It wasn’t pretty, but then nothing about this Alabama season has been. In the 89th installment of the Iron Bowl, Alabama outpaced ... faint flames of a College Football Playoff berth alive.

Kalen DeBoer sheds light on the resilience of the No. 13 Crimson Tide, especially in pivotal moments, and explains what's at stake in this highly anticipated matchup against Auburn.

That's how serious it is." For Terry, the stakes of the Iron Bowl are unlike anything else in college football. "If you don't understand the Auburn-Alabama game, you don't understand football," he ...

But even with that said, you can't tell me right now, Hugh Freeze, Auburn football and ... Now you feel like Alabama is going to go right down and score. But it's the Iron Bowl.

In particular, Auburn and Alabama have long ... it too good of a comp for the Iron Bowl, a rivalry that does not outrank Michigan-Ohio State), along with football programs that have accomplished ...