{"id":7657,"date":"2015-04-12T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T02:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7657"},"modified":"2015-04-13T07:28:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T11:28:38","slug":"this-is-an-awful-way-to-lose-a-game-has-jmu-ever-had-a-loss-that-painful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7657","title":{"rendered":"What an Awful Way to Lose a Game. Has JMU Ever Had a Loss This Painful?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lB4HmGrfvZQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Boston University lost to the Providence Friars in last night&#8217;s NCAA Championship game. It was a pretty big upset, as Providence was the last team in the tourney and BU is one of college hockey&#8217;s heavyweights. BU led by Hobey Baker (think Heisman for college hockey) winning freshmen sensation and top American NHL prospect Jack Eichel.<\/p>\n<p>Most people expected the Terriers to win. And they appeared to be on their way, cruising with a comfortable 3-2 lead in the 3rd period when goalie Matt O&#8217;Connor picked a very inopportune time to have a blooper for the ages. He caught the puck off a routine dump and then inexplicably dropped it into the goal. It both was unbelievable and unbelievably sad. Just like that it was 3-3. Then a few minutes later Providence scored again to take a 4-3 lead. The Friars held on to steal the championship. Congrats to Providence, but I&#8217;m not sure how anyone couldn&#8217;t be heartbroken for O&#8217;Connor.<\/p>\n<p>BU&#8217;s diehard fans were predictably crushed, which got me thinking. Has JMU ever had a loss as painful as BU&#8217;s last night? Now obviously, the Dukes have lost plenty of games that hurt us fans, but has there ever been one with the stakes that high, where JMU let it get away in such excruciating fashion?<\/p>\n<p>JMU has had a number of painful losses over the years. It was just a regular season game, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3068\">OT loss to Maine in 2011<\/a> still haunts me. Jace Edwards was the QB (and that wasn&#8217;t even the bad part), and Maine pulled of some stupid swinging gate 2 point conversion to win. Awful. And the hoops team&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=210\">&#8220;Hot Dog&#8221; game loss to George Mason<\/a> was brutal. One JMU loss stands out above pretty much all others though for me personally though. Of course I&#8217;m talking about the D<a href=\"http:\/\/jmusports.com\/news\/2007\/11\/24\/DUKES_FALL_TO_LATE_FOOTBALL_PLAYOFF_RALLY.aspx?path=football\">ukes&#8217; playoff gut punch defeat against Appalachian State in 2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To begin with, JMU controlled that game in Boone, NC, compiling 436 yards of offense versus only 330 for the Mountaineers. And the Dukes were in position to win, before giving up 9 points in the final five minutes to lose 28-27. Coughing up a lead like that late was bad, but JMU went to new lengths to make it extra painful. After Appy took a 28-27 lead with 1:10 to go, JMU marched all the way down the field and was in position to win the game with a chip shot field goal. Unfortunately, Jamal Sullivan coughed the ball up inside the 10, App State recovered, and the game was over. I don&#8217;t like to talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the most painful JMU loss I can recall. What about you? Or if we want to be more pleasant, has there ever been a JMU win that was an unexpected and miraculous as Providence&#8217;s victory last night?<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7657&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston University lost to the Providence Friars in last night&#8217;s NCAA Championship game. It was a pretty big upset, as Providence was the last team in the tourney and BU is one of college hockey&#8217;s heavyweights. BU led by Hobey Baker (think Heisman for college hockey) winning freshmen sensation and top American NHL prospect Jack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":898,"url":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=898","url_meta":{"origin":7657,"position":0},"title":"Rhode Island Rams: 2010 CAA Football Preview #3","date":"June 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"JMUSB presents a special treat for our third preview, an interview with senior\u00a0Rhode Island\u00a0correspondent, native \"Newpsie\",\u00a0and proud JMU alum, our friend G.G.\u00a0 But first: The Basics: It has to be said that The University of Rhode Island Rams are one of the perenial bottom-feeders in CAA football.\u00a0 URI, athletically most\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/RhodeIsland-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6456,"url":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6456","url_meta":{"origin":7657,"position":1},"title":"Quick Thoughts on JMU Over Northeastern","date":"January 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU beat Northeastern 49-46 in Boston tonight. 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