Remembering the 1983 Iron Bowl

Tornadoes and Touchdowns: Remembering the 1983 Iron Bowl

BOWL. JALEN MILROE FROM BENCHED TO THE NEXT GREAT ALABAMA QUARTERBACK. IT’S BEEN A WILD SEASON FOR NUMBER FOUR. YEAH. SPORTS DIRECTOR RYAN HENNESSY BACK WITH US AGAIN FROM TUSCALOOSA. AND RYAN SINCE GETTING HIS STARTING JOB BACK, MILROE HAS REALLY BEEN A STAR FOR. YEAH, LIKE YOU GUYS SAY, CLIMBING UP THE HEISMAN RANKS AS WELL. NOT SURE HE’LL BE IN NEW YORK, BUT WHAT A YEAR IT’S BEEN IN THE BACK HALF FOR JALEN MILROE. I TALKED TO HIM EVERY MONDAY AT THE WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE. ALWAYS EXCITED, ALWAYS HAVING FUN WITH THE MEDIA. THESE THIS WEEK WAS A LOT DIFFERENT. SERIOUS BECAUSE THE NEXT TWO WEEKS ARE A NEW SEASON AND HE CAN REALLY IMPRESS. AND IT ALL STARTS WITH HIS DEBUT AS A STARTER FOR THE IRON BOWL. YEAH, NO MATTER WHERE IT STATE YOU’RE FROM, YOU DO KNOW ABOUT THE IRON BOWL. YOU KNOW, BEING FROM TEXAS, I KNOW ABOUT THE IRON BOWL FOR SURE. YOU KNOW, I GREW UP WATCHING IT. A QUARTERBACK FROM KATY, TEXAS, MAKING HIS IRON BOWL DEBUT AS A STARTER. THE RIVALRY IS UNDERSTOOD FOR NUMBER FOUR IN CRIMSON. I HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR AUBURN AND I DO SEE A GRITTY TEAM AND I SEE A TEAM THAT’S GOING TO GIVE US THEIR ALL TO PLAY QUARTERBACK FOR THE CRIMSON TIDE IN THE IRON BOWL IS AN HONOR, BUT TO GO ON THE ROAD IN JORDAN-HARE STADIUM IS A CHALLENGE FOR SOME QUARTERBACKS. FOR THE CRIMSON TIDE THAT LEAVE DISAPPOINTED. BUT TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE IRON BOWL IS GOING TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR SURE, ESPECIALLY GOING ON THE ROAD TO AUBURN. SO IT’S GOING TO BE A DEFINITELY A BIG CHALLENGE FOR US. ONE POSITIVE MILROE HAS A DEFENSE WHO IS DOMINANT THIS SEASON BEHIND HIM, LED BY KEVIN VAN STEELE, WHO RETURNS TO THE PLAINS, A PLACE THAT HE KNOWS WELL, SPENDING THE 2016 TO 2020 SEASON AS THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR. WELL, I’LL SAY THIS BEFORE YOU EVEN TOUCH THE FIELD, YOU GOT TO BE READY TO GO BECAUSE OUR DEFENSE IS GOING TO BRING IT. GO. HERE’S THE TALE OF THE TAPE SO FAR BETWEEN THE TWO QUARTERBACKS. AUBURN QUARTERBACK PAYTON THORNE, ALABAMA QUARTERBACK JALEN MILROE. TWO WERE CLOSE IN THEIR COMPLETION PERCENTAGE, BUT MILROE LEADING THE WAY IN ALMOST EVERY STAT LINE. SO JALEN MILROE LIKE YOU SAID, BENCHED EARLY ON THE SEASON, SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THAT LSU GAME. IT’S LIKE HE GOT THE GREEN LIGHT OUT DOING JAYDEN DANIELS AND HE’S GOING TO NEED THAT GREEN LIGHT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE HE’S GOT AUBURN AND THEN THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS, IF THEY HAVE ANY SHOT,

Tornadoes and Touchdowns: Remembering the 1983 Iron Bowl

Video above: The evolution of Jalen Milroe ahead of his first Iron Bowl as starting QBA great college football town.A 3-point game deep in the fourth quarter.A tornado warning that would not stand in the way of an instant classic. We're talking, of course, about the 1983 Iron Bowl, a game that kicked off under sunny skies but ended in a downpour of biblical proportions.The latest: Weather coverage from �� 13 Jack Crowe was the Tigers' offensive coordinator, he remembers just how insane that moment was. "I heard Simpson Pepper, he was the PA announcer. I asked Larry Blankley who was up top ... I said, 'Larry, did he just say what I thought he said? Isn't that a warning?'... Excited I looked at those stands, and nobody moved a foot," said Crowe. With four minutes left in the fourth and rain coming down in sheets, the soggy battle rage on, the field so soaked that the sidelines began to flood."I'm sure I'm not the only one that took pause and just really questioned, what are we doing?" said Crowe.Not only did the game mark newly appointed Alabama head coach Ray Perkins' first taste of the Tigers and Auburn head coach Pat Dye's second consecutive Iron Bowl win, it was also the game that solidified Bo Jackson as a living legend. "From that game forward, he was a myth and dealing in the reality of that game plan was we are building a myth here," said CroweThe Tigers and the Tide hit the field once again this Saturday for the 88th edition of the Iron Bowl.

Video above: The evolution of Jalen Milroe ahead of his first Iron Bowl as starting QB

A great college football town.

A 3-point game deep in the fourth quarter.

A tornado warning that would not stand in the way of an instant classic.

We're talking, of course, about the 1983 Iron Bowl, a game that kicked off under sunny skies but ended in a downpour of biblical proportions.

The latest: Weather coverage from �� 13

Jack Crowe was the Tigers' offensive coordinator, he remembers just how insane that moment was.

"I heard Simpson Pepper, he was the PA announcer. I asked Larry Blankley who was up top ... I said, 'Larry, did he just say what I thought he said? Isn't that a warning?'... Excited I looked at those stands, and nobody moved a foot," said Crowe.

With four minutes left in the fourth and rain coming down in sheets, the soggy battle rage on, the field so soaked that the sidelines began to flood.

"I'm sure I'm not the only one that took pause and just really questioned, what are we doing?" said Crowe.

Not only did the game mark newly appointed Alabama head coach Ray Perkins' first taste of the Tigers and Auburn head coach Pat Dye's second consecutive Iron Bowl win, it was also the game that solidified Bo Jackson as a living legend.

"From that game forward, he was a myth and dealing in the reality of that game plan was we are building a myth here," said Crowe

The Tigers and the Tide hit the field once again this Saturday for the 88th edition of the Iron Bowl.

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Tornadoes and Touchdowns: Remembering the 1983 Iron Bowl

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