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      "body": "2017 was a very fun year for those invested in Cryptocurrencies! We have reached the point were it is more likely that a random stranger has heard of Bitcoin rather than having never heard of it. Rewind a year ago and it was likely that less than 10% of your friends knew what Bitcoin was. \n\nI looked up the price of several cryptocurrencies on the 15th day of each month in 2017 and put together the numbers on what $50 would have purchased on that day and then what a $50 per month investment on that day would have returned at the end of the year.\n\n![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeVqNboFYYThJzyPnttBceMLYSKhS61sShdYPmwpFyHsX/image.png)\n\nSo, if you invested $50 per month in Bitcoin every 15th day of the month for the entire year of 2017 (equaling $600 invested)  how much money would you have now? Well, I did the math for you, and you would have approximately 0.3104 of a Bitcoin equalling roughly $4,350. That would be almost 10x the $600 you invested which is a fantastic ROI. Of course we are in a dip right now so at its ATH price you would have had roughly $5,963.\n\nIf you invested $50 per month into Litecoin on the 15th day of each month you would have approximately 50.31 Litecoins at todays price your $600 investment would have returned $12,124. At its ATH price you would have had $19,017.\n\nSo, as you see, even just a small investment of $50 per month would have yielded significant returns in the year of 2017. But what if you had studied cryptos and learned of some good Alt coins with great potential, what could you have done with your $50 per month.\n\nThere are many out their that gave significant returns, but I chose NEO. NEO was a very popular alt in 2017. Anyone who spent much time researching cryptos would have heard of NEO so its safe to say that you would have invested in NEO had you been involved at the beginning of the year. At $50 per month on the 15th day of each month you would have accumulated 1,716 NEO. At todays price your $600 investment would have yielded a whopping $107,644!!!!! However, Let's say that you were really confident in NEO and had the ability to invest $200 per month for 1 year totaling a $2,400 investment. Your $2,400 would now be.... drum roll please... $425,072. Now that is not quite millionaire status, but for $200 per month you could be almost half way there in just 1 year. I know $400 per month is starting to push it for most, but at $400 per month you could have accumulated over 14,000 NEO and at it's ATH price of $73 you would be a crypto millionaire. So for $8,800 over the course of the year, just $400 per month, the price of a car payment you could now be a millionaire.\n\nSO, how do we find the next NEO. There are several key factors, but one of the most important is looking at potentioal future market cap and coins in circulation. For Bitcoin for instance. At its max there will only ever be 21million coins in circulation, but the potential future market cap is in the Trillions Bitcoin is eating banks and currency reserves among other things. Therefore,  even if it eats a decent % of its potential it will reach a $20Trillion market cap at which point 1 Bitcoin will be worth $950,000 which is why many predict a $1million Bitcoin. \n\nLitecoin intends to eat the payment industry. So, checking accounts, credit cards, paypal, etc.. On average each day roughly $5trillion circulates via payments made. Litecoin's circulating volume is roughly 10% of its overall market cap.  So, let's say that Litecoin eats just 10% of the payment industry that would be a circulating volume of $500Billion and if the math holds that would give us a $5trillion future market cap for Litecoin making 1 Litecoin= $61,728. Factoring in the future 81million coins in circulation.\n\nSo, as you can see, to project a coins future price you want to find a coin that will eat an indusrty with a large market cap, and couple that with a small circulating supply of coins. Using these factors we can more easily pick which Alt coins we will invest in.\n\nSo, here are the list of coins I will be investing in during 2018, their current prices and their potential future values. The honorable mention list includes coins that other members in my group are high on: IOTA, NEXUS, and NXT. I plan to invest in all 3, but I will allocate a recurring $50 per month to the following:\n\nGOLEM (GNT)- Currently you can buy Golem for $0.83. I began purchasing Golem at $0.22 so it has already yielded solid returns. Golem has a high circulating supply of coins at 834million, but the industry that Golem is attempting to eat could leave it with a very high market cap. Cloud computing is a $250Billion per year industry. At just 10% of that we are left with a $25billion potential future market cap bringing the price of Golem to roughly $25 and that is not factoring in more money that could flow in if Golem partners with tech that wants to create decentralized internet.