Aggie Dad 26 said:

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Auburn 24' broke me. So I'm going with that one. It basically told me that Elko was no different than every coach and or team since 1940

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That game is definitely top 3 on the "most disappointing" list for me. All we had to do was win that game, and we'd be playing for an SEC title regardless if we beat sips or not. Damn it hurts to think about.

AggieNattie said:

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Aggie Dad 26 said:

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Auburn 24' broke me. So I'm going with that one. It basically told me that Elko was no different than every coach and or team since 1940

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That game is definitely top 3 on the "most disappointing" list for me. All we had to do was win that game, and we'd be playing for an SEC title regardless if we beat sips or not. Damn it hurts to think about.

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No worries, Marcel Reed, is gaining weight

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NyAggie said:

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1995 Colorado
That was supposed to be "the year" and we let a backup qb torch us after we knocked out the starter

1991 Tulsa: kept us from an undefeated regular season and a chance to play for a natty

Auburn game this past season

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Attended that Colorado game, still stings.

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I threw a chair off my balcony after that game

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Agree with Colorado 1995 and Oklahoma State 2011. In 1995 I truly believed we were going to play for and win a national title. And then we let the massive disappointment in Boulder beat us again a week later on the Plains at Tech. I also agree with Arkansas 1975, probably has to be the most disappointing loss in A&M football history, but I was 8 and not a college football fan at the time.

It's the games with the most on the line or the biggest match-ups that I tend to get most worked up over. 0-77 sucked ass, yes, but that game was so easy for me to forget. We had absolutely nothing that day. We weren't winning even with two more days worth of game to play.

One game that comes to mind is LSU 2021, when we lost on a last second TD pass by Max Johnson, who played for us the next year or two. And that came after a turnover was not awarded even though everyone saw it, the turnover would have sealed the game right there and no swamp kitty miracle.

I also note some disappointment in typical TexAg'ism, as there has been no mention of 2022's Appalachian State debacle.

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2011 ok st does t even register for me because that season ended up sucking

The ones that sting for me are the ones where we actually would have achieved something significant had we won

As I thought about an answer, it came to me that the MOST disappointing aspect to this thread is how many worthy "nominees" we have. Like many of you, I was at the UCLA game and it might take the cake, but it's not without other competitive failures. Ugh!!

Cinco Ranch Aggie brings up a good tangential thread to this game. The most bitter games that were stolen from us. The 2021 LSU game would be a great place to start, and there are many more where that came from (unfortunately).

'95 Colorado next is not even close

I think about the '12 Florida and LSU games because I feel like we were so good that year it would have been exciting to play for a SEC championship and possibly more. It doesn't hurt as much because of Johnny Football's magical year and zero expectations heading into the season.

Reno Hightower said:

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The day Todd Blythe ruled the world 10/29/05. The 42-14 loss to ISU

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I immediately thought of this one. Was in the student section.

I was at that Army game as a HS student attending a recruitment event. Didn't bleed Maroon yet so wasn't that big a deal.

Among those not mentioned, 1974 loss to tu in Austin. Emory's 3rd year and we had begun to make some noise. Couldn't hold on to the ball on a wet coldazz day and only managed 3 points.

1977 loss to tu at home. 1st year of Mack1 and he had the sense to put Earl as an I-back. Robert Jackson smothered him in '76 in Austin for our first W there in forever. But on that day, he ran wild as they smoked us 57-28.

2008 KSU at home. Got way behind early at first game I could attend in a while. Kept coming back but couldn't overcome late turnovers.

1976 game vs cougar high at Rice Stadium. 1st SWC against us. They made 3 early WTH long TDs and made it stand up. I was there. Uggh. We were the best team in football by the end of the year as we gelled soon after and boat raced everyone including shellacking UF in the Sun Bowl where the odds had been about even IIRC.

Not sure of the year, but cougar high midnight game in the dome.

Any of a dozen give or take outscorings against Tceh but mostly when shorty LB had the pick-6 and when we wasted 7 TD passes by Dustin Long and fell by 1 point... at home.

Thanks y'all, I WAS having a good day. ; )

For me it was the 23-22 loss to Arky in 1989 at home. We stopped them on 4th down until terrible PI call against Larry Horton. Was only loss at home I observed during my student years.

