In the long and storied history of Crimson Tide football, the program had produced several National Championships, All-Americans, and All-Pros. But never once had an Alabama player been given the Heisman Trophy as the most outstanding college football player. That was about to change.
It was Homecoming in Tuscaloosa when South Carolina came to town on a cool October night in 2009. Alabama was undefeated and had slowly climbed their way up to the #2 ranking. The Gamecocks, having recently defeated No. 4 Ole Miss, was 5-1 and ranked 22nd.
For you young’ns (or old’ns with fuzzy memories), this was not the South Carolina of today.