🏈 a day to remember an Alabama legend - Derrick Thomas

[planomateo]

today he will be enshrined into the NFL Hall of Fame. I look forward to watching the ceremony tonight and listening to his son Derrion speak.

 

[thebutcher]

Watched it on ESPN. Was an awesome tribute, and remembrance.

 

[JoshB]

yea i got chills, my dad actually teared up.

 

[4th-and-1]

my greatest football memory of all time was watching penn state slowly take a win from alabama and then derrick thomas blocked that last second fieldgoal.. i was about 12 or 13 years old.. my dad jumped up and scared my mom to death. she came running in the livingroom to see what was happening.. that was a play that i will always remember vividly. he really was a once in a lifetime player.. i had a poster of him in my bedroom until i moved out on my own at about age 20.. i wish his son all the success in the world. derrick thomas is one of those reasons that bama fans think their team is the greatest..

 

[planomateo]

it was pretty cool for sure.

question regarding Roger Stabach's speech...was I the only one waiting for him to stop talking? I admit, this is the first time I can remember listening to him speak - I guess I assumed he had better speaking skills.

 

[doemasters]

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[bamadam]

my greatest football memory of all time was watching penn state slowly take a win from alabama and then derrick thomas blocked that last second fieldgoal.. i was about 12 or 13 years old.. my dad jumped up and scared my mom to death. she came running in the livingroom to see what was happening.. that was a play that i will always remember vividly. he really was a once in a lifetime player.. i had a poster of him in my bedroom until i moved out on my own at about age 20.. i wish his son all the success in the world. derrick thomas is one of those reasons that bama fans think their team is the greatest..

I don't remember DT blocking a FG against Penn St?? What year was that? I missed most of '85 and '86 while in the Army.

I do remember Thomas Rayam blocking that one in '88?

 

[TidePride50]

I don't remember DT blocking a FG against Penn St?? What year was that? I missed most of '85 and '86 while in the Army.

I do remember Thomas Rayam blocking that one in '88?

Yeah, I think it was Thomas Rayam he was thinking of.

 

[RollTideinGA]

I remember the '88 Bama/ Penn State game with DT running down their QB over and over. He blocked a kick or two and got a safety. It was an awesome day.

His was the only Bama jersey I ever got as a kid. I wish I still had it.

 

[desertdweller]

Lots of great Thomas memories but the blocked kick was Rayam (in '89--I remember it vividly because my then new boyfriend/now husband always reminds me of how I slapped his arm away when he tried to put it around me just as they were lining up for the kick!)