The Iron Bowl question came up a week early, as it always does, and Deontae Lawson swatted it down, like a team captain should.

"We've got another opponent first," the Alabama football linebacker said Saturday following UA's gutting 23-21 loss to Oklahoma. "One day at a time."

Yes, Eastern Illinois awaits its paycheck next week. Relative to the contracts of most overmatched non-conference opponents, the FCS Panthers will be a cheap date at $560,000. While Oklahoma was nipping Alabama by a slim margin, a 3-8 EIU team was getting blown out by the mighty Lindenwood Lions, themselves just 5-6.

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