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Article snippet: AUBURN, Ala. — There are fourth-year seniors at Auburn who, before Saturday, had never beaten Alabama in the annual showdown known as the Iron Bowl. These young men were still in high school during the famed Kick Six game here four years ago. They might have been middle-schoolers in 2010, when Cam Newton led the Tigers to victory in this game and then to the national title. “I didn’t want to come to Auburn and keep losing to Bama,” the junior fullback Chandler Cox said. “The whole nation was watching tonight,” Cox added. “Everyone wants to see Bama lose. And we did that for the nation.” The 26-14 upset victory for the No. 6 Tigers (10-2, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) placed them a win away from the College Football Playoff. Auburn will face No. 7 Georgia (11-1, 7-1) — a team it beat here, 40-17, a couple of weeks ago — next Saturday in Atlanta in the SEC championship game. No. 1 Alabama dropped to 11-1, 7-1, and will wait anxiously in Tuscaloosa next weekend to see if the playoff selection committee and assorted upsets combine to grant the Crimson Tide their fourth straight appearance in the playoff. Alabama’s run defense entered the game ranked No. 2 in the country, and it limited Auburn’s ground attack to 168 yards on 49 carries, or 3.4 yards per rush — nearly two yards below Auburn’s average entering the game. The figure would have been lower had Auburn quarterback Jarrett Stidham, a sophomore, not scrambled with aplomb. Stidham rushed for 51 yards on 12 attemp... Link to the full article to read more