We all remember the massive beat down Alabama delivered to Florida that sunny October afternoon in Tuscaloosa: a 31-3 drubbing that very few saw coming. Florida came into the contest at 4-0 and ranked #5 in the country with rising coaching star Urban Meyer at the helm in his first road game in the SEC. Alabama was also 4-0 and ranked #15 after defeating Arkansas and South Carolina along with Southern Miss and Middle Tennessee State. Alabama had lost its last five games against Top 5 ranked opponents at Bryant-Denny Stadium, and few expected that streak to be snapped that afternoon.
Brodie Croyle unfortunately spent much of his Alabama career injured: shoulder injury, torn ACL, broken ribs, etc. He had an absolute cannon of an arm and unfortunately was never able to fully realize his potential between the injuries and often having to run for his life behind the blocking of lackluster lines. On this day, however, it all came together. Croyle turned in a memorable performance going 14 of 17 for 283 yards and 3 TDs. Alabama lit up the scoreboard, got the "Top 5" monkey off of its back at BDS and snapped Urban Meyer's personal 20 game winning streak (between Utah and Florida.) This game also fully introduced Urban to road life in the SEC. Who will ever forget the look on his face during Rammer Jammer that afternoon?
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