Now that it what I call a typical "Aggie Curse Game."

Now it's encouraged for student athletes to make money and boy has college football gone to hell

Ag in ATL said:

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I was at that Army game as a HS student attending a recruitment event. Didn't bleed Maroon yet so wasn't that big a deal.

Among those not mentioned, 1974 loss to tu in Austin. Emory's 3rd year and we had begun to make some noise. Couldn't hold on to the ball on a wet coldazz day and only managed 3 points.

1977 loss to tu at home. 1st year of Mack1 and he had the sense to put Earl as an I-back. Robert Jackson smothered him in '76 in Austin for our first W there in forever. But on that day, he ran wild as they smoked us 57-28.

2008 KSU at home. Got way behind early at first game I could attend in a while. Kept coming back but couldn't overcome late turnovers.

1976 game vs cougar high at Rice Stadium. 1st SWC against us. They made 3 early WTH long TDs and made it stand up. I was there. Uggh. We were the best team in football by the end of the year as we gelled soon after and boat raced everyone including shellacking UF in the Sun Bowl where the odds had been about even IIRC.

Not sure of the year, but cougar high midnight game in the dome.

Any of a dozen give or take outscorings against Tceh but mostly when shorty LB had the pick-6 and when we wasted 7 TD passes by Dustin Long and fell by 1 point... at home.

Thanks y'all, I WAS having a good day. ; )

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Man that 2008 KSU game was rough. I completely forgot about that one.

rootube said:

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Ag in ATL said:

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I was at that Army game as a HS student attending a recruitment event. Didn't bleed Maroon yet so wasn't that big a deal.

Among those not mentioned, 1974 loss to tu in Austin. Emory's 3rd year and we had begun to make some noise. Couldn't hold on to the ball on a wet coldazz day and only managed 3 points.

1977 loss to tu at home. 1st year of Mack1 and he had the sense to put Earl as an I-back. Robert Jackson smothered him in '76 in Austin for our first W there in forever. But on that day, he ran wild as they smoked us 57-28.

2008 KSU at home. Got way behind early at first game I could attend in a while. Kept coming back but couldn't overcome late turnovers.

1976 game vs cougar high at Rice Stadium. 1st SWC against us. They made 3 early WTH long TDs and made it stand up. I was there. Uggh. We were the best team in football by the end of the year as we gelled soon after and boat raced everyone including shellacking UF in the Sun Bowl where the odds had been about even IIRC.

Not sure of the year, but cougar high midnight game in the dome.

Any of a dozen give or take outscorings against Tceh but mostly when shorty LB had the pick-6 and when we wasted 7 TD passes by Dustin Long and fell by 1 point... at home.

Thanks y'all, I WAS having a good day. ; )

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Man that 2008 KSU game was rough. I completely forgot about that one.

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Was that the one where we went to 4 overtimes in Manhattan? Or am I recalling another year?

Disappointing?
t.u. In 2011 as we were leaving BigXII, and joining SEC

This thread is like asking for a kick to the nuts.

AggieNattie said:

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rootube said:

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Ag in ATL said:

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I was at that Army game as a HS student attending a recruitment event. Didn't bleed Maroon yet so wasn't that big a deal.

Among those not mentioned, 1974 loss to tu in Austin. Emory's 3rd year and we had begun to make some noise. Couldn't hold on to the ball on a wet coldazz day and only managed 3 points.

1977 loss to tu at home. 1st year of Mack1 and he had the sense to put Earl as an I-back. Robert Jackson smothered him in '76 in Austin for our first W there in forever. But on that day, he ran wild as they smoked us 57-28.

2008 KSU at home. Got way behind early at first game I could attend in a while. Kept coming back but couldn't overcome late turnovers.

1976 game vs cougar high at Rice Stadium. 1st SWC against us. They made 3 early WTH long TDs and made it stand up. I was there. Uggh. We were the best team in football by the end of the year as we gelled soon after and boat raced everyone including shellacking UF in the Sun Bowl where the odds had been about even IIRC.

Not sure of the year, but cougar high midnight game in the dome.

