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Irony abounds in history’s top five Iron Bowl Games

By Jeremy Grace

TUSCALOOSA, AL - SEPTEMBER 08: Tua Tagovailoa #13 of the Alabama Crimson Tide rolls out against the Arkansas State Red Wolves at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
TUSCALOOSA, AL - SEPTEMBER 08: Tua Tagovailoa #13 of the Alabama Crimson Tide rolls out against the Arkansas State Red Wolves at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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ATLANTA, GA – JANUARY 08: Tony Brown #2 of the SEC football Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates an interception with Shyheim Carter #5 against the Georgia Bulldogs during the first quarter in the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 8, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

Number four: the drive

In 2009 number two-ranked Alabama went to Jordan-Hare stadium trying to stay undefeated. The Auburn Tigers gave the 11-0 Crimson Tide all they could handle. Down by one point halfway through the fourth quarter, Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy led the Tide 15 plays, 79 yards and a touchdown drive en route to an Iron Bowl victory 26-21 along with a BCS National Championship title over Texas later on. Alabama coach Nick Saban said “That may have been one of the greatest drives I’ve ever been associated with.”

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