Auburn Vs. Alabama: This Tide Could Use A Boost

Since there is no palatable way of saying it, I will be blunt: if we play like we have in recent weeks and Auburn plays like they have in recent weeks, Auburn will win the Iron Bowl with relative ease. And, as an additional note, if our defense plays anything like it did against Stephen Garcia, Jordan Jefferson, and Jarrett Lee, Cam Newton will effectively engrave his name on the Heisman Trophy and Auburn will probably score more points against us than any opponent in recent memory. Admittedly I'm having to fight the urge to vomit after writing those two sentences, but that doesn't make what is contained within them any less true.

The football field is a harsh, combative environment where two teams battle through blood, sweat, tears, and the occasional life-changing injury to indisputably settle the question of superiority. It is the kind of Darwinian natural selection that makes those with weak stomachs turn away, a place where absolute survival of the fittest quite literally reigns supreme in ways uncommon to the modern civilized world. There is no societal safety net between the sidelines, no mechanisms in place to ensure the safety and the success of the downtrodden. Advanced technical strategy be damned, it is fundamentally a primitive competition: a few basic rules are laid down, two teams enter, a whistle is blown, and upon that sound savage punishment is administered by the strong against the weak until the final whistle saves the feeble from continued suffering.