\n\nSubstrantum (SUB)- Did I mention decentralized internet. Substrantum and Nexus are at the forefront of this. Both are great investments and will likely coexist together. Substrantum is roughly $1 and Nexus in the $3 range. Either are good picks at a cheap price and the future is quite difficult to predict how much high a market cap could reach.\n\nVertcoin (VTC)- Vertcoin is very very similar to Litecoin. If Litecoin is Mastercard then Vertcoin is Capitol One  or American Express. Both will be successful in the payment industry for Cryptocurrency. Vertcoin has an organically strong community same as Litecoin. Vertcoin is currently sitting at less than $7. I expect it to push to the $70-$100 range this year. 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      "body": "I remember like it was yesterday, I woke up, checked Facebook and randomly somewhere on my newsfeed, someone that I did not even know had posted to my friend Tyler Williamson's Facebook wall about the price of Bitcoin reaching an all time high of $2,000. I felt several emotions in that moment. At first I was excited and my mind was somewhat blown, but then it started to sink in that I had missed the boat. \n\nSee, a few years earlier I found out about Bitcoin when my brother sold an air conditioner to a friend (it's been years, but i'm pretty sure the details are correct). Anyway, back to that air conditioner. So, our friend had several computers set up in his apartment for mining Bitcoin and he purchased or borrowed an air conditioner from my brother to help with the cooling process of those computers. We had no clue what Bitcoin was or why so many computers in a small apartment were needed, and naturally assumed he was doing something illegal.\n\nThen the price of Bitcoin began to soar. I remember it reaching as high as $800, but going back and looking I believe it broke $1,000. Everybody knew that this friend had made a lot of money. We were not surprised at all when he put in his two week notice. My interest started to grow, but unfortunately not enough. My friend Micah discovered Coinbase and sent us his reference link which at the time was a free $5 of Bitcoin just for starting an account. I did not have a smart phone at the time, but my brother who is the type to sleep outside of the At&t store to be first in line for the newest Iphone did have one and he created a Coinbase account receiving his free $5. Not long after that the price plummeted and as far as I was concerned the Bitcoin craze was over and I could go on with life.\n\nBack to my discovery of the new $2,000 price of Bitcoin. I believe the thing that surprised me the most was that Bitcoin had survived. My friend with all the computers had told me Bitcoin was the future of money and it would be the end of the banking system as we know it. I didn't doubt him, because as a Libertarian I have spent quite a bit of time educating myself on the fraudulent US Dollar and the Federal Reserve, not to mention he was one of the smartest people I knew. That said, I thought Bitcoin had died after that price plummet. No one I knew ever talked about it on Facebook, I had not come across any Bitcoin article in over a year and a half, so this was shocking to me. At that moment I decided that I was going to give Bitcoin my due diligence and research it until I knew why it had survived.\n\nIt took less than 2 days of research to convince me that Bitcoin had a long future ahead of it. I bought my first $200 worth of Bitcoin at $2,000, Ethereum at $140, and Litecoin at $25. \n\nEtherum jumped up to $400 and everything I was reading told me that it was going to overtake Bitcoin so naturally I started buying more, but then out of nowhere the price dropped like crazy, all the way down to $180. I was a little sick at my stomach. Nobody I knew was investing so I was having to wade through these murky waters pretty much alone. Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit were the only options I had for finding information. I came across HODL which is an acronym that means HOLD ON (FOR) DEAR LIFE. Come to find out crypto currencies were rather volatile. It wasn't always pretty. So, rather than freaking out and selling I began spending everyday learning every detail I could about the space so that I could learn to read the market and have a better understanding of the volatile market.\n\nSo, all you new kids that keep blowing me up on Facebook messenger asking for investing tips, here is my guidelines for what to expect the next few months.\n\nAs you have seen I am sure, the price of Bitcoin broke $12,000 last night and is currently sitting just below $13,000. What that tells you is that a bull market pushed the price above $12,000 and then a few whales (Big money movers, millions at a time) bought in on the uptrend coupled with FOMO buyers and the price soared past $12,000 to almost $13,000. It wouldn't surprise me if Bitcoin tops $13,000 today, maybe before I finish writing this. However, pay attention, because what will likely happen is at some point, maybe around $13,4000, whales will begin to sell for profits. This will cause the price to drop by hundreds of dollars in minutes. The price will likely fall all the way back down to the $12,000 range before collecting itself and pushing back up towards $12,800 were it will likely