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15 years ago today - Game of the Century
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:23 pm
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:23 pm
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Even in defeat, one of the best Bama games I’ve ever experienced and despite the blowback of 9-6, it lived up to the hype. Every snap mattered and it felt like you were a play away from losing.
I was in Tuscaloosa from 5am until the final whistle and I’ve never seen a game day atmosphere that comes close.
There was no question these were the best two teams of the 2011 season.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:25 pm to AHM21
Um LSU scored a TD at the end of the game.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:25 pm to AHM21
Early missed and early made field goals for Bama were the difference in the two games they played. It was definitely and edge of your seat kind of game.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:26 pm to patillac
No, they didn’t.
It took 7.5 quarters for a touchdown to be scored between those two teams. Both defenses were elite and both offenses scored at will against everyone else.
It took 7.5 quarters for a touchdown to be scored between those two teams. Both defenses were elite and both offenses scored at will against everyone else.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:29 pm to AHM21
The game of the so-called century lost its flavor once Bama demanded a mulligan
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:30 pm to AHM21
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:30 pm to jangalang
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The game of the so-called century lost its flavor once Bama demanded a mulligan
But the regular season meant so much back then.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:33 pm to AHM21
Oh shite you right. My B. I just remember Michael Ford nearly getting one in at the end. Didn’t even remember it went into overtime.
I wiped the slate on most of 2011. Blah
I wiped the slate on most of 2011. Blah
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:33 pm to jangalang
Alabama doesnt get a mulligan if Iowa State doesn’t beat Oklahoma State.
The regular season definitely mattered - Oklahoma State lost to a team that finished 3-6 in the Big12.
The regular season definitely mattered - Oklahoma State lost to a team that finished 3-6 in the Big12.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:37 pm to AHM21
I was there 
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:38 pm to WilliamTaylor21
You saw a hell of a game
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:38 pm to AHM21
That was an epic game.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:41 pm to AHM21
That was a monumental game.
I had an atm friend of mine complain the entire game about it being “boring”. They were still big12 then and defense was foreign to them.
I had an atm friend of mine complain the entire game about it being “boring”. They were still big12 then and defense was foreign to them.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:42 pm to AHM21
I think it's okay to say now that game was almost as much the result of two anemic offenses as it was the result of two stifling defenses.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:42 pm to AHM21
Hated the way the score ended, but that was a helluva game. And the talent for both teams that year…wow!
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:43 pm to bigDgator
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But the regular season meant so much back then.
Ask Oklahoma State how much it meant
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:47 pm to wadewilson
LSU scored 40+ nine times that year
Alabama scored 40+ five times
Only three team kept Alabama under 30 - Penn State, Miss State and LSU
Only two teams kept LSU under 30 - Miss State and Alabama
The offenses were damn good when they weren’t playing against each others defense.
Alabama scored 40+ five times
Only three team kept Alabama under 30 - Penn State, Miss State and LSU
Only two teams kept LSU under 30 - Miss State and Alabama
The offenses were damn good when they weren’t playing against each others defense.
This post was edited on 11/5/26 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:51 pm to AHM21
I don’t know if I ever saw a game so intense that could flip on a single play. Plus all the talent all over the field on both sides 
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:59 pm to AHM21
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LSU scored 40+ nine times that year
LSU was very efficient in the red zone. Our return game gave us a lot of short fields.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 6:00 pm to AHM21
Crazy that the top 3 teams in the country were not just in the SEC, but all 3 were in the SEC West.
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