http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAUeQw47A8E&feature=player_embedded&fmt=18

Doyle launched it at the end. Stacey Harrison blocked a UT field goal to set up the winning attempt. A year after we started 10-0, we stumbled out of the gate with a new coach but the returning vets on defense held down Andy Kelly and Tennessee and we found a way to win.

A lot of fans left the stadium early, and David Palmer had one of the greatest comebacks I have ever witnessed first-hand. It is odd since the game ended in a tie, but everyone thought we lost that game.

The first (we lost) was the 5 overtime game in 2003. Even though we lost, it was a crazy overtime that I’ll never forget.

On the postive side, I would have to say my fondest memory was the year before (my freshman year), going up to Knoxvegas for the first time and seeing Beard and Watts “Running through the T”.

It was a tie, actually. But we were losing most of the game, and there was a particularly noxious Orangeer in front of me, drinking, cursing, waiving his arms about… Finally, someone got a security officer to sit next to him and get him to behave. Meanwhile, Alabama drove down for the TD, and Palmer ran it in to tie the game. The look on the UT fan’s face was just spectacular.

Two years ago was pretty good, too.

…the look of defeat on their faces almost makes their stadium bearable to sit in.

…are two that stick out particularly in my mind. I can’t even tell you the emotional state I was in during the 2005 contest when it looked like they were going to punch it in at the end of the game. I was a wreck. Then Roman Harper made himself a legend….

Another favorite of mine was 2007 when we beat them like a drum. That was the only time I ever sat in the student section for a Tennessee game and it was a lot more lively and colorful than usual.

I transferred into UA the year before, and hated how UT slowly beat us in 2006.

I loved the 2007 game. The entire time I knew we were going to win the game, we were in total control. As the game wore on, we got better and better in the game.

Sadly, it was the last great game for us until the Clemson game. I know we won the bowl game against Colorado, but that was a sloppy game and we could’ve lost it as well.

…and nothing comes close to topping that for me in this rivalry. Then there’s 2002, ending the streak. But I’d probably say 2007 comes second to 2005, because I was at that game, and we started off with an onside kick. That was an exciting play call, and we dominated the rest of the game. It was also the beginning of what should be another long streak. As for 1990, I was too young to take notice. 1994 was a GREAT game.