settle in for a few days. That's not an exact science, it may fall before reaching $13k and it may race up towards $14k, but what I am trying to show is that the price increases a lot and then comes down hard before increasing again and settling at a good price. This trend is going to continue for weeks. Any time you notice the price begin to hold steady for a few days thats a good sign. It is crazy how fast it happens now. It used to take month for up swings and down swings. Now it happens in a day. When the price broke $10k it went as high as $11k and then back down to $9,600 within 36 hours. You are entering at a much different time than I did. It used to be that when the price shot up it took about two weeks and then when it went down it was like a month long bear market of misery with all the talking heads saying the bubble was popping. Now the price goes up and down by $1,000 in an hour and it's no big deal.  So, what to expect out of Bitcoin in December. The next target is $15,000. We may hit that by the weekend or it may take until Christmas. I promise you the price of Bitcoin will be $15,000 by New Years unless this whole CME futures investing causes the price to drop which I don't expect it will. What I expect is that the price will flirt with $13k today and maybe even top it. Rise or fall it will flirt with $14k very soon and then on to $15k. Once it gets to $15k it will start moving by $2000 at a time. You're going to wake up to a $25k Bitcoin very soon. I wouldn't be surprised if $25k happens by February-March at the latest. It wasn't long ago that I was watching Bitcoin break $6,000 and telling people that it would hit $8k in November. I will admit that I didn't realize just how much Thanksgiving was going to push the price. I should have seen it coming though. With the way the price has gone up it was only natural that families were going to talk about Bitcoin at Thanksgiving if they had a family member who was invested. It surely happened at my Thanksgiving. I expect the same thing to happen at Christmas. Families are going to regather and talk about how much they've made since Thanksgiving and that will cause another wave of money to enter. I'm not sure what to expect in January, it may slow down a bit, but bet your sweet ass once income tax checks start coming in you're going to see  a bull market that pushes Bitcoin to $30-40k.\n\nhttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/AJtogU8vKe0/hqdefault.jpg\n\nBitcoin is great, but Litecoin is bae. As much as I love all of the newcomers who say, \"I wish I had listened to you with Bitcoin,\" perhaps more satisfying is being congratulated on calling Litecoin's up swing. I pretty much only talk about Bitcoin on Facebook, but with my friends that I know are already invested I talk about Litecoin. Very briefly, Litecoin was a hard fork of Bitcoin that went live back in 2011. Former Google employee Charlie Lee created Litecoin as a side project, but realized that he had actually created something quite brilliant. Litecoin has a bigger block size allowing for faster transactions and lower fees. Litecoin was the first to introduce Segwit, if you are not familiar with Segwit then that means you didn't invest before November, Litecoin and Bitcoin have now successfully performed atomic swaps which you will be hearing a lot about in 2018, and Litecoin will likely introduce the lightning network before Bitcoin which you will also hear about in 2018. \n\nSo, what to expect from Litecoin. I bought litecoin at $25. I predicted Litecoin to reach $50 when they introduced segwit and $100 by the end of the year. Both predictions have come to pass and now I look forward to seeing how my next predictions pan out. \n\nLitecoin is extremely undervalued right now. If Litecoin had marketing pushing it the way Bitcoin does the price of Litecoin would be $2,500 right now. The average joe may not realize the benefits of Litecin over Bitcoin, but the whales that I spoke of earlier will. Remember that I told you first when you wake up in a few months and the price of Litecoin is $1,000 and maybe even $2,000. Litecoin's next target is $125. I believe it will hit that by Jnuary 1st. After that the target will be $200 and then $500. Litecoin will most likely see big price swings. and maybe even a couple crashes that cause panic, but for those who HODL they will be very happy. \n\nSo, I meant to spend more time talking about when to buy, but I started rambling about other things. So, Il make it quick, don't buy on up swings. The price of Litecoin is about $103 right now which is a good time to buy. It'll go up to $110 soon maybe even $115, don't buy there. It'll settle down around $106-108 after that, buy then. Next it'll shoot towards $125, and then you'll get another buying opportunity around $115. After it breaks $125 for good, look out, it will start making big jumps. \n\nSo, get in now, and don't worry if the price temporarily falls from your buy in point. I watched Bitcoin fall from $2,200 to $1,300 the week after i bought, I watched Ethereum's crash that I mentioned earlier, and I'v had to sit and wait, and wait, and wait some more for Litecoin to take off. If you can't handle 20% losses then you don't deserve 100% gains.