Top Moments of the 2009 Season: The Final Four - Rocky Block vs Cody 5
by Todd on Mar 4, 2010 7:00 AM CST
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PrintIt is with great regret that my personal favorite moment of the season, Marcell Dareus' TD to end the first half against Texas, was upset by Eryk Anders' forced fumble by a scant 32 votes. I'm not saying Anders' fumble didn't make me happy; when it happened I leapt from the couch screaming and the dog, who had been quietly snoozing on the couch next to me through most of the second half, also leaped to her feet and started barking because I have trained her right. But the big man TD? Its such a rare and precious gift to football that I really thought our own contribution would make it to the end. Oh well. Today we've got the dagger plays against our two biggest rivals so I imagine the vote will come down to who do you hate more, Tennessee or Auburn. Vote away:
| Rocky Block |
| Cody 5 |
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wowzza
this one is tough. i’m waiting till this evening to make my decision. so you all can make your case to sway me because i cant make up my mind right now.
That white stuff on the top of chicken crap is.....chicken crap.
I know Rocky Block...
…will probably win in a landslide, but as for which one made me happier, it’s gotta be Cody 5. I was happy when Cody blocked the kick, but I was mostly relieved that the season wasn’t over then and there. Watching the Upchurch make the game winning catch against Auburn in his last Iron Bowl on a gutsy play made me so happy I scared the dog.
Ditto
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
by AlabamaJammer on Mar 4, 2010 7:45 AM CST up reply actions
Rocky Block
Upchurch’s catch made me so very happy, but when Cody blocked that kick I was on the ground screaming and laughing with joy….. Rocky Block all the way. Once again a very hard choice.
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- Joe Namath
It's about who
we beat. I was ecstatic when I saw Roy come open, because I knew Greg would find him, hit him, and we’d win and beat Auburn keep the season alive. That’s joy, there.
But when Lincoln lined up to kick the game-winner, there was just as much on the line in terms of completing a championship season. It was an even more dire situation – the game would end on that kick, and the game would be decided upon the results of that play. It was a single play to decide a rivalry just as heated and perhaps even more ugly than the Auburn rivalry – and one more thing:
Here’s why Rocky Block made me happier than Cody 5: Rocky Block kept us from losing to Lane Kiffin.
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+1
Great point about Kiffin.
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.
by StablerRaider on Mar 4, 2010 8:47 AM CST up reply actions
Should have read this first
But, kiffin was DEFINITELY a motivator for Rocky Block.
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by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 4, 2010 12:05 PM CST up reply actions
ahem
Rev. 3:16 “So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 4, 2010 12:06 PM CST up reply actions
no question here
just look at the reaction of the players on each play. They knew they were going to beat Auburn, whether they got that TD or had to settle for a FG. They needed a legendary performance from a senior to pull off the win against TN, and when the 2nd field goal of the 4th quarter was blocked, I took a lap around my house screaming and thanking God for his grace in not allowing us to lose to that punk ass
"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 Mar 4, 2010 8:21 AM CST reply actions
tough tough tough
and i had to really consider the effect. with upchurch’s touchdown i jumped up and went screaming around the room. with rocky block i screamed and fell to the floor with exhaustion. so we’ll call it a push.
so let’s go to the dark side of my happiness. which one will stick in the craw of a hated rival the most… oh, i think that one is pretty clear. rocky block it is.
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hahahaha
“one point or one thousand, it’s a fucking loss to Alabama”
guess that sums it up about right
"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 Mar 4, 2010 8:41 AM CST up reply actions
Just a thought...
…even though there is no video evidence of the sort, you have to know in your hearts there were blue and orange clad individuals with a similar or greater reaction after Cody-5.
I’m surprised how Rocky Block is dominating the competition.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
by AlabamaJammer on Mar 4, 2010 8:53 AM CST up reply actions
different reactions
TN fans were pissed off for losing and some less-intelligent denizens claimed they deserved a re-kick (thanks a lot Gary, you asshole). Auburn fans were just happy we didn’t embarrass them and celebrated their moral victory, proclaiming “it’s great to be little brother a booger-eater.” I take greater pleasure in the vanquishing of the worthier foe. I knew there was no way in hell we would lose to a team that believed in shite like this
"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 Mar 4, 2010 9:08 AM CST up reply actions
and don't forget...
the barn didn’t haul in the most sought after recruit in the land or a defensive player with his own heisman trophy campaign. they certainly believed but they didn’t expect it the way the vols did.
