GAME PREVIEW: Auburn vs Alabama — THE IRON BOWL

This time of year is always about juxtaposition.

Actually, the entire year in this state pits opposites against each other every single day. It’s just magnified today when good and evil take center stage for the yearly bloodletting.

Everything about Auburn and Alabama stands on opposing sides of the divide that splits this state, and despite Auburn being a better school and its graduates making more money on average than anyone that comes from the vast wasteland of West Alabama, they have their little football successes to make them feel better about it.

Lately, Alabama has known exactly where it stands with its football destiny. There’s no question that Nick Saban has built the best program…