…where it hits his armpit.

seeing Jackson and Javier come around the corner like that.

They are fast as Sh*t

it would have missed left. Watch the replay from behind the line.

right the kick was low and thus very blockable.

Tiffin’s two long kicks were also very low. The last one seemed to be a pure line drive and very much like Jamie Christiansen’s kick in the Cotton Bowl in 05.

I think their kicker was TRYING to kick low because he was afraid of not getting it there as he had already had one come up short from about the same distance. He also had a sore leg and maybe he could not elevate his leg enough to launch it high.

However, I’ve looked at the angle and if the kick had not been blocked I think it would have had enough to get there, but would be very near the left upright. In fact it may have missed UNLESS the kick had some slice spin in which case it may have just slid in.

All of this shows that Kiffin with 45 seconds left should have placed his faith in his team and tried to get the ball closer instead of pumping his fist on the sideline and thus saying with that expression “We got this one baby.” From closer in the kicker would have gotten more height and made the kick.

And way to go Robby Green for putting that big TE down right where he caught the ball. That hit was big. If he rumbles 10 more yards we lose.

from the block, is that out of all 22 players on the field at the time, Cody was the only one celebrating immediately after the block. The rest of the Bama players (and the Vols players, for that matter), had enough sense to look for the ball, even though most of them had no idea where it was. Everyone started chasing Cody because they thought he had the ball.

Crazy…

Instead of over analyzing a historic moment in Crimson Tide history, can we just enjoy it and accept it for what it is? Ok, so the kick may have been 6 feet off the ground and certainly blockable.

Cody is 6’5". Easy math? No. Cody is not 6-5 when he is in a 3 point stance. He certainly is not 6-5 when he is engaging the center and left tackle. He still had to beat the O line to get back to 6-5 and block the kick. Not to mention the fact that he only had fractions of a second to do that.

Someone on here suggested that according to replays the kick would have missed wide left anyway…. Really??? Maybe it would have but given the distance of the kick as opposed to the distance the ball traveled, throw in the camera angle. If you can say that conclusively then NASA ought to be on your front step recruiting you.

Fellow fans please. There are a thousand dynamics that play into that blocked kick but it doesn’t change what it is. What it is and what it will be is an individual effort that will be immortalized in Crimson Tide history forever.

This thread does nothing but diminish that moment in history through pure speculation and, quite frankly, seems more at home over at RTT.

College kids spend a lot of time on the internet, I sincerely hope The Legend of Mount Cody does not see this thread. OTS, I still luv ya and I will go back to enjoying your commentary on your next effort. I wish you would delete this one though. JMHO

Roll Tide

has penetrated offensive lines without the max block unit? I don’t think we had the max block formation on the first block. I agree with you though. The entire team deserves credit certainly. You can speculate all year long on who MIGHT have blocked that kick.

All the names that you called off, however, did not have 2 or 3 big uglies up front blocking them…. Cody did… and he got it anyway.

My problem with this thread is the pervieved theme… and I could be wrong. It happened once before on a Tuesday. My percieved theme of this thread:

“It was a low kick… anyone could have got it”

Maybe anyone could have, but the guy that got it was the guy that had to work the hardest to get it.

Who’s that hot chick on the 4th row and about 10 over?!?!?!!?!

of Mount Cody will be remembered for that block whether he gets a painting or not. But, LifelongBammer makes a point. We all know that the “Goal Line Stand” would not have happened in the ‘79 Sugar Bowl (and been immortalized by Daniel Moore) had Don McNeal not made that tremendous play to keep the receiver out of the endzone. But, Barry and the boys are the ones that got the Daniel Moore print, and I’ve got that print, and I love it.

Anyway, I think OTS was just saying that the Vile offensive line shouldn’t be blamed for the block. That’s valid, I guess. But, honestly, I really don’t give a fart in an outhouse. They’re UT players, so screw ’em.

… if I changed it to say that Lincoln became so terrified at the mere sight of Cody lined up over the ball that he shit himself and kicked the ball low, but in any event Cody would have eaten the lineman for dinner and jumped eight feet off the ground if needed to block the kick?

Because that could be arranged…

cody can do no wrong. his hand absorbed the ball like a black hole swallows all mater that comes near it. it was a legendary block of epic proportions, i am naming a son terrence because of it.