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Maybe it was from being in the stands for Rocky Block and being at home pacing and taking shots of Jägermeißter during the final drive against Auburn, but I didn’t even say anything after Upchurch’s touchdown… that is the one that made me collapse from exhaustion when he scored. I was in the stands on Rocky Block and I was jumping up and down and screaming and hugging strangers (or at least people I’d never even think of hugging normally). Whatever the reason, Rocky Block made me happier… Auburn was just a relief. So, Rocky Block.
My inner nerd
approves of “ß”
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 4, 2010 3:55 PM CST up reply actions
Rocky Block/Maximum Block
Whatever it is called, its the type of play that defines Alabama Crimson Tide football. Legendary, unrelenting defensive units. I’ll be proud to tell my kids about watching this play live and all the emotions I felt.
The season was about to
blow up right in front of our eyes.
The dream of somehow making it to Pasadena seemed further away than the moon. Maybe we could get a return ticket to New Orleans?
Kiffin was going to sing Rocky Top all night long.
Only a miracle could save us.
Relgious people who never prayed about football before were praying for something, anything, to somehow keep the ball from going through the uprights.
Then Cody stepped up and went from being a great player to being truly a legend.
This play will live in Alabama history for all time right up their with the goal line stand.
It was not only the defining moment of the season, but the entire Nick Saban era.
And we do appreciate Lincoln kicking just a tad low.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
by 5026 on Mar 4, 2010 9:02 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
And we do appreciate Lincoln kicking just a tad low.
Twice :)
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by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 4, 2010 12:07 PM CST up reply actions
^^ This...a thousand times this ^^
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 4, 2010 12:07 PM CST up reply actions
if you look closely at the bracket...
Anders forced fumble in the finals match is on the wrong side of the bracket…..I know this is a minor issue but I feel it completely undermines the credibility to this thorough and scientific research. Please contact your mole within NASA and have him sneak a breach into the system on his coffee break to correct this issue before we win another championship and have another bracket to focus on. Thank you .
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by The Voice of Reason on Mar 4, 2010 9:13 AM CST reply actions
another point in rocky block's favor
the “sad crompton” placeholder image on the youtube video.
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I voted for Rocky Block
only b/c we could have still kicked a FG a/g the Boogs.
Blocked Again! Cody Again! Alabama Wins!
That is all.
I voted for Rocky Block...
…despite how elated I was with Cody 5.
Rocky Block absolutely won the game. We still has another chance to beat Auburn if that pass doesn’t get completed. Rocky Block WAS the game.
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Don’t know why, but I “knew” we were gonna lose when UT set up for that last kick. Cody proved me wrong and I ran around screaming for 10 minutes straight. Although it was late in the game, I still felt like we had the Auburn game in the bag and, while I was ecstatic when Ole Roy scored, it wasn’t quite as exciting for me as Rocky Block.
Don’t know why I felt so confident during the iron bowl seeing as we trailed the whole damn game, but I just did.
It's AUBURN
Do you understand? AUBURN.
I had been dreaming of us running play action off that formation from the first time we saw it.
Besides, IT’S AUBURN.
IT'S AUBURN
…so it should be no big deal when we beat them.
Did you get pumped up when you beat your little brother in basketball?
I'm wrong all the time.
I'd have just said yes to UAB fan...
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 4, 2010 3:56 PM CST up reply actions
watch it, buster
they’ve been to the dance more recently than alabama.
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Don't worry...
…with Mike Davis around for the foreseeable future, Alabama will be making many more NCAA tournament appearances than the Blazers. DAMN YOU MIKE DAVIS
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IT'S TENNESSEE (caps add cred)
is just as significant for a large portion of our fanbase.
"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 Mar 4, 2010 10:51 AM CST up reply actions
Like this one...
I despise Tennessee with the all breadth, depth and hatred that can be mustered from the tiny little recesses of my blackened soul.
I merely hate auburn with a purple passion.
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 4, 2010 12:09 PM CST up reply actions
I was sitting right there
When Upchurch caught that pass. That was really cool. Cody 5 for me.
by Go Hide in the V-berth on Mar 4, 2010 10:30 AM CST reply actions
Should be no contest..
Rocky Block: won the game. Snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
Cody 5: A good play that put us ahead. If we don’t go ahead there, we go ahead on the next play with a FG.
I'm wrong all the time.
...unless they pull a miracle and block a FG...
