Check on your Auburn fan friends. Things are not good on the Plains in any of the big three sports.
Football, men's basketball, baseball. It's been Crimson Tide dominance this school year.
Back in November, Alabama knocked off Auburn in the Iron Bowl, 27-20, for the sixth consecutive victory in the series for the Crimson Tide. Alabama made the College Football Playoff while Auburn missed a bowl game. Again.
In men's basketball, Alabama swept the two meetings this year, pushing its win streak to three games in the series. The Crimson Tide made it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament while Auburn is playing in the NIT in year one of the nepo baby era.
The one hope the Tigers had was baseball, and Auburn entered this weekend's series in Tuscaloosa ranked No. 5 in the country. Alabama swept them anyway.
Alabama baseball sweeps Auburn, extends winning streak to seven games
Alabama capped the weekend series with a 3-1 win on Sunday afternoon at the Joe to clinch the three-game sweep.
It was a pitcher's duel for most of the afternoon, with a 1-1 game carrying into the 8th inning. In the 8th, Justin Lebron scored on a wild pitch by Auburn to give the Crimson Tide the lead. Will Plattner added an insurance run with an RBI single to push the lead to 3-1. Hagan Banks closed the door in the 9th to finish the Tigers off.
This came on the heels of a thrilling Saturday win for Alabama that clinched the series. Bryce Fowler walked Auburn off with a double in the gap to give the Tide a 3-2 win.
Alabama opened the series on Friday night with an 11-1 beatdown to get the series started.
Rob Vaughn's team has turned things around after a slow start to the year. Everything changed with Tyler Fay's stunning no-hitter last Friday night against Florida. Alabama rebounded from getting swept by Kentucky in the SEC opener to sweep Florida and Auburn in back-to-back weekend series to push Alabama's record to 6-3 in conference play and 22-7 overall.
This team has begun to realize the promise it had in the preseason, and the sweep over Auburn is just the latest evidence that they are for real.