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Jim Ross calling ‘Kick Bama Kick’ is pretty awesome

By Jonathan Bass

Nov 30, 2013; Auburn, AL, USA; Auburn Tigers cornerback Chris Davis (11) returns a missed field goal for a 100 yard touchdown against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the fourth quarter at Jordan Hare Stadium. Auburn won 34-28. Mandatory Credit: John Reed-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 30, 2013; Auburn, AL, USA; Auburn Tigers cornerback Chris Davis (11) returns a missed field goal for a 100 yard touchdown against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the fourth quarter at Jordan Hare Stadium. Auburn won 34-28. Mandatory Credit: John Reed-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jim Ross stopped by “The Paul Finebaum Show” to call the Kick Six.

Legendary wrestling rasslin’ announcer Jim Ross stopped by The Paul Finebaum Show recently and decided to lend his golden pipes to one of the most famous plays in college football history: Kick Six (aka Kick Bama Kick).

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We all know the tale, but if you’re a bit rusty here’s a primer: Auburn scores with 32 seconds left to tie the Iron Bowl at 28. Alabama charges down to the Tigers’ 38-yard line and, after Nick Saban lobbies referees for an extra second to be put on the clock, attempts a 57-yard field goal as time expires. The kick falls short, Auburn’s Chris Davis collects the live ball and takes it to the house, 109 yards, for the improbable victory. Bama had been a juggernaut all season and seemed a shoe-in for the SEC and BCS National Championship Games. Instead, rival Auburn, under first-year coach Gus Malzahn, would take its place in both (winning the SEC and falling just short of the natty).

Here’s Good ‘Ol JR calling the action.

This might be a contrarian position, but as great as JR is, and as wonderful as the Jim Ross overdubs are, this one was lacking a bit. Mostly because Rod Bramblett’s original call is just that iconic.

Put JR in the moment, and he knocks it out of the park. It probably becomes the second-greatest call of his career – behind only the Taker/Mankind Hell in a Cell.

It’s too tough dialing up the emotions for a replay of two teams Ross could give a flip about, all while sitting in a radio/TV studio. Finebaum should’ve asked JR, a devout Sooners fan, to call the end of the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. Now that would’ve been gold … or the sound of a man throwing up in his own mouth.

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