Tonight, the Alabama Crimson Tide visits the Auburn Tigers. Neville Arena will host the Iron Bowl of gymnastics, a tale as old as time. Alabama secured the win in Tuscaloosa last year, but the Tigers have home advantage this year. Will the Crimson Tide repeat or will the Tigers be the victors of the Iron Bowl at home?
Alabama fell to Kentucky last week, making the win Kentucky’s first road win at Alabama in program history. Some small, uncharacteristic mistakes on bars and two large errors on beam ultimately led to the loss. Despite the loss, the Crimson Tide looked good overall and came back with a fantastic floor rotation. Hopefully, the Crimson Tide can clean up some landings this week and look like the Alabama team we all know and love.
Auburn is coming off a home quad meet win where they hosted Fisk, Temple, and Talladega. The Tigers posted a season-high of 197.425. They swept the event titles with scores of 9.9s or higher and Cassie Stevens took home the all-around title. The Tigers have looked pretty solid this season and I hope they continue this upward trend.
Rotation 1: Auburn VT, Alabama UB
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Rotation 2: Auburn UB, Alabama VT
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Rotation 3: Auburn BB, Alabama FX
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Rotation 4: Auburn FX, Alabama…
