Top Moments of the 2009 Season: The Sweet Sixteen - Ingram's Final Drive vs Fitzgerald's Tackle
by Todd on Feb 23, 2010 7:00 AM CST
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PrintAnother close one yesterday as Mark Ingram's Heisman Trophy Acceptance beats Mark Ingram's 69 yard screen against Florida with 58% of the vote. More Heisman Trophy Winning Ingram today when we pit the drive that catapulted him from "Dark Horse" to "Front Runner" against P.J. Fitzgerald's tackle of Brandon James in the SEC Championship Game. Vote away.
| Final Drive Against SC |
| Fitzgerald's Form Tackle |
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you cant watch that drive
by Ingram and not give him the heisman.
That white stuff on the top of chicken crap is.....chicken crap.
True but.
Fitz made a great play. It could have been massive over hype but James was supposed to be this incredibly fast great return man. Once again I know it will lose but seeing him hit the jets and take James out made my whole house blow up with excitement. If you look at the 25 sec. mark he is just trailing the play and then realizes he has to make the stop. It was even a nice tackle. Most punters will just fall down in the way or get made to look the fool. If he had not made that play the momentum could have swung Florida’s way. Don’t think it will win but had to vote with my heart.
by chinesedentist on Feb 23, 2010 7:33 AM CST up reply actions
I just teared up a little thinking of lane
that tackle wit no acl still is one of the guttiest thing these eyes have ever seen.
by chinesedentist on Feb 23, 2010 2:00 PM CST up reply actions
high five to THAT
and mad props to Lane Bearden, the toughest kicker in football – ever.
University of Tennessee : Where Schadenfreude Happens
Before his injury
he was a beast that had to be blocked or he would take off someones head. I hope we get a glimmer of that in Cade Foster. He did play middle linebacker at a power house Texas program.
by chinesedentist on Feb 23, 2010 3:35 PM CST up reply actions
There's only one thing that you need to know:
“If Richards doesn’t make that tackle, James scores.” So I give the nod to Richards over that Illingham guy.
University of Tennessee : Where Schadenfreude Happens
Richards ? lllingham?
either I don’t get the joke or have not had enough booze for this to make sense.
by chinesedentist on Feb 23, 2010 7:41 AM CST up reply actions
Mr Danielson is quoted above
It must be too early for you to remember that from the game. We roared and further confirmed Gary’s idiocy at my household.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
by AlabamaJammer on Feb 23, 2010 8:00 AM CST up reply actions
Listen again to the end of the Fitzgerald clip
University of Tennessee : Where Schadenfreude Happens
sorry I forgot about that
and my silly work comp doesn’t even have a sound card. I feel like a horse’s ass. Carry on men. I’ll be over here in the corner. Is it me or does Vern remind you of that turd monster at the end of weird science. At least Vern is old no excuse for Gary.
by chinesedentist on Feb 23, 2010 8:31 AM CST up reply actions
I went with Ingram on this one
Ingram’s play on that drive was jaw dropping. I’ve never seen a RB dominate like that.
McFadden in 2007
McFadden came pretty close to beating us in 2007. We all knew he was getting the ball, and we could not stop him. The difference was that Arky could not stop us either.
Yes, we are over "Bear" now. Deal with it.
Wow. Tough one.
How do you not give love to a punter making a form tackle on a return man. 99.999% of the time the punter is juked out of his jock strap, but Fitz was there, didn’t give the inside, and probably would have used the sideline to make the tackle if it wouldn’t have been so easy for him.
That being said the final drive is what started Mark’s Heisman quest. It’s tough to vote against that, but as a defensive minded person I have to give it up to a great defensive play.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
Oops
My memory wasn’t as good as I thought, he wasn’t taking the greatest line to the ball carrier, and would not have used the sideline. My bad.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
by AlabamaJammer on Feb 23, 2010 8:11 AM CST up reply actions
I had to go with Ingram here...
but the thing i liked the most was how excited Mike Johnson got when Ingram scored…i think in some way he just realized what they accomplished on that drive.
ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!
pjs tackle is wonderful
but what unfolds before that is really hard to watch. mark wins this one for me too.
"You have to create 6 seconds of hell each play..."
Coach Nick Saban
You people have lost your minds.
“here’s Ingram doing what he’s done all year” vs. “Here’s a PUNTER saving our asses in the SEC Championship Game through great individual effort.”
Should be no contest.
I'm wrong all the time.
I agree
with out that tackle it could have gone to the crapper.
by chinesedentist on Feb 23, 2010 8:41 AM CST up reply actions
I voted for the tackle as well....
We had SC beat, the drive was just the comfortable lead icing on the cake of a lights out defensive performance. Fitzgerald taking down James, though? James is the ohly person I’d have put head to head with Javy and when he shook a tackle and popped out the backdoor I just knew the return coverage was going to bite us in the ass again and keep Florida in it. Seeing Fitzgerald take him down safety style had me on my feet yelling, and when they said it had knocked James out of the game I had the smuggest “even our punters are making their ass quit” feeling.
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by Todd on Feb 23, 2010 8:48 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I will be honest, though...
…I just rewatched the drive, and damn if it didn’t bring a tear to my eye. God bless you Mark Ingram, we’d have been in a lot of trouble without you.
