For me it was the 1999 game at Nebraska. KSU was undefeated at 9-0 in November, ranked in the top 5, and may have had a shot at the NC if they had won that game. Unfortunately, my grandmother's funeral was that morning, so when I watched the game that afternoon, I was amongst some low FBIQ relatives that only made it worse. My stupid uncle from New York had probably never even seen a Big 12 game before, and he is there ribbing me every time NU makes a big play talking about how K-State is one of the worst teams he had ever seen. I know it was not a bad loss considering NU finished #3 that year, but it sure felt like a kick in the nuts. And just like clockwork, you had Terry Bowden and others in the media trashing K-State's nonconference schedule and using that to justify excluding K-State from the BCS even though ranked #7 going into the bowls. Then Texas gets the Cotton Bowl for the second straight year even though K-State destroyed Texas and had a better record, just like in 1998. It was almost deja vu from the year before.
