Rivalry Game

On Tuesday Night, the University of Alabama came to The Plains at Auburn for a basketball game. Auburn upset the number 12 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide by a score of 81-57. This is worthy of a blog post for two reasons: (1) Auburn is rarely if ever good at basketball and because of this has lost to Alabama the last 7 times they have played and (2) you cannot explain this heated rivalry in words.

As far as the actual team that Auburn puts on the court to play, they are young, they are fast, and they are not very smart. They love to run and they love to take bad shots. But if you run faster than your opponent you will get shots close to the basket.

I absolutely love how much Alabama is hated in Auburn. There were two chants that were consistent throughout the night, "Overrated!" (Which clearly Alabama is); and "Bring on Saban!" (in accordance with Alabama's new football coach Nick Saban). The other spectacle I loved was students painted their chest orange and had a dark navy hand print square in their chest. This is to symbolize the last five times that these two teams have meet on the football field in the Iron Bowl - where Auburn has won the last five.

WAR EAGLE - BEAT BAMA!