There might not be seven scarier words for Alabama football fans recently than a "road Iron Bowl in Jordan-Hare Stadium." Even though the Crimson Tide has won the last two trips to the Plains, both games resembled 3.5-hour root canals before euphoric finishes.
Alabama had significantly better teams in the 2021 and 2023 Iron Bowls at Jordan-Hare, but that didn't prevent the games from coming down to the wire. Alabama needed a brilliant late drive from Bryce Young and then four overtimes to topple Auburn in 2021. In 2023, it took a 4th-and-31 miracle from Jalen Milroe to Isaiah Bond to deliver the Tide from the jaws of defeat.