Kirk Herbstreit has incredible reaction to Alabama's game-winning touchdown vs. Auburn

Kirk Herbstreit was just as amazed as any other college football fan watching Alabama pull off an improbable touchdown to beat Auburn. Facing fourth-and-goal from the 31-yard line in Saturday’s Iron Bowl match against Auburn, the Crimson Tide found themselves needing a miracle to get out of this hole.

They found it as Jalen Milroe somehow found a way to complete a 31-yard pass to Isaiah Bond in the back corner of the end zone. He had all the time he needed with the Tigers playing heavy protection in the secondary, but place the ball just where it needed to be to walk out with the win.

Herbstreit, who was on site in Gainesville preparing to cover Florida against Florida State, kept up with the action on a small computer screen. He reacted to the play with great excitement, playfully punching his co-host Chris Fowler. You can view the moment below.

This is pretty great. @KirkHerbstreit, about to call Florida-Florida St., reacts to Alabama’s insane win over Auburn by beating up Chris Fowler in the booth. pic.twitter.com/qJ2SgCzsGm

— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) November 26, 2023

Herbstreit also took a moment to tweet shortly after the play. His reaction says it all

“COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!! @AlabamaFTBL Wowwwww!” he wrote.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!@AlabamaFTBL Wowwwww!

— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) November 26, 2023

The Alabama score came with just 32 seconds left, giving Auburn a slim chance at a comeback. However, the Crimson Tide defense came up with the game-sealing play as Terrion Arnold intercepted Payton Thorne as time expired.

Alabama has now won 10 straight games as it enters the SEC Championship next week against Georgia. The Crimson Tide would have a chance to make the College Football Playoff if they can win that game.

Nick Saban insists that Alabama practices play that led to go-ahead TD vs. Auburn

While Nick Saban was tight lipped about the name of the play that won Alabama the Iron Bowl, the player on the receiving end of the go-ahead touchdown on 4th and goal from beyond the 25 with :32 remaining was less circumspect. Speaking with reporters after the game, wideout Isaiah Bond shared the name of the play he scored an improbable touchdown on: “Gravedigger.”

Revealing play names aside, Saban made clear with reporters after the game that Alabama does, in fact, practice trying to score in a do-or-die situation from beyond the 10. It just so happened to pay off against Auburn, with College Football Playoff hopes on the line.

“Believe it or not, we actually practice that play, every Friday when we do walkthrough and we do special situations. We get in that formation, everybody runs down the field and runs varying routes in the end zone. And Jalen [Milroe] made a great throw, but IB really kind of got himself in position where there was some room to throw it. He pushed inside and the DB was inside of him and then he came back out and Jalen threw it back out to him and it was a great catch. It was a great throw,” Saban said.