Best play from every year of the Saban Era

[Bama_N_Va]

Haven't seen this vid until today. I agree with most of them and I LOVE that Georgia is on the receiving end of 4.

Thoughts???

 

[colbysullivan]

Man, Blake Sims could rip it

 

[TideEngineer08]

My thoughts:

I disagree with 2007. We lost that Georgia game. I'd list the Matt Caddell game winning TD reception vs. Arkansas the week prior.

I can't argue too much with the 2008 play, the Hightower INT vs. Georgia.

In 2009, I'd argue it's the Mark Ingram screen pass vs. Florida, which largely turned that game completely in our favor.

I want to punch Doug Nussinmeir for 2013 Auburn. Seeing Cooper get that 99 yd TD vs. them just infuriates me even more. He should have had 300 yards receiving that night and we win that game.

But as I watch through those clips, it has occurred to me what makes Nick Saban so great compared to almost any other coach. So many built their reputations on their systems. Like Spurrier with the fun 'n gun. But once opponents figure it out, they never really adjust. Nick Saban's program isn't about any one system on offense or defense. And you can see it throughout those clips. It's getting great players to stay motivated to make great plays no matter what the down and distance is, no matter where the clock is at, and no matter what the scoreboard says. They just never give up and they never quit, despite taking the other team's best shot almost every Saturday.

There is no system to figure out vs. Saban. There is no puzzle to solve. And that's what makes him great.

 

[chuaner]

I'd vote Rashad Johnson's endzone int vs LSU for 2008.

 

[Windsortide]

Mount Cody blocking the FG versus Tennessee could also be there.

 

[CullmanTide]

My thoughts:

I disagree with 2007. We lost that Georgia game. I'd list the Matt Caddell game winning TD reception vs. Arkansas the week prior.

I can't argue too much with the 2008 play, the Hightower INT vs. Georgia.

In 2009, I'd argue it's the Mark Ingram screen pass vs. Florida, which largely turned that game completely in our favor.

I want to punch Doug Nussinmeir for 2013 Auburn. Seeing Cooper get that 99 yd TD vs. them just infuriates me even more. He should have had 300 yards receiving that night and we win that game.

But as I watch through those clips, it has occurred to me what makes Nick Saban so great compared to almost any other coach. So many built their reputations on their systems. Like Spurrier with the fun 'n gun. But once opponents figure it out, they never really adjust. Nick Saban's program isn't about any one system on offense or defense. And you can see it throughout those clips. It's getting great players to stay motivated to make great plays no matter what the down and distance is, no matter where the clock is at, and no matter what the scoreboard says. They just never give up and they never quit, despite taking the other team's best shot almost every Saturday.

There is no system to figure out vs. Saban. There is no puzzle to solve. And that's what makes him great.

Coach Saban is THE football genius. He makes mistakes as we all do but the next time you play Alabama you'd better brace yourself.

 

[JayBama_in_PCOLA]

Isn’t that 14 years though?

 

[crimsonaudio]

It's still somewhat fresh but Gary Danielson's reaction to Smith's TD catch vs LSU is one of my all-time favorites - after all he's seen over decades of watching football he cannot hide is sheer astonishment over what he saw, even on the replays.

RTR

 

[Crimson1967]

Colt getting hurt didn’t make the cut?

Any play in a game we lost shouldn’t be considered.

 

[BamaMoon]

My thoughts:

I disagree with 2007. We lost that Georgia game. I'd list the Matt Caddell game winning TD reception vs. Arkansas the week prior.

I can't argue too much with the 2008 play, the Hightower INT vs. Georgia.

In 2009, I'd argue it's the Mark Ingram screen pass vs. Florida, which largely turned that game completely in our favor.

I want to punch Doug Nussinmeir for 2013 Auburn. Seeing Cooper get that 99 yd TD vs. them just infuriates me even more. He should have had 300 yards receiving that night and we win that game.

