Put down the turkey leg and pumpkin pie. The Iron Bowl is here. Alabama and Auburn have been bruised and battered in a scrappy SEC, but fans have plenty to keep them thankful in 2024. The Crimson Tide remain part of the College Football Playoff conversation.

If Alabama can stop the run and force Auburn into must-pass situations, there are opportunities to be had. However, Alabama had one combined sack (against Tennessee) in its three losses, due in large part because it didn’t force those teams into many third-and-long situations.

Kalen DeBoer and Hugh Freeze are finding it's awfully hard to win in the Southeastern Conference these days. Now, they can try to beat each other.