Today got me reflecting on this, mainly because I have not had many positive moments as a fan.
5. 2004-2005 ISU Football: ISU failed to qualify for the Big XII Championship Game two years in a row because of missed fields and interceptions in the end zone. The first time hurt, the second time was brutal.
4. 2011 Bears Football: The Chicago Bears had a home game against their arch rival Green Bay Packers for a trip to the Super Bowl. Needless to say their starting quarterback sucked, got hurt and a rally by their third stringer Caleb Hanie came up 20 yards short. Nothing is worse than losing to the Packers.
3. 2001 Cyclone Basketball: ISU inexplicably lost as a #2 seed to #15 seed Hampton in the NCAA tournament. The television in my bedroom took a beating after this one.
2. 2000 Cyclone Basketball: One victory away from the Final Four, Iowa State got hosed in a game that was as close to a home game that one can get in the NCAA tournament. It was basically the title game in seeding that has since been corrected by the NCAA.
1. 2003 Cubs Baseball: You all know where this is going so I don't feel the need to explain. The worst part was it taking a week and a half of my life to happen.
Honorable Mention:
2007-2008 Cubs: Two playoff appearances, zero wins
2002 Iowa State Football: Iowa State got up to #9 in the country with a 6-1 record including a near victory at Arrowhead Stadium against #2 Florida State the very first game of the year. I still swear Seneca was in. Anyway, the Cyclones finished at 7-7 after a loss to Boise State in the Humanitarian Bowl.
2006 Chicago Bears: Losing in the Super Bowl was the closest I have come to seeing one of my teams winning the "big one".
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