The most dominating athletes, teams, dynasties, and performances you've seen

[Monkey]

I was watching some of Mike Tyson's fights from the 80s and was awestruck by how he completely overpowered and dismantled everybody he fought. I remember when he would get in the ring... nobody could touch him. He was automatic.

That got me thinking about how every once in awhile, an athlete or team will come out of the blue and totally dominate their sport. It might be for a few years, it might be for one season, or it just might be one game where the competition was completely outmatched.

What sticks out in your mind? What athletes/teams/dynasties/performances do you remember (actually seen)?

Here's one particular game:
December 18, 1989. The Bengals crush the Oilers 61-7. The best part of the game? They were up 58-7 with less than a minute to play, and Sam Wyche had them kick a field goal. It was the biggest beatdown I have ever witnessed, worse than the blowout superbowl that followed only a month later. I don't know why they felt the need to embarass the Oilers so much... only, the Oilers coach wasn't too happy about it. :lmao:

For the record, the most lopsided win in NFL history was in the 1940 NFL championship game.
Chicago Bears: 73
Washington Redskins: 0

[The Dream Master]

Clemson University (my alma mater) and the University of South Carolina (their most hated rivals) have been playing football against each other for over a 100 years; in fact, their annual battle is the longest uninterrupted rivalry game in the south. In 2003, Clemson rolled into Columbia as a one point underdog. They left as 46 point victors after laying down a 63-17 beating that I'll never forget. It was unbelievable, and just continued our thorough domination of the Gamecocks (South Carolina has only won 7 times in my lifetime). Anyway, the 2003 beatdown was immortalized in this YouTube video, where the South Carolina announcer (and former QB) Todd Ellis has to call each humiliating score.

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[Monkey]

Owned... hee hee. That last TD (QB sneak) was amazing.

1 point underdog, you say? :)

The Gators were up 31-0 against KY in the FIRST quarter yesterday, I was expecting them to put up 80 points...

[The Dream Master]

That last TD (QB sneak) was amazing.

Yep, that was Chansi Stuckey, who now plays WR for the Jets. He was recruited as a QB, never panned out there, and moved to WR where he was pretty good.

And yeah, I've gotta think Florida would have put up more points if Tebow hadn't been knocked out yesterday.

[Utellme]

What sticks out in your mind? What athletes/teams/dynasties/performances do you remember (actually seen)?

Here's one particular game:
December 18, 1989. The Bengals crush the Oilers 61-7. The best part of the game? They were up 58-7 with less than a minute to play, and Sam Wyche had them kick a field goal. It was the biggest beatdown I have ever witnessed. I don't know why they felt the need to embarass the Oilers so much... only, the Oilers coach wasn't too happy about it. :lmao:

A team that comes to mind the 1985 Bears defense was sick.

As for that Oiler Cinncy game Sam Wyche did not get along at all with Oiler coach Jerry Glanville.

[The Dream Master]

Interesting fact: Sam Wyche is now the offensive coordinator for Pickens High School here in the upstate of South Carolina (which, incidentally is only about 20 minutes from Clemson). I did my student teaching there as well.

[Monkey]

A team that comes to mind the 1985 Bears defense was sick.

As for that Oiler Cinncy game Sam Wyche did not get along at all with Oiler coach Jerry Glanville.

The '85 Bears were the most impressive team I've ever seen. They had everything... one of the best RBs in the history of the game, an amazing D... and who could forget the fridge? That was the first year I started watching football. The '89 49ers were pretty damn scary, too. The Bears? They were destined to be champs that year. If it weren't for the '85 dolphins, the '72 dolphins would just be a footnote.

[The Dream Master]

Haha, not to make this a Clemson thread, but before The Fridge was pounding TDs into the end zone for Ditka, he was flattening opponents at Clemson. Like this:

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[Monkey]

The first post about Wyche I dismissed as a coincidence... but I had no idea the fridge played for Clemson. That's kind of scary.

Clemson is the new Kevin Bacon?

[Kat]

Ones that come to mind right away....

Mid 90's - Chicago Bulls
NY Yankees
Edmonton Oilers in the mid 80's & Montreal Canadiens

[Monkey]

Ones that come to mind right away....

Mid 90's - Chicago Bulls
NY Yankees
Edmonton Oilers in the mid 80's & Montreal Canadiens
The Bulls and the Oilers both won 6 championships in 8 years. In '96 I remember seeing the Bulls record at 42-3... and thought it was a misprint. They ended up going 72-10 that year.

The Yankees won 4 out of 5. Personally, I'm surprised they haven't won a world series since 2000, given their gaudy payroll.

[The Dream Master]

Not only did the Yankees win 4 out of 5 World Series, but they also won 14 straight WS games at one point during that stretch.

[sCabbOy]

Even better than those Yankees teams of the late 90's, but 1936 -1939 NYY won 4 straight World Series with two sweeps and going 16-2 in the World Series in those years. They did the same thing again 1950 - 1953 winning 4 straight again.

[jasonlives13]

Alan Shearer an English footballer and has scored the most league goals ever. And his record for Newcastle is 404 appearances and 206 goals

[On a Pale Horse]

Wayne Gretzky. With 2857 points all time, he's almost 1000 points ahead of the 2nd place Messier (1887). 1000 points is a hall of fame career in itself. So you could fit a whole 'career' in the space between him and #2.

[ShinobiMusashi]

I was watching some of Mike Tyson's fights from the 80s and was awestruck by how he completely overpowered and dismantled everybody he fought. I remember when he would get in the ring... nobody could touch him. He was automatic.

That got me thinking about how every once in awhile, an athlete or team will come out of the blue and totally dominate their sport. It might be for a few years, it might be for one season, or it just might be one game where the competition was completely outmatched.

What sticks out in your mind? What athletes/teams/dynasties/performances do you remember (actually seen)?

Here's one particular game:
December 18, 1989. The Bengals crush the Oilers 61-7. The best part of the game? They were up 58-7 with less than a minute to play, and Sam Wyche had them kick a field goal. It was the biggest beatdown I have ever witnessed, worse than the blowout superbowl that followed only a month later. I don't know why they felt the need to embarass the Oilers so much... only, the Oilers coach wasn't too happy about it. :lmao:

For the record, the most lopsided win in NFL history was in the 1940 NFL championship game.
Chicago Bears: 73
Washington Redskins: 0

Man, you had to bring up that Bengals/Oilers game. I grew up an Oilers fan in Houston, and I can honestly say looking back that was the beginning of the end for them in Houston. Sam Wyche hated the Oilers head coach(Jerry Glanville) with a passion, and in that game he wanted Glanville's head.