Alabama, Auburn Games Undercards To Main Event: UAB Vs. Florida

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

That ticking noise in your head isn’t your imagination. It’s the college football clock ticking down to what is shaping up to be a colossal Iron Bowl on the Plains between top-ranked Alabama and surging Auburn.

This week, the Crimson Tide and Tigers each faces the game before THE game.

Alabama, No. 1 in the latest College Football Playoff ranking, welcomes Mercer at 11 a.m. Saturday on the SEC Network. At the same time, Auburn, which rose to No. 6 after dismantling then No. 1 Georgia, hosts Louisiana-Monroe on ESPN2.Alabama’s opponent is the same Bears team that pushed Auburn before falling 24-10. Coach Nick Saban said there’s “a lot that can be taken” from Mercer’s game against Auburn. He cautioned against taking Mercer lightly.

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