It's Iron Bowl week. Alabama heads to Jordan-Hare Stadium this weekend to face Auburn with a whole lot on the line.
Contrary to a popular recent narrative, there's nothing different about this year's Iron Bowl than we've seen the last eight times the Crimson Tide traveled to the Plains. The season is almost always on the line for Alabama when these two teams meet, and Auburn is almost always trying to play the role of spoiler.
The last time Alabama played Auburn in Jordan-Hare Stadium when it wasn't still in the National Championship race was in Nick Saban's first season in 2007.