What's the preferred way for your favorite sports team to lose?

[Deadd2009]

I saw this on another forum and thought it was an excellent question to ask you guys

Whether you follow professional, college, or youth sports, what is your preferred way to lose?

Blowout- Whether the other team is better, your team just isn't getting "bounces", you're just blown out and there's no doubt about the outcome.
Can't score at the end- everything is setup for last second heroics, but the team can't pull it off.
Can't stop the other team at the end- other team scores on a "last second" play and your certain victory changes to defeat in a heartbeat

Sorry, no "other" in this case

I mean all of these options are crappy but if I HAD to choose, it would be a blowout, because if you can't score on the last possession or you can't stop the other team on their last possession, that's heartbreaking as a fan. At least in a blowout, you know all is lost and can watch another game.

 

[BSE]

As an Alabama football fan, the one loss that hurt the most was the blowout loss to Clemson in the 2018-19 NCG

44-16. I’ll never ever understand it.

Edit - my preferred way to lose would be failing to score at the end

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

I'd rather get blown out so I don't have to watch the rest of the game.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Getting a 25 point lead, just for them to blow it and lose.

 

[Cwalker]

I got 4 words for you:

Miracle at The Meadowlands

 

[CakeWalker]

losing 1-0.
but we tried to score.

 

[Hoss]

Definitely blowout for me. A loss is a loss, essentially. Albeit, some more demoralizing than others. But having the opportunity to win at the end of the game and having it slip through your fingers is the worst, whether it be because you couldn't get that final score to take the lead or because you let the opponent score at the end of the game to steal the W.