[LowOiL]

OK, I am not nuetral.

War Eagle !!

My brother (Bozzin on FR) is pulling for Roll Tide. We have a running bet each year, loser has to have their hair cut by the winner in any design they can imagine and you have to wear it for a day too.

Any of you have any game traditions, bets worthy of mentioning?

[Petronski]

Speaking as a Yankee from PA (Notre Dame and Penn State fan), I respect Auburn and Alabama: two quality programs. I will enjoy seeing the game.

[TheBigB]

ROLL TIDE, BABY!

[Arkinsaw]

There is only one hope for Alabama, and that is to charter an airliner, load the team onto it, and fly them to Hawaii for a weekend in the sun and take the forfeit.

[vrwcagent0498]

Great rivalry, I've always enjoyed watching it. (though I'm an FSU fan)

Southern football in the bestest. :D

[7mmMag@LeftCoast]

As much as I would like 'Bama to win, I'm thinking Auburn is going to win and NOT by a close margin.

[commish]

Since my wife is an Alabama fan I have to put in a
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!

That said, after sitting in Jordan-hare last weekend and watching Auburn dismantle my DAWGS, I will predict a final score of AUBURN 38 ALABAMA 10.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Any of you have any game traditions, bets worthy of mentioning?

My tradition is to pretend I don't know who's playing, to aggravate my husband's family LOL!

A game? Football? Who's playing? Oh. When? Where are they playing?

[ArmyBratproud]

OH MAN!!! I'M SO READY FOR THIS GAME!!!!!

As an SEC Fan who lives in lil 12 country....I just can't explain how excited I am about the Iron Bowl!

As an outside observer....I still think that Bama will get up for this game......although.....I'll admit it is hard to say that after what happened against LSU.

LSU's starting qb does everything he can to give games away.

Although....it was the other LSU QB who got them rolling.....and the turn over.

I think Auburn will win this years Iron Bowl. AND...I think if Auburn wins out....they should be in the National title game.

IF Bama pulls the upset.....(which would be a narrow win)....It would mean next year would be a heck of a game too.......because the Tigers would be thinking for a whole year of how the Tide knocked them out of the running.....

BUT....I think Auburn will win it.

AND...I am excited to hear that Spurrier may be headed to South Carolina.

AND.........Florida State plays Florida this week....

AND South Carolina plays Clemson this week...

AND Georgia v Georgia Tech in next Saturday.....


OH Man......I AM ABOUT TO START BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS!!!!!!

DON'T Forget.....we still have the Egg Bowl too.
Miss State and Ole Miss are not that good this year...BUT...that game is about pure hatred....so it may be interesting.

[Bryan24]

ROOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE, ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kayak]

ping

[BoBToMatoE]

ROOOOLLLLLLL TIDE ROOOLLL!

[Rhetorical pi2]

All the minor sports events of the year are behind us now.

Things like the Daytona 500, The Final Four Tournament, The Kentucky Derby, The Olympics, The Tour De France and the World Series are merely the preliminaries to the true pinnacle of sports: The Iron Bowl.

The Auburn vs. Alabama game is why God created football.

Football is why all other sports were created, either as exercises for football, or as diversions to amuse everyone until the weather gets right for football.

I feel the same tension in my body that I felt on election day until President Bush was declared the winner. I'll feel this way until Auburn wins on Saturday. Should they lose....(I can go no further. I can't bear to think about Auburn losing to Alabama!) :o)

Prediction for the outcome of the greatest rivalry in sports? Auburn by 7. Say 17 - 10 Auburn.

Don't grab the phone and call your bookie. In 1989, Alabama was ranked #2 and Auburn was unranked, and upset the Tide.

But this year, the Tigers seem to be a special team - mebbe a team with a destiny. So I predict they will be throwing toilet paper at Toomers Corner in the "Loveliest Village on the Plain."

War Eagle!!

[El Gran Salseron]

I simply can't make myself believe that anyone could possibly think that the Alabama Crimson Tide can beat the Auburn Tigers.....not this year, anyway.

Auburn looks mighty tough this year.

LSU grad but not necessarily a fan.....just when they win. :-)

[AgentEcho]

JOKE 1:

4th quarter. Auburn down to Alabama 30-27. 4 seconds left. Auburn has the ball on the Alabama 7.

Tommy Tubberville: God, help me. What do I do. Do I kick a field goal and go to overtime or go for the touchdown and win the game.

God: Don't you kick no field goal. You go for the win.

Tommy: Then that's what I'll do.

Here's the snap, IT'S FUMBLED, ALABAMA RECOVERS. ALABAMA WINS. ALABAMA WINS!!!!

Tommy: God, why'd you tell me to go for it if we were going to loose?

God: I don't know. 'Bear', why'd we tell him to go for it?



JOKE 2:

2 bums were high in the stands at a Georgia football game. At half time the bulldog mascot runs to the middle of the field and goes to licking himself, like dogs do.

Bum 1: I wish I could do that.

Bum 2: Man, that dog would BITE YOU!!!

Æ

[AUTiger83]

War Eagle! Auburn is by far a superior team. But this game is won on pure emotion, resulting in the lessor team often winning.

Auburn has 2 games to play (Bama and the SEC Championship game against Tennessee for the 2nd time) to worm its way into the #2 spot in the BCS rankings. So Auburn should be well motivated.

Rain is predicted during the game making it a bit more unpredictable due to the likelihood of increased turnovers, with favorable/unfavorable field position playing a huge factor.

