Rivalry Week always serves up a ton of interesting matchups. Most of the time, the better team issues a beatdown of lesser teams, but when it is rivalry week all bets are off.
It all started with the Egg Bowl on Thanksgiving. Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels were on the brink of losing to Mississippi State in Starkville but they pulled out a win in the end.
Fast forward to Saturday, remember how I said all bets are off in rivalry games? Example A: Kentucky took down No. 10 Louisville on the road the week before the Cardinals played for the ACC Championship.
Then came the Iron Bowl. The 88th iteration of the Iron Bowl did not disappoint. Alabama entered the game knowing that they would be playing Georgia next weekend. Crazy things always happen in Jordan Hare Stadium and today was no different. Alabama faced a 4th and goal from the Auburn 31-yard line and Jalen Milroe threw a clutch touchdown pass to Isaiah Bond to win the game for the Tide.
Here’s how the rest of the SEC fared in the final week of the regular season.