After the Alabama Crimson Tide lost to the Oklahoma Sooners, it set up a high-stakes showdown in the Iron Bowl as an Auburn team that’s struggled all season could redeem itself by knocking off the Crimson Tide. An Auburn win would knock Alabama out of Playoff contention while sending Auburn to a bowl game.
Before two of the biggest rivals in all of sports got to meet, they had to go through two FCS opponents. The way that this weekend’s games went for both teams has set up for a wildly entertaining Iron Bowl.
Deuce Knight could become a legendary Iron Bowl figure
Auburn fans have been begging to see true freshman quarterback Deuce Knight for the entire season. Hugh Freeze kept trotting Jackson Arnold out despite his troubles, and when transfer Ashton Daniels took over, the offense showed signs of improvement, but it wasn’t quite good enough.
This weekend, Interim Head Coach DJ Durkin gave Deuce Knight his first start of the season, and Auburn fans have to be thrilled. The true freshman went 15-20 passing for 239 yards and a pair of touchdowns as he unlocked an elite playmaker in Malcolm Simmons…