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Behind enemy lines: Attending Alabama as an Auburn fan Kayla Montgomery

Sports editor, The crimson white

The world of sports in Alabama is a funny thing. Without professional franchises in the state and nothing to watch on Sunday, fans live and die by their Saturdays. Loyalty lines are drawn at an early age, and children are quickly swaddled in orange and blue or crimson.

For many, these lines are permanent, and cannot be erased — no matter how badly the season may go. But for some, these lines can be challenged when it comes time for Alabama teenagers to choose their college.

From age 15, Hunter King knew he wanted to go into sports broadcasting. As an Auburn fan, he also realized that this passion would ultimately lead him to The University of Alabama, despite his fan-hood.

“The closest thing [Auburn] had was journalism, and I wasn’t interested in writing — I was more interested in talking,” King said.

“In the state, this is the best four year univer-

sity that offers a sports broadcasting or reporting program. Alabama was the best option, so I just had to swallow a hard truth.”

A Birmingham native, King grew up in an Auburn family. His mother always supported the Tigers, so it was something that he inherited at an early age. Since arriving in Tuscaloosa, though, King has become a bit of a hybrid-fan.

“When I came down here, I started working with the softball team, so I kind of transition in the spring,” he said. “I’m Auburn from August to December, but I transition a little bit in the spring. For football, though, I’m orange and blue through and through.”

King doesn’t proclaim his team of choice of teams across campus, he said, avoiding openly asking for trouble. He’s used to being in the minority, though, so attending school in Tuscaloosa wasn’t a huge transition.

“It’s pretty lopsided due to the fact that Alabama has had so much success on the field and so many coaching legends come through here,

be it Bear Bryant or Nick Saban. Auburn has had its fair share of good coaches, but none that compare to Bear or Nick. Auburn’s had its fair share of good players, but I think the success Alabama has been afforded really plays into how the fan base is divided.”

This season, King said, his friends have gone a bit easier on him than normal.

“Being an Auburn fan this year is torture enough,” King said. “People don’t have to throw anything else at me because watching Auburn football is emotional distress as it is.”

Josh Hillman decided to attend UA as a prelaw student. Scholarships at the Capstone also played an important part in his choice.

“Alabama is pretty generous with its money now that it wins a lot of games,” Hillman said.

Like King, Hillman isn’t ashamed of his Saturday loyalties, but keeps them under wraps in crimson Tuscaloosa.

“I’ve worn an Auburn shirt twice on campus,” he said. “Once was my first week here,

and I learned pretty quickly that that wasn’t a great idea.”

Most of his criticism, Hillman said, comes from an unexpected crowd. Alabama natives have grown up with an understanding that both sides have their own draws. For out-of-state students, though, it’s a different story.

“The guys from in-state don’t give me a whole lot of grief — they know I’ve been an Auburn fan my whole life,” Hillman said. “It’s the out-of-state guys that since they committed to Alabama, they refuse to accept that someone can root for Auburn.

Overall, Hillman said, it hasn’t been a bad experience being orange and blue in a sea of crimson. Mostly, though, the amount of ridicule he endures depends directly on how his team is performing that season.

“When Auburn is good, it’s probably worse to be around Alabama fans,” he said. “When Auburn is really bad and Alabama is beating them up, it’s a little more bearable.”

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Fun with numbers: Auburn vs.Alabama Nathan Deal Sports writer

• Alabama leads the all-time series against Auburn 43-35-1.

• Nick Saban is 7-6 against Auburn as a head coach, including a 5-3 mark as Alabama head coach.

• Auburn is 8-4 against Alabama at Jordan-Hare Stadium, but Alabama has actually outscored Auburn 284-267 on The Plains. Auburn’s eight wins have come by an average score of approximately 26-19, while Alabama’s four wins have come by an average score of approximately 32-15.

• This meeting will be the eighth consecutive Iron Bowl in which one team is ranked first or second in at least one rank-

ing. Alabama has been ranked in the top two every season since 2008 except for 2010, when Auburn was second in the AP poll.

• This will be the fifth time under Nick Saban a ranked Alabama team faces an Auburn team that enters the game with four or more losses. The Crimson Tide is 4-0 in such games, winning by an average score of approximately 38-9. In three of those games, Alabama shut out Auburn’s offense.

