iron bowl
Thanks to some great stats from cfbstats.com, we know Alabama enters the Iron Bowl with a decided advantage in field position. [1]
The Iron Bowl is a common name for the annual college football game between the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn University Tigers. [2]
The Tigers’ right tackle knows the reality facing his boyhood team going into Friday’s visit by No. 2 Alabama, a double-digit favorite to win its second straight Iron Bowl. [3]
There are few people in the state who have not committed to one school or the other for the Iron Bowl, so named for its traditional Birmingham home and birthplace. [4]
We also hear from Chizik talking about the 20th anniversary of the Iron Bowl coming to Auburn, and why it’s important for his players to know about it. [5]
It’s been a while since there was a great finish in the Iron Bowl. [6]
The general refrain that we hear this time of year is that when the Iron Bowl rolls around, anything can happen and you can effectively throw out the record books. [7]
Javier Arenas, the sixth-leading punt returner in the country, gives Alabama a decided advantage over Auburn in field position. [1]
The Alabama and Auburn football programs were less than a year old when the schools staged the first game of what was to become the most intense intrastate college rivalry in the nation. [4]
Auburn coach Gene Chizik put his team through a practice in full pads Monday. [5]
Alabama faces No. 1 Florida in the SEC championship game next week, with the winner securing a shot at the national title. [3]
Alabama is dramatically shifting field position with its special teams and defense. [6]
– Andrew McCain grew up pulling for Auburn, just like the rest of his family. [3]
That game will live forever in Auburn lore, and in many ways for good reason, but a major upset it was not. [...] The film had me proposing to my wife on the football field. [7]
Sources:
[1] Iron Bowl analysis: The importance of field position …
[2] Iron Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] No. 2 Alabama trying for another Iron Bowl win - Associated …
[4] IRON BOWL HISTORY
[5] Video: Auburn practice report, Iron Bowl talk in words and …
[6] Iron Bowl.com
[7] Iron Bowl Upsets: Fact or Fiction? - Roll ‘Bama Roll