Bruce Pearl is a man of the people. In the hours following No. 1 Auburn‘s epic 94-85 road win over No. 2 Alabama inside Coleman Coliseum, the 64-year-old Tigers head coach was on his way to the Pearl family lake house when he took a bit of a detour to pick up some fencing at a Home Depot in Alexander City,

The first time I encountered Bruce Pearl, though I had no way of knowing it was Pearl, he was dressed as Boston College’s Eddie the Eagle mascot and cheering wildly for BC at a 1981 NCAA Tournament game against Anthony Teachey and his Wake Forest teammates on a Sunday afternoon inside Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Coleman Coliseum has not been kind to Bruce Pearl in almost 11 seasons as Auburn's head coach. Today's game, a historic matchup between the No. 1 Tigers and No. 2 Crimson Tide, is the biggest yet.

No. 2 Auburn will square off with its former guard Saturday when they visit Coleman Coliseum to battle No. 1 Alabama.

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With a month to go before Selection Sunday, Auburn looks to be on a tier to itself and fated for the No. 1 overall seed

No. 1 Auburn meets No. 2 Alabama. ESPN's College GameDay will be in Tuscaloosa, Ala, and tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET.

The highly anticipated first-ever SEC battle between top-ranked Auburn and second-ranked Alabama is set to take place this Saturday.Auburn Coach Bruce Pearl, a

Heading into Iron Bowl weekend, Tigers coach Bruce Pearl was asked what makes the ... Alabama and Auburn face off at 3 p.m. CT Saturday in Coleman Coliseum for a historic showdown.

Full transcript and press conference video from the Auburn head coach after a historic win in Coleman Coliseum.

How big was Saturday's game between Alabama and Auburn in men's basketball at Coleman Colisuem? Not only was first place in the Southeastern Conference on the line, but No. 1 in the nation as the sport moved into its final month of the regualr season.