• Last season’s Iron Bowl was one for the record books, as Auburn gained 630 yards (the most ever allowed by Alabama in a game), including 456 passing yards by Nick Marshall. The Tigers and Tide set Iron Bowl records for combined points (99) and total yards (1,169).

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• Derrick Henry figures to be the third Heisman candidate running back for Alabama that Auburn has hosted since 2009. The Tigers held Mark Ingram to 30 yards in 2009, but Ingram still won the award. In 2011, Trent Richardson ran for a career-high 203 yards, but he finished third in the Heisman standings.

• Auburn is looking to avoid its first losing season at Jordan-Hare since 2012.

Auburn is 3-3 at home this year (0-3 SEC). A loss would give Auburn its third losing season at Jordan-Hare since 1998.

• Since 2008, the winner of the Iron Bowl has finished with a record of 89-8 (57-5 SEC), including four national championships, five SEC championships and two Heisman Trophy winners.

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Nick Marshall set an Auburn passing record in last year’s Iron Bowl.

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The Iron Bowl: May the best team win Opinion

Evan McCullers Assistant sports editor

As hard as it is to believe, it is already rivalry week once again, and with it come the clichés.

Anything is possible. You can’t predict these games. Throw the records out the window.

As great as these sayings are for TV ratings — and the optimism of the underdog’s fan base — they aren’t true.

Yes, anything can happen. It just often doesn’t. For all the talk about rivalry games being toss-ups, they’re awfully, well, predictable.

There’s no better example of this than the rivalry Auburn fans are most familiar

with — the Iron Bowl.

While we have seen some unimaginable upsets in college football, most have not come in rivalry games, and this holds true for the Iron Bowl.

Of the 39 Iron Bowls played since 1976, the betting favorite has won 29 times.

The biggest upset came in 2002, when Auburn defeated Alabama 17-7 as a 10.5 point underdog.

Excluding 2002, the only time in the last 15 years when the best team lost the Iron Bowl was in 2013.

Though the ending was as shocking as they come, the Auburn win was not shocking considering the run the Tigers were on that year and Auburn’s homefield advantage. Even though Auburn was a 10-point underdog, few were shocked Auburn pulled it out.

Though Auburn was a road underdog in 2010, most were of the opinion that Auburn — 11-0 at the time — was the better of the teams that year. Auburn was favored in five of the six consecutive games it won against Alabama in the mid-2000s.

Every year except 2013, the best team has won the game. Not only has the best team often won, the heavy favorites have not had any major letdowns.

This is not a huge surprise because it is a rivalry game, but it further drives home why hoping for a big upset in a rival game as a fan is often a futile effort.

Of the nine times Alabama has been favored by 14 or more points in the Iron Bowl, the Crimson Tide has won all nine games and covered the spread in seven of them.

Auburn has never been favored by 14 in an Iron Bowl, but twice the Tigers have

been favored by double digits. They won both games.

Auburn is a 14-point home underdog this year.

I hope the fans hold out hope. I hope they show up in their orange and blue and are loud for the Iron Bowl. I look forward to being in that type of environment, which I haven’t seen at Auburn this year — yes, I realize 11 a.m. kickoffs do not help.

After all, win or lose, the players deserve the fans’ support for all the hard work they’ve put in this season, whether the wins came or not.

But if you walk into Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday looking for an upset win over Alabama, you’re going to leave disappointed. History tells us so.

Evan can be reached at Sports@ThePlainsman.com.

