The clock ticks down to end the third quarter, and the Million Dollar Band strikes up its rendition of Green Day's "Basket Case."
At the south end of Bryant-Denny Stadium, the Alabama cheerleaders line up along the goal-line, the girls sitting on the guys' shoulders and holding up four fingers to signal the start of the final quarter.
One of the cheerleaders, Tony Bell, stands by himself on the east sideline, his heart pounding and his adrenaline pumping.
Then Bell takes off, flipping and spinning his way across the entire width of the south endzone, flawlessly executing a series of handsprings and backflips until he nails his landing on the opposite side of the field.