In my 50+ years of going to Alabama games, that was the loudest moment I’ve ever heard.
Loudest crowd evaluated on the whole game, beginning to end (i.e., not just one play), was the 2005 Florida game
Favorite play in Alabama history
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Loudest crowd evaluated on the whole game, beginning to end (i.e., not just one play), was the 2005 Florida game
I went through the roof when Don McNeal stopped Scott Fitzkee at the 1 yard line. That set up what i thought at the time to be the Greatest play I would ever witness. Then the 2nd and 26 happened. Both were unbelievable. So now i can just hope to stay alive long enough to witness another one as great as those two.
2nd and 26 no doubt great but such a close second for me was listening to Kenny Stablers run in the mud on my Auburn brothers’ micro-transistor radio and rubbing it in for the next year. That young kid still finds his older brother when we win to rub it in. Also, Homan had a great block.
I attended that LSU game with a bunch of LSU fans from work. We rode to the game together, up from the Gulf Coast. They talked smack the entire trip. The only response I gave them was if Alabama won, they had to stay until I said we could leave. That was their first time to be subjected to Rammer Jammer! The wife and I loved it!!!
Not live was the 2nd and 26. One of the greatest plays ever!
Live is the Tiffin kick vs Aubie and the Teague strip vs the Canes in the Sugar Bowl.
Live is the Tiffin kick vs Aubie and the Teague strip vs the Canes in the Sugar Bowl.
The 2nd and 26 is definitely my favorite, but I wasn't there. As for plays I saw in person, it would have to be Langham's pick-six in the '92 SEC championship game. We were in a real struggle with a great Spurrier team and the game was tied with roughly 3 minutes remaining. Bama needed a TD badly and then Langham stepped up. Langham read the play perfectly, stepped in front of the pass, and then took it to the house. It was in Legion Field and it was pure bliss. I went home and watched the replay of the game with my mom. What an amazing memory! 
Not my favorite play (that would be 2X26), but up there: Major Ogilvie’s tackle on a Penn State interception return in the Goal Line Stand game. I haven’t looked at the video in ages; but my memory (!) is that Major came a long way, way faster than I thought he could to make that tackle. Saved a touchdown, and although it occurred in the first half, the Stand likely wouldn’t have happened without that play in a low scoring game. As mentioned earlier, Don McNeal’s tackle on Scott Fitzkee, followed by two goal line stops, and that puts four of my favorite plays in one game.
On 2 and 26, I was stunned. I didn't yell, jump, or anything of the sort. Just said, "dayum, just like that, Bama just won another NC".
Well, for just sheer coming completely out of nowhere, it's Tua to Devonta. How could anyone have seen that coming. My second is the play that never happened, which was the Teague strip against Miami in '92. That play was so pivotal, as I could see every Hurricane fan thinking they had hope when Lamar Thomas was streaking down the sideline. Talk about the ultimate gut punch to Miami.
I was screaming like a little girl while also trying not to wake everyone in the world up.
That I witnessed as an "in the stadium" fan, probably Alabama's first play from scrimmage in the 1973 Tennessee game (Legion Field): an 80‐yard touchdown pass from Gary Rutledge to Wayne Wheeler.
We watched that one from Freeport, Grand Bahama, when my Dad was there on a two year assignment. Beautiful fake into the line!
How about Jeff Dunn's 90 yard bomb to Pierre Goode in 1987? I had a co-worker who had moved to Carrollton, GA from Knoxville. His family were seriously obnoxious vile fans. He started talking trash after Florida beat us, and it got worse as the season went on. He somehow got tickets to the game, but had absolutely nothing to say on Monday when he came back to work!
I think of the 2015 (?) LSU game. Not one play but holding the ball for the last 9+ minutes to ice the game was truly amazing. Henry was in beast mode the whole game.
Here's the thing with 2nd and 26:
I had cut the cord during the offseason because over the years I noticed I NEVER (and I mean never) watched anything until college football season started. (The bonus came when my brother won a free year of MLB network, so I spent that summer watching a lot of baseball that cost me nothing).