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Quarterback: Jeremy Johnson - 6 Sean White - 13

Left Tackle: Shon Coleman - 72 Robert Leff - 70

Defensive End: DaVonte Lambert - 6 Byron Cowart - 9

Linebacker: Justin Garrett - 26 Cassanova McKinzy - 8

Kicker: Daniel Carlson - 38 Ian Shannon - 43

Running Back: Peyton Barber - 25 Kerryon Johnson - 21

Left Guard: Alex Kozan - 63 Devonte Danzey - 53

Defensive Tackle: Dontavius Russell - 95 Devaroe Lawrence - 94

Field Corner: Jonathan Jones - 3 Blake Countess - 24

Punter: Kevin Phillips - 91 Ian Shannon - 43

Center: Austin Golson - 73 Devonte Danzey - 53

Defensive Tackle: Montravius Adams - 1 Maurice Swain - 90

Field Safety: Blake Countess - 24 Johnathan Ford - 23

Long Snapper: Ike Powell - 69 Zach Wade - 68

Right Guard: Braden Smith - 71 Will Adams - 74

Buck: Carl Lawson - 55 Cassanova McKinzy - 8

Boundary Safety: Tray Matthews - 28 Johnathan Ford - 23

Holder: Tyler Stovall - 29 Kevin Phillips - 91

Right Tackle: Avery Young - 56 Mike Horton - 64

Linebacker: Tre’ Williams - 30 Kris Frost - 17

Boundary Corner: Carlton Davis - 18 Blake Countess - 24

Punt Returner: Marcus Davis - 80 Jason Smith - 4

Nickel: Tim Irvin - 22 Blake Countess - 24

Kick Returner: Johnathan Ford - 23 Kerryon Johnson

H-Back: Chandler Cox - 27 OR Kamryn Pettway - 36 Tight End: Jalen Harris - 85 Chris Laye - 46 Wide Receiver: Ricardo Louis - 5 Marcus Davis - 80 Melvin Ray - 82 Jason Smith - 4 Tony Stevens - 8

ALABAMA DEPTH CHART Quarterback: Jake Coker - 14 Cooper Bateman - 18

Left Tackle: Cam Robinson - 74 Lester Cotton - 66

Defensive End: A’Shawn Robinson - 86 Jonathan Allen - 93

Jack: Denzel Devall - 30 Ryan Anderson - 22

Kicker: Adam Griffith - 99 JK Scott - 15

Running Back: Derrick Henry - 2 Damien Harris - 34

Left Guard: Ross Pierschbacher - 71 Dallas Warmack - 59

Nose Guard: Darren Lake - 95 Daron Payne - 94

Cornerback: Cyrus Jones - 5 Bradley Sylve - 3

Punter: JK Scott - 15 Alec Morris - 11

Fullback: Michael Nysewander - 46 A’Shawn Robinson - 86

Center: Ryan Kelly - 70 J.C. Hassenauer - 63

Strongside Linebacker: Dillon Lee - 25 Rashaan Evans - 32

Strong Safety: Eddie Jackson - 4 Ronnie Harrison - 15

Long Snapper: Cole Mazza - 55 Michael Nysewander - 46

Tight End: O.J. Howard - 88 Ty Flournoy-Smith - 83

Right Guard: Alphonse Taylor - 50 Bradley Bozeman - 75

Middle Linebacker: Reggie Ragland - 19 Dillon Lee - 25

Free Safety: Geno Matias-Smith - 24 Laurence Jones - 6

Holder: Cooper Bateman - 18 Alec Morris - 11

Wide Receiver: Calvin Ridley - 3 ArDarius Stewart - 13 Richard Mullaney - 16 Robert Foster - 8

Right Tackle: Dominick Jackson - 76 Brandon Greene - 89

Weakside Linebacker: Reuben Foster - 10 Shaun Dion Hamilton - 20

Cornerback: Marlon Humphrey - 26 Tony Brown - 7

Punt Returner: Cyrus Jones - 5 Chris Black - 1

Star: Minkah Fitzpatrick - 29 Tony Brown - 7

Kick Returner: ArDarius Stewart - 13 Cyrus Jones - 5

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Alabama fans adjust to life behind Auburn territory Emily Shoffit Sports Reporter

Once a year, whether in Tuscaloosa or Auburn, fans of the Tigers and the Tide alike are forced to follow their troops into battle and cross behind enemy lines.

But what if you’re already stowed away at Auburn — a bammer behind barn doors?

For some Auburn students, setting fandom and football aside means getting educated by your worst enemy. Is it as bad as it sounds?

“My entire family is all Georgia fans,” said Matt Merritt, a senior in chemical engineering and Alabama fan. “It hurt my dad more for me to come here than for me.”

