There was even a petrol panic. Remember the cars lined up at gas stations along the way to Sanford Stadium? Maybe you’ve forgotten. If you’re a Georgia fan, you’ve tried to forget everything about that weekend.
Sept. 27, 2008: Alabama, ranked No. 8 in Year 2 under Nick Saban, arrived in Athens to face the 4-0 Bulldogs, who had slid to No. 3 after opening the season No. 1. Georgia had spent the second half of the 2007 season wearing its emotions on its shoulder pads — the penalized Gator Stomp in Jacksonville, the uproarious Blackout against Auburn, black shirts again in the Sugar Bowl rout of Hawaii — and was hoping color scheme would have a similar effect on the Crimson Tide.