Today is 50th Anniversary of the "Punt Bama Punt" Game

Gary Sanders call was incredible. At the end of the call said to Gusty Yearout,"when we're old and gray we'll still talk about this one."

I was 10. Now I am old and gray.

Absolutely love the passion from the broadcast both....we need more of that!

It was even worse for me cause I had an obnoxious classmate that still tries to rub it in. I hate you Tony Nelson!!! lol

The only Alabama loss that literally made me cry. I was 11 at the time. Consolation was that they didn't beat us again until my Junior year at Alabama.

guy down the street from me did. We'd listen and then go out in his front yard and kick footballs into trees trying simulate a blocked punt.

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guy down the street from me did. We'd listen and then go out in his front yard and kick footballs into trees trying simulate a blocked punt.

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Well my mom and dad were newlyweds - Mom graduated from U of A in 71, dad from Auburn in May of 72. They recently moved to Lake Charles for a job - a plant in Lake Charles hired a few recent Auburn grads. My dad said they all lived in the same apartment complex at the time. They listened to the game via a long distance telephone call. As soon as the game was over one of his Auburn buddies in the same complex told them to come down they are going to CELEBRATE - my mom refused to go and pouted the rest of the weekend haha

My Dad had to sit me down and have a long talk to me after about a week of not talking to anybody.
Bama 16
Auburn 3
Santa Claus 14

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Did Auburn feel it was non-neutral ?

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We didn't feel anything. It wasn't neutral

I know the punter and his wife and she’s hilarious!

When we were younger and we attended social events we would drink and have fun, or at least I did. She would always introduce her husband and then say, “he was the punter in the punt Bama punt game,” and then die laughing. He would just grin and chuckle!

She would say my husband is punt Bama punt!