“Somebody Done S**t In His Shoe”– Former Alabama QB AJ McCarron Recalls How Cade Foster Was Punished For Kick Six Loss To Auburn

Back before the College Football Playoff let the perceived top four teams in the country duke it out for a national title, never mind the 12-team format being introduced this year, there was basically zero margin for error on the NCAA gridiron. That was especially the case for Alabama during Nick Saban's heyday. Boasting a perfect record entering 2013's annual regular-season finale Iron Bowl matchup with archrival Auburn, the Crimson Tide needed a win to retain their No. 1 ranking. The stakes were high to say the least, as Saban had led the Tide to two straight national championships and was in search of a three-peat. A victory at Jordan-Hare Stadium, followed by a dub in the conference title game, would've gotten Bama that three-peat shot. Instead, absolute madness ensued, as Auburn ran back a missed field goal — a Kick Six, if you will — to stun their nemesis 34-28. https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1333407574020984836 Tide quarterback AJ McCarron threw for 277 yards and three TDs. His running back, T.J. Yeldon, had 141 yards and a TD on the ground. Bama outgained Auburn by 102 yards. Didn't matter. The Tigers somehow pulled it off thanks in large part to three missed field goals by Cade Foster. Let's just say his teammates didn't take too kindly to that poor kicking execution. In a recent appearance on the McCready and Siskey Podcast, McCarron shared a pun-intended crappy story about Foster. He talks about how Foster is a "great dude" who just happens to not be very good at kicking a football. Foster had missed multiple kicks, got one successful one called back by a false start, and missed another one so wide left that McCarron said it almost hit the Alabama sideline. Somebody hazed Foster the next day in about the worst way imaginable: Taking a big steamy dump in his football cleat. "Great dude, love him to death…not a very good kicker. [...] We finally make one towards the end they call a f*****g false start, so they back us up five. And I could already see it, and I'm like hey, we got it right here. And he was looking at me like, no the f**k we don't. That was lucky. The next one was almost kicked to our sideline. Like so far left, and I was like oh s**t, we're in trouble, huh? And he showed up the next […] day, and he goes to put his shoe on in the locker room. And all you hear is, ‘Oh what’s this!? Oh my God, who did this?’ Everybody starts coming around, he pulls his white sock out of his shoe. It's covered in s**t. Somebody done s**t in his shoe, and filled it up! And I was like damn. "[…] I remember going into the team meeting. Somebody said, I think it was [Nick] Saban…like, ‘Somebody better f**** confessed to this this s**t in the shoe! We're not gonna have this s**t! If you don't wanna come f*****g confess, I’ma get samples and test everybody's DNA. We're gonna figure out [who did this]!’ I still to this day, I have no clue who s**t in  his shoe." https://twitter.com/McCreadySiskey/status/1856358291645006140 Easily the most hilarious part of this tale is Saban screaming at everyone in the team meeting, threatening DNA samples to figure out who pooped in Foster's shoe. LOL. I wonder if you asked Saban about it now how he'd feel. They should totally do that on the next College GameDay now that McCarron has put it out there. The historical implications/college football Sliding Doors of the Kick Six Iron Bowl are fascinating to ponder. If Saban had pulled off a three-peat, would he feel unfulfilled at the collegiate level going forward? Would he have continued on in Tuscaloosa? Or could he have justified a move back to the NFL? Reminds me a bit of what UConn basketball coach Dan Hurley is dealing with right now. Hurley flirted with the Lakers' coaching vacancy, only to stick with the Huskies as they try to win their third straight national title. If UConn pulls it off, why would Hurley stay there? I imagine an elite competitor like him would take a crack at the NBA. For as obsessed as Saban was with "The Process" and attention to detail, he must've figured he had such a talent advantage over the vast majority of his opponents that he didn't need an ace kicker. That negligence by Saban, his recruiters, or whomever was responsible, might've cost him a shot at a three-peat. It took quite a while, too, for Saban to embrace going after the 5-star stud QBs of the world. The earlier Alabama powerhouse teams loved running the ball, playing defense, and having a game manager at QB just not screw anything up. McCarron was the first guy I can remember in the Saban Bama era who really elevated the offense. Even after McCarron left, the Tide won a natty with Jake Coker under center. Who? Exactly. Nevertheless, McCarron kind of paved the way for Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, and other eventual NFL starters to come to Bama. Back to the Kick Six: Rarely can you lay all the blame at a kicker's foot, but when you miss three field goals in a single game and that last miss leads to a walk-off touchdown by the other team, well, it's justified to single out that so-called specialist. Hats off to McCarron for sharing this story. What a doozy. Has to be the most out-of-pocket thing I've ever heard a football player do to a teammate.