Your greatest sports game bloopers and blunders

[bangtango]

Most people here who enjoy sports have seen numerous videos or programs highlighting some of the best known bloopers and blunders in sports history. This might include:

-Bill Buckner's ground ball in 1986.
-A home run ball bouncing off of Jose Canseco's head.
-Trot Nixon tossing a flyball into the stands with runners on base and less than two out.
-Manny Ramirez going for a flyball only to fall down and end up sitting on it like an egg.
-Dan Orlovsky running out of the back of the endzone for a safety.
-Leon Lett going after a missed field goal, only to slip on the ice and lose control of the ball allowing the other team to get possession.
-Leon Lett heading for the end zone only to slow down, showboat and allow a player from the other team to knock the ball out of his hand.
-DeSean Jackson tossing the ball away just inches from the endzone and a surefire touchdown.
-Somebody running into the wrong endzone in a football game.
-Somebody who shoots the puck or soccer ball into their own goal.


Anyway, the point of this thread is to see what bloopers or blunders you have made while playing a sports game. This can include any console from any era. To me, it doesn't make any difference if the blunder is the result of your own mistake, pure bad luck (since fumbles happen at random in most video football games) or cheap AI by the computer. It also doesn't matter if it cost you that particular game.

I'm interested in hearing the replies and hope to get a decent response (I'm not sure how this type of thread will go over).


I'll kick things off with my own replies, here is my own top 10 and it is in no particular order. Some of these are pretty painful for me to remember :roll:


10. NFL 2K3 for Xbox:
-Running my fullback on three consecutive plays to burn up the clock late in the game, only to have him fumble. (My #1 and #2 RB's had both went down with injuries in the same game) The opposing team recovered the fumble and actually returned it for a touchdown. That particular play cost me the game.


9. NFL Fever 2003 for Xbox:
-Wanting to pad my passing stats, I continued throwing late in the game (under 2 minutes left) with a 14 point lead and Aaron Brooks at quarterback only to have him toss an interception which got returned for a touchdown. It was a good thing I recovered the onside kick because that touchdown had pulled the opposing team within 7 points of my lead.


8. World Series Baseball for Genesis:
-Using one of the Atlanta Braves relief pitchers, I threw John Olerud of the Blue Jays a hanging curveball with two men on in the 9th inning of a World Series game only to have him smash a 480 foot home run. I was ahead by two runs before the pitch and ended up losing that particular game because of it, though I did eventually win the World Series. In this case, I meant to throw a high inside fastball but accidentally pushed the button for "Curve."


7. Play Action Football for NES:
-I once intercepted a pass in this game only to run it into the wrong endzone. The computer controlled guy who made the interception was facing the opposite direction of his teammates, so when I automatically gained control of him I ended up running the same way he was already headed. In my defense, anybody who has played this game knows the field view is CRAP and you can only see a few yards ahead of you.


6. NHL 2002 for Xbox:
-I once shot a puck into my own goal near the end of a tie game in which the computer and I had both pulled our goalies. During a brief checking skirmish, I lost track of which end of the rink I was supposed to attack. That play ended up costing me that particular game.


5. Madden 2005 for Gamecube:
-Playing against a good friend, I did a Quarterback Draw on a 4th and 1 from the 50 yard line. The point of me doing it was to surprise him with the last play he'd ever expect (he counted on a QB Sneak or a handoff to the running back). I gained 12 yards on the quarterback's run only to have my friend's cornerback hit me. Not only did the ball come loose but my quarterback was injured for the remainder of the game. The fumble only led to a field goal and it occured in the second quarter. However, I did end up losing that particular game by three points. You do the math.


4. NCAA College Football 2K3 for Xbox:
-Backed up to the one yard line, my junior year quarterback ran out of the back of the endzone for a safety. This was just days after Dan Orlovsky had done it during the NFL season. Right before I snapped the ball, I had that very same play of Orlovsky's running through my mind about 60 miles an hour. I was worrying that it could happen to me if I wasn't careful. Lo and behold it did, as I was scrambling to avoid a blitz. So I'm sure the external factors surrounding this moment had a lot to do with it. If I hadn't been thinking about Orlovsky, it probably never would have happened in my game.


