Top Moments of the 2009 Season: The Ingramless Final Four is Set

…and I started my party at halftime and never let up. Not even when they made it interesting did I doubt the fate of the game. This had to be one of my favorite Crimson Tide moments in history, right along with the Strip and the Goal Line Stand.

I bet this has the smallest margin of victory between any of the other matchups.

but anders gets it. One of my deciding factors is the penalty on dareus for throwing the ball. Stupid.

only 2 votes apart…this is gonna be a good one!

Dareus’ play was caused by a fluke on the part of Texas and his presence of mind.
It’s hard to vote for the fluky play.
Both made me happy. Anders play did happen when the game was more in doubt. It was more relieving than the play going into the half.
Dareus didn’t do it clean, since he committed that penalty.
I have to go with Anders.

what a tough, tough call. Had to go for Dareus though. His was the final nail in Texas’ coffin, allowing us to essentially coast for an entire half. Granted the Horns scrambled and played tougher in the second half, but that was purely the product of this dagger right before the half.

It will come down to the wire. Never being one to count something as in the bag until it is in the bag the Anders play gave me a much better feeling that we would in fact win the game. At 24-6 at half time there was still plenty of football left to play.

Ask Texas which play hurt them more and they will tell you that they were about to win before that hit.

Ander’s sack (and the subsequent recovery…which should be co-credited) is when I 99% knew it was in the bag.

and i’ll entertain any attempts to bribe me.

My vote may have been influenced by the fact that I was seated near that end zone, and far away from where Anders’ forced fumble occurred. I think I’m allowed to be fickle on this.

but Anders’ play was a euphoric moment.

…was when I started breathing again so I have to go with it.

but i had to go with anders.

dareus’ play was as epic as it gets. always nice to see quality opponents get owned by some improbable playstation moves.

but anders’ play was the true final nail in the coffin. texas fully expected to march down the field, they had momentum, they were moving the ball, they were poised to make an epic comeback for the ages, and i was genuinely worried… then anders, propelled by fate and a spectacular play call, saved us all.

if it comes down to this and rocky block, i think i’ll just have to sit it out.

…the discussions on these votes, but there seems to be too much thought going into the votes themselves. It’s not that hard for me to remember which play made me happier, and I don’t have to gauge the significance of the play to the game or the season to ‘decide’ how much happier I was at the time. These are certainly two of the most important plays of the season, but the reaction where I was to the Anders sack was a good amount of relieved ‘hell yeahz’, whereas the reaction to the Dareus pick 6 was people throwing babies in the air and kissing each other and whooping it up like they brought the troops home.