Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Isaiah Bond ship a miracle to stun Auburn in Iron Bowl

On the tenth anniversary of the Kick Six, you had a sense the annual Iron Bowl battle between Alabama and Auburn would have one thing particular up its sleeves.

And it didn’t disappoint.

Auburn had the Crimson Tide on the ropes, holding a 24-20 lead with slightly below 5 minutes remaining. Alabama confronted a 4th and 1 on the Tigers’ 10-yard line, and Nick Saban elected to maintain his offense on the sector, relatively than try a subject aim to cuth the Auburn result in one.

Alabama picked up the primary down as working again Roydell Williams took a pitch from quarterback Jalen Milroe — after the Crimson Tide confirmed Auburn a “Tush Push” alignment — and Alabama had a contemporary set of downs on the Auburn 7-yard line.

That’s when the errors piled up for Alabama, and it appeared like the sport was slipping away from them.

Williams was stopped for a three-yard loss on first down, and on second down the snap from heart Seth McLaughlin caught Milroe without warning. The ball received previous the Alabama quarterback, and he slipped to the turf to get better the ball, on the Auburn 26-yard line.

Then going through third and aim from the 26-yard line, Milroe purchased a while after which rolled to his left, earlier than trying a throw close to the tip zone. The go fell incomplete, and a flag fell as properly. Milroe had crossed the road of scrimmage, and the five-yard penalty pushed the Crimson Tide additional again.

Saban elected to name the group’s closing timeout relatively than settle for the ten-second runoff, so the Crimson Tide confronted a 4th and aim from the Auburn 31-yard line. With simply 32 seconds left, this was their whole season.

That’s when this occurred:

In some way, a way, Milroe discovered huge receiver Isaiah Bond within the again nook of the tip zone to completely stun the Auburn sideline, and maybe change the trajectory of the Faculty Soccer Playoff:

Whereas the nickname for the Kick Six offered itself relatively simply, arising with a technique to describe … that … was robust. However not unimaginable

“The 30-yard nook to Bond. Isaiah Bond,” is how Brad Nessler described the play on CBS.

The following further level gave Alabama a 27-24 lead, and Auburn’s closing drive ended on an interception, sealing an Iron Bowl for the ages for the Crimson Tide.

As you would possibly count on, social media exploded after Bond’s landing:

The win retains Alabama’s slim Faculty Soccer Playoff hopes alive, as they now are set to sq. off with Georgia within the SEC Championship Recreation subsequent weekend. And, on a yr the place a number of completely different Heisman entrance runners have emerged, it may need delivered a “Heisman Second” for the Alabama quarterback.

But when nothing else, it delivered an Iron Bowl that might be talked about for many years, if not longer.