3. NBA Live 2002 for Xbox:
-In a game where I was ahead by one point with 16 seconds to go, I screwed up and ran out of bounds to avoid an intentional foul from the opposing team. The other team gained control of the ball and promptly hit a 3 pointer (after eating up most of the clock). I happened to be controlling my center, who was one of the worst foul shooters in the game but it was still an embarrassing mistake that did cost me the game.


2. NFL 2K2 for Playstation 2:
-Calling a "Prevent" defense when I had the computer at 4th and 12 late in a game which I was leading 14 to 13 with 48 seconds to go. The computer had already made up its mind to go for it on 4th down. The result was a quarterback draw which gained 13 yards and a stunning first down. The defender I was controlling was about 25 yards downfield, in no position to reach the running quarterback. Even if I could have gotten him in time, the running play caught me SO off guard that I basically "froze" with the controller in my hand like a complete jackass. This play led to a timeout by the computer. One pass play later and they were in position to hit a game winning field goal.


1. NHL 2002 for Xbox:
-Nearing the end of overtime, both the computer and I had pulled our goalies to go for the win. A few seconds later, somebody on my team was called for a penalty and got put in the box. Even though I was now a man short, I never bothered putting my goalie back in the net and settling for the tie. Next thing you know, a computer player scored on me and that was that.


Dishonorable Mention:
-I have hit into dozens of double and triple plays in video baseball games because my guys never "tag up" on time after a flyball or line drive.


With that said, if any of you have similar stories to share (even one or two), I'd love to hear some.

[Leo_A]

Not everyone considers auto racing a sport, but I do. My favorite real life blunder was Mark Martin entering pit road after recieving the white flag (Meaning 1 lap to go to end the race) during a caution period during a NASCAR Busch series race at Bristol in the mid 1990s. Only needed to finish 1 more lap doing 40mph to win the race. He thought he had recieved the checkered flag.

My favorite blunder? Having my brake pedal fail going into turn 1 in a online NASCAR race at Pocono (Using NASCAR Racing 2002 or 2003 Season for the PC), wrecking about 30 people and ending the race for at least a dozen of them. Were lots of calls to have me banned that night...

Another favorite was running Forza 2 at Road Atlanta with a friend doing some online races, with me turning right directly into a tire barrier at the end of the essess on lap 1 after running the short circuit earlier in the night offline. We were running the full track and I was supposed to turn left. :)

[tubeway]

Pong - I once knocked the block with one of the lines past the other line, when I was playing a game versus myself. Unfortunately, it was because I clumsily grabbed an enchilada off my plate (I was eating dinner in front of the television) instead of the other paddle when I was blindly groping for it.

[XYXZYZ]

I played Ring King once.

[scooterb23]

Oh shut up. Ring King was awesome. :P

OK, my greatest blooper (if you call it that) goes to Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run on the SNES. I was winning a game 26-0, throwing a perfect game with 2 outs in the 9th inning, and the opposition's #9 hitter (hitting something like .195) was up. I go up 0-2, decide to waste a pitch way off the outside corner, when suddenly BAM! Home Run...on a pitch that was nearly out of the opposite batter's box.

Next pitch BAM Home Run, the next 8 pitches BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM that's right...the computer hit 10 straight home runs on 10 straight pitches.

But it's still 26-10. And I only have to get one more out. No problem, right? WRONG!

Before I finally get that last out, the computer scored 45 runs, hitting 27 home runs including 2 grand slams. I used my entire pitching staff. Balls, strikes, trying to purposely hit the opposing batter and having him hit a homer instead, didn't matter they were getting hits all over the place.

I have, and will never, touch that game again.

[bangtango]

Oh shut up. Ring King was awesome. :P

OK, my greatest blooper (if you call it that) goes to Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run on the SNES. I was winning a game 26-0, throwing a perfect game with 2 outs in the 9th inning, and the opposition's #9 hitter (hitting something like .195) was up. I go up 0-2, decide to waste a pitch way off the outside corner, when suddenly BAM! Home Run...on a pitch that was nearly out of the opposite batter's box.

