No, Alabama will not lose this game to the ninth-ranked team in FCS. And no, it won't be close...but is there anything the Tide will learn from this game?
For a team that has been battered and beaten in regard to injuries over the last two weeks, the Tide's annual pre-Auburn cupcake semi-bye couldn't come at a better time.
Despite what Coach Nick Saban said (using rather colorful metaphors) on Wednesday, it's almost a done deal before the ball is even kicked. The Tide won't need Kenyan Drake, who broke his arm against Mississippi State, to tip the scales in Alabama's favor this weekend.