10 Best Moments in Alabama football history - PLEASE VOTE

1 Trent Richardson's 2011 BCS touchdown

2-10 Various defensive stops and turnovers from said game



Seriously, 21-0 may still be the greatest 3 hours of my life.

The Ultimate List

1. Bear Bryant says Mama Called.Six titles.
2. Bama beats Washington 20-19 in the 1926 Rose
3. Bama beats Penn in 1922, 9-7 in Philadelphia
4. Bama beats LSU 21-0
5. Bama beats bragging Miami 34-13 to win title.
6. Bama hires Nick Saban
7. Bama beats Notre Dame for a National tittle.
8. Bama beats Texas for a National title.
9. Bama hires Wallace Wade.
10. Mark Ingram wins the Heisman trophy
11 he he..... Bama fires Mike Shula, Thank God.

Not in order

Winning very first SECCG
Goal line stand
Crushing Miami
The run through the mud
Momma called
Mal delivers Saban and immediately packs BDS - for scrimmage
Bama introduces the Rose Bowl to the south
Ingram wins Heisman
Bama first team to shutout team in BCSNCG
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If we're talking about single plays...

And not all of these necessarily in this order...

1. Goal line stand
2. The Kick...Tiffin
3. The Strip
4. McNeal's tackle two plays before the goal line stand
5. Langham's pick-six in the 1992 SECCG
6. The Kick 2...Doyle vs. Tennessee
7. Dareus pick-six
8. Cody's block
9. Stacy Harrison's blocked FG to set up Doyle's kick.
10.Teague's pick-six vs. Miami
11.Snake's run in the mud

My list is more on what I think the most significant moments were and they're listed in chronological order:

1. "The Granddaddy of Them All" - the 1926 Rose Bowl put Bama football, as well as southern football, on the national map.

2. "Momma called" - The Bear comes home in 1958 and Bama football is relevant again.

3. "Sam Cunningham did more to integrate Alabama in 60 minutes..." - Bama's game against USC in 1970, especially Cunningham's performance, allowed Bear to more easily integrate Bama football.

4. "We're gonna go with the Texas stuff" - Bear adopting the Wishbone in 1971 made Bama a dominant team throughout the 70's.

5. ""Bout a foot. You better pass" - the goal line stand against Penn State in the '79 Sugar Bowl puts the stamp on a national championship and becomes embedded in Bama football lore.

6. "Pick 6" - Antonio Langham decoys UF QB Shane Matthews and wins the inaugural SEC Championship game in 1992 for #2 Bama, leading to their Cinderella matchup against #1 Miami.

7. "The Strip" - George Teague, in maybe the most famous non-play in college football history, puts an emphatic stamp on Bama's first national championship since the Bear died, beating overwhelming favorite Miami in the 1993 Sugar Bowl.

8. "I'm not going to be the Alabama coach" - Saban comes to Bama in 2007 and Bama football is relevant again.

9. "I'm a little overwhelmed right now" - Mark Ingram becomes the first Bama player to win the Heisman trophy in 2009.

10. "Dynasty" - Bama beats UGA in a most memorable 2012 SEC Championship game matchup and then overwhelms Notre Dame for their 3rd BCS Championship in 4 years, a feat matched by only 2 other teams in history (Notre Dame & Nebraska).

Honorable Mention - some of these were in contention for my top 10 while others are just memorable plays in seasons that weren't quite as significant:

"Run in the Mud" - Stabler's 53-yard scamper beats Auburn 7-3 in '67.

"I waxed the dude" - Rory Turner obliterates Brent Fullwood on 4th and goal in the '84 Iron Bowl, helping to secure a memorable win against Auburn in an otherwise forgettable season; this play is also more known as "Wrong Way Bo."

"The Kick" - Van Tiffin's 52-yard FG on the last play wins Bama one of the most exciting Iron Bowls in '85.

"Rocky Block" - Cody blocks 2 UT FGs, one on the last play, to keep Bama on track in 2009.

"Cody-5" aka "The Drive" - McElroy leads Bama down the field, on the strength of several clutch receptions by Julio Jones, to win the 2009 Iron Bowl 26-21, keeping Bama's undefeated season and SEC/national championship hopes alive.

"The Screen" - AJ hits Norwood on 3 straight passes to set up the winning screen pass to Yeldon, completing Bama's late comeback against LSU in 2012.

"The Bomb & the Tip" - AJ hits Cooper on a long pass to go ahead of UGA in the 2012 SEC championship game and Mosley tips Murray's last pass to make it stand up.

1. 1926 Rose Bowl
2. Coach Bryant Comes Home
3. Mal Moore Become AD (Job for which he was best suited of all he had)
4. Mal bring Nick Saban to Tuscaloosa
5. 1961 National Championship Game
6. 1979 Goal Line Stand and the plays leading up to it
7. Coach Bryant wins 315
8. Coach Bryant’s Last Game followed by his funeral
9. 1993 National Championship Game
10. 2010 Rose Bowl Game

Don McNeal's hit on Scott Fitzkee on 2nd down before the goal line stand must be one of the biggest plays of all time that rarely gets mentioned...so much so that no one else in this thread has mentioned it. Krauss's stop on 4th down will always live as one of the greatest, because of the fact that it was 4th down, but it really was a team effort. McNeal's play was was an incredible individual play. Without it, there is no goalline stand. Watching it today, I still can't believe Fitzkee didn't get in.