Next pitch BAM Home Run, the next 8 pitches BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM that's right...the computer hit 10 straight home runs on 10 straight pitches.

But it's still 26-10. And I only have to get one more out. No problem, right? WRONG!

Before I finally get that last out, the computer scored 45 runs, hitting 27 home runs including 2 grand slams. I used my entire pitching staff. Balls, strikes, trying to purposely hit the opposing batter and having him hit a homer instead, didn't matter they were getting hits all over the place.

I have, and will never, touch that game again.

This isn't quite the same but I was playing Triple Play 2002 the other night on Xbox. I had Darren Oliver of the Red Sox on the mound, who had been throwing the whole game, and he was two outs away from a 9 inning complete game shutout. Just three pitches later (double/single/home run), I had given up 3 runs. I still won the game 8-3 but was none too happy about how it ended.

[Iron Draggon]

Not everyone considers auto racing a sport, but I do. My favorite real life blunder was Mark Martin entering pit road after recieving the white flag (Meaning 1 lap to go to end the race) during a caution period during a NASCAR Busch series race at Bristol in the mid 1990s. Only needed to finish 1 more lap doing 40mph to win the race. He thought he had recieved the checkered flag.

My favorite blunder? Having my brake pedal fail going into turn 1 in a online NASCAR race at Pocono (Using NASCAR Racing 2002 or 2003 Season for the PC), wrecking about 30 people and ending the race for at least a dozen of them. Were lots of calls to have me banned that night...

Another favorite was running Forza 2 at Road Atlanta with a friend doing some online races, with me turning right directly into a tire barrier at the end of the essess on lap 1 after running the short circuit earlier in the night offline. We were running the full track and I was supposed to turn left. :)

if we're counting racing bloopers, one of my favorite things to do with Test Drive LeMans was to purposefully perform stunts for the cameras, so I could watch them replayed... I had all the camera locations memorized, and would just go out of my way to do things that I thought would look cool on replays

[bangtango]

if we're counting racing bloopers, one of my favorite things to do with Test Drive LeMans was to purposefully perform stunts for the cameras, so I could watch them replayed... I had all the camera locations memorized, and would just go out of my way to do things that I thought would look cool on replays

Absolutely, racing counts.

I'm also open to hearing stories about your big chokes or collapses. As long as it was in a sports game :)

[Porksta]

Twice in Madden (04 or 05), I was Michael Vick and threw an INT. Each time the only player standing between the defender and the end zone was Michael Vick. Each time Michael Vick hit sticks them and causes a fumble.

[scooterb23]

I want to see a collection of video game sports bloopers set to Yakety Sax.

[Daft Punk]

I want to see a collection of video game sports bloopers set to Yakety Sax.

I second that :)

[CaptainFalcon13]

I was playing against my friend in Madden 2006 when I threw an interception. The blooper was that it bounced off my receiver's head, it bounced off the safety's head, and another safety nearby got the interception. That's my blooper and I actually still have it on my PS2. It was called the double hezzy play.

[scooterb23]

I have another "blooper" I can remember.

I had rented Cal Ripken Jr. baseball one time, and set up a full season. Now, Cal Ripken Jr. at the time was a long way into his ironman streak, 14-15 years in real life. So, it was a huge surprise when the opponent grounded the first pitch of the season to Cal, I moved him to the left 3 steps...and Cal fell down, broke his leg and was lost for the entire season! Surely you would have thought they would have programmed in some kind of injury proofing for Cal in his own game!

[Kid Ice]

Not sure if this counts, but I was playing Daytona at a Dave and Busters with 11 other players (or maybe just 7). I crossed the finish line in first place, jumped out of my car, and started pumping my arms in victory.

With one more lap to go. :monkey:

[DragonMaster Sam]

Absolutely, racing counts.

I'm also open to hearing stories about your big chokes or collapses. As long as it was in a sports game :)

Oh, I have a few stories of chokes and collapses, but that's for another thread.