\n\nIf you like my free information, but consider me as an influencer to you investing then please consider using my coinbase reference. 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      "body": "I remember like it was yesterday, I woke up, checked Facebook and randomly somewhere on my newsfeed, someone that I did not even know had posted to my friend Tyler Williamson's Facebook wall about the price of Bitcoin reaching an all time high of $2,000. I felt several emotions in that moment. At first I was excited and my mind was somewhat blown, but then it started to sink in that I had missed the boat. \n\nSee, a few years earlier I found out about Bitcoin when my brother sold an air conditioner to a friend (it's been years, but i'm pretty sure the details are correct). Anyway, back to that air conditioner. So, our friend had several computers set up in his apartment for mining Bitcoin and he purchased or borrowed an air conditioner from my brother to help with the cooling process of those computers. We had no clue what Bitcoin was or why so many computers in a small apartment were needed, and naturally assumed he was doing something illegal.\n\nThen the price of Bitcoin began to soar. I remember it reaching as high as $800, but going back and looking I believe it broke $1,000. Everybody knew that this friend had made a lot of money. We were not surprised at all when he put in his two week notice. My interest started to grow, but unfortunately not enough. My friend Micah discovered Coinbase and sent us his reference link which at the time was a free $5 of Bitcoin just for starting an account. I did not have a smart phone at the time, but my brother who is the type to sleep outside of the At&t store to be first in line for the newest Iphone did have one and he created a Coinbase account receiving his free $5. Not long after that the price plummeted and as far as I was concerned the Bitcoin craze was over and I could go on with life.\n\nBack to my discovery of the new $2,000 price of Bitcoin. I believe the thing that surprised me the most was that Bitcoin had survived. My friend with all the computers had told me Bitcoin was the future of money and it would be the end of the banking system as we know it. I didn't doubt him, because as a Libertarian I have spent quite a bit of time educating myself on the fraudulent US Dollar and the Federal Reserve, not to mention he was one of the smartest people I knew. That said, I thought Bitcoin had died after that price plummet. No one I knew ever talked about it on Facebook, I had not come across any Bitcoin article in over a year and a half, so this was shocking to me. At that moment I decided that I was going to give Bitcoin my due diligence and research it until I knew why it had survived.\n\nIt took less than 2 days of research to convince me that Bitcoin had a long future ahead of it. I bought my first $200 worth of Bitcoin at $2,000, Ethereum at $140, and Litecoin at $25. \n\nEtherum jumped up to $400 and everything I was reading told me that it was going to overtake Bitcoin so naturally I started buying more, but then out of nowhere the price dropped like crazy, all the way down to $180. I was a little sick at my stomach. Nobody I knew was investing so I was having to wade through these murky waters pretty much alone. Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit were the only options I had for finding information. I came across HODL which is an acronym that means HOLD ON (FOR) DEAR LIFE. Come to find out crypto currencies were rather volatile. It wasn't always pretty. So, rather than freaking out and selling I began spending everyday learning every detail I could about the space so that I could learn to read the market and have a better understanding of the volatile market.\n\nSo, all you new kids that keep blowing me up on Facebook messenger asking for investing tips, here is my guidelines for what to expect the next few months.\n\nAs you have seen I am sure, the price of Bitcoin broke $12,000 last night and is currently sitting just below $13,000. What that tells you is that a bull market pushed the price above $12,000 and then a few whales (Big money movers, millions at a time) bought in on the uptrend coupled with FOMO buyers and the price soared past $12,000 to almost $13,000. It wouldn't surprise me if Bitcoin tops $13,000 today, maybe before I finish writing this. However, pay attention, because what will likely happen is at some point, maybe around $13,4000, whales will begin to sell for profits. This will cause the price to drop by hundreds of dollars in minutes. The price will likely fall all the way back down to the $12,000 range before collecting itself and pushing back up towards $12,800 were it will likely settle in for a few days. That's not an exact science, it may fall before reaching $13k and it may race up towards $14k, but what I am trying to show is that the price increases a lot and then comes down hard before increasing again and settling at a good price. This trend is going to continue for weeks. Any time you notice the price begin to hold steady for a few days thats a good sign. It is crazy how fast it happens now. It used to take month for up swings and down swings. Now it happens in a day. When the price broke $10k it went as high as $11k and then back down to $9,600 within 36 hours. You are entering at a much different time than I did. It used to be that when the price shot up it took about two weeks and then when it went down it was like a month long bear market of misery with all the talking heads saying the bubble was popping. Now the price goes up and down by $1,000 in an hour and it's no big deal.  