After having one day to let the 36-0 beatdown of Auburn settle in, the feeling has not completely gone away.
At the same time, however, it feels as if nothing extreme happened yesterday. It basically feels like things are the way they should be once again.
That is, from the crimson and white side it feels that way. For those fans of the school on the east side of the state, yesterday was not a good day.
Here is a quick run down of how yesterday went down from a vantage point of both schools.
Auburn
At the same time, however, it feels as if nothing extreme happened yesterday. It basically feels like things are the way they should be once again.
That is, from the crimson and white side it feels that way. For those fans of the school on the east side of the state, yesterday was not a good day.
Here is a quick run down of how yesterday went down from a vantage point of both schools.
Auburn
The day started with high hopes for many Tiger fans.
Tuberville not only got off the bus holding up seven fingers, he managed to walk all the way into the stadium doing so.
That was about the last bit of joy CTT and company would feel for the day.
After Auburn went through their first fifteen planned plays on offense, the Tigers could hardly manage much else on the day.
On defense, the Tigers allowed over 200 yards on the ground and were on the field for too long thanks to an inept offense.
The lack of production allowed many Auburn fans to leave the stadium early enough to beat the traffic.
The president of Auburn's recruiting organization even left with seven minutes left...in the third quarter!!! Apparently, he wasn't a part of that "we" who believed in Auburn this week.
After the game, though, Antonio Coleman said it best for anyone who ever wondered how deep this rivalry runs.
When Coleman was asked if he had been a part of a worse loss than this one, he replied, "I can't imagine it. Probably a death in the family would be the closest thing to that."
Well, Auburn can quickly get over it, thankfully, because swimming and diving season has begun on the Plains.
However, it's gonna be a long 281 days until football returns to Jordan-Hare Stadium. That's plenty of time for duck hunting in Arkansas.
After the game, though, Antonio Coleman said it best for anyone who ever wondered how deep this rivalry runs.
When Coleman was asked if he had been a part of a worse loss than this one, he replied, "I can't imagine it. Probably a death in the family would be the closest thing to that."
Well, Auburn can quickly get over it, thankfully, because swimming and diving season has begun on the Plains.
However, it's gonna be a long 281 days until football returns to Jordan-Hare Stadium. That's plenty of time for duck hunting in Arkansas.
Alabama
After Auburn's A-Day game on March 29th, one of my friends from Auburn texted me saying that Alabama would demolish the Tigers this season. At that point, I laughed it off and said that we would see.
After sixty minutes of domination by the Tide on Saturday, it seems that he was right.
Alabama fans easily enjoyed every second of the latest Iron Bowl victory, the largest in 46 years and the third largest victory margin for Alabama in the history of the rivalry.
The Crimson Tide faithful were enjoying themselves so much at 29-0 heading to the fourth quarter that students were already starting to "wind it up" for Rammer Jammer.
Fifteen minutes and another touchdown later, About 83, 000 Alabama fans released 2,198 days of frustration on the Tigers.
After the game, Alabama fans, including myself, were relishing in Alabama's first undefeated season since 1994, the first 12-0 regular season in SEC history, and the first Iron Bowl win in six years. Students remained in the stadium for about 20 minutes after the game, taking pictures and celebrating with the players and celebrating with each other.
No, Auburn fans, that's not a gimmick of your classless finger holding, that's representative of where Alabama is in the state and in the nation.
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