Gameday picture · Week 13 · Rivalry
AUB at BAMA
Sat, Nov 28 · TBD · Bryant–Denny Stadium
Desk line: Alabama −7.5, total 51.5. Home Iron Bowl. Russell should be the best player; Auburn's front is why it isn't 10. Steal a possession and take the fourth quarter.
Spread
BAMA -7.5
Market desk line
Total
51.5
Win
68%
Auburn
22
desk projection
Crimson Tide
30
Desk implied 30–22 · BAMA −320 / AUB +250
Kick weather
58°F
Iron Bowl Saturday, Bryant–Denny · lo 38°F
20% precip
Window
TBD
Sat Nov 28 at Bryant–Denny. Kick TBD. Iron Bowl.
Iron Bowl at home
Unit matchups
Quarterback
BAMA 8 · 6 AUB
Russell vs a first-year-or-portal Auburn starter. Experience gap is Alabama's.
Offensive line
BAMA 7 · 7 AUB
Freeze will twist. Don't get behind the chains.
Receivers
BAMA 8 · 6 AUB
Brooks as the rivalry answer.
Front seven
BAMA 7 · 7 AUB
Set the edge. Iron Bowl run games decide it.
Secondary
BAMA 6 · 6 AUB
No free shots. One explosive flips the building.
Special teams
BAMA 7 · 7 AUB
Hidden yards. Iron Bowls are field-position fights.
Players to watch
- BAMA
Keelon Russell QB
Russell should be the best player.
- BAMA
Daniel Hill RB
Hill as the closer. Iron Bowls live here.
- BAMA
Lotzeir Brooks WR
Need one shot that the building remembers.
- BAMA
Jackson Lloyd OL
A push turns this into a Russell game.
- BAMA
Yhonzae Pierre EDGE
Set the edge.
- BAMA
Kedrick Bingley-Jones DL
Two-gap November.
Key injuries
- out
Jeremiah Beaman DL · BAMA
Torn ACL, late-August practice. Out for the season.
- out
Noah Rogers WR · BAMA
A-Day injury. DeBoer still had him in a return window as of FSU week.
- questionable
AK Dear RB · BAMA
Ankle. Missed ECU, Kentucky, and FSU. Week-to-week after that.
- available
Aubrey Walker WR · BAMA
Full go.
- available
Keelon Russell QB · BAMA
23-of-30, 320, 3 TD plus a 57-yard rush score vs FSU. Full go.
Opponent injury report not cited yet.
What the tape says
- Hill on first down. Iron Bowls are run games.
- Protect Russell. Freeze will twist.
- Don't trail at home. The building has to take it.
History
- Iron Bowl at Bryant–Denny.
- DeBoer's home Iron Bowls are résumé games.
- The state splits for a week. The desk does not.
Roster advantage · vs Auburn
BAMA holds the two-deep
Starter-vs-starter grades for Hugh Freeze's Auburn. Tap a card for stats and reasoning.
Net grade
+5
3 BAMA · 5 even · 0 AUB