Question: What is a "normal" Iron Bowl?

[CaliforniaTide]

As many of y'all know, I'm a native Californian going to school at UA. So far we're 2-2 against the Barn since I've been at UA. I don't recall the first two Iron Bowls being like last night - multiple heart attacks, being on edge until the clock says 00:00. I thoroughly enjoyed last year's shutout.

My question is, "What is a normal Iron Bowl?" Is it like last night, where typically the better team won but it was hard-fought? Or does it vary?

 

[NYBamaFan]

Generally, they are hard fought games decided in the 4th quarter. The better team usually wins, but just...

 

[TIDE-HSV]

As many of y'all know, I'm a native Californian going to school at UA. So far we're 2-2 against the Barn since I've been at UA. I don't recall the first two Iron Bowls being like last night - multiple heart attacks, being on edge until the clock says 00:00. I thoroughly enjoyed last year's shutout.

My question is, "What is a normal Iron Bowl?" Is it like last night, where typically the better team won but it was hard-fought? Or does it vary?

The favored team almost always wins, albeit with a bit of drama sometimes. There have been only a handful of genuine upsets over the years...

 

[CrimsonPaul]

Before the on campus games it was always in Birmingham and the tickets were split 50-50. At the game, for the fans, it was a controlled riot. :biggrin2:

 

[Redwood Forrest]

Normally, Auburn claims a moral victory. They have a big lead in that category.

 

[SavannahDare]

I agree with Earle that, typically, the better team wins. They are best when close and filled with drama, only being decided after one team either breaks the other team's will or gets a lucky break in the final quarter of the game. One of the things that always made this game so great was knowing going in that "anything could happen." While I enjoyed last year's trouncing of Auburn, it was not a typical showing and not what I would consider a "typical" Iron Bowl.

 

[h2o]

Normally, Auburn claims a moral victory. They have a big lead in that category.

Yesterday was normal.

 

[Probius]

Yesterday's game was more like the Iron Bowls of the 1990's. Most of the games in that decade came down to the final seconds and were very dramatic. We won by one point in 1996 on a last second TD, Auburn won by one point in 1997 on a last second FG. We haven't had nearly as much of that this decade.

 

[CaliforniaTide]

Before the on campus games it was always in Birmingham and the tickets were split 50-50. At the game, for the fans, it was a controlled riot. :biggrin2:

Call me weird, but I prefer rivalry games to be home-home. That's how it was when I was growing up in a USC family, watching UCLA and ND come to the Coliseum. I understand that the Iron Bowl and Birminghan has historical connection, but I just prefer the games to be home-home.

 

[BDDBAMA]

Same here. Love beating them in Tuscaloosa on our field. And just as satisfying, beating them on theirs.

 

[CoastGhost]

As many of y'all know, I'm a native Californian going to school at UA. So far we're 2-2 against the Barn since I've been at UA. I don't recall the first two Iron Bowls being like last night - multiple heart attacks, being on edge until the clock says 00:00. I thoroughly enjoyed last year's shutout.

My question is, "What is a normal Iron Bowl?" Is it like last night, where typically the better team won but it was hard-fought? Or does it vary?

We win, they buy themselves rings :biggrin2:

Really, this year was not far from "normal"

 

[Ole Man Dan]

I've never seen a 'Normal' Iron Bowl... (Hope I never do)
Each Iron Bowl is 'Unique' and never the same.
The Iron Bowl is not quite the same since we escaped from Birmingham.
We should re-name it the Alabama Championship Game.

The Iron Bowl game has evolved into a State fight between guys who really don't like each other. Fans who really can't stand each other ect...
(We chose our colors when we were kids, we didn't have a choice.)
This rivalry game is followed everywhere across the country. Everyone knows that in the State of Alabama, the Iron Bowl is bigger than just football. Almost everything in the State of Alabama comes to a standstill while the games on. (Even crime)

 

[fireater]

"Normal" IB? You saw it. There have been a number of years that someone in the state died of a heart attack watching the game...no kidding.

 

[rgw]

It's usually never a blowout and the underdog usually beats the spread. Not many upsets in the series' history.