OK, I’ve taken a few days to let the loss of six straight to Auburn and four-in-a-row to end the season sink in. It hasn’t helped. I’m still pissed. But moreso about losing to Louisiana-Monroe, still. It was inexcusable. After that loss I pointed my interest towards the future and recruiting. (Too bad we don’t have basketball to look forward to) I had almost resigned the fact that Alabama was going to lose the Iron Bowl. But I still watched, cheered, and threw non-breakable objects around the room.

The game was pretty much over by halftime. The score was only 10-7, but what little life was left in the Alabama offense was sucked out when DJ turned a TD catch into an interception right before the half, killing any opportunity to at least tie the game off of McClain’s interception. And opportunities like that don’t come very often, so you must capitalize. I wish I was talking about getting a turnover on your opponent’s side of the field. But I’m not. I’m speaking of a JPW pass that’s right on target.

Et Tu’, DJ? 

And for what Alabama lacked in penalty yards during the year, they made up for it in timeliness Saturday. The running into the kicker penalty kept Bama from getting the ball on Auburn’s side of the field and ended up being a 50-or-so yard miscue. Then the third-and-long roughing the passer, which was somewhat borderline, was a four point swing.

Overall, that was just an ugly game, by both teams. It wasn’t marred by turnovers or penalties, it was just two very average teams going at it. And no rivalry moniker was going to change that. It’s a good thing they played after Thanksgiving or I wouldn’t have had the appetite to gourge myself. What makes it hard to take is that the talent disparity between the two was as small as it’s been in years. That was probably the worst collection of QB ‘talent’ to ever play in an Iron Bowl. Auburn still had the best player on the field (Blackmon is scary. Someone with his size and speed shouldn’t be able to hit like that.), but I think with the talent coming in next year, that it will push the scales towards the Tide’s favor. But, it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog…….

I just feel for our UT friends here, because since we’re gonna have to hear from the TigEagPlainsmen for another year, we may have to take our frustrations out on you. 41-17. Auburn fans, enjoy your victory over a team that got beat by UL-Monroe, and remember, we still have more rings than you have fingers.