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Top 10 Upsets of the Last 28 Years | 9 comments (9 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Yes.. (#2)
by JDWC on Tue Jan 29 2008 at 8:27 PM EST
Unfortunately I haven't lived long enough to know enough about more upsets, but I am a big sports fan and these 10 have always been some of my favorites. And I'm not surprised that a lot of them were in that ESPN article because I didn't really go out of my way to pick upsets that most people wouldn't. I wish I had more knowledge of upsets so I could've gone outside the box a bit, but unfortunately, even with the research, I didn't find any I thought should displace my top 10. And I'm also hardly aware of any upsets away from home (America) so I'm sorry for that, it's just how it is.

On another note, the deal with App St. and GM...Yes App St. was a talented D-II team, but they were still D-II and Michigan was a top 5 D-I school. I mean they are Michigan for god's sake. If App St. had beaten Stanford or University of Idaho or something like that it would be different, but it was Michigan...HUGE upset. Especially in the Big House. And I agree, I shouldn't have labeled the entire George Mason run as an upset, but other than their win against Wichita St. I would consider all their wins in that tournament bigtime upsets. I should have put a note in there though, that's my fault.
J.D.
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Face Value (#4)
by Flemish American on Wed Jan 30 2008 at 3:12 PM EST
I won't hurt your piece anymore with a negative vote, but understand that your inclusion of the same upsets as the ESPN article might be understandable, but the fact that the order of the pre-2004 events was the same still bothers me.

On the other hand, I guess I have to suck it up regarding the Michigan - App St. result.  I'm still trying to convince myself it was a bad dream.

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