Iron Bowl injury update: Auburn at Alabama, injury report released Friday

Rivalry Weekend is finally here and that means one thing in the state of Alabama: It’s Iron Bowl time.

The SEC’s most famous feud returns Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC) at Bryant-Denny Stadium, and once again it will be about much more than just in-state bragging rights.

Both teams are dealing with significant injuries. For AlabamaSenior linebacker Deontae Lawson has been out recently undergoes season-ending surgery after an injury last week against Oklahoma. For Auburntight end Rivaldo fair weather appeared on the Injury report Wednesday as a “playing time decision”. He is no longer on Friday’s injury report.

Full injury report for Alabama at Auburn on Thursday

Alabama Crimson Tide

Auburn Tigers

No. 13 Alabama (8-3, 4-3 SEC) currently finds itself on the outside of the 12-team College Football Playoff field and desperately needs another win to get in after last weekend’s embarrassing 24-3 loss at Oklahoma remain the conversation.

In the meantime, Auburn (5-6, 2-5 SEC) needs a win to secure bowl eligibility in consecutive seasons under head coach Hugh Freeze. There’s also the revenge factor, according to the five-star rookie receiver. Cam Colemanafter the Crimson Tide stole victory from the jaws of defeat with the infamous fourth-and-31 “Gravedigger” touchdown pass Jalen Milroe To Isaiah Bond in the final minutes of a 27-24 win at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

“Really a revenge tour,” Coleman said of Jacob Waters of Opelika-Auburn News. “We step in their place and just slip into their crib and just take charge and have fun doing it.”

“This will be one of the last memories we have together, so let’s make it a game to remember.”

Alabama has dominated the Iron Bowl of late, winning four straight in the series and six straight at Bryant-Denny Stadium since the infamous game Cam Newton-led 28-27 comeback win for Auburn in 2010.

In front of the former Tide head coach Nick SabanSince arriving in 2007, the Tigers controlled the series in Tuscaloosa, winning the first four Iron Bowls at Bryant-Denny Stadium after the rivalry became a true home game in 2000. New Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer will try to become the first Crimson Tide coach named Saban to beat Auburn in Tuscaloosa.