My prediction: Auburn 24, Bama 17.

As for traditions, the split of the SEC into Eastern and Western divisions (how long ago was that?)resulted in moving the Auburn/Bama game from the Saturday after Thanksgiving to a week earlier. This ruined family traditions across the state of Alabama of scattered siblings being home Thanksgiving weekend to enjoy the game on TV together while pigging out on Thanksgiving leftovers. Instead, both Auburn and Bama are always on a "bye" week Thanksgiving weekend.

P.S. Tommy Tuberville is a class act and I am proud to have him instilling Christian values in our athletes.

[modest proposal]

WAR DAMN EAGLE

[au eagle]

Auburn is a very special place. This was posted on U of Maryland sports site. Written by Scott Van Pelt of ESPN:

A different world - Non Terps & a lenghty rambling mess Reply

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Imagine you have been married to the same woman for more than 30 years, you love her more than anything - nothing could ever change that. You have shared many of your best memories with her and would never leave her under any circumstances. Then you spend a day with a woman who in some ways is more beautiful than your wife...you may never see her again...but you won't forget her for a while either.

Maryland is my wife...Auburn is " the other woman ".

If you all love college sports - and I assume you do - you really need to see a game there. I have been lucky to see a lot of places, I have not seen a lot of places like that. It's an amazing scene in every respect. Granted, I was there for # 3 vs. # 5...Auburn was 9-0 so it was bound to be good.

Some highlights:

I arrived at night with the stadium lit up like a Christmas tree. It sits dead in the middle of campus. A shrine...literally their church - only services are held on Saturday. Made me say....hmmmm...this is promising.

Gameday scene -
tailgating in every available space...and not like some field full of RV's - though they had that too. But literally people grilling and drinking in every available spot for as far as the eye could see. I lost count of the number of bands and stages and this was at 9 AM.

The Fans -
I knew I was in a " red state " from all the Suburbans with W stickers but the truth of it is, this part of Alabama is an orange state. Every man woman and child is in the same shade of orange. Not unusual I know ...but THIS was...they are nice, friendly , and polite - to GEORGIA FANS. Nobody called anyone in Black and Red @#%$ or *sshole..nobody told them they sucked nobody told them *uck you. These people are your friends, you don't know it yet because you haven't met them - but when you do - you have met a friend. you want a beer ? some bar- B - Q ? grab some. Let's talk for a while....war eagle...let's have a good game. I saw this at tailgate after tailgate. Stragglers who wander by are offered anything that's available - didn't matter what color they were wearing. This is the oldest rivalry in the South - they call it Brother vs. Brother and they mean it. Now there are certainly cliche's about downhome country sensibilities - but these folks embodied the best part of the notion of southern hospitality. Though many did admit it's a tad LESS civil for the Iron Bowl.

Tiger Walk :
Impossible to describe. Im - possible. A human welcome mat for the team. The team walks through several blocks to Jordan - Hare through a sea of people. I asked somebody how many folks were there and was told they could never come up with an accurate head count but that they were certain it was " well in excess of 25,000 people. " That looked a little light to me...I would have bought 40 grand. 2 hours before kick the streets in all directions were completely - and I mean COMPLETELY jammed. It was like a religious experience. If you can be in the middle of this - and I was lucky enough to get to walk through it - and not be overwhelmed , you are dead my friend. ( I just went Larry King on your asses- sorry )I was honestly in awe.

Gametime :
The eagle circles as 87,521 people ( less the UGA fans ) cheer Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar EAGLE HEY!!! The eagle pounces on some meat product and the hair on the back of your neck stands up...then if you are still unimpressed you get an F 16 flyover and were off and running.
Auburn dominates, the band plays, the fans hoot and holler louder than anywhere I have ever been ( and go Spinal tap and take it to volume 11 when UGa tries to audible ) 24 - 6 and it's time for more food and drink...but before that...

Toomer's corner :

everyone converges on the intersection of college st and whatever the other road is and they toilet paper every tree in sight. By the time it's over, it looks like a blizzard has rolled through Alabama. There are no riots, no police, no cars set on fire. There are families from grandparents to infants chcuking rolls of toilet paper all over the place. Again, i just shake my head at a loss...and maybe a little jealous.

It's a special place, the best scene I have ever seen for college football. I have ZERO doubt " our " TEAM could someday be as good. As fans though, perhaps we should aspire to be as classy as those I was hosted by. The type of hostile, vile garbage we are subjected to on the road and are certainly guilty of at home is just embarrassing when you see how they do it elsewhere. Not preaching here - just some thoughts of one VERY proud Terrapin after seeing the light Auburn style.


Go Terps - let's get # 5 on Thursday night

[Texaggie79]

no time for football, Half Life 2 is out!!!!

[numberonepal]

Roll Tide, but those damn Tigers are tough this year. If they beat Bama I hope they win the Championship. Don['t count Bama out as the spoiler, though. That Bama "D" is mean.

[Jemian]

It is going to be tough. All SEC teams, with the exception of one, are really, really, hard. There is never a sure-fire, guaranteed winner ever. I remember one memorable game in 1972 where there was no way Auburn would win. Everyone said so. They were having a remarkable season and had done astonishing well. But the clock had chimed midnight and it was past time for Cinderella to leave the ball. I was a freshman that year. I was at the game.

We were down 16 - 0 and many had left the stadium. By the end of 4th quarter and two blocked punts later, we won 17 - 16!

On any Saturday, any team in the SEC can rally and beat any other team. It ain't over until Liz Edwards sings.