AUBURN, Ala. – Six years after Auburn’s Kick-Six crushed the souls of the Alabama football program with an ending that defied credulity, a new nickname can be added to the Auburn victory vernacular. The Trojan Tiger – an exercise in punter-substitution subterfuge – proved the final salvo in a 48-45 Auburn victory that felt more like a Netflix series.
This riveting, undulating and spectacular Auburn victory should be immediately stored in the cellar among the finest vintage of the Iron Bowl’s 84 editions. And on a night when Alabama’s mistakes ultimately undercut their bursts of brilliance, Auburn’s Gus Malzahn delivered a coaching wrinkle that outfoxed Alabama’s Nick Saban.