Often Alabama and Auburn fans have to trade places in order to advance their education. Both schools are state schools, and both have better accommodations for some majors than the other.

For instance, engineers are attracted to Auburn while Alabama is known for its business and law programs.

“The reason I came was because of the Shelby Center, but then I switched,” said Grant Romine, a fifth-year senior majoring in physics and applied mathematics. “Alabama isn’t for a physics person. It’s not built for that.”

For some, it can be nerve-wracking to submerge themselves in enemy territory. When Merritt first came to Auburn, he made sure to keep his fandom to himself until he found others that shared his passion for the Crimson Tide. “Most people are good

sports,” he said.As it turns out, there’s no need to be afraid of those who attend Auburn’s so-called “cow college.”

Most people in Auburn have good hospitality, according to Wes Hughes, a graduate from the exercise science program.

“I can’t say the same for Tuscaloosa," Hughes said. "If you wear an Auburn shirt in Tuscaloosa, you’re getting ridiculed.

Here, they just kind of look at you like ‘what is he doing here?'"

Auburn is smaller than Tuscaloosa. Iron Bowl game day on the Plains is vastly different to game day at Alabama. The layout at Alabama gives tailgaters more room to spread out but remain within the vicinity of Bryant-Denny. The same can’t be said for Auburn, where people will tailgate down Wire Road, a long hike from Jordan-Hare.

The Plains are small and centralized. It’s especially cramped on Iron Bowl game day, and rival fans are bound to brush elbows.

“Don’t be obnoxious to other people just because they don’t cheer for your team,” Romine said. “It’s a football game.

They’re just people that enjoy football too. I think it’s entirely funny that ‘Oh, you’re a good Alabama fan’ is even a thing.”

Traveling to Auburn is a different experience, especially when you're traveling straight toward the heart of a rivalry.

It takes fans from both sides to do their part and keep the game day experience civil and enjoyable for all.

But Hughes has one final piece of advice for Alabama fans traveling to Auburn for the Iron Bowl this year.

“Don’t go to Skybar,” Hughes said. “It sucks.”

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Auburn linebacker Tre’ Williams hugs an Alabama player after the Crimson Tide’s 55-44 win over the Tigers on Nov. 29, 2014.

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A look back: ‘The Drive’ and the 2009 Iron Bowl Elliot Propes

Staff reporter, The crimson white

Long snapper Brian Selman and linebacker Eryk Anders ran onto the football field for their last regular season football game Nov. 27, 2009. Joining them was Barrett Jones, who was just a freshman, but had started all 11 games. Those three were going to be an integral part of a game that is cemented in Alabama football folklore. The three ran out with confidence about the mission at hand, but they were not praised by the crowd. They were showered with boos. The jeers mounted 87,000 strong, as the home crowd of Jordan-Hare Stadium hated no team more than the Alabama Crimson Tide.

“I love it,” Jones said. “It is a great feeling as a player, I think, to know that all you have is your brothers with you, the guys lining up next to you. I love the intensity that we always had when we played there against those guys. We always knew it was going to be a big game.”

Up until the Iron Bowl, Alabama had a perfect 2009 regular season. The year before, Alabama was in the same boat, but lost to Florida in the SEC Championship Game, which was followed by a disappointing letdown to Utah in the Sugar Bowl.

The team seethed for a second chance against Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators.

Selman, Anders and Jones were just one game away from that rematch, and nobody was going to get in the way, especially that school just 150 miles away.

“Leading up to that game, I felt like for 365 days we were on a collision course with Florida,” Selman said. “But at no point was anybody focused solely on Florida all the way up to the game as opposed to just earning the right to play Florida again, and I think that was the mentality we took. That was a very, very close team across any dynamic that you can put across a team, and that’s the way we played. So coming through that season coming into the Iron Bowl, I think we were taking care of business one step at a time.”

Auburn brought a playbook from the magic shop. On the Tigers’ first series, Terrell Zachary was pitched a reverse, and he weaved in and out of crimson tacklers for a 67-yard touchdown.

On the ensuing kickoff, the Auburn players huddled and then broke off running to catch the Alabama return team off-guard.

