The Iron Bowl: Auburn's Reign Quickly Fades

There are two universities in the state of Alabama that will be discussed in this article.

The first team is a dominating team that has a reigning past, and has had many obstacles in the past decade. This team known as The Alabama Crimson Tide.

The other team is a one-time national champion, who enjoyed a national championship almost 51 years ago. They have had a decade of outstanding football. This team is known as The Auburn Tigers. 

A guy on the radio a few days ago said, "Auburn is like a girlfriend who thinks she's a nine, but really a six. She always thinks she deserves more than what she gets, but doesn't realize that she is not as good as she thinks she is."

It sounds critical, but even a blind squirrel can find a nut every now and again.

The Tigers recently fired head coach Tommy Tuberville, arguably the most successful coach in the Tigers history. Newspapers say he left on his own terms, but the truth is out. He was fired.

Getting to the point, Tuberville was dismissed after one unsuccessful season, because the Board of Athletics at Auburn University believe they deserve someone better, and here they are today, a squirrel in the middle of the road: they don't know what to do.

The truth is that Auburn is not a bad program. They surely are not an elite program such as Florida, Georgia, Alabama, USC, and so on. They never will be an elite school, and are slowly heading down a path that Alabama went on when Dennis Franchione left the Crimson Tide.

The Iron Bowl has been played many times, and Alabama leads by a single-digit margin. Auburn enjoyed a six-win streak, but Alabama has regained their name, and almost any college sports fan will tell you that Alabama has a better program than Auburn.

The Tigers' six-win streak was thrown back in their face this year, as the Crimson Tide defeated them 36-0.

While Alabama is back where they belong, Auburn is drifting back to where they belong. Don't think that Auburn cannot turn things around and become a great program, but it is not likely. 

The purpose of this article is not to bash Auburn, or to praise Alabama. It is simply an illustration of the differences in the two programs.