So - unfortunately - I had Sling TV, and I was running about 2 minutes behind everyone else. I was getting texts from people, and it was frustrating to know in advance what was going to happen. About the time we tied the game, I turned off my phone, and I wasn't following the game here for the same reason. When we held them to a field goal, I felt real good about us winning, but then Tua damn near fumbled the ball on first down when he got hit for the loss. Although I had not given up - I've only given up once in 40-plus years, and I was wrong (2014 LSU) - I knew it was going to be difficult and just hoped that UGA's defense was gassed. When he unleashed the pass, it was unbelievable and then when Smith caught it, I bolted out of the chair as if I couldn't believe what I'd seen (it was Jack Buck watching Kirk Gibson's homer). Naturally, I ran to the phone and turned it back on and began calling friends on the West Coast.
It gave me such a sudden charge that despite the fact I had to be up in less than six hours to go to work, I didn't even care. I was like, "How can I sleep NOW?" I was so taken by the moment that I didn't even notice him running over the camera guy (or whoever) as he ran back across the end zone. The next day, of course, I was exhausted at work but got that little extra rush.
It was kinda like our The Play That Shall Not Be Mentioned - except it actually won something substantial.
I had cut the cord during the offseason because over the years I noticed I NEVER (and I mean never) watched anything until college football season started. (The bonus came when my brother won a free year of MLB network, so I spent that summer watching a lot of baseball that cost me nothing).
So - unfortunately - I had Sling TV, and I was running about 2 minutes behind everyone else. I was getting texts from people, and it was frustrating to know in advance what was going to happen. About the time we tied the game, I turned off my phone, and I wasn't following the game here for the same reason. When we held them to a field goal, I felt real good about us winning, but then Tua damn near fumbled the ball on first down when he got hit for the loss. Although I had not given up - I've only given up once in 40-plus years, and I was wrong (2014 LSU) - I knew it was going to be difficult and just hoped that UGA's defense was gassed. When he unleashed the pass, it was unbelievable and then when Smith caught it, I bolted out of the chair as if I couldn't believe what I'd seen (it was Jack Buck watching Kirk Gibson's homer). Naturally, I ran to the phone and turned it back on and began calling friends on the West Coast.
It gave me such a sudden charge that despite the fact I had to be up in less than six hours to go to work, I didn't even care. I was like, "How can I sleep NOW?" I was so taken by the moment that I didn't even notice him running over the camera guy (or whoever) as he ran back across the end zone. The next day, of course, I was exhausted at work but got that little extra rush.
It was kinda like our The Play That Shall Not Be Mentioned - except it actually won something substantial.
A) 2nd and 26, the call and execution was perfect. B) The Catch, I was about 15 yards away, unbelievable!
1) 2nd and 26 - to go from being down because of the sack to winning the national championship in one throw was an amazing rush of emotions for me.
2) Dareus INT for TD in the national championship game at the Rose Bowl - I was at this game as a student (my final game as a student) and this play happened in front of me. The Texas fans near me were incredulous.
3) Rocky Block - I was at this game too, and my girlfriend (now wife) refused to watch this play so she turned around. So many high-fives and hugs with random people after Cody blocked the kick.
4) 2008 Iron Bowl - this wasn't a play as the OP wanted, but I remember how happy, elated, excited the crowd was the entire game. Everyone seemed to sense a big win before the game, and the crowd was non-stop loud the whole time. With the exception of the Rose Bowl national championship, it was definitely the longest post-game celebration I've seen before everyone started leaving. It was almost as if people just wanted to savor beating Auburn for the first time in 6 years.
2) Dareus INT for TD in the national championship game at the Rose Bowl - I was at this game as a student (my final game as a student) and this play happened in front of me. The Texas fans near me were incredulous.
3) Rocky Block - I was at this game too, and my girlfriend (now wife) refused to watch this play so she turned around. So many high-fives and hugs with random people after Cody blocked the kick.
4) 2008 Iron Bowl - this wasn't a play as the OP wanted, but I remember how happy, elated, excited the crowd was the entire game. Everyone seemed to sense a big win before the game, and the crowd was non-stop loud the whole time. With the exception of the Rose Bowl national championship, it was definitely the longest post-game celebration I've seen before everyone started leaving. It was almost as if people just wanted to savor beating Auburn for the first time in 6 years.
i have to say the last 8 or so minutes of the 2018 seccg after jalen came in goes down as one of my favorite things bama.
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