TUSCALOOSA — Alabama’s punishing running game hasn’t gone unnoticed across the country.

Talk to defensive end Antonio Coleman, and you’d think Auburn was 0-11 heading into Saturday’s Iron Bowl.

Defensive tackle Sen’Derrick Marks and cornerback Jerraud Powers both said Monday they had yet to think about the possibility of going pro early.

TUSCALOOSA — Terrence Cody has been a quick study at nose guard all season for Alabama.

Smirks crossed both center Jason Bosley’s and offensive play-caller Steve Ensminger’s faces when Terrence Cody’s name was dropped this past week.

There are plenty of similarities between this year’s Auburn Tigers and those in the recent past, Tommy Tuberville said.

It’s a question that won’t go away.

Before winning at LSU, before Tennessee, before Georgia and even Clemson, the preseason perspective at Alabama looked so much different than the current landscape on the Sunday before the Iron Bowl.