The term “Couged it” refers to a loss of a game that 100% should NOT HAVE BEEN LOST. This phrase originated at the one and only Washington State University, and has slowly progressed into the mouths of others sports fans. Referring to a team or someone who has "Couged it" has now transformed into defining an epic failure. With this popular term being used by other universities and leagues, we might as well give credit to those who truly, “Couged it,” the best.
1. 1993 Buffalo Bills vs. Houston Oilers
Still known as the largest comeback in NFL history, the Bills recovered from a 32-point deficit to win in over-time against the Oilers, 41-38.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjHGAvkQlkk
2. 2016 Seattle Seahawks vs. Minnesota Vikings
Blair Walsh completely shanked the game winning field goal allowing the Seahawks to win the game, 10-9.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/0ap3000000620504/Blair-Walsh-misses-game-winning-FG
Bill Buckner of the Boston Red Sox missed a groundball between the legs, losing the World Series Game 6 to the New York Mets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18caPNisP2U
4. 2001 Seattle Mariners Season
The Seattle Mariners 2001 season had tied a Major League record for the most wins in one season with 116 games. Essentially they were the best team in baseball and then proceeded to get knocked out of the playoffs in the first round.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCATIQbRSRk
5. 1964 Minnesota Vikings Fumble
Jim Marshall of the Minnesota Vikings took a 49ers fumble and ran the wrong way into his own end zone leaving the 49ers to score a two-point safety on the play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1UZy7SSdDI
6. 1982 Stanford Marching Band
The Stanford Marching Band collected all 144 members and rushed the field in celebration at the end of the game against the California Golden Bears, only to find out that the game wasn’t actually over. The Bears pitched the ball to Kevin Moen who charged through the scattered band players and score the winning touchdown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZCCAqoSwY
7. 1993 University of Michigan
University of Michigan basketball star Chris Webber calls a time-out with 11 seconds left as his Wolverines trail North Carolina 73–71 in the national championship game. Only problem: Michigan has no time-outs left. He’s called for a technical foul, and Michigan loses, 77–71.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QPB9NBUG2g
8. 1992 Cleveland Indians vs. Texas Rangers
Jose Canseco of the Texas Rangers, converts a fly ball into a home run using his head. Canseco lost track of the ball, before it hit him on the top of the head and bounced over the fence for a home run. Later, he was offered a contact from Harrisburg Heat of the National Professional Soccer League.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QixQMUu4CKI
9. Super Bowl XLVII
This was a hard game to forget. It was almost like the Broncos didn’t even show up to play. In the Super Bowl 47, the Seattle Seahawks dominated the Denver Broncos from start to finish resulting in a 43 – 8 win. A game that started out with the number one offense against the number one defense in the NFL, “didn’t turn out to be much of a contest.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-byJvHAXQA
What a better team to “Coug it” than our very own rivals, the University of Washington, Huskies. The Huskies opened the second half of the game with a 14 – 10 lead but, unfortunately for them, they couldn’t hold off the Cougs and the game went into overtime where they lost 31 – 28.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkARl-S8SQY
Go Cougs, Am I right?
