How the Hell is Bama an 18 Point Favorite Over AU?

[L45B]

Sam--

Just looking at it from a high level, Bama has been kicking everybody's a$$ this year by an average margin of almost 30 points per game.

Auburn is arguably anywhere from the best team to the fourth best team that Bama will have played after Saturday.

So, take a third of that 30 points. You got a 10-point spread. The game's in Tuscaloosa, add at least a touchdown and maybe a 2-pt conversion.

Sounds 'bout right.*

* Alright alright, so yes this is a rivalry game and crazy shit happens in these games. But let's not focus all our energy on things we can't quantify.

[Carson]

Ole Miss only lost by 5, at home.

I predict the same margin but a lower point total.

The Turd swirls: 20-15.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Seriously, WTF?

O line is beaten up. Cam may be out. All our RBs are hurt. We have a freshman at QB. Eddie Jackson is gone.

I know Sean White is hurt. And Kamryn Pettway. But apparently Pettway will play.

How the hell can anyone favor Bama by that much?

[Python]

Sam, you do this all the time. Alabama will crush Auburn.

[Dinsdale]

Sam, you do this all the time. Alabama will crush Auburn.

Doesn't he though?

Is there anyone out there who actually thinks this will be at all close?

While I think it would be awesome if Bama lost the Iron Bowl, and the SECCCG, that's not going to happen.

But 18 points is a big spread in the no-offense-conference.

[BSmack]

How are they an 18-point favorite. Because 18 points is enough to convince even the biggest honk like Sam that at bet on the Tide is not a sure thing.

BTW, betting Bama -18 would have been a push.

[Screw_Michigan]

Bring the Iron Bowl back to Birmingham