re: Best play in your teams history .... That was negated by a penalty?

Not exactly a penalty, but I think this one applies.

Old Barners like myself will never forget this.

For those who don't follow links, in the 4th quarter of the '74 Iron Bowl, as AU trailed Bama 17-7, Phil Gargis hit Thom Gossom on a perfectly executed sideline route for a 41-yard TD...until the back judge 30 yards away from the play determined (after a brief discussion with Paul W. Bryant) that Gossom's foot touched the line a split second before making the catch. No TD, meaning AU's score later in the period wasn't enough to upset the undefeated Tide.

As familiar as I was with the incident, I'd never heard Gossom tell this part of the story, which bears repeating:

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The Alabama cheerleaders were lined up across the end zone. In an unplanned act of spontaneity, I looked to the Alabama cheerleaders, spiked the ball, and pointed to them and said ‘frick Alabama.’

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