JessN: Auburn wrap-up: Bama saves some of its best for last

[JessN]

Auburn wrap-up: Bama saves some of its best for last
by Jess Nicholas, TideFans.com Editor-In-Chief

It might not have been immediately evident to a casual passerby who saw the 28-14 score roll across his sports ticker, but for anyone in Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday evening, the difference between the 2024 Alabama and Auburn programs looked as wide as the mouth of Mobile Bay.

Alabama lost the turnover battle 4-2 – including 3-0 in the first half – yet it never felt like Auburn threatened the Crimson Tide seriously on Saturday, especially after Alabama forced Auburn to blink at the 3-yard line just before halftime, take a delay-of-game penalty and instead kick a short field goal to cut the score to 14-6. Coming out in the second half, Alabama put together two quality drives, scored two touchdowns and basically ended any hopes Auburn had at pulling the upset, even though Bama still gave Auburn another turnover to work with in the fourth quarter.

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Auburn wrap-up: Bama saves some of its best for last

It might not have been immediately evident to a casual passerby who saw the 28-14 score roll across his sports ticker, but for anyone in Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday evening, the difference bet…

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[Professor]

Great analysis, Jess. One of the best descriptions of the year for one of the best performances of the year.
One thing for sure. If Alabama is in the playoffs, more people will be watching than will watch if Alabama is not there. I know that is true here in North Carolina where there a lot of Alabama fans. My guess the same is true across the country.

 

[BamaMoon]

It was never pretty, but functional!

And 5 straight against the barners is something to be proud of. Hasn't happened in quite a while!

 

[Saban4Ever]

Nice write-up, Jess. Thanks
Great win... wish we would not have had the turnovers and the Ryan Williams dropped TD so the score would look more lopsided but I will take a 14 point win against Auburn any day!

 

[DrollTide]

I have a mild disagreement, with the OL comment - the inside runs did not look that great to me. Perhaps I should go back and look at the stats. There seemed to be an awful lot of first down runs for 2 yards.

 

[Bamaro]

I would number the balloons 1 - 30 but I get the point. We blew our control of it last week.

 

[ROCKEE]

Great write up as usual Jesse.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

It was never pretty, but functional!

And 5 straight against the barners is something to be proud of. Hasn't happened in quite a while!

I guess they should have feared the thumb

 

[TRU]

I wonder if the Sooners caught Bama looking ahead to the Iron Bowl?

 

[B1GTide]

I wonder if the Sooners caught Bama looking ahead to the Iron Bowl?

The coaches had a terrible game plan and did not make any adjustments. It was unbelievable

 

[Crimson Speed]

Very good analysis Jess. Without all of our turnovers, we could have scored at least three more TDs. Hope we find a way to clean up those mishaps.

 

[CaliforniaTide]

It didn't dawn on me until after the game was over, but I started my Alabama fandom in Fall 2006, when I transferred to Alabama, and Auburn won their 5th straight IB that season. Now, nearly 20 years later, Alabama has now won 5 straight in this series.

 

[64 Grad]

Nice five game winning streak, although two were very fortuitous. Auburn as has more than that against Alabama. During the middle of a nine game winning streak, Bryant ask God when would Alabama beat Notre Dame and response was "remember coach practice practice practice." Auburn coach ask God when Auburn would beat Alabama and the response was "never as long as I am the head man up here."

 

[Bamabuzzard]

@JessN

Are you going to do a "year-end review" of CKD's first season and next year's outlook type of article?

 

[The Ols]

@JessN

Are you going to do a "year-end review" of CKD's first season and next year's outlook type of article?

Well if he wasn’t going to, he is now!!!