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[youcan'tseeme]

Last night I was playing my Madden franchise with the Saints. I was currently 9-0-0 on my season and Tampa was 6-3-0 and in 3rd in my division. the game started of and i couldn't stop them on defense so when i went on offence I could get anything going and had to kick 45 yard field goal(which some how I made). Anyways at half the score was 28-3 for Tampa. then i started scoring. There was 1 mintue left in the game and the score was 38-24 for the Bucs. I scored a td then they got the ball back it was second and they took a knee. i used a time out. 3rd the same 4th they went for the field goal from 52 out and missed. i had 1 timeout and 34 seconds from there 48. I got within the 2 yard line with no time on the clock I got into the endzone off a handoff. then i decided with a perfect record and the game at 38-37 i would go for 2. Garcia got the hut and put it back to Ricky williams. willaims busted his way by the DL and got in i won 39=38 and went 10-0-0! it was the best game ever!

[Discrim]

I can't remember my great comeback, but I can remember the times I blew the lead.

a few weeks ago I was playing Gretzky 05, Avs vs Flames, and I led 3-1 with under 20 seconds left. first, instead of covering up after a save, I tried to pass it, got picked off and then got scored on. 3-2, around 10 seconds left...but in the dying seconds, the Flames play keepaway and then fire a prayer that Aebi misplays....right through the fivehole as you might guess, Calgary won in OT cus they had the big MO and we were more or less deflated.

a few years ago (Madden 03), however, I outdid myself. Falcons (me) at Patriots...at the end of the first half I led 35-0, and decided to send in the backups. Then the Pats woke up...the final score was Patriots 44, Falcons 42. I wish I was kidding. Basically, this bum from Michigan whose name I shall not mention was playing liek a man possessed, as was teh defense. I tried everything in that half, and for much of it nothing worked, not even bringing Vick and company back in.

How the hell do you blow a 35-point lead? Just ask me...I still don't know for sure.

[TFoA]

I was playing my cousin in Madden 05. I'm glad we weren't playing skunk (21-0=auto win) because I would've lost. After that, it was 21-0 at halftime. 28-0 halfway thru the third. 63-28 final score

As for the times I blew the lead... I once lost a 32 point lead against the Lakers on NBA 2k3 when I played as the Celtics. Those Lakers were like freaking juggernauts. I also lost a 4 goal lead to the Senators of all teams when playing as the Islanders.

[OMMF]

How the hell do you blow a 35-point lead? Just ask me...I still don't know for sure.

The '93 Houston Oilers may be of some assistance.

[Cujo]

We had an 8-player/one game elimination tournemant among friends on NHL 2000 for PS1. My cousin Marc, playing as Buffalo, against myself, using Edmonton, had made the finals. He took a 5-0 lead with about 1 minute remaning in the 2nd period (using 5 minute periods). Keep in mind, I was Edmonton, a team with only Doug Weight and Bill Geurin as stars, while he had Hasek between the pipes. Anyways, I begin to tear it up, scoring 5 unanswered goals within the matter of only 6 minutes, taking the game into overtime. About 4 minutes into OT, I scored a short-handed game winner, I believe with one of my defensemen, to become tourney champion. Greatest video game comeback I was ever involved in.

Good times.

[mac]

I was playing the national championship game on NCAA football 2004 with my create-a-team the University of Alaska at McCarthy Inuits againsti Oklahoma. I was up 28-14 with 1:38 left all I had to do was take a knee, instead I tried to run and fumbled, they recover. The next play they run the ball up the middle the guy goes fifty yards for a touchdown, they somehow get the ball back on an onside kick with no time left they throw a hail mary from the fifty they score and kick a field goal in overtime, then I miss my field goal and lose the national championship.

[EagleFan344]

I remember I had a season with the Broncos. I couldnt win a game. I was 0-2 playing San Diego. I had a 2 TD lead or so with im gonna say around 1-2 minutes. All I remember was them throwing like a 40 yd TD pass on the LAST play of regulation. Went into OT and lost

[FiddySicks]

in MVP baseball 2004 i was in franchise mode as the Giants and started out at 35-0. i went into a game at the Houston Astros and thety whooped my butt all the way till the bottom of the eighth inning. They were leading 24-0 and Clemens had a 1 hitter. I scored three in the Top of the eighth and they got those right back the next inning. Needless to say i was pissed and was close to simming the rest of the game, Glad i didnt though. I went into the topof the ninth down 27-3. I had a guy pop out, i had a guy strike out, then i just caught fire, i loaded the bases and Grand Slam! Then hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, you get the idea. Anyways i got really close and was down only 22-27 and Bonds gets up with the bases loaded and smaks the second grand slam of the inning! Tied!!! Then the next guy gets up, i think it was Grissom, not sure and smacks another one out!!!! 28-27!!!!! So finally i get out after scoring 25 runs in an inning, i was stoked. anyway i had two outs with Nen in as my closer, he struck out the first two and walked the next, the final batter was Berkman, and I leave a fastball high and Berkman kills it to the train. i lost after all that 29-28

