The 10 Biggest Disappointments in Super Bowl History

You rode their coattails all the way to the big game. Put all your eggs in one basket. Talked trash to everyone. Placed bets in Vegas. You were finally going to be able to wear that jersey with pride. Bragging rights for a full year were within reach.

Then the Super Bowl came. And they blew it.

So this round-up goes out to every man who has ever had to resign himself to the fact that his team wrote a check its ass couldn’t cash. Herman Edwards said it best: "You play to win the game." And these teams did a lot of winning—just not when it counted, unfortunately.

Who remembers the team that lost out on the Super Bowl? Nobody. Until now. Here, a countdown of the 10 best.