The meals were presented on a table cloth that was half blue and half red. There was a plate of string beans laid out to look like a football field. Just to the right of that was a clever invention - dinner rolls stuffed into a Tide box. Roll Tide anyone?

Most of the meals were either red and white or blue and orange, and while the majority of the dishes were creative and fun, some were just straight up cruel. Take, for example, the National Championship Cake. This was a cake with twelve red flags stuck into it to note each UA title. Next to the cake was a sign that read, "Sorry, due to lack of recognized National Championships, Auburn has no cake. Note: Self-proclaimed titles absolutely do not count."

Joy and Price Kloess met on a blind date in 1977, and while they spend every day of their lives together, they stay apart for three hours one Saturday each year.

"We have to swap tickets with other couples or we just have to go to other houses," Joy said.

Joy used to present Pat Dye to audiences when the legendary Auburn coach would speak. One day, she asked Dye to autograph a photo for her 'Bama husband. He autographed it, with a special message.

"To Price," it reads, "You are just like all Alabama graduates, have to come to Auburn to find your women. War Eagle - Pat Dye."

Maury Gaston and his wife Nancy have been attending the event for about seven years now. Maury, who is on the Alumni Engineering Council at Auburn, was set up with his wife through mutual friends.

I thought friends don't let friends marry people from a rival university.

"We were both 38 at the time and had never been married," Maury said, "so they were just glad we found somebody."

Then there was Jett and Alison Hawk, a couple that wouldn't miss the Iron Bowl for anything .... including their Honeymoon. Jett and Alison got married one week before an Iron Bowl, Honeymooned until Friday, and went to the game the following day. That's dedication.

By the time the night was over, we met so many great couples and ate so much great food, and we really didn't want to leave. I doubt the Auburn and Alabama fans will interact this well tomorrow. The only conflict occurred when the guests took a group photo and the blue and orange section started chanting "War Eagle." Not to be outdone, Price rallied his Alabama troops to holler "Roll Tide." I felt like the ball was about to be kicked off.

So in this heated, hatred-filled rivalry, I guess in the end we really can all get along.

Just don't ask these couples where their kids are going to college. That might stir up some controversy.

War Tide!