Iron Bowl fallout

We're still awaiting the fallout from Auburn getting handed its worst Iron Bowl defeat since 1962.
Tommy Tuberville seemed safe before the game, but the lack of confirmation from any superiors is piquing interest.
If there is no word today, I think many will begin to wonder if Tuberville will, in fact, return for his 11th season as Auburn's coach.

One more thing to consider:
There are several angry bowl games this year since Auburn and Tennessee didn't qualify. All Tennessee had to do was beat Wyoming and all Auburn had to do was defeat either Arkansas or Vanderbilt.
Instead, both miss bowl games.
That means there are a few bowl games that will need to sell tickets at discout rates. Here's a look:

Bowl Conference affiliations ESPN.com Projection
Texas Big XII, C-USA C-USA vs. MAC or WAC
Papajohns.com Big East, SEC Big East vs. WAC or Sun Belt
Independence Big XII, SEC Sun Belt vs. WAC or MAC

The biggest loser, obviously, is the Independence Bowl.
It normally gets low-tier bowl teams from the Big XII and SEC, but those teams generally travel well. The bowl was likely hoping Colorado could pull an upset of Nebraska (which it nearly did) and that Auburn could upset Alabama (which it did not ever appear was possible).
Instead, the bowl will be stuck with a Sun Belt team that isn't Troy and a MAC or WAC team. That's a hard fall from last year's Colorado-Alabama matchup.