Rapid Reaction: Mac Jones, Alabama roll to dominant Iron Bowl victory win over Auburn
No Nick Saban, no problem.
Mac Jones threw 5 touchdown passes as Alabama looked every bit deserving of its No. 1 status in beating Auburn 42-13 in the Iron Bowl.
Jones finished 18-for-26 for 302 yards to help erase the sting of last year’s Iron Bowl loss.
DeVonta Smith blew through the Auburn secondary for several explosive plays, including a 66-yard touchdown to open the scoring for the Tide and a 58-yard touchdown reception in the 3rd quarter.
Smith finished with 7 catches for a 171 yards as the Alabama passing game carried the load for much of the game.
Jones threw 4 TD passes in the first half, and equally important, avoided throwing the 2 interceptions he threw against Auburn last year. Jones threw his 5th touchdown of the game to John Metchie early in the 4th quarter, giving Metchie his 2nd scoring reception of the day as well.
The outcome was never in doubt. Alabama led 14-0. After Auburn kicked a field goal to pull within 11, the Tide grew the margin as wide as 36.
Najee Harris was fairly quiet for the first 40 minutes and was seen having his ankle retaped on the sideline, but he eventually scored his FBS-leading 17th rushing touchdown of the year in the 3rd quarter on a 39-yard rush to give Alabama a 29-point lead. He finished with 96 yards.
Until breaking through in the final minutes, Auburn’s offense was never much of a threat to score a touchdown u day, as Chad Morris tried to stretch the Alabama defense horizontally more than anything else.
The Tigers had an opportunity for a 58-yard touchdown late in the 2nd quarter literally fall through the hands of Seth Williams. Rather than cut the score to 21-10 before the half, Nix was intercepted just a few plays later by Malachi Moore to keep Auburn at 3.
Auburn running back Tank Bigsby still looked hobbled by an injury sustained against Tennessee. He had a long rush of 6 yards. Auburn elected 3 times to kick a field goal while down double digits, converting 2.
Alabama’s defense had not allowed a touchdown for 13 quarters, the longest streak in the country, until Nix scored on a short run late in the 4th quarter.
Alabama’s revenge tour continues next week against LSU.
Good game from Mac and the Defense. Hopefully no injuries…
I feel bad for all those crazy Bama fans that’s been told by tigeralum all week that Bama was smoke and mirrors and know what they covered… I mean I’m just shocked. LMaO.
stay classy bozo
You show up calling names and you want to talk about class?
Stay a dumba$$…
you just confirmed you are a bozo so I was only telling the truth. You are probably a libturd.
What just happened is you open your mouth and proved you’re an idiot..
He’s probably drunk and trying to forget the game. Lol
Your life must be so sad.
I’m old enough to remember Bozo. Kids liked him. Just saying.
Way to be a idiot lol. Must be a Auburn thing
Libturd lmao an oversimplified insult when you have nothing else to respond with. Auburn did the best they could but face it they were outgunned in ever way. Being Auburn we all know they’ll be back next year ready to go and should be fun
Congrats to bama and their fans. We were obviously not the best team. See you next year.
Good luck to the tigers next week.
Good luck to Bama as well. Although they won’t need it lol
Congrats Alabama. Great team win. Very impressive performance. Jones has turned into another animal. Smith is great. Please don’t shove it in my face. That’s what sucks about losing the Iron Bowl. I don’t know if any other team can beat Bama. Notre Dame, Florida, Clemson, and maybe Ohio State are the only ones I see that could do it. I think Clemson and Notre Dame have the best chance. See you next year in Jordan-Hare, with hopefully a different outcome. War Eagle.
Our biggest problem is our defensive backs. Tutt is the only one with a lick of speed on him. Sherwood and Smoke are slow as crap. And McCreary aint fast either. Hopefully, Seth, Schwartz, Smoke, Sherwood, Tutt, the whole o-line, and McClain come back. If they do, we could be kinda solid. But this mediocre first down once in a blue moon has gotta stop. Load up the O-line with transfers please. We can reload and be ready next year.
Good win by Alabama, the fact that yall had the better team wasn’t ever a question. The SEC championship should be a heck of a game.
“The SEC championship should be a heck of a game.”
I’m less than convinced that will be the case.
Me either. Jones is too good.
I think it will end up being a big12 game. Who makes the first mistake or who’s defense gets a stop.
It’s not just Jones. The O-line is giving him good protection and opening holes for Najee and Brian. On the other side of the ball the D-line and LB’s got good pressure on Nix today. Look for more of that down the road.
If Florida can run the ball then it’ll be a good game but if not they’ll end up on the wrong side of a score like this
Last couple games they have been slow out of the gates and less than spectacular. That trend can’t continue if they hope to win the SEC
Pretty much how I expected it to turn out this year. LSU is next. I actually enjoy the game more when the teams are more evenly matched. Hope you finish strong, Auburn.
Watching LSU vs aTm and I don’t see much competition next Saturday night in Baton Rouge.
That game will be ugly.
I hate Auburn. That last TD drive by the barn irked me. Wish we had run the score up more. Great win though. Mac showed he was a “game manager”. Smitty dominated. Najee played well. Defense shut em down. Bo Nix sucks.
Way to be classy.
This is one of the most heated rivalries in all of sports. If you can’t take the trash talk then go be a fan of another team. Sorry I hurt your precious feelings.
Mac Jones to Bo Nix… “game manage Deez nu*zz”
That dropped pass by Seth near the end of the 2nd qtr hurt the Tigers. But, let’s be honest; this was a mismatch.
I’m normally critical of Gus but this lose we got today a lot of blame goes to our Defense. Getting beat long. One guy was Wide open we got burnt.Our DB’S don’t turn around when ball is in the air. Old school football teaches play the ball. Look for the ball. It ain’t all Gus fault. I know he is the big chief but D let me down today.