Rank these games based on your personal level of surprise at the outcome

#1 being the the most surprising outcome. Not just the fact that Bama won, but how they won

•2008 vs. Clemson

•2008 blackout vs. Georgia

•2009 SEC Championship vs. Florida

•2011 National Championship vs. LSU

•2015 Regular Season @Georgia

•2017 Sugar Bowl versus Clemson

•2021 SEC Championship versus Georgia


PERSONAL RANKING

7. Sugar Bowl versus Clemson

I talked myself into the win beforehand and to my knowledge, this is the only one on the list in which we were favored.

Nothing really surprising happened either. Had all the makings of a defensive slugfest and the Tide made a bunch of timely plays. Game was probably a little closer than the final score indicated

6. 2009 SEC Championship versus Florida

Similar to #7. By far the most surprising thing was the final score. Bama made timely plays particularly in the redzone. I considered it a coin flip going in as Florida looked vulnerable at multiple points in the season. This is above #7 because the manner in which we contained Tebow is more impressive than shutting down Kelly Bryant

5. Georgia Washout Game

I was really down on Coker and that Bama team. It was our first time being underdogs in a hot minute and I understood why. Seeing that team play a complete game was pretty surprising.

To be honest though, I can’t remember much of my thoughts prior to that game. Can’t rank it much higher because of that

4. 21-0

Coin flip game coming in. LSU showed nothing in Round 1 that they were significantly better. Additionally, there was a bit of writing on the wall Jordan Jefferson had two awful games leading up to his stinker in New Orleans.

Hitting our kicks, deciding to be aggressive on first down and McCarron responding, and how utterly shaken a great LSU team looked from kickoff gets it this high on the list

3. 2008 versus Clemson

I can still hear Herbie talking about how physical that Bama team was being. I was young and unfamiliar with Clemson but convinced that it would be a close game. However, coming out and beating up on a supposedly good team was pretty foreign to me

2. 2021 SEC Championship versus Georgia

We had good reason to be down on that team coming in. However nothing that happened in game was completely unforeseen. Coming in, I thought we needed:

1) An early big play from Jameson Williams

2) The run game and o-line to merely be serviceable

3) Score enough that it puts pressure on Stetson Bennett and an efficient, but not explosive, offense and see if they make a mistake or 2

All those completely reasonable hopes happened. Still, it’s silly to say that anyone envisioned kicking their arse

1. Georgia Blackout

I mean what can be said. Absolutely stunning first half in a game where I was hoping we would keep it close. For that buildup, that atmosphere, and the nervousness to completely evaporate in a little over an hour, holy shite.