Top Moments of the 2009 Season: Final Round - Anders vs Rocky Block
by Todd on Mar 5, 2010 7:00 AM CST
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Final match is set, folks, and come Monday we'll have a Top Moment of the 2009 Season. Not much more to say than that, so get to voting. And as an added bonus, our old friend flaco put together a nice little roundup of all the top moment selections. Enjoy.
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ROLL TIDE ROLL!
That summary of the season brought tears to my eyes. Seventeen years is just too damned long.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
Wow...
…Rocky Block out with an early lead? I’d have thought Anders would win in a landslide…
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I'd be willing to bet....
…Rocky Block in a blowout.
by Queen of the Universe on Mar 5, 2010 9:22 AM CST up reply actions
lol...whatever...
…..Rocky Block is like …“where were you when Elivs died?” memorable…. I was in San Jose when this happened and was running around like a mad lunatic with a bunch a California folks who quite didnt understand college football. I know they think we’re crazy because of me….
I had to go with the Fumble....
Rocky Block was a great moment – but I was probably more relieved than happy after the block. When I saw that ball squirt out from the Texas QB – it was a very happy moment.
Ironic to me...
…that both moments are, “Phew” moments of relief. Oh well, can’t account for everyone’s tastes.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
by AlabamaJammer on Mar 5, 2010 8:46 AM CST up reply actions
Yes, they are
but both are from other years, I’m only talking about the way this bracket went about.
Would a winkie at the end of my comment helped you understand it was in jest?
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
by AlabamaJammer on Mar 5, 2010 9:02 AM CST up reply actions
...actually on second thought, Kelph...
…The Kick was more of a moment similar to Cody-5. It was a “YES” moment, while the Goal Line Stand and these two are “phew” moments.
But that is only an issue with your examples given. I still was doing the taste comment in jest, but I need to clarify the point above.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
by AlabamaJammer on Mar 5, 2010 7:04 PM CST up reply actions
Beating Tennessee or Auburn
is important – I want to watch their seasons crushed and have their hopes laid bare and bloodied on the ground before 100,000 Alabama fans
winning the national championship is more important for our program
beating Tennessee is important for my soul
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by Wallacewade04 on Mar 5, 2010 8:54 AM CST reply actions 3 recs
I voted for Anders...
…but this:
winning the national championship is more important for our program
beating Tennessee is important for my soul
makes me wish I could change my vote. word.
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Amen, my brother...
…and preach on.
by Queen of the Universe on Mar 5, 2010 9:21 AM CST up reply actions
Brain Overload....
To difficult….. Brain not responding…… Master Failure….. Can’t choose………
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OK
I had to finally give it to Cody and the Rocky Block. I do agree with Stuck in the Plains 7. I would only add one more…… Blocked Field Goal over a Forced Fumble from a blindside sack. The blocked kick is very rare (esp. with all the other factors that Rocky Block had behind it) so I had to ultimately choose that as the greatest moment of 2009.
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My comments stand...
1. It’s freakin’ Tennessee
2. It’s Lane Kiffin
3. We wouldn’t have even made it to Pasadena
4. It’s the crowning moment of Cody’s brief, but excellent, Alabama career
5. It’s at home, and we’re ranked #1.
6. It’s got Julio and Ro being heads-up to cover the ball
7. The sheer joy in the stands and on the field
Closer than yesterday, but this play epitomizes Alabama football: great players coming up huge in the clutch.
And, that takes nothing away from Eryk’s sack/fumble/recovery.
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by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 5, 2010 9:31 AM CST reply actions
or, more to the point...
it takes nothing away from any of the other plays featured in this tourney.
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Yes...
…the crowd reaction to Rocky Block was amazing. This video is my favorite because of how loud it was. Gives me chills every time (and I have, probably, watched it about 10 times…today).
Camped out in TN
Umm I “live” in TN so all the grief Rocky Block saved me was great! I remember thinking just how much my Vol neighbors hated hearing me screaming “it’s blocked, it’s blocked!” throughout my house. I still remember the glee that filled my heart when I saw the kicker look around for the ball and knowing it was blocked. The glee that filled my heart when I got to explain how the rule about the helmet coming off wouldn’t have mattered. But the greatest happiness in seeing Lane Kiffin’s spoiled brat look on his face afterwards and knowing he was searching for some excuse as to why he lost. Roll Tide Roll!!!! Looking forward to Physical Abuse 2.0 in ’10.
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In TN also
I have to agree. Living in TN made this great play even greater.
But the sheer joy and euphoria of that moment when BDS erupted when that ball was blocked still bring a tear to my eye. Because for the previous 3 minutes prior to that moment, EVERYTHING had gone wrong.
When Anders hit Gilbert, I loved it. I still love watching his body contort in ways a body shouldn’t upon being hit. At that moment, I still thought Bama would win. We had taken the 3rd quarter off, but were starting to play again. And that play almost sealed it.
But it doesn’t compare to Rocky Block.