The ball bounced right back into Auburn kicker Wes Byrum’s hands. Offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn found another trick inside the playbook. On second-and-15, running back Ben Tate lined up for a direct snap. Instead of running the ball, he passed it to quarterback Chris Todd, who was lined up as a receiver.

Todd was still behind the line of scrimmage, and he threw a pass of his own for a 22-yard completion to Darvin Adams.

Todd capped the drive off with a touchdown pass, and in the blink of an eye, the No. 2 Crimson Tide was in a 14-0 hole.

“In 2009, we had to overcome literally the kitchen sink from them offensively,” Selman said. “We just had to keep fighting. We just had to keep punching and keep punching and keep punching. And that is what we were. We were heavyweight box-

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Roy Upchurch (5) catches the game-winning touchdown pass from Greg McElroy (12) in the Iron Bowl on Nov. 27, 2009, in Auburn, Alabama.

ers. We were slugging it out. We were going to go the distance with you, and at the end of the day we felt like we were going to be the one standing.”

For the Crimson Tide, it was a heavyweight fight for the rest of the game. Alabama was able to battle back to 14-14, but Auburn was poised to respond and was about to cross into Alabama territory.

Then Anders threw a punch of his own.

“The play before that I actually had a pass-interference call on me,” Anders said. “In football, things that are outside of your control are going to happen, and it is all about how you bounce back and how you react to adversity. I kind of just bit down on my mouth piece and they called a blitz. I was able to hit Chris Todd and he fumbled and it was a big momentum change. It gave us the breath we needed. Sometimes you just need a spark, and perhaps that may have been a spark we needed to rally back and end up coming back to win the game.”

It came down to one drive. Losing 20-21 and with 8:27 left on the clock, Alabama got the ball on its own 21-yard line. The offense slowly but surely moved the ball while simultaneously chewing the clock.

“It was a great drive,” Jones said. “I think we all understood that our season was on the line, that we had to do something and it definitely was a special feeling. Just looking into each other’s eyes and knowing that we were doing something special, especially after it was over. It probably was the most fun drive I have ever been a part of.”

The drive came to a head when Alabama had a third-and-3 at the 4-yard line. Alabama had burned seven minutes off the clock, and then came the play that still is replayed on the jumbotron at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Jim McElwain drew up a play-action that faked a hand-off to Trent Richardson. Senior fullback Roy Upchurch rolled out into the flat and was wide open for a dump-off pass from quarterback Greg McElroy to take a 26-21 lead. It was the final punch that landed the hardest.

With just 1:24 left, Auburn could not reach the end zone.

“Typically when the offense is on the field and the defense is on the bench, we are catching a breather, getting some water, drawing up plays and what not,” Anders said. “On this particular drive, everybody was amped up, nobody was sitting down and the crowd was going nuts. What makes it even better is that they threw the ball to Roy Upchurch. He came in with me as a senior that year. He’s a close, personal friend of mine and to see Roy make the game-winning catch was pretty great.”

The win was big for Alabama, as it got that second chance at Florida. This time Alabama won, and won big. The Crimson Tide beat No. 1 Florida 32-13 and claimed a spot in the BCS Championship Game against Texas. Anders and Selman finished their seasons perfectly, as national champs.

Selman believes that this year’s team has the same grit of 2009. The team is on a similar path. If Alabama beats Auburn on Nov. 28, then it will once again play Florida for an SEC title.

A shot at the national title is once again on the line. For the 2015 Alabama team, only Auburn stands in the way.

“This team is the same way,” Selman said. “They are heavyweight boxers. There is no vanity. They are just to go out and hit you. You know as soon as you show up at the stadium or you as soon as you hear that they are on the schedule you are signing up to get punched in the mouth. It’s not necessarily where we have been the last couple of years, but that is what is so fun to watch about this team. They are going to punch people.”

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A look back:‘The Camback’ and the 2010 Iron Bowl Evan McCullers

assistant sports editor

A deep fog hung over Tuscaloosa when Auburn’s players walked out of the southwest tunnel of Bryant-Denny Stadium. Some walked alone and listened to music, while others chatted with teammates in a futile attempt to relax.