As for blunders, I do remember this one time playing as the Redskins in Tecmo Super Bowl III. Must've onsided a couple kicks accidentally (or intentionally, depending on the score), and twice my opponent recovered it and scored a TD. My brother kept on giving me hell about it.

Another blunder I remember was during Madden '06. Playing as the 49ers against the Redskins, I was trying to run the clock out before heading into overtime. Unfortunately, my fullback fumbled the ball, and the Redskins returned it for a game-winning TD.

[wfnjstallion]

In Nyack NY there used to be a NASCAR simulator so a bunch of my friends and I made the almost 2 hour trek. While racing and getting my ass kicked mind you I decided to just wreck one of my friends who was talking smack, so I slowed and waited for him, and at the right moment I turned the wheel hard right sending us both into the wall. being proud of what I had done I started laughing and talking smack to him, when it dawned on me that he was not the least upset over what I had done, b/c I DID NOT wreck him I wrecked some random dude who was not too happy with me.

The other night some friends and I were playing Mario Kart Wii online and I was housing these fools when on the 3rd lap I slammed into the umbrella 10 feet from the finish line, was bombed by a blue shell, and then a red shell and watched one of the other guys win the race.

Now for a story which makes me look a little better. Playing Madden (god only knows what year) as the Cowboys against my best friend in college as the Eagles (he had never beat me in Madden) but this particular time with less than 2 mins he was up 10. My first possession I marched down scored a td with 54 seconds remaining. I had no choice but to do an onside kick since I wasted all 3 timeouts on the previous drive, and was able to recover the ball. Several quick runs for 1st down by Emmitt Smith and a few incomplete passes later I bombed the ball deep left and he accidentally hit the dive button while chasing my WR with the ball still in the air. With the nearest defender flat on his stomach Michael Irvin was able to walk into the end zone for the game winning td as time expired.

Not sure of what the circumstances were in this situation, but playing a friend in NFL Street, and absolutely killing him this particular game he got up from his seat, went to the GCube ejected the disc and threw it across his room like a frisbee. We never did play NFL Street again.

[DragonMaster Sam]

I got another blunder. I spent the night at my friend's place back in '02, a day before going to a Virginia Cavaliers game. We were playing NCAA Football '03, and I was Michigan and he was Florida. Pretty good game, and I think we were tied at 17. Sometime during the 4th quarter, his team got penalized, and not even thinking about it, I accepted the penalty, which gave him the ball again. He goes on to score the go-ahead TD. In a last ditch effort to tie the game, I try a hail mary, but his defender hit the QB at the same time and the ball went into the hands of a defender and scored a TD on an INT. I lost 31-17.

[scooterb23]

Another one, not so much a blooper, but a "feature"

I can't even remember which version of the game it was...but one of the Madden Genesis games, you could, on kickoffs, dive towards the ball, getten perilously close to blocking them. It was still useful for knocking down a defender, usually opening a decent hole for long returns. I assumed that it was impossible though.

Until one day, when I managed to dive just right and not only did I block the opening kickoff of the game...but I caught the ball, right off the tee, got up, and ran it back for a TD! I blocked it one other time, but it bounded to the kicking team, and they recovered it...a decidedly negative result.

[Astrosmash]

One of my all-time favorite gaming bloopers, albeit from the realm of pro wrestli- ahem, "sports entertainment":

Circa 1999, me and my friend Jon were playing WWF Attitude on PlayStation for the first time (it just came out). We made ourselves in the create-a-wrestler and then set up a cooperative tag team match vs. the computer (don't remember who the computer was using).

At one point, he was the legal man and was getting beaten down and low on energy, but got a break and came over to tag me in. However, still being unfamiliar with the controls, he hit the wrong button and instead of tagging me, he punched me in the face, knocking me off the ring apron to the floor. He got slammed and pinned before I could get up. We thought it was hilarious at the time.

[Iron Draggon]

Absolutely, racing counts.

