re: Iron Bowl will be a night game

Don’t take me as one lol. I just call shite like it is. I think we come out and stomp their asses, but I won’t be shocked if not. If we do shite like we did in the UGA game, it won’t be close.

We just went through an historical gauntlet of a schedule and only dropped 1 (in which we absolutely should have won) and you think that we are fricked because we have to play 4-6 Auburn at their place at night? Man, have a little faith for crying out loud.

We are not T. This team needs to stop overthinking. They are too smart for their own good.

We are going to beat them and then beat aTm.

Ty just needs to rip it, hell throw 50/50 balls a few times our receivers will get it. He has too much coach in him to just be fearless, needs to change that.

Edit, hell, not he'll

lol, have you even been alive for the iron bowl since 2005??? I’ve seen way better teams go to the Barn and watch us shite the bed. We do what we did against Carolina, LSU, Missouri, and Oklahoma and yes we will lose. We do not know how to put teams away. A defensive unit that will have TY super rattled with the inability to run the ball.

Saban was great because he treated every opponent the game. DeBoer doesn't seem to do that - he gets them up for the biggest games. I think he'll be fine. He knows this is a big game.

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Saban was great because he treated every opponent the game.

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Saban coached arguably his worst games in his tenure against Auburn.

The team was always too tight when we traveled over there.

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lol, have you even been alive for the iron bowl since 2005??? I’ve seen way better teams go to the Barn and watch us shite the bed. We do what we did against Carolina, LSU, Missouri, and Oklahoma and yes we will lose. We do not know how to put teams away. A defensive unit that will have TY super rattled with the inability to run the ball.

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I get feeling weary of the game, but saying that "we're fricked" is straight up silly.

Alabama - Auburn game since 1995 (FEI rankings 2007-2024, SP+ ratings before 2007)

Higher ranked team : 25-5

Higher ranked team by at least 10 spots : 20-0

1995 - #36 Alabama @ #19 Auburn (AU wins)
1996 - #33 Auburn @ #20 Alabama (Legion Field) (Bama wins)
1997 - #43 Alabama @ #11 Auburn (AU wins)
1998 - #44 Auburn @ #36 Alabama (Legion Field) (Bama wins)
1999 - #5 Alabama @ #37 Auburn (Bama wins)
2000 - #28 Auburn @ #43 Alabama (AU wins)
2001 - #33 Alabama @ #45 Auburn (Bama wins)
2002 - #15 Auburn @ #9 Alabama (AU wins)
2003 - #22 Alabama @ #17 Auburn (AU wins) (no idea how that Alabama team was #22)
2004 - #3 Auburn @ #36 Alabama (AU wins)
2005 - #14 Alabama @ #11 Auburn (AU wins)
2006 - #13 Auburn @ #38 Alabama (AU wins)
2007 - #30 Alabama @ #17 Auburn (AU wins)
2008 - #59 Auburn @ #11 Alabama (Bama wins)
2009 - #2 Alabama @ #29 Auburn (Bama wins)
2010 - #5 Auburn @ #4 Alabama (AU wins)
2011 - #2 Alabama @ #51 Auburn (Bama wins)
2012 - #77 Auburn @ #1 Alabama (Bama wins)
2013 - #2 Alabama @ #6 Auburn (AU wins)
2014 - #8 Auburn @ #1 Alabama (Bama wins)
2015 - #1 Alabama @ #26 Auburn (Bama wins)
2016 - #8 Auburn @ #1 Alabama (Bama wins)
2017 - #2 Alabama @ #6 Auburn (AU wins)
2018 - #11 Auburn @ #1 Alabama (Bama wins)
2019 - #3 Alabama @ #7 Auburn (AU wins)
2020 - #51 Auburn @ #1 Alabama (Bama wins)
2021 - #2 Alabama @ #19 Auburn (Bama wins)
2022 - #38 Auburn @ #3 Alabama (Bama wins)
2023 - #9 Alabama @ #31 Auburn (Bama wins)
2024 - #45 Auburn @ #9 Alabama (Bama wins)


Current rankings

FEI : #7 Alabama vs #22 Auburn
SP+ : #11 Alabama vs #32 Auburn



This would be the biggest upset in the series since "Bo Ran The Wrong Way" in 1984 (#9 Auburn vs #36 Alabama).

Doesn't mean it can't happen, and it definitely doesn't mean the game won't be close and make you want to puke, it just means people seem to have a warped memory about this series and upsets - especially at Jordan Hare. Almost every single time we go over there with a good team and lose we lose to a very good (2005, 2019) or great (2013, 2017) Auburn team.

Alabama's losses in the last 30 years when we are ranked in the Top 20 of the SP+/FEI have been to

2002 : #15 Auburn
2005 : @ #11 Auburn
2010 : #5 Auburn
2013 : @ #6 Auburn
2017 : @ #6 Auburn
2019 : @ #7 Auburn


Auburn is currently #22 FEI/#32 SP+