So, what to expect out of Bitcoin in December. The next target is $15,000. We may hit that by the weekend or it may take until Christmas. I promise you the price of Bitcoin will be $15,000 by New Years unless this whole CME futures investing causes the price to drop which I don't expect it will. What I expect is that the price will flirt with $13k today and maybe even top it. Rise or fall it will flirt with $14k very soon and then on to $15k. Once it gets to $15k it will start moving by $2000 at a time. You're going to wake up to a $25k Bitcoin very soon. I wouldn't be surprised if $25k happens by February-March at the latest. It wasn't long ago that I was watching Bitcoin break $6,000 and telling people that it would hit $8k in November. I will admit that I didn't realize just how much Thanksgiving was going to push the price. I should have seen it coming though. With the way the price has gone up it was only natural that families were going to talk about Bitcoin at Thanksgiving if they had a family member who was invested. It surely happened at my Thanksgiving. I expect the same thing to happen at Christmas. Families are going to regather and talk about how much they've made since Thanksgiving and that will cause another wave of money to enter. I'm not sure what to expect in January, it may slow down a bit, but bet your sweet ass once income tax checks start coming in you're going to see  a bull market that pushes Bitcoin to $30-40k.\n\nhttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/AJtogU8vKe0/hqdefault.jpg\n\nBitcoin is great, but Litecoin is bae. As much as I love all of the newcomers who say, \"I wish I had listened to you with Bitcoin,\" perhaps more satisfying is being congratulated on calling Litecoin's up swing. I pretty much only talk about Bitcoin on Facebook, but with my friends that I know are already invested I talk about Litecoin. Very briefly, Litecoin was a hard fork of Bitcoin that went live back in 2011. Former Google employee Charlie Lee created Litecoin as a side project, but realized that he had actually created something quite brilliant. Litecoin has a bigger block size allowing for faster transactions and lower fees. Litecoin was the first to introduce Segwit, if you are not familiar with Segwit then that means you didn't invest before November, Litecoin and Bitcoin have now successfully performed atomic swaps which you will be hearing a lot about in 2018, and Litecoin will likely introduce the lightning network before Bitcoin which you will also hear about in 2018. \n\nSo, what to expect from Litecoin. I bought litecoin at $25. I predicted Litecoin to reach $50 when they introduced segwit and $100 by the end of the year. Both predictions have come to pass and now I look forward to seeing how my next predictions pan out. \n\nLitecoin is extremely undervalued right now. If Litecoin had marketing pushing it the way Bitcoin does the price of Litecoin would be $2,500 right now. The average joe may not realize the benefits of Litecin over Bitcoin, but the whales that I spoke of earlier will. Remember that I told you first when you wake up in a few months and the price of Litecoin is $1,000 and maybe even $2,000. Litecoin's next target is $125. I believe it will hit that by Jnuary 1st. After that the target will be $200 and then $500. Litecoin will most likely see big price swings. and maybe even a couple crashes that cause panic, but for those who HODL they will be very happy. \n\nSo, I meant to spend more time talking about when to buy, but I started rambling about other things. So, Il make it quick, don't buy on up swings. The price of Litecoin is about $103 right now which is a good time to buy. It'll go up to $110 soon maybe even $115, don't buy there. It'll settle down around $106-108 after that, buy then. Next it'll shoot towards $125, and then you'll get another buying opportunity around $115. After it breaks $125 for good, look out, it will start making big jumps. \n\nSo, get in now, and don't worry if the price temporarily falls from your buy in point. I watched Bitcoin fall from $2,200 to $1,300 the week after i bought, I watched Ethereum's crash that I mentioned earlier, and I'v had to sit and wait, and wait, and wait some more for Litecoin to take off. If you can't handle 20% losses then you don't deserve 100% gains.\n\nIf you like my free information, but consider me as an influencer to you investing then please consider using my coinbase reference. 