Hardest Hit

[ThunderSK]

Victor Brown on a kickoff busting the wedge. Can't remember who. Just rember watching him the whole way down the field and the entire crowd yelling "BOOM" when it happened.
I've never seen a college player hit the wedge like he did. Really.

Haha Victor Brown was fearless!!! So much fun watching him bust the wedge

 

[BeecherVol]

One of my favorites of all time. They both saw each other coming. Big boy football.

IIRC the UF helmet was broke on that hit.

 

[ThunderSK]

1993 vs Louisville at Neyland... DeRon Jenkins intercepts, starts his return and gets blasted by a UL player... I watched him stagger to the sidelines, take his helmet off and fall over like he passed out

 

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[bamawriter]

The hit Lane Kiffin put on the entire UT football program in 2110. Still being felt today

So Lane Kiffin's great-grandson is also going to screw UT over? That must be a pretty massive screwing if it can be felt 97 years in the past.

 

[Biopsyman]

Berry's hit on Marquise Maze was fun

Berry's hit on Mereno was a complete knock out

 

[UT_Tix79]

I was really worried about Kent after that hit from the Florida DB, that was brutal. I was afraid it really hurt Kent, and he did bite part of his tongue in half

 

[ManningBerry#1]

The hit Lane Kiffin put on the entire UT football program in 2110. Still being felt today

2110? Is he coming back in 93 years?

 

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[Renaissance Hillbilly]

Berry's hit on Mereno was a complete knock out

I have that video saved to my computer. I call it "Knowshon Moreno decides to go pro". Berry was just a sophomore when he cleaned Moreno's plow.

 

[ManningBerry#1]

Hope not. Typo....my bad. Fixed

I was just ragging ya bro. I knew what ya meant.

 

[VolDave53]

Andre Creamer in 82 or 83 vs. Rutgers in Knoxville. Rutgers WR catches the ball and Andre hit him into yesterday. Helmet one way, mouthpiece the other, and the receiver just crumbled to the turf.

I was on the top row of the West bleachers and the pop sent the crowd into a unified "OOooooh!" I wish the game was recorded, but that was one heck of a hit.

 

[TVA]

Hardest? don't know. Best? Billy Ratliff hitting his man and driving him back to step on Clint Stoerner's foot in the 1998 Arkansas game. Without it there would have been no NC.

 

[RichRollin]

Might not be the hardest, but one of...if not my favorite was against Vandy in 98. Late in the game, I think it was Westmorland who caught the pathetic Candy WR running a drag route. He got murdered. To me that was a statement hit...here we come, we're not done yet. SEC Champs to National Champs. Was flat out awesome.

On the flip side, Big Al, Leonard Little, and EB all have several that could be in consideration. Big Al slaughtering a 300lb OL on an INT return comes to mind. Also Berry's hit on the UCLA WR in 08'.

My wildcard hit...the hit that broke the Louisville QB's leg...Brohm I think? Early 90's, dude got smashed on.

Edit: Earnest Fields snapped Brohms leg. Last play of the video at 25 second mark.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pc7CT1jH6vY

 

[gnm53108]

Dang good thread. Brought back alot of good memories.

Wasn't the hardest but one of my favorites was Leonard Little and Johnathon Brown sandwiching a bammer qb to seal the win...96 I believe.

 

[velovol]

Eric Berrys hit on Knoshown was nice, but I always preferred the hit on Marquise Maze where he helicoptered the kid.

 

[Boca Vol]

Cornelius Bennett absolutely hammered Jeff Francis in the 1986 UT/ Bama game. That was brutal.

 

[volatil]

That hit Joey Kent took in the swamp was bad.

 

[UTGnome]

Somewhere there is a former UCLA db that still can't understand that Todd Helton is a baseball player.

 

[skasper06]

Eric Berry on Moreno was sickening... But I am from the younger generation of the Volnation so I'm sure I missed guys like Reggie White and Al Wilson.

But the hardest hit to me is still Clowney on that poor Michigan running back last season. Sportscenter top play for months for a reason. Disgusting hit.

 

[phantomvol]

Raynoch Thompson i think against Fla St in the championship game

 

[BOP]

I love how everyone wants to say Tebow ran over berry. Berry stumbled backwards while tebow went straight to the ground. The telling part was when Tebow went back to the huddle and cried for someone to "block Eric Berry"

 

[RichRollin]

I love how everyone wants to say Tebow ran over berry. Berry stumbled backwards while tebow went straight to the ground. The telling part was when Tebow went back to the huddle and cried for someone to "block Eric Berry"

Gerald Williams was smashing Tebow from the backside actually giving him a fair amount of extra momentum when he and Berry hit. And Berry still withstood it. Had Tebow not had Williams' added momentum, EB would have buried Tebow..probably would have did him worse than the dude from UK did.

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Reggie White tackling the RB in the backfield in the '83 LSU game. White blindsided him from the front.

The recipient was Dalton Hilliard. Reggie got into that backfield so fast and just Mack-trucked him. I remember it well as it was my first football season with me in Baton Rouge and I watched this in a pizza place and tried to behave.

 

[orangebloodgmc]

I hate that they called a flag on that play. It looked clean to me.

I was about to say, if Janzen Jackson did this to a UNC receiver, they would definitely say we weren't allowed to hit that hard and break up the completion.