Anniston Star - Rivalry week can begin after Tide s glorified scrimmage

Alabama's Julio Jones runs over UTC's Joel Bradford after catching a pass on Saturday in Tuscaloosa. Photo: Stephen Gross/The Anniston Star

TUSCALOOSA — The coast is clear, Iron Bowl talk. You can come out now. The subject — unofficially off limits for the week leading up to Saturday's predictably boring 45-0 win over Chattanooga — is no longer taboo. And Alabama players were more than happy to talk about the nation's most celebrated intra-state rivalry. [slideshow]

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Crimson falls to White at Tide’s A-Day | 27 days ago by Mark Edwardsmedwards@annistonstar.com Anniston Star Copyright 2013 Anniston Star. All rights reserved.

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