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      "body": "I remember like it was yesterday, I woke up, checked Facebook and randomly somewhere on my newsfeed, someone that I did not even know had posted to my friend Tyler Williamson's Facebook wall about the price of Bitcoin reaching an all time high of $2,000. I felt several emotions in that moment. At first I was excited and my mind was somewhat blown, but then it started to sink in that I had missed the boat. \n\nSee, a few years earlier I found out about Bitcoin when my brother sold an air conditioner to a friend (it's been years, but i'm pretty sure the details are correct). Anyway, back to that air conditioner. So, our friend had several computers set up in his apartment for mining Bitcoin and he purchased or borrowed an air conditioner from my brother to help with the cooling process of those computers. We had no clue what Bitcoin was or why so many computers in a small apartment were needed, and naturally assumed he was doing something illegal.\n\nThen the price of Bitcoin began to soar. I remember it reaching as high as $800, but going back and looking I believe it broke $1,000. Everybody knew that this friend had made a lot of money. We were not surprised at all when he put in his two week notice. My interest started to grow, but unfortunately not enough. My friend Micah discovered Coinbase and sent us his reference link which at the time was a free $5 of Bitcoin just for starting an account. I did not have a smart phone at the time, but my brother who is the type to sleep outside of the At&t store to be first in line for the newest Iphone did have one and he created a Coinbase account receiving his free $5. Not long after that the price plummeted and as far as I was concerned the Bitcoin craze was over and I could go on with life.\n\nBack to my discovery of the new $2,000 price of Bitcoin. I believe the thing that surprised me the most was that Bitcoin had survived. My friend with all the computers had told me Bitcoin was the future of money and it would be the end of the banking system as we know it. I didn't doubt him, because as a Libertarian I have spent quite a bit of time educating myself on the fraudulent US Dollar and the Federal Reserve, not to mention he was one of the smartest people I knew. That said, I thought Bitcoin had died after that price plummet. No one I knew ever talked about it on Facebook, I had not come across any Bitcoin article in over a year and a half, so this was shocking to me. At that moment I decided that I was going to give Bitcoin my due diligence and research it until I knew why it had survived.\n\nIt took less than 2 days of research to convince me that Bitcoin had a long future ahead of it. I bought my first $200 worth of Bitcoin at $2,000, Ethereum at $140, and Litecoin at $25. \n\nEtherum jumped up to $400 and everything I was reading told me that it was going to overtake Bitcoin so naturally I started buying more, but then out of nowhere the price dropped like crazy, all the way down to $180. I was a little sick at my stomach. Nobody I knew was investing so I was having to wade through these murky waters pretty much alone. Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit were the only options I had for finding information. I came across HODL which is an acronym that means HOLD ON (FOR) DEAR LIFE. Come to find out crypto currencies were rather volatile. It wasn't always pretty. So, rather than freaking out and selling I began spending everyday learning every detail I could about the space so that I could learn to read the market and have a better understanding of the volatile market.\n\nSo, all you new kids that keep blowing me up on Facebook messenger asking for investing tips, here is my guidelines for what to expect the next few months.\n\nAs you have seen I am sure, the price of Bitcoin broke $12,000 last night and is currently sitting just below $13,000. What that tells you is that a bull market pushed the price above $12,000 and then a few whales (Big money movers, millions at a time) bought in on the uptrend coupled with FOMO buyers and the price soared past $12,000 to almost $13,000. It wouldn't surprise me if Bitcoin tops $13,000 today, maybe before I finish writing this. However, pay attention, because what will likely happen is at some point, maybe around $13,4000, whales will begin to sell for profits. This will cause the price to drop by hundreds of dollars in minutes. The price will likely fall all the way back down to the $12,000 range before collecting itself and pushing back up towards $12,800 were it will likely settle in for a few days. That's not an exact science, it may fall before reaching $13k and it may race up towards $14k, but what I am trying to show is that the price increases a lot and then comes down hard before increasing again and settling at a good price. This trend is going to continue for weeks. Any time you notice the price begin to hold steady for a few days thats a good sign. It is crazy how fast it happens now. It used to take month for up swings and down swings. Now it happens in a day. When the price broke $10k it went as high as $11k and then back down to $9,600 within 36 hours. You are entering at a much different time than I did. It used to be that when the price shot up it took about two weeks and then when it went down it was like a month long bear market of misery with all the talking heads saying the bubble was popping. Now the price goes up and down by $1,000 in an hour and it's no big deal.  