SEC Football: 5 incredibly early bold predictions for the 2023 season
By John Buhler
1. It doesn’t matter who the quarterback is, Auburn is winning the got dang Iron Bowl, dammit?!
It’s going to be an Iron Bowl for the ages, alright, just not like anyone of us ever intended. The game is being played at Jordan-Hare this year, so Auburn has a puncher’s chance. Given how unsettled the quarterback position is at both schools, it will be a hoot and a half this Thanksgiving Weekend. Truth be told, you or I could play quarterback for Auburn, and it won’t even really matter.
That is because Auburn is going to win the Iron Bowl and make it incredibly difficult for Alabama to make the College Football Playoff. This will be the surprising loss that could keep Alabama from getting to Atlanta, or knock them out of the SEC West race entirely. Even though Nick Saban is the best coach to ever do it, Hugh Freeze came back to the SEC for a reason: To win games like this.
Frankly, this will not be a visually appealing game for the masses. Weather may be a factor, but whatever the weather, whenever weather, whether we like it or not, take the got dang under! Look for this one to play out eerily similar to the 2021 Iron Bowl where Bryce Young’s late-game heroics propelled the Tide past the Tigers. The only difference is Freeze will talk to the media afterward.
Not that we didn’t expect for this to happen, but this will be Freeze’s first signature win at Auburn.
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