As the team walked around the field, Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man” and The Steve Miller Band’s “Take the Money and Run” played over the sound system.

Waiting a few feet above the tunnel was the ferocious Alabama student section. Kickoff was nearly two hours away, but the students were already out in full force. Some threw beer. Some shouted profanities. Many were escorted out of the stadium well before kickoff. Police officers moved some students back a few rows to avoid the threat of a thrown object injuring an Auburn player.

“Alabama, man,” said Josh Bynes, a senior linebacker and captain on the 2010 team.

“When you come in that stadium, they all know your background. They gone go on Google. They gone find every ounce of bad dirt, all kind of things they can find out about you, and put it on a big ole poster.”

The Tigers had played on the road three times in 2010, taking trips to Mississippi State, Kentucky and Ole Miss. The largest crowd of the three was 70,776 in Lexington.

The crowd in Tuscaloosa exceeded 101,000.

“I was nervous as hell, man,” said Jeff Whitaker, a freshman defensive tackle.

“That’s what you call a road game. I mean, you could feel the hate. ... Eighteen years old, walking out there thinking like that, I was looking for my mama. We’d been on the road all year, and I was thinking well, I done been in a road game. That was a road game that for me personally was a welcome to college football.”

Kickoff. 7-0. 14-0. 21-0. It seemed to happen that fast. Auburn had not allowed a first-quarter touchdown to Alabama since 1996, but it took only 3:26 for the Crimson Tide to put six points on the board. Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones blazed past the Auburn secondary for a 68-yard touchdown on the next possession. Then Alabama gashed the Tigers with a 10-play, 61-yard drive.

“It happened so fast, and it was all our

fault,” Whitaker said. “Especially as a defense, we was looking at Julio running free, and we let (Alabama running back Mark Ingram) walk in the end zone.”

The feeling that Auburn was self-destructing wasn’t unique to the Auburn sideline.

“To tell you the truth, looking back on it, Auburn made a bunch of mistakes,” said Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy. “They had a blown coverage. We had a few decent drives, but they had several mistakes that we were able to capitalize on. … That obviously allowed us to distance ourselves in the first half.”

As bad as the defense was, the vaunted Auburn offense — which entered the game averaging over 505 yards of offense per game — was struggling just as much. Three drives equated to nine plays and minus-3 yards of offense in the first quarter. If the crimson-clad fans hadn’t smelled blood in the water before the game, they certainly did after the first 15 minutes.

As the Auburn defense returned to the bench following McElroy’s touchdown pass to Darius Hanks, defensive tackle Nick Fairley gathered the defensive line. It was the day after Thanksgiving, and at the team hotel in Birmingham the night before, players took turns sharing what they were thankful for.

The defensive line had not done so.

Fairley, who would go on to set Auburn single-season records in tackles for loss and sacks, thought it was the perfect chance to make up for the missed opportunity the night before. Some were a bit skeptical of the timing.

“Everybody was looking like listen, we’d be thankful for a touchdown right now,” Whitaker said. “Nobody trying to hear this today, man.”

But Fairley was persistent, and one by one — engulfed in a sea of crimson all the while — the linemen shared what they were thankful for.

“It’s just crazy how everything turns out,” Eguae said. “Right after that happened, it was just play after play after play that kind of either went our way. We kind of got that focus, kind of understood the moment. We didn’t make it more than what it was. We just focused on playing for each other.”

They didn’t know at the time, but someone

in that huddle was about to make a play that would turn the tide of the game, the season and Auburn history.

The Crimson Tide opened the second quarter rolling just as it did in the first. Alabama was quickly marching down the field with its mind on a fourth — and possibly game-clinching — touchdown. On firstand-10 near midfield, McElroy dumped a pass off to Ingram.

Auburn linebacker Eltoro Freeman missed a tackle near the line of scrimmage, and Ingram raced down the right sideline. Trailing him was Auburn defensive end Antoine Carter. There was no way Carter — he of 4.79 40-yard dash speed — was going to catch the 2009 Heisman Trophy winner without help. The help came in the form of safety Zac Etheridge, who tripped Ingram at the Auburn 30. Ingram stumbled, and Carter was able to track him down.

