So Florida State's run for a second consecutive NCAA Football
title were obliterated yesterday in Pasadena. Oregon Ducks showed and destroyed
a FSU team that paid the price for remaining sloppy with the football. The
final score was 59-20 and that will sting for a long time. The blowout loss
made me recall a conversation I previously heard on a sports radio show
regarding which is worse; Blowout losses versus Close losses.
As a fan, you experience your team winning and losing. For some
reason, I seem to recall the losses better than my team's victories. Hopefully
there are only a few others who dwell on losses as I do. Some losses that come
to mind are my Buccaneers losing to the Rams in the 1999-2000 NFC Championship
Game 11-6; Holland losing to Spain 1-0 in the 2010 World Cup Final, and FC
Barcelona losing those two Copa del Rey finals to Real Madrid in recent memory.
Fortunately, I have enjoyed seeing my teams in different sports win titles so I
will not grow old to be a bitter man like most Boston Red Sox fans were before
2004.
Nevertheless, yesterday's FSU loss to Oregon was difficult.
However, if I have to decide which type of loss I would rather witness my team
suffer; then I would choose a close loss over a blowout loss.
A close loss makes it seem that the team played hard and either
didn't get the ball or puck to bounce their way. A blowout loss makes it seem
that the team did not even bother to show up. Case in point, Barça were
eliminated by Manchester United in the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League
Semi-Finals, by Manchester United on a 1-0 aggregate score while in the
2012-2013 edition, Barça were eliminated at the same stage to Bayern
Munich by an aggregate score of 7-0. Without a doubt, the 7-0 will haunt me for a long time. It was not a matter of what if this shot went in or if the referee had not missed a call.
In conclusion, I prefer my teams to win but if they do suffer a
loss, then count me in as one of those who prefer his team losses a close one.
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