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How 2 trick plays led to Alabama's latest iconic moment at LSU

There was that eerie sense anticipation when Trevon Diggs called for a fair catch at his 10-yard line.

Nineteen minutes, five seconds remained in Alabama's trip to LSU and nobody had scored. The Crimson Tide had threatened a few times and seemed to be solving the Tigers' defensive riddle.

But you just never know. Weird things happen after dark in Tiger Stadium.

What followed was the defining drive of Alabama's unbeaten season. Though not quite Blake Sims' last-minute, season-saving march on that turf two years earlier, Alabama rookie quarterback Jalen Hurts had a few quietly clutch moments leading the game-winning sequence.