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At least Nick Saban's worst defeat hasn't been immortalized in song (like Bear's was)

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Nick Saban should count his blessings. Sure, that brutal SEC Short has already been viewed 2 million times. But at least the worst defeat of his Alabama career hasn't been immortalized in song with a chorus that calls him out by name...

... which, nearly 50 years ago, is exactly what happened to the man whose legacy he's all but topped.

Yes, so cathartic was Auburn's 1969 Iron Bowl win, a 49-26 beatdown that remained the most points ever scored on a Bear Bryant team, it inspired a 45 rpm record of mock rock courtesy of an obscure but competent little combo called Mitch and the Pacemakers.