There are plenty of reasons to believe that Alabama will beat Auburn in the 90th edition of the Iron Bowl on Saturday. By record, Alabama is the much better team at 9-2 to 5-6, and the better team almost always wins this game. A team with a losing record at kickoff hasn’t prevailed since 2001.
Besides, Alabama has a head coach in Kalen DeBoer two years removed from taking a team to the national championship game. Auburn has an interim coach in DJ Durkin. He is likely days away from unemployment as the Tigers appear to be zeroing in on hiring Tulane’s Jon Sumrall.