Watching Ohio State lose for the second year in a row in a NCAA Championship Football game brings to mind the sad legacy that teams that lose the big one leave behind. The accomplishment of having made it to the championship game two years in a row is soon forgotton, and what's remembered instead is the fact that they couldn't get it done, that they 'choked' and were losers. The truth is that teams such as Ohio State had to win many 'big' games to put themselves in a postion to win it all. Unfortunately, what is often remembered is not the victories leading to the big game, but the sting of the loss instead.
The Buffalo Bills were in the Super Bowl 4 years in a row in the early 90's; an amazing accomplishment. However, because they lost all 4 Super Bowls, they are hardly mentioned when people talk about the greatest teams of all time. If they had instead won a couple of those games they would have no doubt been considered one of the greatest NFL football teams of all time. The Minnesota Vikings are another team that made it to the Super Bowl 4 times, and lost all 4. In baseball, you have the Atlanta Braves, a team that won the division ten years in a row! Sadly for their legacy, they only managed to win the World Series one time, and their accomplishment is overshadowed by their failures.
It's ironic how a 'winner' quickly becomes a 'loser' if they don't win the big one. These teams deserve a better fate, but to the winners go the spoils, and to the other team ignominy.
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