re: Rank the Alabama - LSU games you've attended

notiger19

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I remember that. I think he ran down and mooned the fans too while spinning in a circle or something stupid like that.

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Thinking back, I believe your recollection is more accurate than mine. I'll attribute that to my 7&7 consumption rate that night.

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Was this the game where the refs were about to incorrectly give Bama the ball after a confusing play. I thought I remember a replay up on the screen being what finally showed the refs they were dumbasses and it was LSU's ball.

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That's the same game. I went to YouTube for details and that brought back a bunch of memories:

Remember, we hadn't beat Bama at home for YEARS. The score was LSU 23 - Bama 21 with 7 minutes left in the 4th. Bama was driving and inside our 20 when an apparent fumble was recovered by LSU. Unfortunately the LSU Fans' hopes were dashed when the refs' initial indication was that the Bama player was down before fumbling.

But when the subsequent big screen replay clearly showed it to be a fumble the Tiger Fans went from "Disappointed Acceptance" to "Full Out Tiger Droppings Psycho Meltdown Mode". Years of Bama related paranoia (the inability to beat "The Bear", the SEC HQ is in Birmingham, the refs are Bama fans, yada yada yada) all crystallized into that singular moment and turned normally level headed people into raving, blood thirsty lunatics. I remember genuinely fearing that if the call remained in Bama's favor that people were going to storm the field and take matters into their own hands! The feeling was primeval.

I personally think the refs sensed the same thing and that is what influenced their decision to rule it a fumble. Although compelling, the visual evidence should not have factored into their decision since the use of Instant Replay wasn't adopted for use in NCAA Football for for another 6 or more years.