This was that Disney movie moment Andy Pappanastos had in his head. The plotline almost too hokey to be real.
A lifelong Alabama fan who took a three-year detour at Ole Miss was dead center, 36 yards away from a buzzer-beating field goal to win a national championship.
Three seconds to play just as the clock struck midnight in Atlanta.
Snap clean, hold sharp.
Hooked it.
Standing at his locker exactly 51 minutes later, the genuine smile never left the face of the near-hero of Alabama's 26-23 overtime win over Georgia in the bonkers CFP national title game.