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Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:03 am to TideSwamper
It always annoys me to hear an Auburn fan refer to it as the Iron Bowl. The reason it was called the Iron Bowl in the first place was because it was played in Birmingham. Auburn bitched and whined about the game being in Birmingham until it was changed. Sort of hypocritical then for them to hype it as the Iron Bowl. Moving the game out of Birmingham ended up for the best, what with Legion Field's decline. What also motivated their desire for a change was the old 50/50 split on tickets, which made the game unique. They hated not having an overwhelming fan advantage in their home year to help them.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:25 am to Tupelo
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It always annoys me to hear an Auburn fan refer to it as the Iron Bowl.
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with Legion Field's decline
Game needs to be played in Bham or quit calling it the Iron Bowl - makes no sense. Play in Protective now with 50/50 split crowd.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 11:54 am to ChoadieMcSmalls
Not being sarcastic.. Because i have never played organized ball, but did AU run anything special?
Other than that wheel route like TD pass... It seemed that the motion confused Bama but isn't that AUs / Freeze staple. That and really good wr blocking?
Other than that wheel route like TD pass... It seemed that the motion confused Bama but isn't that AUs / Freeze staple. That and really good wr blocking?
Posted on 11/29/23 at 9:28 pm to SuperOcean
They added new wrinkles to their blocking schemes which confused our LBs. They also added some pick plays for the WRs. Not sure what they did differently on defense, but their DBs were impressive at arriving a split second early and climbing over the back of the WRs to break up passes.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 11:24 am to ChoadieMcSmalls
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Aub coaches know they can go 6-6 or 7-5 every year almost, as long as they beat Bama regularly.
True to a certain extent, but Malzahn was 3-5 against Bama and averaging 8.5 wins per year with multiple divisional titles when they fired him. Some Bama fans, myself included, recognized that Auburn was making a mistake there but Auburn fans were absolutely convinced they deserved better. 0-3 against the Tide since and every season has had a lower winning percentage than Malzahn's worst.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 11:26 am to ETT2001
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Play in Protective now with 50/50 split crowd
Neutral site games suck, Birmingham sucks, and that stadium only sits 47k.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 12:03 pm to SuperOcean
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Not being sarcastic.. Because i have never played organized ball, but did AU run anything special?
They were definitely doing something to pull our LBs and a safety over to the other side of the field. And their blocking was very sound. It seemed like every one of their big run plays there was just Key in the second level and when he didn't make the play there was green grass.
Posted on 12/1/23 at 11:22 am to CrimsonCrusade
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stadium only sits 47
With less fans, the crowd noise becomes less of X factor and the better team and talent will prevail. Best of all no HFA for Auburn. Pro for Bama
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