Round One: #7 Braxton’s TD Throw (Purdue) vs. #10 Boom’s Long Run (Wisc)

Don’t let Boom’s heartfelt tears before the Wisconsin game influence your decision. That scramble by Miller was just as touching.

#7 Braxton’s TD Throw (Purdue):

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#10 Boom’s Long Run (Wisc)

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Round One: #5 Posey’s One Handed Catch (PSU) vs. #12 Stoneburner’s One Handed Catch (Toledo)

The match-up of one handers was COMPLETELY coincidental, but let’s just enjoy the athleticism:

#5 Posey’s One Handed Catch (PSU)

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#12 Stoneburner’s One Handed Catch (Toledo)

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Round One: #6 Braxton’s TD Run (Michigan) vs. #11 Shazier’s Punt Block (Wisc)

#6 Braxton’s TD Run (Michigan):

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#11 Shazier’s Punt Block (Wisc)

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Round One: #4 Evan Spencer’s One Handed Grab (Akron) vs. #13 Stoneburner’s TD Catch (Nebraska)

I love Urban’s “WOW” comment as the ESPN crew watches the replay of Spencer’s ridiculous grab.

#4 Evan Spencer’s One Handed Grab (Akron)

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#13 Stoneburner’s TD Catch (Nebraska)

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Round One: #3 Ohio State’s Defensive Goal Line Stand against Penn State vs. #14 Carlos Hyde’s TD Run against Nebraska

With the game still in the balance, Ohio State’s defense lines up to stop a Penn State team that had been having its way on the ground against it.

#3 Ohio State’s Defensive Goal Line Stand against Penn State

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#14 Carlos Hyde’s TD Run against Nebraska

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Round One: #2 Seed Braxton Miller’s 81 yard run against Indiana vs. #15 Seed Will Hagerup’s Botched Snap.

The botched snap probably would have been seeded higher if it had been the difference in the game against Michigan. (It’s already the greatest animated GIF and will probably win the SB Nation GIF bracket going away. But here it’s just a 15-seed.) At the time, it looked like this single play was going to turn the tide, shift the momentum Ohio State’s way and send thousands of Michigan fans home after yet another loss to Ohio State. Instead, it was just another heated play in the heated rival.

Braxton’s 81 yard run, however, was much more than that.

#2 Braxton’s 81 YD Run (Indiana)

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#15 Will Hagerup’s Botched Snap (Michigan)

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Round One: #1 Seed Braxton Miller’s game-winning touchdown throw against Wisconsin vs. #16 Seed Joe Bauserman’s touchdown run against Akron.

A 16-seed isn’t supposed to challenge a 1-seed, right (regardless of what KenPom says)? Well, we’ll leave that up to you, dear reader. The evidence:

#1 Braxton Miller’s Touchdown Throw against Wisconsin:

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#16 Joe Bauserman’s Wheels

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Starting today, and mirroring the rounds of the NCAA tournament, we will be voting on the best football moments of 2011. (Stop, don’t laugh, there were a lot of them.)

These moments (not plays, as a couple of these are not a single play, but a moment in time) were chosen and ranked with a variety factors in mind: how that moment affected the outcome of the game, how big of a “Are you kidding me?” moment it was, and if that will be a moment we’ll tell our kids in a decade.

The team here has painstakingly pored over the highlights (again, stop snickering) of the 2011 season and have ranked them #1-16 and will pit them against each other in a bracket format over the next couple of weeks. You, the fearless MotSaG reader will be able to vote for your favorite plays and in the end, we will crown one moment The 2011 Greatest Football Moment of All Time.