[FiddySicks]

I was playing the national championship game on NCAA football 2004 with my create-a-team the University of Alaska at McCarthy Inuits againsti Oklahoma. I was up 28-14 with 1:38 left all I had to do was take a knee, instead I tried to run and fumbled, they recover. The next play they run the ball up the middle the guy goes fifty yards for a touchdown, they somehow get the ball back on an onside kick with no time left they throw a hail mary from the fifty they score and kick a field goal in overtime, then I miss my field goal and lose the national championship.

i was LSU once and played in the SEC championship undefeated against Florida, Who i absolutely hate. Anyway, I had them down to their own 5 yard line and i was up by 6 with 4 seconds left. they handed it off and i purposely missed because i wanted to have my linebacker break the record for mot tackles in a game so i moved my D tackles and guess what. MY LINEBACKER MISSED THE TACKLE!!!!!! Florida ran it 95 yards for the TD and scored the extra point. No National Championship for LSU. Oh well, at least im a Tennessee fan, but i still hate that my only loss to the CPU in NCAA Football was to fluffing florida

[TFoA]

they handed it off and i purposely missed because i wanted to have my linebacker break the record for mot tackles in a game so i moved my D tackles and guess what. MY LINEBACKER MISSED THE TACKLE!!!!!! Florida ran it 95 yards for the TD and scored the extra point. No National Championship for LSU.

I hope we learned a lesson: stat padding is BAD

[wheateater]

Just this morning, I was down 5-1 to the Washington Nationals going into the bottom of the 9th as the Dodgers. I walked with a pinch-hitter (for the pitcher), Cesar Izturis singled to left, Jayson Werth doubled both of them in (made it 5-3), J. D. Drew walked, Jeff Kent popped out, and Milton Bradley hit a 3-run homer to win the game, 6-5.

That's probably not the biggest comeback I've ever had, but I can't remember any significant ones, so I just put this in here while it was fresh in my mind.

[Jezus_Ghoti]

This memory is possibly to painful to type out, but I will try.

It was my Madden 2004 franchise, the Mexico City Warthogs. We played our hearts out the first year, only to lose out in the AFC championship to the Steelers in a game that Tommy Maddox totally dominated. The next year, we were a team possessed. Everything we did was based on getting revenge for the loss to the Steelers. We made it back the the AFC championship, and we were playing the Steelers. We won a tight game on a last second field goal, and we were onto the Superbowl, which I *think* was against the Falcons (some memory details are sketchy because of how traumatic the game was).

The first 3 quarters of the Superbowl didn't go well at all, and we went into the 4th quarter down by 3 touchdowns (the score was 27-6). An early turnover in the 4th made it look like our chances were over, but we managed to get the ball back and score thanks to our solid running game (the only part of our offense that was clicking). Since time was running out, we attempted an onside kick, which we recovered. We then ran the ball down the Falcons' throats and scored with under 30 seconds left, to close the gap to 7 points. We attempted another onside kick, and miraculously recovered. The following offensive series was a thing of beauty. My running back (a created player named after myself) made 2 runs of over 20 yards and timeouts were called after each one. I was left with 3 seconds on the clock, and one final play to send the game into overtime. I lined up my star RB in the slot, and sent him into the endzone, where I hit him with a pass for the touchdown. We made the extra point, and the game was going into OT.

In OT, we won the toss and elected to receive. We then began methodically moving the ball down the field. I didn't even attempt a pass because the running game was clicking so well. We got the ball down to about the 40, but couldn't get a first down. I was forced to attempt about a 57-yard Superbowl winning field goal, which would have completed a miraculous 21-point 4th quarter comeback. The kick was up, and...

This is when the best Madden game of my life became the worst ever. I sat completely still as I watched my kick fly through the air. It flew right through the uprights. IT WAS GOOD! I HAD WON THE SUPERBOWL. With my hands in the air I listened for Al Michaels to scream out at what an incredible comeback he had just witnessed. Instead, I heard the sound that will haunt me for the rest of my life. I heard Michaels' monotonous voice make the historic call. This is what he said:

"And the kick is good. His 3rd field goal of the day."

That was it. No "MEXICO CITY WINS THE SUPERBOWL!" No "THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN NFL HISTORY". Nothing like that. Just a calm, cool comment on how my kicker had made 3 field goals in the game. Before I knew it, the exit menu was on the screen. That was that day that I realized I hate Al Michaels, and I hope he dies.