I'm in TN, too
and I’m pretty sure the email I send to my boss the next day inviting him to turn up his laptop volume and play “the best sound in the world,” with a link to the Hey Vols Rammer Jammer audio MIGHT have had something to do with me working elsewhere now… It was totally worth it to hear that blaring from his computer all the way across the office, though.
by CrimsonLawDog on Mar 5, 2010 11:11 AM CST up reply actions
I had an employee bowling party...
2 weeks after that play. One of my staff members is a UT grad and I had gone pretty easy on him since the game was close. Anyway, he was rolling a great game and had just released one that looked to be dead-on. Inexplicably, just as he let it go the guard in front of the pins dropped and the usual crash of the pins was replaced with a resounding thud.
At that moment I simply yelled out, “It’s blocked!” Ahhh, two great moments for me from one play.
The moment...
That saved the season or the moment that finished the season? Wow
I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
OTS' perspective on Anders
that he wrote midway? through the season helps me vote for Anders. I started watching him more closely during games after his article, and noticed that the guy had a tendency to make key plays. The sack on Gilbert was another one of those clutch plays made by a largely unheralded member of the defense. Cody did a good job for Alabama, but I’m voting for Anders in part in recognition of the outstanding job he did all season.
by Go Hide in the V-berth on Mar 5, 2010 11:10 AM CST reply actions
Love slapping Tennessee up...
…but as far as straight up HAPPY.
Anders. All. The. Way.
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Tears
I was at the UT game to witness Rocky Block and it is probably the single most memorable play I have seen in person which is saying a lot. I’ve been pissed and elated after many wins and losses over the years but have never actually shed a tear over a football game. I shed several after that play. I don’t tear up easily, especially when I’m happy, but I couldn’t control it that day. My body felt physically drained and my heart hurt from the time the ball was kicked until I made it back to the quad. The beautiful thing is that it was the first Bama game my mom has ever been to and the first game that I’ve ever taken both parents too. A blocked kick is rare to begin with, but two blocks in the same quarter…by the same person… to win the game and stay undeafed number 1. I don’t know of a way to figure up the odds of that but I think winning the lottery would be comparable or give you better odds. That play made our season and championship possible and that’s saying a lot when comparing all of the great plays this year.
PS – My dad’s first Bama game was the 08 Iron Bowl. Anyone else think my parents may actually be good luck .I’m going to start taking them to a game every year from now on. The 2010 game is already planned… Penn State. Roll Tide.
Once again..
Our hatred for UT shows no boundaries.
Lane Kiffin took the meaning of "Volunteer" WAY too seriously....
are there boundaries to hating Tennessee?
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by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 5, 2010 2:00 PM CST up reply actions
Growing up in Tennesse
The 3rd Saturday in October was always the biggest game on the schdule to me. I was at home in Nashville for a funeral that weekend, and barley made it home from the cemetary in time for the kickoff. To make crappy day worse I had to endure the game with all my UT lovin’ family members.
For me….Cody’s block was without doubt the defining and happiest moment of the 2009 season.
I can
tell you that it all boiled down to the hatred for all thing Orange for me. It was LK and PF and Eric Berry the overated Safety. And their mascot biting our receivers and just the fact that in North Alabama there is alot more Tenn fans than should be allowed in the state etc etc etc
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Also
There was no guarantee that Texas was gonna drive the field on us if we has not caused that fumble. But not blocking that kick well…………………………………….lets just say there would be no fumble chance probably without Rocky Block
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If Anders doesn't
cause the fumble we still have several ways to win that game. In fact, Gilbert was picked twice after the fumble.
But if Cody doesn’t block that FG we never make it to Pasadena. Sure we win the SEC but an undefeated TCU would have played Texas for the title.
No, that one play saved us the NC. We may not have known it at the time but looking back, that kick was our season.
And besides it was Tennessee. You don’t ever want to lose to them but especially the way that game went the last 3 minutes and especially with Kiffin on the other side.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
well said!
I would go so far as to say Rocky Block was the biggest single play for Alabama football in 17 years! :)
Funny thing is
It’s doubtful the kick would have been good even if it hadn’t been blocked. There’s a good chance that had rocky block not happened, the only thing different about our season would have been one less play immortalized for the ages. That, and the satisfaction of having made a play to win rather than having your opponent blow it.
and if colt mcoy had been in the game...
he’d have picked up anders blitz….
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He would've blocked for himself...
..pancaking Anders before completing a long TD pass to seal the Longhorns victory. Because you know he wasn’t going to throw any incompletions.
Auburn-Where almost happens.
I give you
the ugliest, lowest, good kick in the history of CFB.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjbEAGvrnKg&feature=related
About the 2:30 mark.
I’m glad we blocked that kick!
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by RememberTheRoseBowl on Mar 5, 2010 5:32 PM CST up reply actions
Such a bad kick
the announcers were shocked it was good.
Jamie Christensen was an average at best kicker, but somehow he found a way to make the big kick when the game was on the line. How he did it time and again is unbelievable.
The only time you wanted him kicking the ball was at the end of the game. I knew he would make that FG.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
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