Any of a dozen give or take outscorings against Tceh but mostly when shorty LB had the pick-6 and when we wasted 7 TD passes by Dustin Long and fell by 1 point... at home.

Thanks y'all, I WAS having a good day. ; )

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Man that 2008 KSU game was rough. I completely forgot about that one.

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Was that the one where we went to 4 overtimes in Manhattan? Or am I recalling another year?

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2011 was the 4OT game. Don't remember anything special about the 08 game other than being another loss in Sherman's craptastic first season.

How about the ULL loss at Cajun Field in the early 90's?

How about when we lost to ND in the Cotton Bowl to keep us from going undefeated in 92'. I think one Jerome Bettis kicked our asses all day with 3 touchdowns.

1. tu 2024 (squandered redemption for #2 and finished off an embarrassing end of the season)
2. tu 2011 (obvious)
3. OkSt 2011 (first super disappointing home loss as a student after a really fun 2010)
4. UCLA...
5. Auburn 2024 (as someone else said, proved that the early Elko hype was overblown)
6. App State 2022 (shocked nobody has mentioned this)

JWinTX said:

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77-0 was the ultimate embarrassment, as OU literally could've scored 100+ without even trying hard that day. IN the 4th quarter, after yet another fumble by A&M, the Sooners had the ball on like the 5 yard line and Stoops decided to not score. So on first down, their 3rd or 4th string QB took a knee. But that looked terrible too, so he then just ordered the running back to dive into the fetal position after getting the ball from the QB on the next three downs, which of course, would finish with Johnny Jolly acting like we made some spectacular stop as he touched the RB on the ground. The single worst defeat I've ever seen a power team put on another power team that late in a season.

The 1995 loss to Colorado is brought up a lot, but the Slocum offense and the SWC competition was never going to lift the program past the tope programs that year. Nebraska in 1995 is possibly the greatest CFB team ever, based on how they played that season and killed everyone they played, including that same Colorado team that finished 5th. Nebraska, Florida, Tennessee, FSU, and Colorado were all way better teams.

So, to me, the most disappointing loss I saw from an A&M team was the LSU loss in 2012 at home. If you win this game, with Johnny Football and his Heisman season, A&M makes the national title game and probably cooks Notre Dame in the final. But missing XP's and FGs killed any chance that day of beating the Swamp Kittens.

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The only thing that I would add to this:

The '95 Colorado loss was the most crushing because of the high expectations going into the game/season. Whereas 2012 LSU was only the most disappointing in hindsight. We didnt know just how high Johnny could take us. He got better every game and peaked at the end of the season. It wasnt until late in the season that we realized the LSU game cost us the championship.

monarch said:

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How about the ULL loss at Cajun Field in the early 90's?

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Tupac died in 1996, so mid to late 90's.

2011 broke me, spiritually. It was my senior year and we lost game after game, being ahead in nearly all of them.

Last season's loss to the horns

Some honorable mentions:

1996 byu game: defense couldn't stop sarkisian

1996 kst game: kept shooting ourselves in the foot , stopped at the goal line right before half, if I remember correctly

FalconUnoSeis said:

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1. tu 2024 (squandered redemption for #2 and finished off an embarrassing end of the season)
2. tu 2011 (obvious)
3. OkSt 2011 (first super disappointing home loss as a student after a really fun 2010)
4. UCLA...
5. Auburn 2024 (as someone else said, proved that the early Elko hype was overblown)
6. App State 2022 (shocked nobody has mentioned this)

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App St was a big WTF at the time, but considering we would go on to lose 6 conference games in a row that season, it really doesn't matter that much in the grand scheme of things.

man where to begin

Soooooooooooo many options.

most embarrassing ucla comeback or OU 77-0

most disappointing

texas 2011
tulsa 1991
arky 1975

2024 against sip

Couldn't get an inch of movement on the los from our o line & our genius decision makers kept sending the ball up the middle on 4th & 1

List eater game…over before half time.
Fran's time had so many disappointing games

Too many to count.

But for me, I still remember 2006 last second loss to Tech at home.

I think it was Graham Harrell. We were up with 27 seconds left but he threw a TD on 4th down.

Gut wrenching because that was the era of Mike Leach owning us.

