Biggest upsets

Working on a list of the biggest upsets in sports for either a column or blog entry. I'm sure this has been covered repeatedly, but I was wondering what the SportsJournalists.com crowd thought was the biggest upset in sports of all time.

The two at the top of my list are 1980 US Hockey over Russia and Buster Douglas over Tyson. Is there anything that tops either of those?

 

Chaminade.

 

Not even close to '80 hockey or Douglas

Great win by D-2 over powerhouse Ralph Sampson team in a meaningless XMass Tourney

 

Villanova over Georgetown.

 

NC State over Houston, '69 Mets over everyone, 1990 Reds over A's.

 

Pigs will learn to fly, trees will walk on water, and elephants will drive in the Indy 500 before NC State finds a way to beat Houston.

IIRC, that was in the Washington Post before the game. This game is distinguished slightly from Villanova's upset of Georgetown, in that 'Nova beat a familiar conference opponent in the final.

 

three_bags_full over Dooley Womack in the regional final

 

1950 World Cup. USA 1, England 0. A group of part-time players, who had played together for three weeks, beat the best team in the world on a neutral field.

 

Beckett winning 17 or fewer games

 

I disagree on the 90 Reds. They played in a tougher division, tougher league and won wire-to-wire.

 

It might have been a familiar opponent, but Villanova played an almost perfect basketball game to win it.

 

True...both games are right there together. Tough to pick one over the other.