Frankly, I think tickets to that firing would go for a steeper price than the game today. The swinging pendulum is nothing new in the world of athletics. But this is off the charts. Media members around here say the most spectacular spectacle in modern state history was recorded at Jordan-Hare Stadium in 1989, when Auburn played host to the Crimson Tide for the first time. However, I'm sure the milieu today at Bryant-Denny Stadium will equal or surpass the scene that day on the Plains.
Nobody knows for sure.
Regardless of where things go from here, this wild ride for the Tide has been a sight to see. Paul Finebaum's column appears each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in the Birmingham Post-Herald. Copyright 1999-2001, Morris Communications Corporation and The E.W. Scripps Company. Please read our Privacy Policy.