Question for older Bama fans about ties in a game.

[arthurdawg]

Yes, we didn't win the '93 Tennessee game, but not losing to Tennessee was so much better than losing to Tennessee.

Different too in that we all thought we were going to lose the game and the best we could was tie them anyway. We had to make the two point conversion or we lost.

It was tougher when it was say 21-14 and you scored with a few seconds left. You have the option to almost certainly tie the game or a 40-45% chance of winning... You had to think about where your team was at in a championship race and if a tie kept you in, you'd go for that.

 

[graydogg85]

I was 8 years old in 1993 and have vague memories of listening to the UT game on the radio, but I was such a football noob that I didn't really know how to feel one way or another after that one. The first Bama game I ever watched was the 1992 SECCG, and 1993 was the first full season that I was really engaged as a fan. Like others have said, the tie was definitely better than a loss.

I can't recall, was '95 or '96 the first season that OT was implemented in CFB? I am pretty sure that Bama didn't play in an OT game until '98 against Ole Miss at home.

On a side note, this thread is bringing back a lot of memories of Stallings-era teams. Not complaining, he was a highly successful coach, but I would liken most of Stallings' teams to Iowa under Kirk Ferentz. They basically play the exact same style of football - and in that era it was good enough to win the overwhelming majority of your games.