What constitutes "choking" in sports?

What constitutes "choking" in sports?#242457

By SuperJon - March 15th, 2009, 4:11 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 4:11 pm #242457

This word gets thrown out a ton this time of year. I think it's an absolutely ridiculous description but that's just me. Someone give me a good definition of what choking is?

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By HenryGale - March 15th, 2009, 4:17 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 4:17 pm #242460

The Mets

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By Ed Dantes - March 15th, 2009, 4:45 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 4:45 pm #242465

HenryGale wrote:The Mets

Ouch. Sad but true.

Choking, I would define it, would be making fundamental mistakes or performing worse-than-expected when it's needed the most.

Example, so I can show the differences:

Greg Norman lost the lead in the Masters twice. The first time, he lost the tournament because some guy hit a ridiculous chip-in for the win. Such a thing happens, it sucks, Norman played his best, but lost. That's not choking.

Greg Norman in 1996, on the other hand... He had a six stroke lead heading into the final day. We could have reasonably expected him to win the tournament, had he played to his average level. As it turns out, he completely sucked that day, shooting a 78 -- and finished five strokes behind the leader.

He completely flubbed when it mattered the most. That's a choke.

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By Fumblerooskies - March 15th, 2009, 5:16 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 5:16 pm #242473

True to form...he just bounced it OB with a one shot lead late in the round.

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By Ed Dantes - March 15th, 2009, 5:22 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 5:22 pm #242476

Fumble, you beat me to it!

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By HenryGale - March 15th, 2009, 5:33 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 5:33 pm #242482

Fumblerooskies wrote:

True to form...he just bounced it OB with a one shot lead late in the round.

He must be looking at a Big Mac because he looks awful excited!

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By LUconn - March 15th, 2009, 5:57 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 5:57 pm #242494

are you watching MASN? There's a good example of it happening.

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By Fumblerooskies - March 15th, 2009, 5:59 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 5:59 pm #242496

LUconn wrote:are you watching MASN? There's a good example of it happening.

I was wondering who would go there first..

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By LUconn - March 15th, 2009, 5:59 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 5:59 pm #242498

whoops. syke!

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By dompennix - March 15th, 2009, 9:03 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 9:03 pm #242614

Lebron James

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By flamesbball84 - March 15th, 2009, 10:32 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 10:32 pm #242628

clemson under oliver purnell

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By Hold My Own - March 15th, 2009, 11:26 pm

- March 15th, 2009, 11:26 pm #242685

Since the picture of my favorite choker of all time was posted I'll post my second favorite

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By JMUDukes - March 16th, 2009, 12:58 am

- March 16th, 2009, 12:58 am #242707

HenryGale wrote:The Mets

Clemson basketball

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By Hold My Own - March 16th, 2009, 9:16 am

- March 16th, 2009, 9:16 am #242745

The one year they didnt choke got us a ring so I'm thankful they didnt choke it away back then too

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By markymark550 - March 18th, 2009, 4:37 pm

- March 18th, 2009, 4:37 pm #243627

Jack Leasure, 2006 Big South Tournament Finals - 1-15 from the field and only 5 points for the BSC POY

1994 Seattle SuperSonics - NBA's best record and lost a best of five first round series to 8-seeded Denver after being up 2 games to 0

Phi Slamma Jamma - 3 straight Final Fours with 2 great players (Drexler, Olajuwon), but 0 national championships

2004 New York Yankees - up 3 games to 0 on arch-rival Boston and couldn't win the ALCS

Go Eagles!

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By ATrain - March 18th, 2009, 6:07 pm

- March 18th, 2009, 6:07 pm #243653

2003 VMI @ LU
VMI up 28-3 in the 4th quarter, and LU comes back to win.

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By LibertyJoe - March 18th, 2009, 6:26 pm

- March 18th, 2009, 6:26 pm #243658

This defines the word choke, haha. Especially 2003, up 3-1 in the series against the marlins and the the Bill Bartman saga begins

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By Fumblerooskies - March 18th, 2009, 6:57 pm

- March 18th, 2009, 6:57 pm #243677

ATrain wrote:2003 VMI @ LU
VMI up 28-3 in the 4th quarter, and LU comes back to win.

The game that saved Ken Karcher's job.

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By Maximus - March 18th, 2009, 7:20 pm

- March 18th, 2009, 7:20 pm #243683

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By ToTheLeft - March 18th, 2009, 7:26 pm

- March 18th, 2009, 7:26 pm #243685

There's a difference between overrated and choking.

I think choking means truly being in a position to win, and folding under the pressure/underperforming. See: Liberty football at Presby, Yankees in the ALCS against the Red Sox.

Overrated is when a team is "supposed" to win a game but doesn't. See: Ohio State football in the National Title games against UF and LSU

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By Maximus - March 18th, 2009, 7:31 pm

- March 18th, 2009, 7:31 pm #243687

oh sorry... I meant

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By jcmanson - March 18th, 2009, 9:09 pm

- March 18th, 2009, 9:09 pm #243712

ToTheLeft wrote: See: Liberty football at Presby

Stupid Hose

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By flamesfilmguy - March 18th, 2009, 11:43 pm

- March 18th, 2009, 11:43 pm #243753

jcmanson wrote:
ToTheLeft wrote: See: Liberty football at Presby
Stupid Hose

what is it with the bad memories from football today! you just gotta bring that stuff back up don't ya'll?

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