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For the fourth time in five years, the University of Alabama football team has beaten Auburn. And for the fourth time in five years, it won't even stop to celebrate because there are bigger fish to fry. That is the measure of where Nick Saban has brought the Alabama program. Four times in five years, the Crimson Tide's regular season has been a prelude to bigger things in the postseason. In 2008, Alabama came within a play or two of upsetting Florida and making it to the BCS National Championship Game but could not overcome Tim Tebow that time. The next year, it did, and finished the run in Pasadena, Calif. After one interruption in 2010, Alabama made it again in 2011 without even having to go through Atlanta. So the Crimson Tide's current situation, in control of its own destiny, is exciting but not new. If anything, it is status quo.
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Alabama dominated so completely, even Tide defensive back Dee Milliner admitted he was a bit surprised: "I never thought it would get like that." Afterward, Saban even appeared downright jolly, as he opened his postgame news conference joking about how he couldn't get any of the postgame pizza in the locker room. He said he asked one of the linemen to share but was refused. "This was a great team victory," Saban said. "Everybody contributed. We asked for everyone to play their best game today. When you make a commitment to something, it comes from the heart, and I really thought our players did that. Our players did a good job of that today and competed well in the game."
Alabama eyes SEC title after rolling Auburn in Iron Bowl | The News Leader | newsleader.com
 

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Melton attended the game with his cousin, Ben Melton, who was at his 40th straight Iron Bowl. Melton’s uncle, Oakley Melton, had been to every Iron Bowl since 1948 until the the streak ended last year. Melton said Auburn being such a huge underdog took a little of the excitement out of the game for him. "You want to beat them, but you don’t want to see it this bad," Melton said. "I just want to get past the game with no one getting hurt."
Iron Bowl attendees share mixed emotions for game | The Montgomery Advertiser
 

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OVERALL F: It’s the end to Auburn’s worst season in half a century. No conference wins. The Tigers weren’t competitive in a league game the final two months. Alabama looks so light years ahead of Auburn that maybe the school should seek a demotion to the Sun Belt. Scratch that. Auburn would have struggled to finish in the top half of the Sun Belt this season. There has to be plenty of changes.
Auburn Football: Report Card | The Montgomery Advertiser
 

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A look back at previous Alabama-Auburn games clearly reveals one thing: Clyde Bolton pretty much had this rivalry pegged in the 1970s. The longtime Birmingham News sports writer once wrote: "If you throw out the record book in the Alabama-Auburn rivalry, all you’ve got is a missing record book." In other words, in a game in which both sides are known to bring their best in a fiercely fought battle, there have been relatively few surprises over the years.
UA-AU rivalry known for dominance, not surprises | The Montgomery Advertiser
 

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"Coach talked about being physical on both sides of the ball," Lacy said when asked about his yards after contact. "Just because you’re on offense doesn’t mean you can’t deliver a blow. That’s the mindset we came into the game with offensively. We were able to break tackles and get extra yards." That wasn’t limited to running backs, either. Cooper caught five passes for 109 yards – including touchdown receptions of 37 and 29 yards. On Cooper’s second touchdown, he caught a deep slant as Auburn’s Jake Holland, Jermaine Whitehead and Jonathan Mincy all converged on him at the same time. Cooper took the shot from all sides, was able to keep his balance and raced the final 10 or 15 yards for the touchdown as the three Tigers were on the ground, looking like toppled bowling pins. Norwood also caught five passes for 65 yards, with touchdowns of 7 and 38 yards from McCarron. Saban said his quarterback put Alabama in the right play throughout the time he was in the game. "We were trying to go at a particular look – two high safeties, safety down or whatever it is," Saban said. "Sometimes it’s run-to-run or sometimes it’s run-to-pass, but he is a pretty bright guy and he did a pretty good job."
Alabama pounds Auburn 49-0 - Dothan Eagle: Alabama
 

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Favored by 34 points, the Crimson Tide blew by that margin before halftime. The first-team offense scored touchdowns on all seven of its possessions. The Tide punter didn’t get on the field until the fourth quarter. Toward the end, the Tide was driving for a touchdown that would’ve set the scoring margin record, but on fourth-and-goal at the Auburn 5, Alabama had backup quarterback Blake Sims intentionally take a knee and hand over the ball. A moment of mercy, perhaps? But even with all of Auburn’s problems this year under Gene Chizik, who will lose his job, this one isn’t all on the Tigers. Alabama played that well, maybe its best game of the year. Maybe its best since pounding Michigan in the opener. This wasn’t the Crimson Tide that struggled with a physical LSU team and suffered a third-quarter letdown three weeks ago. This wasn’t the Crimson Tide that looked tired, sloppy and out of sorts in losing to Texas A&M two weeks ago. Alabama looked ready to dominate, and Auburn simply stood in the way.
Anniston Star - Edwards Crimson Tide’s title train is up to full speed
 

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Chizik and Auburn’s players also insisted that this season’s unthinkable crash — which came two years after a national title and one year after an 8-win season, complete with a bowl victory — was all about a lack of execution, momentum and confidence that never developed and a snowballing, negative vibe. It couldn’t possibly have been about talent. Indeed, recruiting rankings say that Auburn has talent comparable to Alabama’s, but Alabama’s talent has outscored Auburn’s 91-14 over the past two years. It couldn’t possibly be about coaching, not when rivals Georgia and Alabama manage to outscore Auburn 87-0 this year and 174-21 over the past two years. When a process- and accountability-driven rival that Auburn beat six years in a row from 2002-07 and again in 2010 so humiliates the Tigers two years in a row, it couldn’t possibly be questionable evaluation on top of an atmosphere of lost accountability. Dream on, indeed, Auburn players and their soon-to-be former coach, and take a cue from the marching band. The band seems to execute its act and have yours pegged.

