Eesh. That got out of hand quickly. I'll have more tomorrow about the game and what happens now with head coach Tommy Tuberville. But right now, my ride is waiting.

Here's tomorrow's lede to tide you over.

By Andy Bitter
abitter@ledger-enquirer.com

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama put a definitive and resounding end to its six-year Iron Bowl drought Saturday, dismantling an overmatched Auburn 36-0 to snatch back state supremacy.

Attention quickly shifted to another pesky streak that Crimson Tide fans treat as an injustice: a nine-year stretch without an SEC championship.

“It’s the next game, but just on a bigger stage,” Alabama safety Rashad Johnson said of next week’s SEC title game against Florida, a de facto national semifinal that will guarantee the winner a spot in the BCS championship. “We are going to approach it like any other game.”

Alabama (12-0, 8-0 SEC) used a season-long recipe for success Saturday, hammering the run, passing at the right moments and playing lock-down defense in one of the most lopsided games in the 115-year history of the Iron Bowl.

Glen Coffee ran for 144 of Alabama’s 234 rushing yards, the sixth time this year the Tide has topped the 200-yard mark this season.

Defensively, the Crimson Tide suffocated the hapless Tigers to a season-low 170 yards of offense. Auburn didn’t reach the red zone once.

The Tigers (5-7, 2-6) hadn’t lost a game this badly since a 51-10 drubbing to Florida in 1996. They hadn’t been thumped in an Iron Bowl by this much since a 38-0 loss in 1962.

“We’re going to have to deal with this until next year,” cornerback Jerraud Powers said. “This is always going to be in our heads.”