It could be a thing as modest as 'if this person lines up listed here, this will almost certainly occur. If he strains up right here, this will happen.' It had been all All those minor things which set us ahead of the sport."
"We failed to get any regard. It was unbelievable to us that we were not about the radar. Perhaps it had been simply because we weren't flashy. We weren't cocky in any respect.
"I did not recognize that we were planning to get David until eventually the night time prior to signing working day. He wished to possess a push meeting. I claimed 'I ain't coming to no press conference.' Number 1, I want to know if you're going to be Along with the Crimson Tide or you're going to be some other place. And he was recruited by some large hitters. David had quite a few places he could go, all fantastic football educational institutions, superior educational educational facilities.
"It absolutely was rough and I was continue to heavily medicated. I likely must have viewed it from your stands. But I had been there."
(Editor's Notice: All interviews done by AL.com's Creg Stephenson in the course of the summer months of 2017 unless usually famous. Feedback happen to be slightly edited for clarity and to enhance circulation. Titles showing with speaker's names are since they were in 1992).
"All of us knew Stallings' history as one of several Junction Boys. There have been plenty of us which were almost certainly worried that we had been about to get taken off to some off-campus website for football camp. The entire, 'out in two buses, back in one' sort of offer."
"Going into that Auburn video game, I think we understood that we actually experienced an opportunity. We realized that we managed our personal Future."
"I wish to give Bill Curry and his personnel some credit rating for whatever they did, and leaving us some football gamers. You go back and take a look at it in '92, the upper share of these were recruited by Curry. Which was the vast majority of the gamers there. Give credit rating the place It truly is because of."
The Bulldogs gave Alabama its toughest take a look at of the whole time. In the primary 50 percent, it didn't surface that would be the situation. Alabama's first drive was an uncomplicated sixty seven-lawn march ending in a very 23-yard shovel move from Barker to Lassic for just a touchdown.
"I scored a touchdown in that recreation. I don't forget the particular Enjoy when Jay called it, I just surveyed the sector and already understood what was heading to occur.
"I recall The 1st time I saw David do just about anything, we had been getting a scrimmage for the stadium, a shut scrimmage. We got towards the Specific groups Component of the scrimmage accomplishing punt returns. Me and Eric (Curry) had been just sitting down to the sideline, form of shooting the breeze, not shelling out that Substantially consideration.
"We are all looking to be coaches about the sidelines. Be careful for this, Be careful for that! When he just little bit on him and stepped in front, I raised my hand and stated 'which is it. He obtained it. Increase!'"
"We definitely realized he was gonna be suspended, if he was likely to have the ability to return on that staff was An additional issue. I do not remember a mentor inquiring the captains about it, (Stallings) just created an govt selection."
"We required to get his consideration. I think the worst detail you are able to do to get a nascar vintage tee participant is get him off if he's responsible without having any kind of punishment. So I felt like A 3-game suspension was plenty of punishment for David. He dealt with it, managed it like a man and came back again and performed incredibly perfectly."