George Teague: My favorite memory
Teague talks about his legendary play against Miami's Lamar Thomas in the 1993 Sugar Bowl.
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As great as that was
it was a non play and we had the game won anyway. I like it when Teague took out TO.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
I respectfully disagree. It was a defensive penalty & UM could have taken play.
I believe we were ahead 27-13 at the time. Had Lamar thomas scored, which he almost certainly would have had Teague not made that improbable & hurculean play, & the xp been converted Miami would have been within one score & the game could have been much different. 27-13 is much diferrent than 27-20.
Had Teague not made the play it would almost certainly not have been a “non-play”. More accurately it should be called a “free play”.
by LowndesCountyAL on Jan 16, 2012 3:45 PM CST reply actions
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And the score was 27-6 at the time and it was the 3rd qt. and even if they did score I think we would have still won.
Don’t get me wrong it was a great play, and I’m sure it was a shock to Miami, but were the better team and we were going to win.
And you are right Miami could have taken said play.
Still like Teague’s wipe out of Owens in like 2000 was awesome. I’m sure Teague, who is a nice guy, feels kinda bad about it, but Owens is more a villian than Thomas ever thought about being. I loved it.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
Teague is a hero on both accounts.
TO deserved to get smacked because if I remember correctly that was the 2nd time TO had done it that day. Vigilante justice, but sometimes you need that in football as long as you aren’t trying to hurt someone.
And the strip of Lamar “Fastest Man in the World” Thomas was burned into my young brain. It’s probably the only play I actually remember from that game or that season. I was 10 at the time.
No matter how you count 'em, we've got more --- Roll Tide!
It was the second time.
Thomas was fast, but he kept turning around to see who was chasing…not smart. He got run down by a safety!! It was probably from the partying the night before
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
George Teague...
…ran faster on that ‘play’ than any safety ever has….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 17, 2012 8:37 AM CST up reply actions
To this day,
my Dad STILL says Teague’s play (in the ’93 Sugar Bowl) was the most amazing play he has every seen in CFB… and he turned 70 this past December.
9th January, 2012: Section 101, Row 1, Seat... I'll let y'all spot that one.
"And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land"
-- "Big John" by Jimmy Dean
He musta fallen asleep during Prothro's catch...
…I keed, I keed (but just a little)….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 17, 2012 8:38 AM CST up reply actions
I was about to say it was the most amazing play I've ever seen and then I remembered Prothro.
So I’ll just say it is among the most amazing plays I’ve ever seen, but might just be the most demoralizing.
No matter how you count 'em, we've got more --- Roll Tide!
I loved that play because it was the death-knell for Miami
Up to that point, Bama had met every Miami challenge: fights in the French Quartier (check), pre-game tussle (check), defensive domination (check), and an actual gameplane (check). Teague crushed the myth of the superman South Floridian athlete on a national stage and the nation noticed. Other parts of the country could produce athletes of the caliber of UMiami and sometimes far surpass them. It was the beginning of the end for our long national nightmare with a 2 Live Crew soundtrack…
Yes
And then when Miami got a free 5 yards instead of losing the ball on the strip—and couldn’t do anything with the short down and distance—they were truly cooked. They might have been cooked before that, but when they punted after all that, they knew they were cooked.
by Steven Mitchell on Jan 17, 2012 1:59 PM CST up reply actions
Are you the Peter Piper of the 1980s?
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 17, 2012 8:25 PM CST up reply actions
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