Nick Saban shared his memories of the 2002 Bluegrass Miracle game before Alabama visits Kentucky on Saturday.
return to Kentucky’s Kroger Field on Saturday isn’t likely to be as memorable as his second time visiting as a head coach. Back in 2002, Saban was in his third season at LSU, and it appeared his No. 16 Tigers had lost the game.
“I remember we didn’t play very well,” Saban said. “I remember they poured Gatorade on the coach already. I remember there was about a 30-mile-an-hour wind that we had at our back. The guy threw the ball and it just kept going and going and going.” Then, starting from his own 26-yard line, LSU quarterback Marcus Randall dropped back and surveyed his options. He flung the ball down the field, and a tip-drill later, the Tigers won, on a throw that would win an ESPY for
Unfortunately for UK fans in attendance at what was then known as Commonwealth Stadium, many of them didn’t realize Henderson had made the catch. Jefferson Pilot TV cameras caught several of them hanging from the goalposts, celebrating what they thought was a victory.
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