BamaHammer.com presents a daily Iron Bowl Flashback leading up to Saturday’s game featuring No. 1 Alabama vs. Auburn in the 81st Iron Bowl (2:30 pm CT, CBS).
Alabama ended Auburn’s six-game winning streak in the series with an emphatic 36-0 win in 2008 in Tuscaloosa that kept the Crimson Tide unbeaten.
It was Nick Saban’s first victory in the rivalry, and Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville’s final game on the Plains.
“I’m happy, I really am happy,” said Saban, smiling to prove it. “I was happy and dancing in the locker room. Miss Terry gave me a big kiss coming up here.