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Déjà vu: Auburn has experience playing No. 1 team at home

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By Greg Ostendorf
AuburnTigers.com

AUBURN, Ala. – It’s not every week you get to play the No. 1 team in the country at your home stadium where the winner all but controls its own destiny for the College Football Playoff.

Well, unless you’re Auburn.

The Tigers are hosting No. 1 Alabama on Saturday. The winner moves on to Atlanta for the SEC championship game and has a clear path to the playoff. It’d be unprecedented expect for the fact that this same Auburn team hosted No.