While the senior dragged Ingram to the ground with his left arm, he used his right arm to punch the ball from Ingram’s grasp. The ball meandered down the sideline, drawing within inches of the white chalk. It stayed in bounds and eventually came to rest on the red carpet that was the Alabama end zone, where cornerback Demond Washington jumped on top of it.

It wasn’t world-shattering, but it was a spark, and it was exactly what Auburn needed.

“It was all pursuit drill and hustle,” Carter said. “That changed the momentum. I think that play gave the team a lot of hope, gave the fans a lot of energy, and we went on from there.”

Not only did the fumble come at an opportune time, it came at the expense of an unlikely subject.

Ingram had fumbled only once in his career — a span of 612 touches — before the play, but Carter was able to dislodge the ball.

“Antoine Carter’s play was probably by far the biggest play ever in the Iron Bowl, besides the (Kick Six),” Bynes said. “That play was pivotal, because you never know. What if he scores a touchdown? It may not have been a championship season.”

Instead of facing a 28-0 deficit, Auburn had the ball, hope and a renewed determination.

“When that happened, we said, ‘All right,

they’ve had enough,’” Whitaker said. “When that play happened, that was when everybody was like OK, we gone win this game.

We gone win it.”

Three drives later, wide receiver Kodi Burns — Auburn’s starting quarterback in 2008’s 36-0 loss in Tuscaloosa — kept the drive alive early with a third-down catch over the middle. Burns had another reception later on the drive, and the Tigers finally cracked the scoreboard with their first explosive play of the day, a 36-yard touchdown pass to Emory Blake.

“Any time you can get a drive started off a third down and keep it going off of third down, it really helps the team, gives them confidence,” Burns said. “We went down and scored, and it changed the game.”

After another sustained Alabama drive, Fairley forced and recovered another crucial red-zone fumble to keep the halftime deficit at 17, which was Auburn’s largest of the year. The morning of the game, coach Gene Chizik told his team it would encounter adversity that day, and Auburn had certainly encountered it. But the Tigers had survived, and the second half would prove to be a different story.

As the Alabama fans filed out of Bryant-Denny Stadium, the Auburn players began their celebration. After trailing by 24 in the first half, the Tigers used three second-half touchdowns and a strong defensive performance to claw back into the game.

They celebrated in different ways. Newton ran around the field with his hand over his mouth, having silenced anyone still critical of his on-the-field performance. Eguae ran to the stands, where he saw two Auburn fans who had been harassed for their fandom during the game. He thanked the fans for their support and hugged them. Carter tried to run the Auburn flag around the field, but the idea was shot down by the Auburn coaches.

“As players, you realize what it means to the people in that state,” Burns said. “You realize what it means to the people who have played before you. It’s bigger than me. It’s bigger than Cam Newton. It’s bigger than Bo Jackson. It’s bigger than anyone that’s played there. It’s about the people who love Auburn.

It’s about the family and what winning that game means to those people.”

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The Iron Bowl is a rivalry like no other Bailey Rogers Sports Writer

It is no secret that the Saturday after Thanksgiving is the most important day of the year in Alabama.

That is the day the Auburn Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide face off in one of America’s greatest rivalries, the Iron Bowl.

The outcome of that game determines how you will live your life in Alabama for the next calendar year.

Fans become either the bashful victor or the sullen loser for the next 365 days.

But what makes this game so important?

The simple reasoning would be the state of Alabama does not have any NFL teams, therefore people in Alabama have no choice but to select a side, whether they went to school there or not.

But it goes deeper than that.

It might be because of the success of the two programs.

Four out of the last six national championship trophies have gone to one of these schools.

The Iron Bowl is full of rich history and usually has major championship implications. Every year since 2009, the winner of the Iron Bowl has been in the BCS National Championship or College Football Playoff.

But it goes deeper than that.

These teams have played each other 78

times over 112 years. These schools share a state, they battle for recruits, each trying to distance itself and make itself a clear number one.

But it goes deeper than that.

This rivalry hits the core of every fan. It is hard to put in words why you have disdain for the other school.

For some it has everything to do with tradition.

