Congratulations to the Alabama Crimson Tide for winning the Iron Bowl Saturday night!
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“He was not asking to come out”. “Ever since the Ole Miss game they’ve had their backs against the wall and responded every possible way that you could ask them to”. Because we’ll put somebody else in there’. The joke was on her because I only went to Auburn because I received something thing the mail that said, “You have been accepted to Auburn University” and I had never applied.
I’m still basking in the afterglow that was the 2013 Iron Bowl, after that game I firmly believe that Auburn can win ANY game AND that unicorns can fly.
Tide placekicker Adam Griffith enjoyed a happy return to the stadium where his attempt was returned for the iconic Kick-Six two seasons ago, hitting all five of his field goals – four of them before halftime for a 12-6 Alabama lead at the break. Both sides of the family are Alabama fans, he said. But few of them actually pull it off.
“I was just trying to avoid being sacked and look downfield”, Coker said.
Gus Malzahn’s Auburn teams have been known for their dominant run game in past years, but the Tigers have struggled on offense this year. We just didn’t make enough plays. “This team’s gained a lot of confidence in each other, mainly because we figured out how to play with each other”. Jake Coker the Alabama starting quarterback seems to have settled into the position. “He’s like a machine”.
This is how we got there. On the next drive, he opened with Morris running a sprint draw.
Lisa Willingham of West Point said she’s been an Alabama fan her entire life and with her husband, Wayne, they raised their family to cheer for the Crimson Tide. “If guys keep executing the way that we know we can and guys keep paying attention to coach [Saban], then we’re going to be a hard team to beat”. I call those the, “Happy Years!”
There was something of that in offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin’s play calling on Saturday.
Alabama running back Derrick Henry had a historic day for the Tide in one of his best performances of the year. Alabama RB Kenyan Drake (arm) dressed for the game but did not play.
The Iron Bowl is nearly always as much an off-field spectacle as it is an on-field sporting event, a collision of narratives and memes serving as the backdrop to a game that comes as close as football comes to war. In nine games against teams from the Power Five conferences, Henry averaged an eye-popping 176 rushing yards this season and has 1,797 yards and 22 touchdowns on the ground for the current No. 2 team in the country. Henry is now fourth in the nation in rushing with 1,526 yards on 249 carries.
No. 14 Florida State 27, No. 10 Florida 2 • Dalvin Cook ran for 183 yards and two TDs to help the visiting Seminoles (10-2), of the ACC, upset the SEC’s Gators. Stanford has turned this game plan into an art form.
He faked the handoff to the Crimson Tide’s Heisman Trophy hopeful Henry, then with 147 of the 271 yards he would amass.
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The circus play got Auburn to within 19-13 heading into the fourth quarter.
