Alabama Crimson Tide news and notes from the weekend.
Alabama beats Auburn in the Iron Bowl, clinches SEC Championship Game spot
It didn't come easy, but Alabama football survived a thrilling Iron Bowl on Saturday night in Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Crimson Tide blew an early 17-0 lead and found the game tied at 20 in the fourth quarter before Ty Simpson engineered a 15-play, 75-yard touchdown drive capped off by a gutsy fourth-down call by Kalen DeBoer that led to a Simpson to Isaiah Horton touchdown pass.
Alabama escaped with a 27-20 victory thanks to that scoring play and a game-sealing forced fumble by Bray Hubbard that Deontae Lawson jumped on.