But as I watch through those clips, it has occurred to me what makes Nick Saban so great compared to almost any other coach. So many built their reputations on their systems. Like Spurrier with the fun 'n gun. But once opponents figure it out, they never really adjust. Nick Saban's program isn't about any one system on offense or defense. And you can see it throughout those clips. It's getting great players to stay motivated to make great plays no matter what the down and distance is, no matter where the clock is at, and no matter what the scoreboard says. They just never give up and they never quit, despite taking the other team's best shot almost every Saturday.

There is no system to figure out vs. Saban. There is no puzzle to solve. And that's what makes him great.

Right...it reminds me of this thread about what's wrong at Nebraska. It's not rocket science what CNS does. All his former assistants saw it first hand, but they can't replicate it to the level CNS does. It's his fine attention to detail, doing the little things correctly and his willingness to adjust/change. He calls it "the process" but it's really just the way his brain works and it's extremely uncommon.

 

[81usaf92]

best play in each year IMO
2007: Matt Caddell’s TD vs Arkansas
08: Rashad’s interception vs LSU in OT
09: Cody
10: I didn’t see much of it because I was deployed.
11: Richardson’s td juke vs Ole Miss
12: Georgia coming up 5 yards short
13: didn’t see much since I was deployed again, but I guess Sunseri picking off Johnny
14: Blake to Drake vs Florida
15: Tough choice because the Clemson game was the stuff of legends. But I guess Drake’s run back
16: the flying sack on Trevor Knight
17: Tua to Smith
18: Jalen running in the game winner vs Georgia
19: Mac’s bomb on the first drive vs Michigan
20: Waddle’s touchdown vs UGA

 

[BamaMoon]

It's hard to get any mass agreement on stuff like this, except 2017 has to be unanimous.

I've got Crimson-colored glasses on, but how's that not the best, most clutch play in the history of college football???

 

[B1GTide]

It's hard to get any mass agreement on stuff like this, except 2017 has to be unanimous.

I've got Crimson-colored glasses on, but how's that not the best, most clutch play in the history of college football???

I think that most college football fans see it as such.

 

[CajunCrimson]

Darius interception was 2009 season. Dumb to put it in 2010 even though theoretically it was in the calendar year.

 

[CoachJeff]

First off - the best play in 2007 was the Matt Caddell TD catch against Arkansas. One of the louder times at BDS. Bama lost that UGA game! Come on.

The 2008 play is a random INT? No, Julio's TD catch was a bigger play just in that game.

2009 is one that's actually a pretty good one.

2010 - uh, that's from the 2009 season.

I think I'm going to stop watching this video. It's just making me mad.

 

[Probius]

2007: Matt Caddell TD reception vs Arkansas
2008: Rashad Johnson INT in OT vs LSU
2009: Cody blocked FG vs Tenn
2010: Richardson TD run vs Ole Miss
2011: Richardson TD run vs LSU
2012: Yeldon TD on screen pass vs LSU
2013: Sunserri pick-six vs A&M
2014: Cooper TD reception #2 vs AU
2015: Drake KO return for TD vs Clemson
2016: Scarbrough TD run vs Washington
2017: Tua throw vs UGA
2018: Hurts TD run vs UGA
2019: Najee TD reception vs S. Carolina
2020: Metchie hit and forced fumble vs Florida

2009 is hard because there were so many great plays in that season. The Dareus pick-six was definitely great, but the Cody block was required to get to Pasadena and there is more drama in a blocked FG on the last play. 2017 is the most obvious, of course. The greatest play in college football history.

 

[dtgreg]

My best for 2007 would be every touchdown in the Tennessee game. NCAA had suspended almost our entire starting O-line for textbooks and we went out and just destroyed them through the air. Was driving to the beach during the game and could only listen on the radio. Glorious!

 

[CrimsonEyeshade]

My suggestion for 2008: Julio's extraordinary catch in overtime against LSU and Patrick Peterson capped off one of the great individual performances ever by an Alabama football player, and it set up the win every bit as much as Rashad's interception.

 

[Probius]

My suggestion for 2008: Julio's extraordinary catch in overtime against LSU and Patrick Peterson capped off one of the great individual performances ever by an Alabama football player, and it set up the win every bit as much as Rashad's interception.

I'll never forget the great Julio Jones vs Patrick Peterson matchups.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

The video maker cheated for 2009/2010, those are both from the same season.