I’m sure you’ve heard the quote that reads something akin to the following:
“THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND”
This is the way that Auburn and Tennessee have seen their rivalry over the years. It’s not the Iron Bowl, it’s not the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. There’s no cool nickname, there’s no trophy, there’s really no connection between the schools except that they play in the SEC, and both hate other teams in the conference.
If you’re too young to remember the events of the early 2000s, Alabama thought that Tennessee was their biggest rival due to the Albert Means scandal and Phil Fulmer’s snitchariffic tactices.