Link: '79 Goal Line Stand article in SI's "Where are they now"

Bad Pony · July 9th, 2009, 02:57 PM

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	At the precise moment that Krauss and Guman collided, SI photographer Walter Iooss Jr. snapped an iconic shot that would make the cover of that week's issue, a picture whose spirit and upward thrust of angles faintly echo the famous photo of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima. So powerful was the image that Daniel Moore, then a 25-year-old graphic designer in Birmingham, made a painting of the scene. It's no stretch to say that Goal Line Stand is the most popular piece of artwork in Alabama; it hangs in countless dens, offices, restaurants and bars throughout the state.

Where are they now? '79 Bama Defense

theBIGyowski · July 9th, 2009, 03:28 PM

My parents' first big date was the '79 Sugar Bowl against Penn State. They got married that November...and I came around 2 years later.

My first date with my girlfriend was also an Alabama game...but unfortunately it was the LA Monroe game. At least Coach Saban was on the sidelines.

Boclive · July 9th, 2009, 05:26 PM

I'm the same age as the senior class on that team and grew up in Birmingham playing with and against some of those Bama players.

I was watching that game pretty closely. I seem to remember a key punt return but can't remember the kid's name that returned it...

CoachThomas · July 9th, 2009, 05:48 PM

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	I'm the same age as the senior class on that team and grew up in Birmingham playing with and against some of those Bama players. I was watching that game pretty closely. I seem to remember a key punt return but can't remember the kid's name that returned it...

Lou Iker

GulfCoastTider · July 10th, 2009, 07:19 AM

Grrrr @ SI.

They could have at least had the cover on that page somewhere.

RamJamHam · July 10th, 2009, 12:00 PM

That's Lou Ikner. I think he is still in the Tuscaloosa area.

bilbo · July 10th, 2009, 12:17 PM

Matt Suhey went on to become one of my all-time favorite Chicago Bears....blocked for "Sweetness"

SavannahDare · July 10th, 2009, 12:27 PM

Classy remarks from Guman at the end.

Con · July 10th, 2009, 12:29 PM

	Quote:	GulfCoastTider
	Grrrr @ SI. They could have at least had the cover on that page somewhere.

That was exactly what I was thinking.

bama_fan01 · July 12th, 2009, 04:23 PM

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	Lou Iker

I believe the punt returners name is Lou Ikner.

PattheCatinSaudi · July 12th, 2009, 04:38 PM

I went to that game with 3 frat brothers and when we got to our seats, we were dead in the end zone, about 3 rows up. My, we thought, these seats really suck. But we had the best seats in the Superdome for that goalline stand.

GoBamaJags · July 12th, 2009, 09:55 PM

Well Pat, that is poetic justice!

crains · July 12th, 2009, 10:03 PM

I am so glad that they were going to show Alabama that were more physical and they were going to run the ball into the end zone ! If I remember right Barry Krauss told them they had better pass! They were not going to run the ball in the endzone! We stuffed their running game on the goal line ! Joe Pop just got out coached!