“I’ve grown up an Auburn fan, so I’ve grown up hating Alabama.” said senior Brantley Faith. “It's kind of like a family tradition of mine to go to these games and we all get really excited, and it's the biggest game of the year."

Even those who are not native to the state come to understand and appreciate the rich background the rivalry has.

“There is so much tradition that is behind the Iron Bowl.” said Alabama junior Emily Jaworski. “Coming from out of state, it was so cool to learn the culture behind it and be a part of it.”

But for others, it has a much deeper meaning.

“I think it really embodies the Auburn spirit," Alabama native Madison Gaines said. "It has this emotional unification. Auburn always claims to be a family, but you don't truly feel it until you are all together cheering on the same team. That is when it’s the strongest.”.

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When it comes to college football, it all comes down to bragging rights within the borders of Alabama.

Any athletic event between the Auburn Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide is considered an Iron Bowl. With football, it’s a tradition that started in Birmingham on Feb. 22, 1893. The Tigers won that first match-up, 32-22, and a strong rivalry was born.

“I think the rivalry is so different because of what it used to be,” Alabama sophomore Kyle Peace said. “It was two mediocre teams that just played for bragging rights.”

Peace is a member of Alabama’s Million Dollar Band.

Now, the game switches between Tuscaloosa and Auburn. The rivalry is still going strong, maybe even more so.

Since coach Nick Saban came to Alabama in 2007, Alabama leads in Iron Bowl victories, 4-3.

Sophomore Natalie Garner is from Montgomery, which is closer to Auburn than it is Tuscaloosa, and grew up knowing and living this rivalry. Her brother, Morgan Garner, played for the Crimson Tide from 2004 to 2008.

“In the Iron Bowl, it doesn’t matter what anyone’s record is,” Garner said. “Anything can happen and that’s what makes it so different.”

Regardless of Auburn’s record, Alabama fans think defeating them feels so much better than beating any other team. Although Alabama has rivalries with other SEC schools, such as LSU and Tennessee, its rivalry with Auburn is on a different level.

To fans, there’s only room for one college football team in this state. Alabama’s dislike towards Auburn is – simply put – different.

“I don’t quite know how to describe it but I’m sure [other Alabama fans] know what I’m talking about,” Peace said.

And they do.

Senior Heather Adams attended the Iron Bowls in Bryant-Denny Stadium and said the atmosphere is more exciting.

“There is only one team we feel like we have to beat every year and that’s Auburn,” she said. “We have to have those bragging

rights.”

Having a lot of close friends who go to Auburn, senior Kayley Woodham said talking about the Iron Bowl is a year-round thing. She grew up in Alabama and remembers even before college, she’d spend almost the full class time talking about it sometimes.

To do this day, things can still get heated between her and her friends when discussing anything Alabama or Auburn sports wise, especially during football games.

“I’d be careful with what I said because it could get real ugly, real quick,” she said.

Woodham has experienced an Iron Bowl in both Bryant-Denny and Jordan-Hare. She said Bryant-Denny has more energy during the Iron Bowl than it does any other game.

It’s easier to fully get into and lose yourself in that game compared to others because the rivalry is so competitive.

In Jordan-Hare, she said although it’s friendly competition, it’s not the best idea going into the Auburn student section as an Alabama fan.

“It’s not the best feeling in the world,” she said. “You don’t want to go in by yourself, that’s for sure.”

Adams isn’t an Alabama native – she’s from Florida – but even she has always understood the bragging rights that accompany an Iron Bowl victory.

After how the last second of the 2013 Iron Bowl played out, every Auburn and Alabama fan knows about the bragging rights.

It makes it that much more important to win the following year after a loss, because once a team wins, it’s fair game until it loses.

Alabama came back in 2014 and won at home.

“We wanted to make sure we never had to watch the kick six again,” Adams said.

Right now, Alabama holds the bragging rights, but the 2015 Iron Bowl will be in Jordan-Hare on Nov. 28. On that day, all bets are off until the clock runs out.

Whether it’s about the bragging rights or the long-lasting, in-state rivalry, Alabama fans do not want to see Auburn prosper.

“We genuinely want Auburn to lose,” Peace said. “Whether it be in football or chess, I never want them to win.”

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