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
by AlabamaJammer on Mar 4, 2010 1:09 PM CST up reply actions
Or he hooks/pushes it
prompting the Aubs to come up with a terrible Alabama-related pun to call the play for years on end. Because of Cody 5, we had no chance of ever having to look at “Crimson Wide.”
…by that logic, any play of that final drive could be listed here.
Reductio ad absurdum.
I'm wrong all the time.
We only award extra nerd points
when you italicize Latin phrases indicating fallacious reasoning :)
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 4, 2010 6:57 PM CST up reply actions
True
but I flatly refuse to apply logic evenly to the whole game, just this situation.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
by AlabamaJammer on Mar 4, 2010 7:27 PM CST up reply actions
Rocky Block due to my Dad's reaction
Both of us on the strip watching a big TV in an un-named bar of choice saw it. I got to high five a cop (COP FIVE!) on the street, and turned to see my father- the shorter of the two of us in his large framed glasses- running down the street with joy. Some UT fans saw him and yelled “We should’ve won!” , to which my now jogging father replied “Well…. you didn’t.”
Crazy picture, but a memory I’ll keep for a long time.
Fumbles. It was always Fumbles
On a semi-related note...
…because you mentioned watching the game in a bar:
I meant to post this on something related to the Virginia Tech game, but forgot, so here it is:
My wife and I went to Cancun with my sister and her husband for labor day weekend. I was worried that we might not be able to watch the game; it would have been the first game in several years I haven’t seen or listened to on the radio. It wasn’t on in the hotel bar, so we caught a bus to the main shopping center (where they politely informed me that football was only played on Sundays). Finally, after several awkward conversations in Spanglish and a long walk, we found a bar that had the game on and only missed the first 10 minutes or so. Best part about the whole thing? There was another ‘Bama fan already there across the bar screaming his head off. Don’t think he ever saw/noticed me because of the noise and the crowd, but it was pretty awesome to see another Bama fan in Mexico dedicated enough to find the only bar showing the game.
by CrimsonLawDog on Mar 4, 2010 11:17 AM CST up reply actions
Speaking of which
Two weeks ago, we were on the South Point of the Big Island, and stopped at a little bar near there for some fish n chips and booze. At this little tiny bar, 5000 miles away, in a remote part of the remote island, we struck up a convo with a native who had on a Bama NC hat.
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 4, 2010 12:01 PM CST up reply actions
That's nothing.
I’ve met a Bama fan in Cambodia and another in the bush in Mozambique (they were both locals.) Bear cast a long shadow that with Saban just continues to grow.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
bah...
i’ve mocked barners in the most remote regions of the peruvian highlands.
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I believe there is some Inca architecture that was made specifically to mock the barn
by billycthulhu on Mar 4, 2010 12:57 PM CST up reply actions
don't know about that...
but there are some ceramics produced by the moche culture in northern peru that certainly fit the bill.
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haha
I haven’t seen those before. Most of what I’ve seen is painted warrior scenes. But I wouldn’t have associated those with Auburn…
I've met Bama fans in New Zealand...
…actual New Zealanders too. Got into football from rugby. Said visiting BDS was one of their greatest dreams. I might be converting a whole mess of folks from Novi Sad soon.
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a few years ago I got a "Roll Tide"
from wearing my Alabama shirt while walking down Arbot street in Moscow
Have to go with Big Cody's block(s)
There was no doubt that somehow, someway we’d punch it again against the ’Barn. But two successive blocks, against (and the jury is divided) our biggest rival, at home, against Kiffin, preserving our NC aspirations?
Not even close.
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 4, 2010 11:59 AM CST reply actions
I don't know how you guys were all so sure we'd beat Auburn
I was cursing up a storm most of that game and only in the middle of that last drive did I realize we were probably going to beat them.
But yeah, I voted for Rocky Block. I’m not crazy!
We were going to beat
Auburn because we actually dominated the last 3 qts., we had too many seniors who wanted it too much, their offense is not built for sitting on a lead, GMac was not going to lose, and they are no good.
With UT, they just hit a 3 min. lucky streak that could have won them the game.
We were in much greater danger with UT.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
Then it wins the Haterade NC in my book
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 4, 2010 3:54 PM CST up reply actions
This is the video that swayed my vote
href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDvLW0JifGs&feature=player_embedded” >
That white stuff on the top of chicken crap is.....chicken crap.
ok computer guys
how do i properly link the video? is there even a way to do it?
That white stuff on the top of chicken crap is.....chicken crap.
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