re: Will Auburn surpass Bama for the most wins in the Iron Bowl

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Please explain the advantage Alabama had in a 50/50 stadium. Who has the advantage in Jacksonville every year?

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1. Everyone knows the ticket split was never 50/50 when the city of Bham got tens of thousands of tickets.

2. Bama played almost every home game there every year for about 70 years. They knew the field. It is an astro turf field with a shitty crown. Bama players were used to it and comfortable with the field and surroundings. It was home.

3. If you do not think there was a significant difference between playing on the old turf at Legion Field vs natural grass (what AU played most games on), you just don't know. I played on that shitty LF turf back in the early and mid 90's. It takes getting used to just running on it. You cleets get caught and you trip and fall constantly until you learn how to pick up your feet and run on it. I know I did cutting in and out of routes when our coaches would take us to practice on it the day before games to try and get used to it.

More fans, regular home field, turf vs grass. All were part of the 54 years of home field advantage bama enjoyed against AU.