The Auburn Tigers may be 4-6, but there's a different energy with DJ Durkin coaching in an interim capacity following Hugh Freeze's firing after a listless 10-3 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats on November 1. Auburn's 45-38 OT loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores was a step in the right direction. Perhaps the stacked roster is finally turning the corner.
Perhaps not, in the eyes of folks who wouldn't see it if it were tattooed on their eyelids.
Yahoo Sports' Dan Wolken, one of the biggest AU haters in media, didn't so much as float the idea of an Iron Bowl upset while discussing the Alabama Crimson Tide's way forward after a 23-21 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners in Week 12, though.