Malik Blocton, a freshman defensive lineman for Auburn, shares his lifelong dream of playing in the Iron Bowl. This annual football game between Auburn and Alabama captivates the state every year and marks a significant moment for both players and fans.
It can divide families, sour friendships and captivate the attention of an entire state for three to four hours every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
"This is the biggest game of my life," Blocton said. “At this level, every game is the biggest game of my life. I’m not going to treat this game anything extra than what I’ve been doing, not going to do anything outside of my body.” While he says he didn’t watch the Iron Bowl much growing up, the game means something to him because of the near 50/50 split of Auburn and Alabama fans in his hometown of Clanton.
“Ryan Williams is Ryan Williams,” Riddick continued about Alabama’s star freshman. “Yeah, he’s electric and this and that. But in my eyes, he ain’t really nobody to me. Ryan Williams is himself, he ain’t no big-time player to me.”
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