re: What makes the Iron Bowl so contentious?

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So while Bama fans like to think that Auburn is an Ag school more than anything, its just not the case. For every 1 kid that comes to Auburn for Agriculture, roughly 9 other kids come for Business, Engineering, or Architecture. All total, Agriculture ranks 8th in size for all of the colleges at Auburn in terms of entering freshman students (behind Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, Sciences & Math, Education, Architecture, and Human Sciences).

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The point is Alabama has better communication and business programs (accounting, healthcare management) and Auburn has better engineering and ag programs. Alabama has a law school. Auburn has a pharmacy and vet school. That isn't really debatable.

There are still a lot of kids at Alabama that major in engineering, physics, chemistry, etc and a lot of kids at Auburn that major in accounting, finance and communications, but both schools are known for specific programs regardless of how many students enroll in each.