Fourth-and-31! Alabama yanks miracle victory away from Auburn

On the 10th anniversary of the Kick Six, Alabama returned the favor by ripping out Auburn's heart.

It took 10 years, but Alabama at last got its revenge. Auburn has the Kick Six, and now Alabama has Fourth-and-31.

Alabama escaped — and yes, that is the correct word — with a 27-24 victory that keeps its College Football Playoff hopes alive, if only barely. Style points matter in a race as tight as this year's playoff sprint, and the Alabama that beat Auburn was a far cry from the team that had thundered off nine straight wins since a September loss to Texas in Tuscaloosa.

Beaten to within an inch of submission, Alabama pulled a miracle from disaster, as Jalen Milroe found Isaiah Bond in the deepest corner of Auburn's end zone — on fourth and 31 with 43 seconds left — to reverse a game that had been going Auburn's way almost all night. These are the kind of miracles that can only happen in the Iron Bowl.