[Fusebazell]

Well, idk if this qualifies as a greatest comback but one of my greatest games for sure. I was playing my friend Joey in ESPN College Hoops 2k5 last night. I was Duke and he was Boston College. So, early in the game, I get down big and wind up down by 17 but close his lead to 9 before halftime. It was 30-21 going into halftime. We come out for the second half and I had Redick go for a steal, he got called for a foul, his third. So, in comes my boy Lee "for 3" Melchionni. We start to the close in on BC. I get the ball to Melchionni and from there it was history. He started poppin shots left and right. He hit 8 3's in the game on 8 attemepts. I was going nuts cause I went from down 17 at one point to up by like 30. He was just strokin it. All in all he had 34 points in the game on 13 of 14 shooting and the only reason he missed the one shot was because I took a bad shot with him up close that clanked off the side of the backboard.

[FiddySicks]

That was that day that I realized I hate Al Michaels, and I hope he dies.

. Remind me to never play video games against you, OK?

[WJMorris3]

The best comeback goes to my opponent one game of NCAA Football. He was Florida and I was Notre Dame.

He was up 19 (32-13) with three minutes to go. After I scored a touchdown to close the gap to 32-20, I forced a punt and scored again to make it 32-27. The onside kick worked and I scored as time expired. 33-32, I'm winning.

But this game was not to be mine. He blocked the extra point, and ran it all the way back for a touchdown. 34-33, final, he wins.

Crap!

[winters in buffalo]

If I had to guess, I'd say my biggest comebacks were from 21 points in football and 5 goals in hockey.

BUT... the absolute BEST comeback - the fact that I still remember it 13 years later should say something - was me (Falcons) vs. my buddy Todd (Vikings) playing Tecmo Super Bowl my sophomore year in HS.

We played a back & forth game, but he seemed to hold an advantage the entire game. Going into the final seconds of the 4th quarter, he was up by a TD and I was nowhere near scoring. It looked like he would hold on for the win, but on my last play, I sent my receivers deep and rocked a 48-yard TD as time ran out, forcing OT.

In OT, it was more of the same, I think we went back & forth for two possesions each. He came close to scoring, but I held him off, while he seemed to completely shut down my offense. It looked like it would be a tie, but in the final seconds of OT, I ran the same play that worked at the end of regulation, and burned him for a 50-plus-yard TD to win the game.

He was pissed.

[STL FANATIC]

It's not my biggest comeback, but it was an awesome comeback situation.

I had a full season on Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. for Nintendo 64.

I was the Cardinals playing the Indians in Game Seven. I was thinking this happened in the bottom of the ninth, but I keep remembering it as Jacobs Field not Busch, so this may have happened in the top of of the ninth.

Anyways, I don't remember the score, but I was down 3 runs. Over five batters, I load the bases with 2 outs. My man Mark McGwire comes to the plate. Full count. Grand Slam.

I win the World Series. Since I can't remember whether it was the top or bottom of the ninth, I may or may not of had to go back out and close the game.

Regardless, it was basically one of those dream situations (though you dream it's real not a video game, lol) executed to perfection.

[yh]

Last year I was playing NHL 2005 - I was the Blues playing the Canucks on CPU. Down 4-1 with less than a minute to play, I was able to tie it up without pulling the goalie and then won 8 seconds into OT.

That's about it for dramatic comebacks.

[Sterling84]

The ones that stick in my craw are always losses. I'm sure I've had comeback victories but cannot remember any.

Madden 2001.......randomly selected franchise of the Ravens........still a full year away from the real life team winning the SB, this team in Madden 01 is raw and full of potential. Missed the playoffs year one.......job is in jeopardy. First round wild card loss year two. Division champs made the SB year three. In the Superbowl, leading the Saints of all teams by 7 with :25 remaining. Squib the kick off to keep deep man from getting a head of steam. Short man is Ricky Williams??!?!? Wha? He does like 12 BS spin moves and returns the kick all the way for a TD. We head to overtime. Saints drive to midfield and stall. Attempt a 50plus yd FG for the win. I pause, go to my bag of Madden cards and play a anti-FG wind gust ( I know, I'm a dirty cheater but I earned that card)

Well crap........the stupid kicker shanks it SO BAD to the left, that the cheat wind gust blows it right back dead center through the uprights for the win. It looked like some ridiculous golf shot. I've never been so video-game ticked in my life but it was all my fault. My Ravens (murderer free and lead by random draft choice WR MVP Dusty Bush) went on to win three straight superbowls with 2 undefeated seasons before I hung that game up with nothing left to prove.

Love that game. What a ride. My buddy was in that franchise mode with me, and was fired by the Jets, Patriots, Jets again and retired as coach of the Browns I think.

[JetsLuvver]

One time on the old NCAA Basketball on the Super Nintendo, I was playing as Baylor and was down 25 points to Arkansas (this game still had the old SWC, also I believe Ark was in the finals that year.) at the half and I would go on a scoring rampage in the second half and end up winning 119-118 on a last second dunk.