PASADENA, Calif. – Alabama was in the red zone for the first time all afternoon with less than three minutes left. A third-down pass was on its way toward Lotzier Brooks. As the ball hit his hands, Indiana safety Louis Moore delivered a thunderous hit to jar the ball free and force the Crimson Tide into a field goal attempt.
Moore got back up on his feet, motioning toward the Indiana fans in the southeast corner of the Rose Bowl.
“I didn’t really get much action before that,” Moore said postgame. “So I just turned around to the fans and said, ‘This is my [expletive]’.