I'm also open to hearing stories about your big chokes or collapses. As long as it was in a sports game :)

I can't remember the details of any of those... I sure wish I had a video of my greatest racing crashes though... I still remember my most memorable moment in Need for Speed for 3DO... I was doing around 180MPH in a Dodge Viper when I hit a Honda Civic head-on... the Viper coasted to a stop, while the Civic was flung in the air and knocked back several hundred feet, before it hit the ground standing on its nose while spinning rapidly... it just stood there in front of me and spun like that for a minute, before it finally fell over on its roof and spun upside down for another minute... I'm pretty sure no one in that car survived... but it sure was cool watching the outcome of that crash... I was pissed about the wreck until it played out so awesomely well

[CDiablo]

Baseball (NES) - I cried so many times as a kid for that game. There were times where a bunt could lead to an in the park home run. The game was just awful.

[Nirvana]

NFL 2k5

I'm in the Super Bowl as the Seahawks (Rebuilding a Franchise) and I was facing the Colts. My god, this game was an insane shootout. It ended up something like 56-59 or something with 2:00 left. I run my offense like normally, managing the clock very well. Finally, I get into the red zone and hit Wes Welker on a crossing pattern for a touchdown, leaving :02 on the clock. I squib kick it, thinking my guys will get down there and ice my victory.

Returned back for a TD. Damn you Anthony Gonzalez.

[scooterb23]

New one, I'm pretty sure I haven't told a version of this story yet.

Last night I dusted off The Bigs for a while. On three consectutive pitches, I hit 3 balls diectly off the opposing pitcher's face. The ball bounced off their face so hard, the ball flew into the stands for ground rule doubles. It doesn't count for the injury thread though, because there are no injuries in the game. :(

[ToddofDoom]

Here are some of my bloopers:

1. "Worst Call Ever"-Madden 2002 (Playstation 2):
I was playing as the Dolphins in Franchise mode in a game against the Washington Redskins. The score was 17-13 my favor, but the Redskins were driving inside my 20 near the end of the third quarter. As their quarterback dropped back to pass (I can't even remember who it was) I nailed them as they were throwing with Jason Taylor. The ball flew way up in the air, and one of my linebackers caught it out of mid-air and returned it for a touchdown.

"That's great!" I thought, I'll have a nice comfortable 24-13 lead going into the 4th quarter. A few seconds later the "Redskins challenging the fumble" bubble came up. "Challenging the fumble? What? I caught it out of mid-air!"

A few seconds later the referee walked out to announce that the quarterback's arm was going forward. (WHAT?!? We knew that already. My guy caught the ball!)

I watched angerly as the Redskins offense took the field again where they just were. A few plays later they scored a touchdown and took the lead 20-17. Now, I'm not the type that resorts to playing those little "Madden Cheat Cards", but when the computer cheats I am allowed to cheat too.

By the end of the game I had scored over 60 points and Ricky Williams had set a single game record for rushing yards.

2. "Look at me! I'm about to win!" Wii Sports:
So right after camping 13 hours to get my Wii I took it to my cousin's house to play. About 3 hours in we were playing Wii Sports Baseball. My cousin was suprisingly good at this game. However, I was ahead 2-1 in the last inning with one out. He had a man on second. I threw a pitch to strike-out a batter. With 2 outs victory felt like a certainty. I turned around to do a celebrity dance to our friend (Who was standing outside smoking a cigarette). This caused my pitcher to throw a god-awful pitch that my cousin hit for a home-run to win 3-2.

It was too funny to be mad about.

3. "Worst Play Call Ever"- NCAA Football 2005 (X-Box)
The very first time I played NCAA 2005 I was Penn State facing my cousin who was playing as Florida State. Since I barely knew the controls and had no idea what plays I liked yet I knew that I wouldn't be able to beat him, so my game was to keep the score close. On my second drive the score was still 0-0 and I was driving the ball pretty well with my running game. However, after an unsuccessful running play and a quarterback sack for a big loss I was looking at 3rd and 24 from around midfield.

Cycling through the plays I saw "Quick Kick" and selected it. Well, I'm not going to make it anyway, and he won't expect this. Maybe I will be able to pin him deep.

