 NHL Playoffs. With their backs against the wall in every game they come back and beat the Sharks 4 games straight AND then went on to win the Stanley Cup...
There it is
perfectchaos007
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Baylors kicker is still lying on the field
Another goodie that isn't necessarily the greatest since it's only regular season, but would have to rate fairly high in the "improbable" scale.
Lakers rally from 27 down at the start of the 4th quarter.
Lakers rally from 27 down at the start of the 4th quarter.
I was in Maple Leaf Square with thousands of people. I've never felt so dead inside.
Purple Cheeto
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The 2001 Cleveland Indians improbably comeback over the Mariners.
USC vs Notre Dame 4th and 9
Also maybe not the most impressive but the Anthony Davis game vs Notre Dame:
USC vs Notre Dame 4th and 9
Also maybe not the most impressive but the Anthony Davis game vs Notre Dame:
professor_t
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This (though it was in 1993, not 91).
Biggest comeback in NFL history. The Bills were down 35-3 in the 3rd quarter.
It happened in the playoffs.
The comeback was led by the Bills second string QB, who was in replacing a Hall of Fame QB.
Talk about improbable . . .
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The LA Kings down 3-0 against the SJ Sharks in the first round of the 2013-2014 NHL Playoffs. With their backs against the wall in every game they come back and beat the Sharks 4 games straight AND then went on to win the Stanley Cup...
Eh, No Joe Thornton led team is winning anything. Big deal.
twentytwo22
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As a Jazz fan, one of my favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXLz-a26oPc
Paul Millsap scores 11 points in under 30 seconds, including three three-pointers in a row (a shot he had never shot on purpose in an NBA game before this night) and an incredible put-back to force overtime against the Heatles, and the Jazz were able to pull it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXLz-a26oPc
Paul Millsap scores 11 points in under 30 seconds, including three three-pointers in a row (a shot he had never shot on purpose in an NBA game before this night) and an incredible put-back to force overtime against the Heatles, and the Jazz were able to pull it out.
Woo! You're the first Jazz fan I know of on GAF, other than myself.
Thank you. The victory against Baylor was the sweetest. To shut them up...man, that was great.
sooperkool
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Except for they were warned because.....
As the backup quarterback for the Maryland Terrapins, Reich replaced starter Stan Gelbaugh on Nov. 10, 1984, and led the Terrapins back from a first-half deficit of 31–0 to a 42–40 victory over the previously unbeaten Miami Hurricanes under Bernie Kosar.
And we're talking about The U of the 80's. They were damn near invincible.
JinjoUnchained
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On second thought, if we're talking about improbable comebacks, it would probably have to be Floyd Landis in the 2006 Tour de France.
To name something not mentioned, Jason Lezak's last of the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympics was pretty neat to see live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxy920Nd7yY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxy920Nd7yY
The Albatross
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Key home run in a key spot, but this was not an improbable comeback... Considering it's the winningest franchise in MLB history vs. a team that had been marked for 85 years of losing. The Red Sox coming back from a 3 - 0 series deficit for, what, the first time ever to best the World Champion Yankees... Well, now, that's an improbable comeback. Hell, not even just for baseball, if I remember correctly, only one other team in major US Sports history had come back from an 0 - 3 deficit in a best of 7 series, I think a hockey team in the 60s.
Brady's Super Bowl comeback down 10 pretty insane. Colts 2006 comeback against New England in the AFC championship game, down what... 24 - 7 at the half after having one of the worst halves in football, only to have that monumental comeback and the Belichick opts to go for it in his own side of the field with ~3 minutes left. Manning leads them to victory, Colts go onto win their Super Bowl... That's a pretty good comeback.
Obviously, i have a bias for comebacks in major spots. There have been bigger, more improbable comebacks in regular season games, but the playoff or championship game comeback has some merit.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d801338b3/Bears-24-Cardinals-23
One of my favorite Bears games of all time. It was looking so bad. We had the worst offense but our defense and special teams were amazing. Gets my blood pumping everytime I watch it.
One of my favorite Bears games of all time. It was looking so bad. We had the worst offense but our defense and special teams were amazing. Gets my blood pumping everytime I watch it.
karmaforgotme
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I think one of the greatest endings to a NFL game (along with the immaculate reception) was the Music City Miracle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfz4JViRkoA
Greatest in college football? The famous Cal game with the band on the field.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZCCAqoSwY
I guess more of greatest endings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfz4JViRkoA
Greatest in college football? The famous Cal game with the band on the field.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZCCAqoSwY
I guess more of greatest endings.
The Albatross
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Honestly the Michael Vick comeback against the NY Giants is still one of the coolest sporting events I've ever seen. 4 touchdowns in 8 minutes, with the final play being about as exciting as you could imagine.
Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDTKfhGYwrU
The aggression they spiked the balls with was hilarious.
That's amazing, forgot about that game. A buddy of mine was up by like 55 something points in Fantasy Football that day going into the 4th quarter, and his opponent had Vick, Celek, and Eagles defense... And the 3 of them put up 60 points in 8 minutes. It was brutally amazing.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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Another hockey one on an improbably individual effort: Mario Lemieux
• Sat out almost 1/3rd of games in the middle of the season due to cancer treatment
• After the cancer treatment, he led the Penguins on some crazy winning streak to the Playoffs when many thought they couldn't reach it
• Led the regular season in points despite missing 1/3rd of a season
• Sat out almost 1/3rd of games in the middle of the season due to cancer treatment
• After the cancer treatment, he led the Penguins on some crazy winning streak to the Playoffs when many thought they couldn't reach it
• Led the regular season in points despite missing 1/3rd of a season
parries, not blocks. Because blocking would have meant he lost. He had so little life left that chip damage from a block would have killed him.
To block, you hold back. To parry, you tap forward just as the move hits. The move hits like 14 times.
On the final hit, he jumps into the air, and parries, which gives him a buff that will make his next attack just strong enough to drain his opponent's life completely.
It was nuts.
Still not in the same league. Keep holding that L.
That wasn't improbable, it was an inevitability. Diago was just waiting for him to do it.
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