There are lots of good words to start with: Debacle, Mirage, Meltdown, Giveaway, Surrender Monkey, Collapse
The trick is to make something memorable, or a nice ring.
Northwest Nightmare
The Pacific Pantload
There are lots of good words to start with: Debacle, Mirage, Meltdown, Giveaway, Surrender Monkey, Collapse
The trick is to make something memorable, or a nice ring.
Northwest Nightmare
The Pacific Pantload
Seattle Surrender
"Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck
Maybe from In Utero?
Milk It
Dumb
All Apologies
After lunch the players lounged about the hotel patio watching the surf fling white plumes high against the darkening sky. Clouds were piling up in the west… Vince Lombardi frowned.
The McCarthy Fuck Up
I want that fat fuck of a coach's head on the silver plate!
Originally Posted by Tyrion Lannister
Last edited by Tyrion Lannister; 01-20-2015 at 04:49 AM.
My three nominees are all similar...
Hapless in Seattle
Helpless in Seattle
Hopeless in Seattle
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." -Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The name needs to incorporate the willful nature of the collapse. the premature turtle-shell, submissive dog-rolling-on-it's-back, attempt to run out the clock. the misplaced, premature confidence that the game was won. The concentrated concatenation of bungling incompetence. The catatonic immobility brought on by a stunning and seemingly instantaneous turn of events. The totally incongruous, inexplicable capture of momentum by a team that just threw a catastrophic interception. I think Burnett's slide epitomizes what happened, Vince's POV aside.
"The Slide" encapsulates the loss for me, but is not quite catchy enough and doesn't tell the whole story.
"Seattle slide" gives you more information, but makes it sound like seattle was the team that slid.
"Ruining down a dream"
"kneel down and out"
"Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck
Seattle Slew
slew1
slo͞o/Submit
verb
1.
turn or slide violently or uncontrollably in a particular direction.
"the Chevy slewed from side to side in the snow"
After lunch the players lounged about the hotel patio watching the surf fling white plumes high against the darkening sky. Clouds were piling up in the west… Vince Lombardi frowned.
FYI - Cleveland sports radio guys unanimously agreed that the Packer loss was worse than any single playoff loss suffered by the Browns. Worse than "The Drive," worse than "The Fumble." Worse than "Red Right 88." They were quick to add that because GB has had so much sustained success, GB has nothing to complain about - Cleveland still has exclusive rights for weeping and gnashing of teeth over tragic playoff futility.
"Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck
Surrender in Seattle or Seattle Surrender as previously suggested
Last edited by Patler; 01-20-2015 at 07:29 AM.
Can-cede-it
"Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck
"the one that got away"
"Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck
"the one they gave away"
55:5
Unbefuckinglievable.
I got news for him. The Drive and Red Right 88 were worse.
The Fumble gets a lot of play, but the Browns were behind all game after an awful first half. If Byner scores, its tied in a game neither team had played stellar defense.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
only if you are a Browns fan. RR88 wasn't even a championship game. The Drive was brutal, but it didn't come close to the collapse GB suffered. I'm not saying this, this is the view of unobjective (from the Cleveland view point) radio guys.
(edit: Also, they argued that you have to take yourself out of the context of accumulating bad playoff losses and accumulating years of no championships to evaluate an isolated, single game, tragedy. In the totality of the Cleveland experience, GB can't come close - thank God!)
"Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck
That gets my vote.
Slocum's Exit.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro ~Hunter S.
Packer Pucker
That's a good one.
Only problem is that the Packers had such success for 3 1/2 quarters.
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