Greg McElroy makes Iron Bowl wager with Cole Cubelic but firmly refuses to say 'War Eagle'

Greg McElroy played quarterback for Alabama football from 2007-10. Cole Cubelic played offensive line at Auburn and graduated in 2001.

Now, McElroy and Cubelic do a weekday radio show together called "McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning."

On Friday's show, the pair made a wager ahead of Alabama and Auburn football meeting in the Iron Bowl at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday.

Alabama, ranked No. 2 in the USA Today Sports AFCA Coaches Poll, enters the game 10-1 overall and 6-1 in the SEC. Auburn comes into the matchup 6-5 overall and 3-4 in the SEC.

Greg McElroy, Cole Cubelic wager on Alabama vs. Auburn football

Cubelic proposed that if Alabama wins, he'll wear a McElroy Alabama jersey all day Monday. And if Auburn wins, McElroy will wear one of Cubelic's Auburn jerseys all day Monday.

"I can get you a limited edition 2007 houndstooth collar jersey if you want that one," McElroy said.

"I'd probably throw you the old-school shadowbox numbers," Cubelic said. "I've got the button in-between-the-legs onesie jerseys as well."

Cubelic stipulated that the loser doesn't just wear the jersey during their radio show.

"I'm talking about you wake up to get dressed that day, you wear the jersey all day," Cubelic said. "You go to the grocery store, you wear the jersey. You have a meeting, you have to wear the jersey. You have an appearance on SVP or 'Daily Wager,' you have to wear the jersey. That's it. That's the rule. You have to wear it all day Monday."

McElroy suggested they add an audio component for their show.

"Then just for the show — to add insult to injury — you have to sing the Alabama fight song," McElroy said.

"And you sing the Auburn fight song?" Cubelic responded.

McElroy retorted, "That's if you guys win. Yeah, I'd be willing to do that. I would be willing to risk that."

Greg McElroy refuses to say "War Eagle"

Cubelic said that he would rather sing the Alabama fight song than do Alabama's battle cry.

"Now, I will not say WE," McElroy said. "I will not say that. I will sing the fight song. I feel like that's deserved, unless the WE words, sequential words, are in the fight song, in which we will bleep those out."

Cubelic then pointed out that "War Eagle" are the first two words of the fight song that is titled, "War Eagle."

"You're going to have a lot of that in there," Cubelic said. "So I don't know if you're going to go heavy edit, if you're going to go beeps."

The pair settled on using an air horn sound in place of the words "War Eagle" if McElroy has to sing Auburn's fight song during the show.

"What is this, the beginning of 'Jock Jams,'" McElroy said. "I can get on board with that."

Here's more Alabama, Auburn football news:

• Betting odds: What is the Alabama vs. Auburn football betting line, over/under for the 2021 Iron Bowl

• Paul Finebaum: SEC Network's Paul Finebaum prediction for Alabama vs. Auburn football in 2021 Iron Bowl

• Iron Bowl: Where are 'SEC Nation,' 'Marty & McGee' going for college football Week 13? The Iron Bowl

Entering Saturday, Alabama leads the all-time series 47-37-1 vs. Auburn.

Erik Hall is the lead digital producer for sports with the USA Today Network. You can find him on Twitter @HallErik.

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