Your Worst Sports Predictions?

[justgladtobehere]

My Dad, in the seventh inning/late third quarter of more than a few games he took me to as a kid: "this one's over, let's beat the traffic." I remember watching the Falcons' Hail Mary to beat the hated Niners in 1983 from my couch, after we had been at the game.

My father took me and my brother to a Boston Breakers game at BU. It was pouring rain and I wanted to leave in the fourth quarter when the Breakers we're down and weren't doing anything. Breakers end up winning on a last second touchdown right in front of our seats.

 

[Webster]

I thought Tate George would be an all star, Kobe was going to be a bust after his rookie year and Chris Paul's ceiling was average starter.

 

[Driftwood]

After '94, the U.S. will have a solid showing in the '98 World Cup.

 

[qtlaw]

One Sunday, it was 1996 I think, baseball day (free Giants baseballs!) at Candlestick Giants v. Braves (w/Deion in LF); Braves are up about 11-0 in the sunshine (true story) around the 6th inning and my buddy and I decide to cut out to make the Sunday run at the gym thinking the Giants are toast. Before we leave, someone starts it by throwing his ball at Deion, sure enough an avalanche of balls starts raining in LF. On the Sunday news, we see that the Giants came back and won something like 14-11. At least we won at the gym and stayed winners on the court for most of the night....

 

[bigpern23]

I picked Kentucky yesterday in a survivor pool.

 

[Batman]

Thankfully I kept it to myself, but I covered Phillip Rivers in a game his senior year of high school and thought he was overhyped.

It's always struck me how the players that wind up being elite pros are often somewhat unimpressive when you see them in high school. They make it look so easy and effortless that they don't blow you away, but when you look at the stats at the end of the game they've still lit it up.

 

[micropolitan guy]

This photo works on several threads!

 

[MisterCreosote]

It's always struck me how the players that wind up being elite pros are often somewhat unimpressive when you see them in high school. They make it look so easy and effortless that they don't blow you away, but when you look at the stats at the end of the game they've still lit it up.

I was in high school at the same time and in the same city as Rasheed Wallace. I was shocked when he was named national player of the year, since he only played 19 minutes a game.

Of course, he didn't play a lot of minutes because he didn't have to. He was that dominant.

 

[Mngwa]

I thought Ken Dorsey was really going to be a good NFL quarterback.

 

[Octave]

I thought Pete Smith was better than Tom Glavine.

I learned the facts of life from watching The Facts of Life.

 

[Liut]

I thought Tate George would be an all star, Kobe was going to be a bust after his rookie year and Chris Paul's ceiling was average starter.

I opined Doug Smith (Missouri) would be an NBA all-star. Then, Dallas drafted Smith and was determined to bulk him way too up. Still shake my head about the Mavericks' decision on that.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

It's always struck me how the players that wind up being elite pros are often somewhat unimpressive when you see them in high school. They make it look so easy and effortless that they don't blow you away, but when you look at the stats at the end of the game they've still lit it up.

I saw both Matt and Tim Hashelbeck play in high school. Tim was like 10 times better than his older brother, but of course in the NFL that was reversed. But to your point, I saw Larry Fitzgerald in college against BC. From the press box, it didn't look like he was spectacular, good, but not an eye-popper. Then the first half stat sheet came out and he had like 8 catches for 95 yards or so. Finished with like 14 catches. He was just so dominant the other team couldn't make him look like he ever had to make a tough catch.