1985 Iron Bowl between Auburn and Alabama. Alabama's Van Tiffin kicked the game-winning 50+ yard field goal as the clock expired against a Bo Jackson-led superior Auburn team. The kick was bad enough to live through, but the play that set up the kick is the one that hurt the most.
Alabama's QB Mike Shula (and now new head coach) found a Bama receiver streaking down the field wide open, and he hit the guy perfectly and the receiver easily pulled the defender out of bounds to stop the clock. The defender was Auburn's Luvell Bivins, who was a five and a half foot tall failed and discarded running back; the Auburn coaches had decided to experiment and let him try to learn how to be a DB. And they picked that game and that moment to start the experiment.
As soon as I saw him run on the field during the final drive, I was ready to vomit.
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