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What's amazing
is that if Ingram just had this one highlight for the year (like PJ having just this one and not many/any more), I think he gets even more votes. Is it just me, or has sympathy for the non-Ingram player influenced any of y’alls voting just a little? I voted for Ingram this time, but in the past I’ve voted for the other guy at least in part because I felt sorry for the guy going up against him! Ingram has SO MANY highlights in this contest. Just goes to show how great a player he is.
"Let's go be champions, boys!" - Greg McElroy
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by RememberTheRoseBowl on Feb 23, 2010 9:32 AM CST up reply actions
I guess if "Ingram doing what he's done all year"
involves Ingram capping off the 2nd best rushing performance in the history of Alabama football, then I have no problem voting for Ingram. Does anybody remember McElroy’s line from that game? 10-20, 92 yards, 2 INT. 95,000 people in that stadium knew who was going to have the ball and USC still couldn’t do anything.
PJ’s tackle didn’t really make me happy, it made me feel relieved. Ingram’s drive had me jumping and screaming and generally making a fool of myself. No question.
+1
yeah, after PJ’s tackle, I wasn’t thinking, that makes me happy. I was thinking, “Wow, how bad is our special teams when we have to rely on our punter to save the day?”
I am not superstitious, but I'm a little 'stitious.-Michael Scott
by CharlieWork on Feb 23, 2010 11:35 AM CST up reply actions
Obviously it is
since the majority of the voters disagree with you.
You play fast, you play strong, you go out there and dominate the guy you play against, and make his ass quit! That's our trademark, that's our MO as a team, aight, that's what people know us as! - Nick Saban, 2008
by BamaReturns07 on Feb 23, 2010 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
not sure if I like this, Pete
I’m agreeing with you way too often these past few day
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
"This is not the end. This is the beginning." - The Great and Powerful Saban
by Thomas Walker Esq on Feb 23, 2010 2:38 PM CST up reply actions
days*
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
"This is not the end. This is the beginning." - The Great and Powerful Saban
by Thomas Walker Esq on Feb 23, 2010 2:39 PM CST up reply actions
This may be the closes vote yet.
There is a sublime simplicity in Fitzgerald’s tackle. “Scoring a TD, Mr. James? I don’t think so.”
But that drive? That is Old Testament, bend over and get ready for it, you Philistines, Kirk looking at Khan and saying, “Here it comes” badass. Congratulations, Gamecocks. You now what’s coming. You are powerless to stop it. Where is your god now?
As much as i wanted to vote for "Richard's" tackle
I just couldn’t NOT vote for Mark and that magnificent march down the field.
I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk.
by That Other Dave on Feb 23, 2010 10:10 AM CST reply actions
WILDCAT!
WILDCAT WILDCAT WILDCAT
by Go Hide in the V-berth on Feb 23, 2010 10:51 AM CST reply actions
EVERYONE knew that Ingram was running the ball
on damn near every snap.
And they couldn’t stop him. They lined up to stop him. And they couldnt. That is old school, beat it down their throats on a good SEC Defense. That is an ass whipping, plain and simple (not to be confused with a “country boy ass whipping”). PJs play was phenomenal as well, but between these two, the heart and determination of Ingram wins.
And at the end when he can barely stand, wow. I got goose bumps. This kid giving his all for us and his teammates, single handedly willing us to win. Quite frankly, it was an amazing thing to watch live. This was one of those times when you knew you were watching something historic and unbelievable unfold live, and you had time to take it all in.
You play fast, you play strong, you go out there and dominate the guy you play against, and make his ass quit! That's our trademark, that's our MO as a team, aight, that's what people know us as! - Nick Saban, 2008
If it had happened in the national championship,
it would’ve been equivalent to the Goal Line Stand.
by crimsontsunami on Feb 23, 2010 1:49 PM CST up reply actions
Word
You play fast, you play strong, you go out there and dominate the guy you play against, and make his ass quit! That's our trademark, that's our MO as a team, aight, that's what people know us as! - Nick Saban, 2008
by BamaReturns07 on Feb 23, 2010 3:55 PM CST up reply actions
Ingram
All the arguments have been made. This was really tough for me, but the tiebreaker was not wanting to here “If Richards doesn’t make that tackle…” anymore
Comparison
PJ had a once-in-a lifetime tackle. Good for him and us. Poor team performance saved by an extraordinary individual effort on one play.
MI had a once-in-a-lifetime drive. Excellent offensive team performance topped off by perfect execution of the Wildcat by the running back. For the South Carolina defense, we were an unstoppable force in the last seven minutes of the game.
“Extraordinary individual effort on one play” vs. “unstoppable force in the last seven minutes of the game”
Which of those makes you happier?
by M. Johnson Defender on Feb 23, 2010 1:04 PM CST reply actions
It doesn't matter...
…which one makes me happier now, the question is “Which made you happier?” I don’t bother analyzing which one was more important, had greater ramifications for future success, was an on- or off-the-field moment…I just answer the question as it is.
I breathed a sigh of relief and laughed nervously after P.J. made his crucial tackle. I marveled at Mark Ingram’s performance on that final drive vs. SC. I watched Bobby Humphrey run for 286 vs. MSU and I watced Shaun Alexander rush for 291 vs. LSU, but Ingram’s efforts in this game, highlighted by that drive, impressed me more than any RB I’ve seen before.
Here’s Ingram doing what he’s done all year…but without breathing, and without asking to leave the field. He owns all your manhood.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Feb 23, 2010 3:22 PM CST up reply actions
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