Between the two of them, Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer and Auburn’s Hugh Freeze have coached in a grand total of one (1) Iron Bowl. That one was an instant classic — last year’s “Gravedigger” Alabama victory — but even the games that appear routine from outside Alabama carry epochal weight.

Alabama football played its worst game of the season on Saturday, falling 24-3 in Norman to an Oklahoma team that had only won one SEC matchup before facing the Crimson Tide. The loss dropped UA out of the College Football Playoff top 12,

When it comes to this year's Iron Bowl, it is not only significant through the fact that it is the first without Nick Saban since 2006, but also that is the first for Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer.