Iron Bowl carries national title stakes after crazy 24 hrs in college football

[Coach Hank Crisp]

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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- We're spoiled rotten in this state. We know it.

Alabama's undefeated regular season in 2008. Alabama's national title and Mark Ingram's Heisman Trophy in 2009. Auburn's national title and Cam Newton's Heisman in 2010.

And just when it appeared the 2011 Iron Bowl would arrive without one of the participants controlling its national championship fate, Paul Rhoads sent a gift from Ames, Iowa. When we last saw Rhoads as Auburn's talented, one-year defensive coordinator in 2008, he was on the losing end of the last Iron Bowl blowout, which ushered out Tommy Tuberville and brought in Iowa State's Gene Chizik.

Alabama now needs Rhoads' address to send holiday cards. Fruit baskets will be accepted, too, to Baylor and USC after what transpired Saturday night.

"Absolutely mayhem in hotel capstone," Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones posted on Twitter on Friday night after Rhoads guided Iowa State to an upset of No. 2 Oklahoma State. "Everyone in the halls hugging each other. Now WE control our destiny."

[Coach Hank Crisp]

Three of the top five BCS teams lost on the same weekend, which had happened only one other time, on Oct. 27, 2001. When the BCS standings come out Sunday, the SEC West will likely be 1, 2 and 3 with LSU, Alabama and Arkansas.

It's hard to imagine the SEC not getting both teams in the BCS Championship Game.

In related news, the rest of the country feels like Lee Corso shouting out an expletive.

[#1Tidefan]

I'll defer to the melt-down thread of earlier this week...

"What Bammer is going to do to us is against the Geneva Conventions"

It's gonna get ugly.....

[BAMAWV]

Hide the women and children...This should make Custer's Last Stand seem like just a bad day.

 

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