SECN crown the 'kick six' as the greatest play in college football history.
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SECN crown the 'kick six' as the greatest play in college football history.
I’d have to agree.
What’s crazy is that Auburn may most of the top plays in CFB history. For some reason, they’ve been blessed with some really improbable wins.
The kick 6 & the “The Prayer at Jordan Hair” vs UGA could be 1 and 2 alone.
MSU has virtually none that I can think of. Maybe the Kick, pick, kick vs Eli in the Egg Bowl. Other than that, we’ve had very little luck. Not sure why
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I would add Doug Flutie's hail mary against Miami in 84 and Kordell Stewart's hail mary against Michigan. If memory serves those were both done on the road.
The thing about the Kick 6 to me is that it really was Bama being unprepared that caused it. I prefer plays that seemed to be divine intervention (The Prayer at Jordan Hare, the Kick/Pick/Kick), raw athleticism that created something special (Lindsay Scott), or something truly bizarre (the band being on the field). But, yes, Auburn does have that lucky horseshoe.
When does MSU get this type of moment? I’d soil myself
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Don't get me wrong, it was a solid kick return. But, it is was much more about 1 coach recognizing that he could potentially use a little used quark in the rules vs. a team that wasn't paying enough attention to what was going on. I don't find anything divine about that. The Prayer, the kick/pick, or that dang lateral by the Hawgs against OM is divine intervention.
I would agree. That was a out of nowhere, wow, game winning TDs in a rivalry game.
Stanford/Cal..... Cal dude was down about the 2nd pitch. That gets called back now a days.
Sec games of note, not mentioned yet.... LSU v UK a few years back. UK had already gave the coach a gatoraid bath. The ball was batted and LSU ran under it for a game winning/ending TD.
State.... Auburn game in 99 was a unreal ending.
Bama game 1980. Everyone watching thought Bama was punching it in for the win.
Were you around for 1999?
Auburn, LSU, and Ole Miss just off the top of my head- and Kentucky as well.
I can definitely buy Arkansas 1998 as well.
We also won a key game in 1994 over a good South Carolina team on the road where Taite hit Chris Jones for a TD in the closing second of the game. That was a pretty big win that helped get us into the Peach Bowl that year. Wasn't on TV so it's largely forgotten.
Most of our big wins over Dan were like LSU and Auburn 2014 or Georgia 2010 where we had the lead most of the game and just controlled it rather than some miracle at the end.
what year was the Field goal against a hurricane force wind where the ball blew back over the kickers head ... It was either against OM or Arkansas
The Cal-Standford band on field kick off return would have to be up there.
Billy Canon's run against Ole Miss is better than that Auburn play.
Was there somebody that had to forfeit that year because of sanctions or ineligible players or something? I think back in the day, forfeited wins dropped off of the opponents record also, and when they switched to "vacating" wins, the losing team was still stuck with the loss on the schedule. Is it possible that everybody played 7 games but there was an east team that forfeited to make it look like a lot of people only played 6 by record?
ETA: Looked at the schedule and that's not it. I'm guessing maybe somebody used a non-SEC slot to schedule an extra SEC game and it wasn't officially a conference game, and people compiling records have just over time stopped notating which one was official?
ETA2: With it being Bama and Ole MIss with 7 games in 1980 and 1981, I'm thinking maybe they weren't scheduled to play each other by the conference for some reason so they added each other as "nonconference" games?
The Michigan-Michigan State punt-fumble is probably the most improbable to me. Absolutely unbelievable. And if I remember correctly, the guy who scored the touchdown broke his hip in the celebration and never was able to play regularly again.
Arky 4th and impossible half field throw back first down and then score against om has to be up in the top 10. That and Arky?s overtime win against Eli. Also the Willie Blade x point block and run back agaist A&M or Bo Wallace fumble into the end zone was strong stuff. as far as ref big play the “Dick Pace reverse interference” call was the most sickening thing I’ve ever seen, and yes I saw the wind kick.