Biggest Sports Let-Downs of 2011
The Round Mound List of the worst, lamest fan disappointments from all sports in 2011. It's time to celebrate the least clutch moments, teams, games, players and events of 2011. We all remember the game-winners and epic runs, but now it's time to pay tribute to the top let-downs of the last year. It's the medias job to feed the excitement and fanaticism that comes with celebrating great sports moments, but often, our naivete gets the best of us and it blows up in everyone's face. It's not hard to think of examples: the Eagles assembling a "Dream Team" and then just painfully falling apart at the seams, for instance. The collapse of the Boston Red Socks making a run for the playoffs. Or the number one-seeded Spurs getting booted in the first round by a giant underdog team from Memphis. We love the hype, but then the time to step up comes around... and many teams and players come out looking like duds. Those are the moment's were trying to capture.
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- 1Up 349Down 93
“ Spending big money in the off-season and then mathematically eliminating themselves form the playoffs in week 4. „ - 2Up 417Down 139
“ The true value of a backup quarterback will be determined by the asking price of Andrew Luck. „ - 3Up 206Down 87
“ Demanding a new contract and holding out on an already shortened season really hurt his performance this year. „ - 4Up 251Down 120
National Basketball Association
“ The lockout took longer than anticipates and cost us at least 16 games for the upcoming season. Not to mention the utter sell-out of the dunk contest. „ - 5Up 167Down 88
“ Big hype from the articulate man led to a no-show for the 2011 season. „ - 6Up 166Down 88
“ Being up by nearly 50 games with about 9 games left in the seaon, the Red Sox managed to blow a lead so astronomically big it lead to the firing of Manager Terry Francona. „ - 7Up 96Down 47 added by: LizHuskeySimmons
- 8Up 201Down 121 “ Signing his second hundred million dollar deal and then getting hurt. Again. „
- 9Up 180Down 107 “ Asking for a meeting to speak to the Commissioner to discuss the rules and then stomping on an opponent doesn't quite show promise and sincerity. „
- 10Up 129Down 78 “ Bankrupting one of the most storied MLB franchises ever. Tsk tsk. „
- 11Up 152Down 106 “ Not two. Not three. Not four. Not five. Not six. Not seven. „
- 12Up 130Down 89 “ Injuries on top of more injuries he and the Blazers just can't catch a break. „
- 13Up 160Down 130 “ The comeback that was nearly 2 years in the making. Woods finally won a tourney in early December. „
- 14Up 125Down 100 “ Swept. Nuf said. „
- 15Up 8Down 1 added by: MickeyLamarKent“ After Drew Brees' record breaking season, the WhoDat couldn't pull it off in the divisionals due to turnovers. „
- 16Up 114Down 108 added by: Pallknowing1
- 17Up 82Down 83 “ Signing a big contract and then not showing up all season doesn't make the loyal Bulls fan happy. „
- 18Up 1Down 0 added by: KirkSaw“ CHOKE! And then riots in the city streets! „
- 19Up 1Down 1 added by: KirkSaw“ How do you not make the World Series with that pitching staff? „
- 20Up 1Down 1 added by: KirkSaw“ Spend a gazillion dollars and no ring! „
- 21Up 1Down 2 added by: KirkSaw“ How about actually fighting Manny Pacquiao? „
- 22Up 0Down 1 added by: KirkSaw“ Try actually going to a few games and buying a few shirts and keep your team. A second shot at NHL hockey blown by the city of Atlanta! „
- 23Up 69Down 80
University of Tennessee Football
added by: horsevol“ another 5 - 7 season with no bowl game „ - 24Up 1Down 3 added by: KirkSaw“ Miss the playoffs for a decade while making the most money in the league? And in a league where 16 of 30 make the playoffs-- not cool! „
- 25Up 71Down 86 “ Nothing out of the ordinary here. „
- 26Up 70Down 86 added by: pepdek“ Did a magic tick and disappeared in the playoffs. „
- 27Up 69Down 91 added by: MichaelDahms
- 28Up 61Down 83
UCLA Bruins Football
“ Coach Neuheisel making big bold statements early on and then getting blown out in their final few games. „ - 29Up 12Down 23 added by: maddog
- 30Up 78Down 109 added by: Pallknowing1
- 31Up 27Down 48
“ Click the image and watch the video... utter disappointment. He only runs about 5 races all year. SMH. „ - 32Up 57Down 91 “ Giving up 4 straight to Miami in the Eastern Conference Finals after sweeping the season series and not loosing consecutive games all year. „
- 33Up 118Down 175 “ Neck surgery kept the f*ture Hall of Famer sidelined causing his team to fatefully enter the "Suck for Luck" sweepstakes. „
- 34Up 38Down 70 added by: Pallknowing1
- 35Up 16Down 40
Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
“ Pre-season #3 and then finishing the year 17-9, and 5-6 in Big 12. „ - 36Up 19Down 47 “ Pre-season #2 and then finishing the year 14-10 and 6-6 in the Big Ten. „
- 37Up 26Down 58 “ Lockout: when we don't get our footy-football on time we get angry. You won't like us when were angry. „
- 38Up 23Down 56 “ Prone to injury, he missed most of the season and still took home a nice paycheck. „
- 39Up 21Down 53 “ Their aged showed after a blazing start to the season; everyone mailed it in during the 1st round against the Grizzlies. „
- 40Up 21Down 56 added by: Pallknowing1
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Biggest Sports Let-Downs of 2011 at 12/12/2011 12:21 PM