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*** The Great Debate (greatest plays)

  • BamaInCC said...

    Man... you could do a greatest plays of all time and a greatest plays of the Saban era. Been plenty in the last 5 years to fill out any list.

    Maybe that's the point that CWalsh is trying to make. Maybe soften the blow a little so that when the list comes out he doesn't get a bunch of "WHAT ABOUT _____ PLAY!?" posts? It really is a difficult thing to do to select 10 plays in the program's history.

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  • I don't propose this is one of the 10 biggest plays in Crimson Tide history, but it is one that sticks out for me.

    Field goal block vs Penn St in 1989.

    I was 12 years old and sitting on my grandmothers couch in Tuscaloosa. Remember it like it was yesterday.

    For those that might not remember quite as clearly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bGgM6Qygq8

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  • NJTide said...

    The Stand is immortal. BUT...if McNeal does not make a stop on the PSU receiver before crossing the goal line there would have been no Stand. McNeal's play won't make the Top Ten, but it should make the top of any 'under-rated' plays. The Stand was due to a group of players clogging the middle, McNeal was mano a mano against a player with a head of steam.

    In the same mode, I have to mention Bell's catch of a pass against the barn that led to The Kick. Bell caught the ball ran across the field as he picked up yards then managed to run of of bounds and stopped the clock. The clock did not stop after first downs at that time, so if he was tackled the game was over and no Kick.

    Again, a very seldom mentioned big play.

    Of course The Block, TJ'S screen pass vs LSU. Teague's strip of the ball which was a big play in denying MIami great field position if not a TD, but had to be very de-moralizing for the Canes.

    Agree with the thought NJ Tide but it was Greg Richardson that caught Shula's pass and drug the cow college's defenders as he was making it to the sideline.

    kiva confluence ●

  • Linnie Patrick's run in the fourth quarter against *U is still one of my all time favorites(1981).

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  • NJTide said...

    The Stand is immortal. BUT...if McNeal does not make a stop on the PSU receiver before crossing the goal line there would have been no Stand. McNeal's play won't make the Top Ten, but it should make the top of any 'under-rated' plays. The Stand was due to a group of players clogging the middle, McNeal was mano a mano against a player with a head of steam.

    In the same mode, I have to mention Bell's catch of a pass against the barn that led to The Kick. Bell caught the ball ran across the field as he picked up yards then managed to run of of bounds and stopped the clock. The clock did not stop after first downs at that time, so if he was tackled the game was over and no Kick.

    Again, a very seldom mentioned big play.

    Of course The Block, TJ'S screen pass vs LSU. Teague's strip of the ball which was a big play in denying MIami great field position if not a TD, but had to be very de-moralizing for the Canes.

    Not Bell -- Greg Richardson

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  • What about Prothro's catch?

    DaxStax

  • The ones I remember most are: 1. Julio's catch and run against LSU in 2009. 2. Tiffin's FG following drive led by Shula (amazing.) 3. The entire team effort against Florida in 2010. 4. Trent's run against Arkansas, 5. Dareus's int and run against Texas. Most significant play may have been Cody's block--but it is unlikely the kick would have been good anyway. Stabler's run was most gratifying. Will remember team efforts the most: Florida 2010, Miami 1992, Georgia and LSU 2012.

    dominosdad

  • One of my personal "Old School Classics" .... When Alabama's Tommy Lewis tackled Rice's Dickie Maegle from the sideline in the 1954 Cotton Bowl.

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  • Weaver9662 said...

    The ass whooping to BAMA by USC that preempted the recruiting of African-Americans was pretty big, but that would take up the Top 10 ......

    Respectfully disagree. The wheels of integration were already well in progress before the USC game. "The Missing Ring" documents the integration of the team pretty well.

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