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They are known simply be their nicknames.
“Bluegrass Miracle.”
“The Prayer at Jordan-Hare.”
“The Dobbs Nail Boot.”
But which one is the best? Which is most memorable?
The SEC Network offered those questions to several SEC players and coaches, who at times were stumped.
For Nick Saban, it’s The Bluegrass Miracle, when Devery Henderson’s catch in 2002 shocked Kentucky after the pass was tipped by a Kentucky defender. The finish is perhaps most memorable because a Gatorade bucket had already been dumped on Kentucky coach Guy Morriss as the Wildcats believed they were seconds away from a victory.
“That was an ending like nothing I’ve been around before,” said coach Will Muschamp, who was LSU’s defensive coordinator at the time.
On the Dobbs Nail Boot play, which happened last year at Georgia, Tennessee coach Butch Jones said, “when our players broke the huddle to go out, there was no doubt we were going to find a way to win the football game. … It’s kind of surreal, it’s kind of a moment in time when that ball freezes.”
But in a crowd of players, wide receiver Jauan Jennings pulled down the catch in the end zone to give Tennessee the win.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
