According to The World Wide Leader, Auburn

When I get home Im gonna slap yo mama

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Has won 9 of the past 11 matchups with Alabama when both teams are ranked in the Top 25. These are just numbers. Nothing to necessarily hold on to, unless you are a Tiger fan.

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I believe they have lost 1 of the past 1 of these.

Need to confirm that, though.

Auburn also leads the series since Bryant died, 17-16. Truth is, Bama hasn't really been in control of this series since that 9 game stretch from 73-81. Auburn's been in complete control twice (86-89, 02-07), but other than that it's been a tossup. Saban's only failure as Bama's coach has been his inability to dominate this series.

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other than that it's been a tossup

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I wouldn't say it's a "toss up" right now. Alabama isn't doing to Auburn what they are doing to LSU and Tennessee, but Alabama has had the upper hand since the dynasty started. 6-2 since 2008, 6-3 since the streak ended and 4 of the last 5.

However, Auburn has been the biggest pain in the side (other than the 2 year Ole Miss thing) consistently since we got good. Malzahn always has a good plan for us.

According to the World Wide Leader, Bama has won 4 of the last 7 national titles and a loss Saturday does nothing to derail Bama's chances of 5 out of 8.

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Saban's only failure as Bama's coach has been his inability to dominate this series.

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If he wins this week, he'll be 7-3, with two of those losses being absolute flukes. I'd say that's dominating a series.

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If he wins this week, he'll be 7-3, with two of those losses being absolute flukes. I'd say that's dominating a series.

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Georgia is 8-2 during the same time period. The Barn is getting dominated by two teams.

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I'm not big on the whole "Alabama only beats bad AU teams" moral victory, but that's an interesting number.

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It is somewhat true. It appears that since 1980, the Iron Bowl series is tied 18-18.

The years in which Auburn won the game, Auburn had a combined record of 182-42-2 (81.0%).
The years in which Auburn lost the game, Auburn had a combined record of 116-95-3 (54.9%)

That's a pretty big gap. The magic number for Auburn appears to be 71%. Auburn teams that win 71% of their games in a season are 13-1 against Alabama since 1980.

Meanwhile on the low end, it's 61%. Auburn teams that win just 61% of their games in a season (or worse) are just 1-13 against Alabama.

Those few Auburn teams that fit somewhere in the middle (62%-70%) split 4-4 in Iron Bowls.

While its logical for a series to follow this trajectory in some form or fashion, the consistency of it is what is amazing. There are just rarely upsets in this series. Great Auburn teams almost always win. Bad Auburn teams almost always lose. Mediocre Auburn teams sit right at .500. In a span of 36 seasons, only two games break from this pattern:

*The very good 1994 Auburn team (9-1-1) lost the Iron Bowl
*The pretty bad 2003 Auburn team (8-5) won the Iron Bowl

Outside of those two games, all 34 Iron Bowl matchups have followed the pattern. Very few series can be rightfully divided like that with so few outliers.

Auburn's whole team is hurt bro.