🏈 Iron Bowl a clash of the minds

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The game is undisputedly among the best rivalries in college football, annually competed with tremendous ferocity and intensity. It’s the Iron Bowl, annually pitting the Alabama Crimson Tide against the Auburn Tigers in a game which divides the state and carries with it bragging rights up until the next meeting between the two. And this year the game takes on greatly added significance, with both clubs ranked in the top five and both eyeing a potential SEC championship and national championship game appearance. Such immensely magnified stakes riding on the line promise to ratchet up the intensity surrounding the showdown to the maximum, as the game is sure to be competed bitterly to the end and is sure to elicit some of the strongest and most volatile of emotions from the two respective fanbases. The game itself is highlighted by a tremendous battle of opposing coaches’ wits, the offensive prowess of Auburn’s Gus Malzahn battling the defensive prowess of Alabama’s Nick Saban. Such an individual chess match serves to heighten the outside excitement and anticipation surrounding the game all the more.

Alabama and Auburn each have essentially had two weeks to prepare for their looming heavyweight collision set to take place in Jordan-Hare Stadium (Saturday, 3:30 pm Eastern, CBS). Considering such a crucial fact, fans and observers can generally expect to see the two sides unleash each and every bag of tricks yet to be released in the season. Malzahn is undeniably regarded as an offensive whiz, so fans generally can anticipate Auburn to dig deep into its playbook to attack the Crimson Tide. Anything can be considered fair game – misdirection, reverses, flee flickers, and halfback passes. Both sides possess an inordinate familiarity with the respective philosophies of the opposition, as the two coaches squared off with one another in a thriller three years ago with similar stakes riding on the line. And such a clash of the two great opposing minds will undoubtedly hold a tremendous weight in determining the outcome in this weekend’s clash accompanied by mammoth implications.


The eyes of the college football world will be undeniably affixed to the much anticipated affair between Bama and Auburn which carries with it immense stakes and lofty implications. Sure to play a crucial role in deciding the mega clash will be the battle of Saban and Malzahn, a battle of two of the great minds the game has to offer.

 

[TerryP]

I saw a tweet last night from a state TV guy about one of the media members being kicked out of the Auburn presser because he was wearing a Bama jacket.

Now, don't misunderstand that mention. While I don't see it as a insult for a member of the media to wear a jacket that's from the opposing team I have to question the wisdom and thought process behind the decision.

Setting all that aside, in the end an assistant from Auburn ended up kicking the guy out of the room.

If this comes down to a "clash of the minds," there's one assistant that's already lost the battle.