"That's what Alabama and Auburn people live for basically in sports throughout the whole year," Moore said. "And the loser has to end up hearing it for 365 days."

Bear Bryant's 315th win, which gave him the NCAA record at the time in 1981, is in Moore's book. Bo Jackson's performance the following year when Auburn ended a nine-game losing streak to the Tide, that's in there too.

It's not just Auburn-Alabama games in the gallery. Moore estimates that 60 percent of his paintings are of Alabama football, but he also paints famous Tennessee moments, memorable scenes from golf, some LSU, some Ole' Miss, some Arkansas. There are no limits.

But how does he choose which moments to make into art?

"Sometimes they're no-brainers," he said. "You get a play like Tyrone Prothro's The Catch or Lamar Thomas getting the ball taken away from him by George Teague. A National Championship. They're so historic that it's almost a no-brainer that history is being written.

"But some of them are a little more subtle. They're crucial moments for others reasons," he said.

Take, for example, The Sack. Cornelius Bennett leveling Notre Dame quarterback Steve Beuerlein. The image is so compelling that the original painting now hangs in the Bear Bryant Museum.

"The Sack is one of my favorites, obviously," Moore said.

And it's in high-demand too.

Who is the last person you would expect to own a copy of that painting? Probably Beuerlein, but even he has his own, and it has a personalized message from Moore:

"Steve, just in case you didn't get a license tag on the truck that hit you, it was AL-97," Moore wrote to the quarterback, referencing Bennett's jersey number.

As we passed through the gallery, walking up the stairs and heading into Moore's office, we witnessed great moments in Alabama history. We spent about five minutes absorbing a painting that shows 100 years of success for the University of Alabama. The clock in the painting is stopped at 3:23, the number of wins Bear Bryant ended up with. There is a National Championship trophy, an old leather helmet, photos on the wall, and so many other items that required more time to notice and appreciate.

Then we saw Moore's first painting. In 1978, Moore started by capturing a fellow employee from his previous job training for a marathon. In the painting, the runner, Ray Giles, is shown with wings hovering behind him. It is an inspiring piece that references a biblical passage, and it is breathtaking.

For Moore, it's not just about important moments in sports. It's about important lessons in life. Football, he says, is a microcosm for life. The game taught him about commitment, courage, and teamwork. He hopes his art work teaches people the same things.

"First of all, they celebrate sports," Moore says of his paintings. "And they have deeper meaning, most of them do, to me, because they actually teach great lessons that football teaches in life."

It typically takes Moore about 500 hours to finish a painting. In fact, he once needed 1500 hours to complete a painting of Coach Gene Stallings. For this reason, he usually only generates about three new pieces in a year. So when Daniel A. Moore decides to put a moment in sports history onto his canvas, 500 hours later he leaves you with a picture that tells a story. A story that means so much to so many people.