For me, the one that stands out quickly is the 98 Kickoff Classic, 14-23 loss to FSU in the Meadow lands; mostly because that's the farthest I've traveled to see any sporting event. Just so much planning, cost, time etc, to get bummed with a loss. That's what stands out to me.

I've become numb to losses at Kyle Field or on TV, because I don't have to invest as much into those.

One not mentioned that will sound weird at first: 2000 against ou.

It was the epitome of Aggie sports - we played above our heads and had every opportunity to win against the #1 team in the country. But, in typical fashion, Slocum decided to quit doing what was working and we failed to score from the 3 yard line on 3 plays IIRC because instead of using the bigass running back named Jamaar Toombs who had run all over Oklahoma that day and had something like a 5 or 6 yard average, Toombs was on the bench and watched with the rest of us as we ran 3 garbage plays and didn't score.

Our defense gave up 22 freaking points in the 4th quarter that game because we, again in typical fashion, played not to lose after going into the 4th leading 24-13.

It was deflating because we literally snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

'98 against tu in Austin is another one. Should have, could have. But didn't.

Principal Uncertainty said:

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For me, the one that stands out quickly is the 98 Kickoff Classic, 14-23 loss to FSU in the Meadow lands; mostly because that's the farthest I've traveled to see any sporting event. Just so much planning, cost, time etc, to get bummed with a loss. That's what stands out to me.

I've become numb to losses at Kyle Field or on TV, because I don't have to invest as much into those.

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This was one that came to mind as well.

Also 2000 against Notre Dame in South Bend. We played like we were just happy to be there and let the Irish beat us. It was a standard RC against good competition type of game.

Most disappointing losses
1. @UCLA 2017: we squandered a 44-10 lead with 4:08 left in the 3rd quarter

2. Texas 2024: we scored 0 offensive points against our biggest rival at home with our first SEC Championship Game appearance on the line

3. Texas 2011: we blew a 16-7 halftime lead at home

4. @Auburn 2024: losing a very winnable road game costed us our first SEC Championship Game appearance more than understandable loses to South Carolina (away) and Texas (home)

5. App State 2022: we paid $1.5 million only to lose this game with a "historic" recruiting class.

6. @Auburn 2018: blew a 24-14 lead with 5:14 left; costed us a 9-3 (6-2 SEC) regular season record, a NY6 bowl appearance, and a 10-win season

7. @Auburn 2022: matchup between 2 teams with identical 3-6 overall records, 1-5 SEC records, and 5-game losing streaks; Jimbo lost to interim head coach Cadillac Williams, who was only on his 2nd game. That road loss extended our losing streak to 6 games and our road losing streak to 6 games and knocked us out of bowl eligibility. Both teams finished 5-7 and 2-6 in SEC play.

8. Ole Miss 2016: we blew a 21-6 lead at the beginning of the 4th quarter; cost us a NY6 bowl appearance. Also, it is the most inexcusable home loss of the Kevin Sumlin era because Ole Miss got embarrassed 38-17 at Vanderbilt a week later and finished 5-7 (2-6 SEC).

9. @Mississippi State 2016: we were 7-1 (4-1 SEC) and ranked No. 4 in the first CFP rankings and Mississippi State was 3-5 (1-3 SEC) at the time and finished 5-7 (3-5 SEC) in the regular season. Yet, we lost 35-28.

10. Auburn 2013: blew a 34-24 lead with 14:17 left at home; Yes, Auburn went on to win the SEC Championship and play in the BCS National Championship loss, but that home loss costed us a 9-3 (5-3 SEC) regular season record and a 10-win season.

Thinking on this one some more, I'm just going to add that the Tech loss in 1995 was devastating. Losing at Colorado, then going undefeated would've kept us in the Top 5-7, at worst. But losing at Tech, in the most mundane of boring-ass RC offense that could be run against a far inferior defense, turns into the Pick 6 by Zach Thomas, and then leads to a very disappointing season. Both Tech and Texas pass us by in the years ahead. OU eventually hires Stoops and they blow by everyone in the Big 12.

That game was where it really fell apart. The CU loss was tough, but they were damn good and it was in Boulder. Nobody thought that was a bad loss. EVERYONE knew that the Tech loss was beyond awful for a title contender. That thing hung over the program for two years, if not more.