Tide likely to be without starting guard for Iron Bowl

Heading into the week leading up to the Iron Bowl, Alabama was somewhat hopeful Barrett Jones would return to the starting lineup Friday. Unfortunately, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Jones suffered an ankle injury in the Nov. 13 win over Mississippi State and was sidelined for the Georgia State game last week. The lineman, who had started every game at right guard until suffering the injury, was in a black no-contact jersey at practice again yesterday.
Nick Saban indicated how Jones is today will likely determine his availability for Friday’s rivalry game with Auburn.

"Barrett Jones is still struggling a little bit," the head coach said. “He hasn’t been able to practice much. He may try to do some things tomorrow and I think that would be the indicator of whether he would be able to participate in the game or not.”