Tag: 2010 Iron Bowl

Which Auburn football games land in the top 60 of the 2000s

Back-to-back thrillers in 2013 lands among the best football games of the 2000s.

Over the first two decades of the century, there have been some memorable football moments for the Auburn Tigers. A feeling of pure exhilaration.

In that same stretch, there have been moments that absolutely feel like a punch to the gut, or getting your heart ripped out. That is the life of a college football fan, especially when you play in the SEC.

Former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton helped bring more of the good feelings to the Plains. He led the Tigers to a national championship against the Oregon Ducks. Not to mention the battle with Alabama in the Iron Bowl.

Another former quarterback, Nick Marshall also had some memorable games and gutwrenching moments. We look at ESPN’s list of the top 60 games of the 2000s (subscription required). There are a total of five Auburn moments on the list, can you guess where they fall in the overall list?

Most important play of the 2010 Iron Bowl? One famous Auburn fan has his opinion

The famous Auburn fan mentions a play that played an important role in the comeback.

There were a lot of plays that helped Auburn accomplish the amazing comeback against Alabama in the 2010 Iron Bowl. Nick Fairley’s sack, strip and recovery of the ball. Mark Ingram’s fumble when it looks like he was about to score. Cam Newton to Lutzenkirchen.

Yet when Andy Staples asked the question on Twitter on Tuesday, famous Auburn fan Robert Gibbs, who served as the White House Press Secretary from 2009-11, had another play on his mind.

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Gibbs makes an excellent point. Everything was going awful for the Tigers up until that moment. If Auburn goes into the locker room down 24-0 (or even worse) rather than having some momentum from the touchdown, who knows if they would have had the comeback in them.