AUBURN, Ala. -- The two most talented men on the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium won the Iron Bowl for No. 2 Alabama on Saturday. One is the junior running back who quotes the late USC coach John McKay and looks more and more like the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner. The other is the head coach smart enough to ride that running back into the SEC championship game.
On an early autumn day that somehow overstayed its visa, in a game that looked like a mismatch to anyone with no sense of history, Alabama defeated Auburn 29-13 because Derrick Henry ran for 271 yards and one touchdown.