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Where Does Verne Lundquist Rank The Iron Bowl All-Time?
Uncle Verne was cagey about this one. He's seen a lot of sports history—more than 50 years of it—and he was understandably wary about trying to contextualize an amazing Alabama-Auburn game just two days later. But Newsday's Neil Best tried to pin him down: what's the greatest sporting event he's eve...

It's Teddy Bear Toss Season
The holiday season is here, which means it’s time for a million videos of minor league hockey fans hurling teddy bears onto the ice. It’s the most wonderful time of the year!...

NFL Admits Officials Screwed Up Washington's Downs
Here's the full statement from league VP of officiating Dean Blandino, who we've heard an awful lot from this season:...

50 Years Of NCAA Football Realignment, Visualized
This Saturday's SEC championship game comes freighted with the awkwardness of college football realignment. Missouri, representing the "SEC East," will take on Auburn, representing the "SEC West," even though the latter lies a couple hundred miles closer to the Atlantic Ocean. Wacky!...

How Everyone Screwed Up On Washington's Mistaken First Down
Washington thought they had a first down. The chains moved. The stadium scoreboard said first down. Kyle Shanahan called the next play as if the Skins had a new set of downs. But the one person whose ruling mattered, referee Jeff Triplette, signaled third down. Chaos reigns....

Charles Barkley Raps, Buys Drinks At Auburn Bar After Tigers Win
We saw Charles Barkley the day before the Iron Bowl. Now, we can see what he did after Auburn pulled off the upset. The Tigers alumnus enjoyed himself and celebrated with fans, paying for drinks and cracking jokes....

Emotional Man Knowshon Moreno Has Turbocharged Tear Ducts
We saw an odd moment during today's Broncos-Chiefs broadcast on CBS when the network aired a clip of Denver running back Knowshon Moreno crying a copious amount of tears. (We're told he got a bit emotional during the game's playing of the national anthem.) We think his display deserves a different ...

Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 13 NFL Viewing Maps
A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of the worst). Maps via 506sports.com....

Watch ESPN Talent React Live To The Alabama-Auburn Final Play
We've already shared with you Ohio State fan reactions to the wild play that ended this year's Iron Bowl, but how did ESPN's college football studio team of Rece Davis, Mark May, and Lou Holtz respond to the improbable ending? Fortunately, the WWL was live with a three-shot at that moment, so we ca...

Alabama's Kicker Should Stay Off Of Twitter For A While
Alabama placekicker Cade Foster missed all three of his field goal attempts in last night's 34-28 loss to Auburn. Because of his bad night, Nick Saban brought in backup Adam Griffith, whose one and only miss was returned by Chris Davis for the game-winning touchdown. Some Crimson Tide fans found Fo...

Ohio State Reacts To Auburn Upset Over Alabama
Whether Ohio State will actually get to, or deserves to play in, the BCS Championship is a debate we only have to endure for a few more months. Nevertheless, OSU is undefeated and Alabama no longer is. The Buckeyes are in a better position than they were when they barely survived Michigan and they'r...

Hear The Auburn And Alabama Radio Calls From The Missed-FG Runback
This is the incredulously jubilant call from the Auburn booth. Rod Bramblett stars again this week with a guttural "They're not gonna keep them off the field tonight."...

The Game-Tying And Game-Winning Auburn Touchdowns In A Wild Iron Bowl
Auburn began the drive on its own 35 with 2:15 left in the game, down seven. Six consecutive rushes from Tre Mason later and the Tigers were Alabama 39 with 32 seconds left. On first down, Nick Marshall looked to pass it to Mason for a seventh consecutive time but tucked it back inside, rolled to ...

The Illinois Student Section Is The Saddest-Est
Things have somehow gotten worse for the Illinois student section. Things are so bad we've been forced to make an uber superlative. You know what, though? Good for those dozen(s?) or so who did show up. Scrappers 'til the end. ...

Charles Barkley Pounding Shots In A "Good Luck, Coach Saban" Shirt
Former Tiger Charles Barkley was spotted out in Auburn last night, prepping for his alma mater's matchup with Alabama in today's Iron Bowl. Here's a relevant paragraph published earlier in the week....

Three Ejected After Fight Breaks Out In Ohio State-Michigan Game
A second-quarter fight between the Wolverines and Buckeyes left one Michigan player and two Ohio State athletes ejected, including OSU lineman Marcus Hall who threw his helmet and flipped The Big House the bird upon his exit....

Saturday's Iron Bowl Gets The Wacko Taiwanese Animation Treatment
The Taiwanese studio Next Media Animation, which will animate pretty much anything nowadays, have offered their calculatingly bizarre take on this weekend's Auburn-Alabama rivalry game. Come for the players attacking a giant panda, stay for the Toomer's Corner oaks being destroyed (again) by urine a...

Why Wasn't Unconscious Le'Veon Bell Given A Touchdown?
Your first thought is, Oh man, he's dead. His head came off or his brains are scrambled and Heath Miller is trying to cover up the on-field camera because he's dead. And then your second thought is, What do you mean it's not a touchdown? His limp, vacated body totally collapsed across the plane! Foo...

Mike Tomlin Steps Onto Field, Prevents Jacoby Jones From Scoring TD
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin sees Jason Kidd's staged soda spill and raises him an "'accidentally' step onto field and prevent Jacoby Jones from reaching the end zone on a kickoff return."...