šŸˆ What's been your favorite Alabama football victory and the hardest loss for you to take?

Even though the kick six was very bad... the loss that still pisses me off the most was the so-called fumble from Fred Kitchens to Ed Scissum.. Auburn kicked the game winner, soon after that.. But, the most infuriating part was Auburn sold portraits of the "fumble play" instead of the "winning field goal" play...That pretty much messed his life up... I was very bitter about all of that...
The most satisfying WIN will still have to be when we destroyed the Miami hurricanes in the Sugar bowl in 92... No one give us a chance!..
 
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Favorite victory? Just one?! DANG! That's a tough one...

The loss would have to be either the 2010 Iron Bowl (I was there and watched that meltdown in person) or the shellacking BAMA got from Clemson in 2019 (for the 2018 season) in the CFP championship game. The guys just looked lost all game long. And Clemson was playing on a whole other level.
 
Favorite would probably be 92 Sugar Bowl - when I became a Bama fan. Although, every NC weā€™ve won feels just as good as the first time! Just a lot of sentimental value to that 92 game for me.

Kick 6 hurt to the core. The kick had the line, and for a split second I swore we had won the game.

For all the great wins we had with Saban, every loss was that much tougher. Both losses to Clemson sucked because I had to listen to my wifeā€™s family.
 
This may be the hardest thread to answer.
To me it could be the 1972 Orange Bowl losing to Nebraska, '73 Sugar Bowl losing to ND, P.B.P. , K6, UGA P.Off. Game.
Best wins.
Bama winning the first Super Dome game to end that losing streak against P.S. , Block again P.S. , NC game again P.S. G.L.S., ND any game!
I could keep going but why, Lot on here I would list too so for that it will be mark as
"DITTO"!
 
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Favorite victory? Just one?! DANG! That's a tough one...

The loss would have to be either the 2010 Iron Bowl (I was there and watched that meltdown in person) or the shellacking BAMA got from Clemson in 2019 (for the 2018 season) in the CFP championship game. The guys just looked lost all game long. And Clemson was playing on a whole other level.
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YES! Watching Barron in the game, unable to raise his arm to intercept that dying quail of a TD pass that started the comeback was infuriating. That's on the coach and medical staff. A second string safety has the INT. I'm yelling, "pick!" when it's hanging.

Wins? Everyone remembers the nailbiters...goal line stand, screen to Yeldon, 2nd and 26, gravedigger, the kick, Clemson, the sack against Texas, Upchurch in the flat in '09...they are incredibly memorable and satisfying. However...

...I enjoy the big games where Bama leaves no doubt that there is only one worthy victor, and the other team realizes it. It's happened many times in our history. 35-0 Cow College game. The 49-7 2010 Michigan State game said we are angry and coming back. 49-0 2012 stomping of the barn, should've been 70-0 and broken the margin of victory record, but up 42-0 at halftime was satisfying. Over a dozen consecutive Vol embarrassments. Ruining Notre Dame and Ohio State in NC games.

So, which game have I watched the extended highlights more than any other? I think it's the ND game, but OSU is a close second, and it's more recent.
 
Hardest loss for me was 72 vs boogs-2 blocked punts. We could have given them the ball on our 10 and they would not have scored a TD in 10 plays...so many big wins but the one that stands out to me was the 90 game in Knoxville, Phillip Doyle kicking a FG on game's last play AFTER Stacey Harrison blocked a FG attempt for them to win. We had no chance but played great on defense, struggled on offense the whole day.
 
Great question. Had to think long and hard about this because every win and loss matters haha.

The best way I can answer is to say before the Saban era, wins were "bigger" and losses were "smaller." This means my sweetest victory was probably the '92 natty, with the two victories over Spurrier in '99 battling each other for second and third sweetest. I attended the victory in the Swamp and was surrounded by Gator family members, which makes that one particularly "sweet" for me! Now when Grimes ran that interception back for a TD in the conference title game, I literally ran out of my apartment door yelling at the top of my lungs disturbing everyone in the community. Probably the most unhinged I've ever been haha.

The most sour loss, Jesus, like others have said, Kick Six (missed opportunity for a three-peat), first loss to Clemson on final play, second loss to Clemson (inexplicable blowout) with our amazing 2018 roster, the loss to UGA in the natty after taking the lead in the 4th, loss to Michigan in Saban's final season (I'm sorry we beat DeBoer in the natty if we get past Michigan, and Saban retires on top!) ... I guess I'll go with the blowout loss to Clemson because that was the only time we looked unprepared for a huge game. It's the worst because it's the most confusing.

***Honorable mention for sweetest win: that come-from-behind victory late in the game against Arkansas in Saban's first season, after years of collapsing in the 4th QT under Shula. Everyone forgets how much that victory inspired Bama Nation.

***Honorable mention for worst loss: that OT loss to Tenn in the Shula era when all we had to do was keep them from converting a 4th and 20-something! That was devastating at a time when we went what 7 seasons without beating them, maybe 8 including the tie in '93, which I was also at.
 
A lot of Ws n Ls and their affect on a fan....are circumstances of fan too...
As a boy...growing up a die hard bama fan....
The 1961 W vs Oklahoma and subsequent national championship .... greatest W ( at time)
The 1962 L vs GaTech.....brutal and second ..but later in life.. was loss to ND in 73 Sugar Bowl

Moved to Tenn in 1989....around vol fans....the 1990 W at Neyland....greatest W
But 1992 W vs Miami in National championship game...greatest W of all time
Worse L.....in that era was ....L to TN and Manning striking up the band

Saban era....i think greatest W was vs Notre Dame in national championship game
And worse L....was 2013 kick 6....tied for second was vs Michigan...in Sabans last game ( come on ..cover damn back out of backfield).....And the one lone loss to Tennessee....would have been great to have Nick go undefeated vs vols

So eras as fan have affect also. All Ws and Ls mentioned here. Ws were great...Ls ...painful...especially when AU n TN were involved or loss of a national championship involved
 

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