What are some games that Alabama was lucky or very fortunate to win?
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2002 vs. Hawaii - Another game where the opponent’s comeback bid fell short after a failed onside kick late in the 4th quarter. Also amazing we won considering XCDF had abandoned the team by then. Final score was 21-16.
2024 vs. UGA - We squandered a 28 point lead and the defense allowed an unconscionable amount of 4th down conversions, but Zabien Brown came through when it mattered most. The circus style catch and run by Hollywood to take the lead for good will be my abiding memory of this one.
2024 vs. South Carolina - One of the wildest endings to Bama game I’ve ever seen. We stopped a 2 point conversion attempt which would have tied the game late in the 4th, fail to recover the ensuing onside kick, yet manage to keep them out of FG range thanks to great D and a pick by Domani Jackson on a desperation pass. Jackson also had the presence of mind to avoid giving up a safety after he caught the ball! I like how we decided to rush the QB instead of drop back in zone coverage. Full credit to CKW and the entire defense for the strategy and execution on defense at the end. None of that drama would have happened if Bernard had fallen down before scoring the TD that put us up by 8!
2024 vs. UGA - We squandered a 28 point lead and the defense allowed an unconscionable amount of 4th down conversions, but Zabien Brown came through when it mattered most. The circus style catch and run by Hollywood to take the lead for good will be my abiding memory of this one.
2024 vs. South Carolina - One of the wildest endings to Bama game I’ve ever seen. We stopped a 2 point conversion attempt which would have tied the game late in the 4th, fail to recover the ensuing onside kick, yet manage to keep them out of FG range thanks to great D and a pick by Domani Jackson on a desperation pass. Jackson also had the presence of mind to avoid giving up a safety after he caught the ball! I like how we decided to rush the QB instead of drop back in zone coverage. Full credit to CKW and the entire defense for the strategy and execution on defense at the end. None of that drama would have happened if Bernard had fallen down before scoring the TD that put us up by 8!
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That Tua to Smith play...that to me is still the most scintillating moment in the history of Alabama football. The one that still sends chills down my spine, the one that took us from losing the national championship to winning it on the very last play of the game.
It was the Bobby Thompson's home run of Alabama college football. In our other national title games where we won, not once did we have a game in overtime where we were trailing and anything less than a score meant a loss. Of course that's partly because there was no overtime until 1996, but our other national title games weren't head-to-head matchups (1961/1964), we were leading (1978/2015), we'd already won the championship (1961/1964/1973) or weren't close (1965/1979/1992/2009/2011/2012).
Under Shula we certainly played down to the level of our competition on most Saturdays.
2006 vs. Duke we trailed at the half. They had the nation’s longest losing streak.
2006 vs. Hawaii we intercept a pass in the end zone to preserve an 8 point win. I may be wrong, but I think that was the game’s final play.
We played uninspired vs. FIU in 2006. A significant amount of their roster was suspended after a brawl with the Miami Hurricanes from the week before. I shudder to think what would have happened if they had their full complement of players.
When are we going to get our “vacated” wins back? If Penn State got theirs, why not us?
The last drive Penn State gave the ball to Blair Thomas ELEVEN straight times and we could not stop him. We were lucky he lost his footing and went down inside the one yard line.
Give it to Thomas a 12th time and he walks into the end zone.
The 1974 FSU team had the nation’s longest losing streak and the lead with less than 2 minutes to go. Maybe it’s a theme with lucky Bama wins.
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