Here are five takeaways from the Crimson Tide's victory in the regular season finale. 1. Fear the thumb. Even with all the success he had as Alabama's head coach, no team gave Nic

This would be a memorable result for the Crimson Tide as well, as Alabama won the first Iron Bowl of the Kalen DeBoer era, while also keeping their College Football Playoff hopes alive, as well as denying Auburn a bowl game in the process with their 28-14 win.

Auburn finished with two turnovers to Alabama’s four after the two entered on different ends of the turnover-margin scale. The Crimson Tide was No. 8 nationally with a -11 margin compared to Auburn who was 128th with a negative-11 margin.

Beating Auburn gave Alabama a satisfying end to an up-and-down regular season under Kalen DeBoer. What's next? It's not up to the Tide.

Here’s what you need to watch for as Alabama and Auburn square off in the 2024 edition of the Iron Bowl, one of college football’s greatest rivalries, with our updated prediction for the game. Alabama appears to have played itself out of College Football Playoff consideration after a shocking 24-3 loss at unranked Oklahoma last week that raises questions about the state of the program under first-year head coach Kalen DeBoer.

As a result of Alabama’s win over Auburn on Saturday, the Crimson Tide have now won five-straight Iron Bowl’s dating back to 2020. This also marks the seven-straight Iron Bowl that Alabama has won in Tuscaloosa, with Auburn’s last win inside Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium coming back in 2010.

Alabama scored on its first two possessions in the third quarter, both on rushes, one from Justice Haynes and a third from Milroe. Even with the game apparently securely in hand at 28-6, Alabama and Auburn kept scrapping, leading to a brief sideline throwdown:

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The Crimson Tide gave the ball to Auburn four times, thrice on fumbles and once on a Jalen Milroe interception. Against a stronger opponent, that would have seriously hurt. However, Auburn lacked the capability to capitalize fully,