Urban Meyer Trolls the Crimson Tide, Calls Field Goal Return Play ‘Bama’

By D.J. Byrnes on November 5, 2015 at 1:14 pm
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Ohio State's rival lost a game for failing to handle an 11-man blitz on a last-second punt. Alabama once lost a game for failing to account for a potential return on a long, game-winning field goal, the 2013 Iron Bowl against Auburn.

Urban Meyer is paid to consider every scenario in games, and because of those legendary goofs ... his team practices those contingencies. 

On Thursday's call-in show, Meyer admitted his team practices field goal kick returns. The name, however, is sure to draw chuckles from non-Alabama fans. 

"Do you have a return setup after a long field goal attempt?" former All-American Jim Lachey asked. 

"We do now," Meyer said. "We call it 'Bama.'"

Those are the things a man can do after bullying Alabama in its backyard on national television.

Shortly after our Tim Shoemaker reported this fact on Twitter, a (presumed) Alabama fan elected to commit career suicide on the spot:

That tweet got deleted with alacrity. Undaunted, however, The Houston Chronicle's senior web producer, Brian Reynolds, doubled down on his personal account in a since-deleted tweet that stood longer than expected:
 

Brian Reynolds, senior web editor of the Houston Chronicle: You Have Failed Internet.

Roll Tide. 

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