Medley: As Alabama rocks Iron Bowl, Auburn just keeps playing the blues Read more: Anniston Star
 

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Auburn hasn't scored an offensive touchdown in the last two meetings since Cam Newton & Co. completed the rivalry's largest comeback in the Tigers' last visit to Bryant-Denny Stadium two years ago. This one supplied another milestone of sorts. It's the first time Alabama has scored 40-plus points in two straight Iron Bowls, following last season's 42-14 win when Auburn managed to score on a kick return and fumble recovery. The 42-0 halftime score was the same as the Tide had last week against FCS team Western Carolina, which finished 1-10. The previous largest halftime margin in the Iron Bowl was 34-0 by Auburn in 1957 in a 40-0 win during its only national title run before 2010. "We had that sick feeling in our mouth," offensive lineman Chad Slade said. "You know, you hate to feel that way. I lost it last year, and I lose it this year. It's hard, it's real hard just to speak on it. Next year has to be a different story."
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"Obviously, that was a very disappointing and embarrassing loss to our in-state rivals. It was obvious to everybody. It was a sad performance and the Auburn fans and the Auburn alumni don't deserve that. We did all the classic things in a football game that you can't do and expect to win. We just got beat. We weren't very efficient offensively, we certainly weren't very efficient defensively and special teams we were very sporadic as well. Again, a very poor performance."
Alabama 49, Auburn 0: Postgame quotes - College and Magnolia
 

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Chizik called it a "sad performance," and said the Auburn fans and alumni didn’t "deserve" such a poor performance in a game that means so much to so many people in this state. As for what his message would be to the fans in terms of making a case for why Auburn should bring him back next season, Chizik said only, "I don’t have to make a case. Y’all saw what you saw out there." What everybody saw were the charred remains of a program that crashed and burned this season. The Tigers (3-9, 0-8) are just two years removed from winning a national championship, but it might as well be 32 years after a season like this. It was Auburn’s first winless season in the SEC since 1980 and the first time in school history that Auburn finished with an 0-8 record in league play. The Tigers will head into next season on a 10-game SEC losing streak, the longest in the league. Five of their eight SEC losses this season were by at least 17 points. "Any time you’re 3-9 in a season, it’s hard to stand up here and say there were a lot of positives," said Chizik, who would be owed a $7.5 million buyout. "We’ve got to coach better, and we’ve got to play better."
Iron Bowl rout all but seals Chizik's fate - SEC Blog - ESPN
 

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"He’s one of the reasons that my career has been successful as it’s been," Grantham said after Saturday’s win over Georgia Tech. "A lot of the things that I believe in philosophically come from him. A lot of the things we do defensively come from him. Defensively we’re very similar in what we do." Grantham called Saban a friend, and said the two have spoken "periodically" over the past few years. But not since this season began. "He’s really good at what he does, there’s a system in place. They’ve got good players, they’ve got good scheme, they’ve got good coaches," Grantham said. "But we’re gonna be ready too."
Grantham gives career credit to Saban | Bulldogs Blog | Macon.com
 

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This team is playing with an edge it hasn’t for years. It has beaten its last four opponents (Ole Miss, Auburn, Georgia Southern, Tech) by scores of 37-10, 38-0, 45-14 and 42-10. That’s a composite dismembering of 162-34, give or take a limb. Please, don’t come back with: "But look who they’re playing?" Georgia has seldom stepped on opponents like this, certainly not in November when everybody, fans and pollsters, are watching. With the score 42-3 Saturday, offensive coordinator Mike Bobo still could be seen and heard screaming in the coach’s box when things didn’t go well, at one point yelling into his headset, "Get your [bleep] off the field!" after the offense went three-and-out and players walked (not ran) to the sideline. "Yeah, my dad texted me," Bobo said later, somewhat sheepishly. "I guess he heard it on radio or TV. But you’re playing in Sanford Stadium. You should at least run off the field." Does this seem like the same Georgia team to you?
Georgia playing at level we haven't seen under Richt | Jeff Schultz
 

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"We’re fixing to go out there next week and play the game of our life," said Georgia senior safety Bacarri Rambo, referring to next Saturday’s SEC title game in the Georgia Dome. "Because that is going to determine who makes it to the national championship, which was our goal for the season." "Definitely, that’s what the goal was at the beginning of the season. We had the road-to-Miami slogan and everything," said freshman tailback Keith Marshall, referring to the site of the BCS title game Jan. 7. "It’s good that we can almost taste it, but we’ve got to stay focused and worry about the SEC Championship game."
Bulldogs turn focus to SEC game, BCS shot | UGA sports blog
 

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