As far as the Iron Bowl, annual reminder:
1) you're gonna hear a lot of "throw out the records" garbage about this game. Given we are 8-3 and Auburn is 5-6, it wouldn't be a TOTAL shock if the Tigers won.
2) no head coach has ever been fired because they lost the Iron Bowl, no matter how many times you hear that nonsense (see below)
3) generally speaking, the team that plays the better game - as always - wins. Depends on if the first half of the Georgia game shows up or the team we saw last week.
AUBURN
Shug Jordan - retired, lost last Iron Bowl
Doug Barfield - was already on a banana peel before losing the 1980 game
Pat Dye - resigned the night before the game due to pending NCAA sanctions
Terry Bowden - actually won his last Iron Bowl
Tommy Tuberville - who even knows exactly what happened but he was gone anyway
Gene Chizik - he was going to be fired anyway in 2012
Gus Malzahn - he wasn't fired for failing to beat Saban, he beat him 3 times as head coach.....
Bryan Harsin - he was gone before the second IB
ALABAMA
Harold "Red" Drew - resigned after a down year
Ears Whitworth - uh, he couldn't beat anyone
Coach Bryant - resigned due to age and health
Ray Perkins - resigned to go to the NFL
Bill Curry - resigned for what he thought was the basketball job at Kentucky
Gene Stallings - beat Auburn in last meeting
Mike DuBose - had already resigned weeks prior to the game
Dennis Franchione - threw the damn game in 2002 on his way out
Mike Shula - would have survived the Auburn loss if he just had a clue
Nick Saban - beat Auburn in last regular season game as coach