Good morning. In sports, there’s a time and a place for showing emotions, and those opportunities are few and far between. Seinfeld fans will surely remember the Schmoopie episode and Jerry’s reluctance to be outwardly, welp, expressive.

On this Thanksgiving Day, there’s no way around it. From the Tiger Walk to the screams of “War Eagle” to breaking attendance records in Neville Arena, you are, as Tina Turner would say, “simply the best.”

So, thank you, and Happy Thanksgiving.

What else can you find mixed into today’s Brew?

🏈 A Kick Six retrospective from the 2013 Iron Bowl, part one
🦃 Not that much—hey, we deserve time off, too
🐅 And much, much more!

🎥 FROM THE ARCHIVES

What are we thankful for? WarEagle+ has the full broadcast of the 1989 Iron Bowl. Put on a pot of coffee, hit play, and enjoy your much-deserved day off.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Kickin’ it Old School. Chris Davis was convinced the 2013 Iron Bowl was headed to overtime, even as he stood near the back of the end zone one second away from making history.

“I knew he was going to miss the kick, but I thought it was going to be out of bounds,” Davis recalled, 10 years later. “As it was falling to me, I knew it was going to be short, and I was going to be able to field it. The rest is history.”

Davis also made the play before The Play, knocking T.J. Yeldon out of bounds after a 24-yard run on what appeared to be the final play of regulation with Auburn and Alabama tied 28-28.

Anyone who saw it in person or on TV knows what happened next. A video review put one second back on the clock. Auburn called timeout and replaced Ryan Smith with Davis as the Tigers’ returner, his cleats planted barely inbounds.

Leading up to the game, Davis shared on social media his desire to impact the Iron Bowl on special teams after averaging 18.71 yards per punt return during the season, including an 85-yard touchdown in Auburn’s blowout win at Tennessee.

“I wanted to do that since I first got here,” said Davis, a standout kick returner at Woodlawn High School in Birmingham. “For a lot of people back home, that wasn’t anything big to them. They knew I could do that. They’d seen me do that my whole life. For the coaches who gave me the opportunity to do it, it meant a lot to me.”

Two weeks earlier, Auburn’s remarkable turnaround season seemingly crescendoed with the Prayer in Jordan-Hare – Nick Marshall’s deflected 73-yard touchdown pass to Ricardo Louis on fourth-and-18 to give the Tigers a 43-38 win over Georgia.

“I watched that firsthand from the sideline,” Davis said. “I think his play was better than the Kick Six because I was able to sit back and watch it.”

Two weeks later, football fans around the world watched Davis field Alabama’s errant 57-yard field goal, cut to his left, and race down the sideline on what is officially listed as a 100-yard missed field goal return.

Everyone who witnessed it has a story to tell. Davis has heard them all.

“I think everybody would be able to tell you what they were doing,” Davis said. “I’ve heard everything. That was a proud moment. That’s something that will live on forever.

“I’ve heard about people picking their kids up, throwing them in the pool, falling off the couch, breaking TVs. I’ve heard everything you can think of.”

Auburn’s 34-28 win over top-ranked Alabama clinched the SEC Western Division title and earned the Tigers a trip to Atlanta to play Missouri in the SEC Championship, which Auburn won 59-42.

For Davis, who played professionally and has also coached, the Kick Six forever endeared him to Auburn people and opened doors to a lifetime of opportunities.

“Because I get to come back and do things like this,” Davis said while waiting to record his part in Auburn’s 2023 kickoff video that plays immediately before home games. “That play will be played in this stadium forever.

“That’s why a lot of athletes play the game, to be remembered. I just so happened to make that play in that time at that moment. That moment was for me, after everything I’d been through. I’m very appreciative of that.”

A decade later, the 2013 SEC champion Auburn Tigers reunite this weekend on the Plains.

“It’s still hard to explain 10 years later. I’m just glad to be a part of it,” Davis said. “I feel great about my role but that play wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for the other 10 guys on the field doing their part to lead me to the end zone so hats off to them.

“It means the world to me. The Kick Six basically changed my life. That’s something that I’ll be remembered down here on Auburn’s campus forever, and that’s why I played the game.”

We’ll feature the rest of the story in tomorrow’s Brew. Of course, the link to the story is right up there at the top if you can’t wait.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Thursday 11/23

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving!

(No Activities Scheduled - Well, Perhaps Napping)

Friday 11/24

🏐 Volleyball vs. Arkansas @ 3 p.m. CT SECN+ | Live Video | Live Audio | Live Stats

Saturday 11/25

🏈 Football vs. Alabama @ 2:30 p.m. CT CBS | Live Audio | Tickets | Tailgate Packages

Sunday 11/26

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Alabama A&M @ 2 p.m. CT on SECN+ 100.3 | Live Video| Live Audio | Live Stats | Tickets

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🐅 Have a great Thanksgiving, y’all!