Then the play came around. The snap went over my quarterback's head. "Uh oh, this is bad" I thought. My quarterback then ran down field and picked the ball up, then he punted it...about twenty-five yards...in the wrong direction. His linebacker eventually picked it up and ran it back for a touchdown.

This was my worst experience with quick kicks until a few years later. In an All-Pro Football 2k8 game I picked a quick kick again. This time when I took the field the announcers said "I haven't seen this before. They're sending the punting unit out onto the field." My friend then switched to a blitz and I had to call a time-out.

Great. Way to totally give my play away. Stupid 2k8 announcers.

4. "What a shot!"-NHL 97 (Playstation)
Back in the day I was playing my cousin at NHL 97 I was playing as the Los Angles Kings and he was playing as the New York Islanders. After a heated and well played 3 periods we were tied 7-7 going into overtime. About a minute into overtime I hit the "Clear puck" button with my goalie. The puck bounced over everyone's head and scooted slowly on the ice back down to his goalie.

His goalie then missed the puck and it went into the net for a goal. A game-winning goal in overtime by a goalie. If that isn't a blooper I don't know what is.

I still tease him about it almost every time we are playing a hockey game and go into overtime.

5. "Best Play Call Ever"- NFL2k (Dreamcast):
I was watching two friends play NFL2k. They were playing as the Browns and the Eagles (two of the worst teams on the game). They were both evenly matched and the game was 31-28 with about a minute to go in the fourth quarter. My friend that was ahead had to get up to answer the phone. While he is up my other friend subs his holder for his field goal squad with the fastest guy on his team. A few plays later he drove down in field goal range and lined up for a 45 yard field goal with :03 left. He faked it and took it all the way to the house with his new superfast holder. It was the most thought out and sneaky thing I have ever seen anyone do in a football game. My friend who had just lost was completely confused at what had just happened. "How did your back-up quarterback get so fast?" he asked, completely perplexed.

6. "Can I get some fresh tires...and fresh pants?"- Fonza 2 (X-box 360):
I was playing Fonza 2 once and during one of the endurance races I needed to pit for fresh tires. The only problem was I had no idea where the pits were. After pulling into what I thought was the pits I let out a sigh of relief. A second later I noticed I was about to crash because I had not turned into the pits. I had just turned on some goofy access road and was heading toward a wall at about 160 miles per hour.

My hand found the power button very quickly.

7. "Am I still wrecking?"-Andretti Racing (Playstation):
This is more of a glitch than a blooper. I was in a race with one of my friends at one of the tracks in Andretti Racing (Austrilla I believe). He nudged me going into a turn. I was able to hold on until the straight away where I spun sideways. He then nailed my car going almost full speed. He flipped straight up. I think he hit part of the enviroment like a bridge that went over the track.

He kept flipping up and up and up. Eventually I stopped pulling away and just watched his screen. He was way up in the air and you could see the whole track. He kept flipping up and up until the whole track was just a grey dot. This probably went on for about two minutes. Then he mysteriously stopped flipping and was back on the track.

[Nebagram]

The most elaborate blooper I ever had was playing Grand Prix Legends at my mate's house ages ago- literally, 1997 time. Not content with surfing my car along a safety rail at the side of the track, I made a deliberate crash that wound up with my car flying 30 feet in the air and landing head-first on the floor. The highlight was when I then tried to rev the engine, only to see half of it fly off the car's undercarriage.

This is the same friend, incidentally, against whom I achieved a 55-yard goal in SWWS '97 after he'd sent his goalie on an attacking run. :)

[MASTERWEEDO]

I was playing one of the Maddens on Genesis, not sure what year, but it had replay videos. Well, it was the last play of the fourth quarter. they threw the ball downfield, it bounced off the ground and into the receivers hands to cost me the game. i went back and watched the replay over and over, trying to figure out how the hell it happened. im still confused.

[Streetball 21]

I remember playing FIFA 08 on the Wii (playing as the LA Galaxy), and the goalie from the opposing team got the ball from one of my shot attempts. Instead of kicking it, he dribbled all the way to the other side of the field lol. He then passed it to a teammate and ran all the way back to his goal. I wasn't able to get the ball from the opposing team. This was a very strange blooper.