That was a crazy game.
So much ridiculousness that it needed four overtime sessions to fit it all in. Despite having a 10-0 lead, Auburn fell to the Crimson Tide 24-22 in the only Iron Bowl to ever go to overtime.
Auburn was a three-score dog everywhere you looked and the defense put on an incredible display of controlled aggression and execution but eventually out of gas.
Bryan Harsin’s first Iron Bowl was a success in terms of getting his team ready. He was down his starting quarterback in Bo Nix, a key defensive leader with Owen Pappoe, and starting kicker Anders Carlson. No one gave Auburn a shot but he showed that despite the talent gap, his team belongs in the greatest rivalry in all of sports, the Iron Bowl.
There are a million thoughts I could write about the game but here are a few takeaways.