Alabama and Auburn Coaches Speak Ahead of 90th Iron Bowl

KNIGHT TAKES FLIGHT: Freshman QB explodes for six scores

BY BRANDON HUGHESFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Deuce Knight didn’t just get his first collegiate start Saturday afternoon in Jordan-Hare Stadium; the highly-touted freshman announced his presence with authority. On his first snap of the game, Knight dropped back to pass, looked left, moved right, made a cut and was gone, sprinting 75 yards to the end zone. At 15 seconds, his touchdown tied the Auburn record for the fastest touchdown scored (Carnell …

Alabama and Auburn coaches speak ahead of 90th Iron Bowl

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer and Auburn interim coach D.J. Durkin discuss their matchup in the 90th Iron Bowl.

Kalen DeBoer to get first taste of Jordan-Hare Stadium

Alabama football head coach Kalen DeBoer was victorious in his first Iron Bowl, but he will face a different beast when he enters Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday.  Auburn’s home field has troubled the Crimson Tide since the rivalry was first moved on campus from Legion Field in 1989. Alabama has a 7-10 record at Jordan-Hare Stadium and did not win on the Plains until 1999.  DeBoer is no stranger to heated rivalries, having won several key rivalr…

Tigers host Tide in 90th Iron Bowl

Despite Auburn's losing record and the mid-season firing of its head coach, a lot will be on the line when Alabama steps on the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday for the 90th Iron Bowl.

Kalen DeBoer will coach the most important game of his career in Saturday's Iron Bowl

Kalen DeBoer has won a lot of football games as a collegiate head coach – 122 of them, to be precise, over 12 seasons. That’s almost 10.2 games per season and an 87.1% win rate — truly insane numbers by any standards. Along the way, he has won 3 national championships (NAIA titles at Sioux Falls) and had the Pac-12 champ Washington Huskies on the cusp of a College Football Playoff national crown in 2023. But for all those wins, all those champio…