SaltyTiger 7,346 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Didn't we get screwed out of this one. he was forced out as I remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 15,820 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I thought so. Shug thought so. What else does the world need to know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTiger 11,620 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 The rule changed the next year because of that play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle79 3,569 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Yep. Pushed out by defender. Another in a long line of screw jobs against Auburn. But, it makes it that much better when we persevere and overcome. Think about it. Every bad loss Bama has experienced has been to us, and they have been HEARTBREAKING! I'd always rather be beat 40 - 0 than 17 -16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredst 9,044 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I was only 8 years old when I watched that play and even I recognized that we got screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weagl1 1,755 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I was in Legion Field that day and we were the better team all day long. That play not only cost us the game but led to a change in the rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corchjay 5,311 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I think they still miss this call multiple times a year. Not on us but in general. Very few WR would just run out just to come back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 20,249 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I was at the game happened right in front of me and it was a god awful call. Yes that was the rule at the time but the ref's seldom if ever called it. Still makes me very ill to watch it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle-1 3,704 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 3 hours ago, augolf1716 said: I was at the game happened right in front of me and it was a god awful call. Yes that was the rule at the time but the ref's seldom if ever called it. Still makes me very ill to watch it again I was there as well. It certainly was nothing new for us to get screwed by the officiating at Legion Field. Ahem, Stabler's run in the mud, with our defensive end being held as he turned the corner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 13,613 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Watched it on television and it was tough to accept. Gargis has always been one of my all time favorite QBs. I guess that's why I remember it so vividly. I wore number 11 because of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburn4ever 1,266 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Bryant was paying the refs even back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im4aual 447 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 In the third quarter of the 1989 Iron Bowl, Alexander Wright was forced out and came back in to make a long catch (which was legal by then). All I heard people saying around me was "Thomas Gossum". We don't forget. We still had a chance to win that 1974 game, but fumbled on a reverse after a bama turnover late in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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