So, what to expect out of Bitcoin in December. The next target is $15,000. We may hit that by the weekend or it may take until Christmas. I promise you the price of Bitcoin will be $15,000 by New Years unless this whole CME futures investing causes the price to drop which I don't expect it will. What I expect is that the price will flirt with $13k today and maybe even top it. Rise or fall it will flirt with $14k very soon and then on to $15k. Once it gets to $15k it will start moving by $2000 at a time. You're going to wake up to a $25k Bitcoin very soon. I wouldn't be surprised if $25k happens by February-March at the latest. 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As much as I love all of the newcomers who say, \"I wish I had listened to you with Bitcoin,\" perhaps more satisfying is being congratulated on calling Litecoin's up swing. I pretty much only talk about Bitcoin on Facebook, but with my friends that I know are already invested I talk about Litecoin. Very briefly, Litecoin was a hard fork of Bitcoin that went live back in 2011. Former Google employee Charlie Lee created Litecoin as a side project, but realized that he had actually created something quite brilliant. Litecoin has a bigger block size allowing for faster transactions and lower fees. Litecoin was the first to introduce Segwit, if you are not familiar with Segwit then that means you didn't invest before November, Litecoin and Bitcoin have now successfully performed atomic swaps which you will be hearing a lot about in 2018, and Litecoin will likely introduce the lightning network before Bitcoin which you will also hear about in 2018. \n\nSo, what to expect from Litecoin. I bought litecoin at $25. I predicted Litecoin to reach $50 when they introduced segwit and $100 by the end of the year. Both predictions have come to pass and now I look forward to seeing how my next predictions pan out. \n\nLitecoin is extremely undervalued right now. If Litecoin had marketing pushing it the way Bitcoin does the price of Litecoin would be $2,500 right now. The average joe may not realize the benefits of Litecin over Bitcoin, but the whales that I spoke of earlier will. Remember that I told you first when you wake up in a few months and the price of Litecoin is $1,000 and maybe even $2,000. Litecoin's next target is $125. I believe it will hit that by Jnuary 1st. After that the target will be $200 and then $500. Litecoin will most likely see big price swings. and maybe even a couple crashes that cause panic, but for those who HODL they will be very happy. \n\nSo, I meant to spend more time talking about when to buy, but I started rambling about other things. 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      "body": "I remember like it was yesterday, I woke up, checked Facebook and randomly somewhere on my newsfeed, someone that I did not even know had posted to my friend Tyler Williamson's Facebook wall about the price of Bitcoin reaching an all time high of $2000. I felt several emotions in that moment. At first I was excited and my mind was somewhat blown, but then it started to sink in that I had missed the boat. \n\nSee, a few years earlier I found out about Bitcoin when my brother sold an air conditioner to a friend (it's been years, but i'm pretty sure the details are correct). Anyway, back to that air conditioner. So, our friend had several computers set up in his apartment for mining Bitcoin and he purchased or borrowed an air conditioner from my brother to help with the cooling process of those computers. We had no clue what Bitcoin was or why so many computers in a small apartment were needed, and naturally assumed he was doing something illegal.\n\nThen the price of Bitcoin began to soar. I remember it reaching as high as $800, but going back and looking I believe it broke $1,000. Everybody knew that this friend had made a lot of money. We were not surprised at all when he put in his two week notice. My interest started to grow, but unfortunately not enough. My friend Micah discovered Coinbase and sent us his reference link which at the time was a free $5 of Bitcoin just for starting an account. I did not have a smart phone at the time, but my brother who is the type to sleep outside of the At&t store to be first in line for the newest Iphone did have one and he created a Coinbase account receiving his free $5. Not long after that the price plummeted and as far as I was concerned the Bitcoin craze was over and I could go on with life.\n\nBack to my discovery of the new $2000 price of Bitcoin. I believe the thing that surprised me the most was that Bitcoin had survived. My friend with all the computers had told me Bitcoin was the future of money and it would be the end of the banking system as we know it. I didn't doubt him, because as a Libertarian I have spent quite a bit of time educating myself on the fraudulent US Dollar an the Federal Reserve, not to mention he was one of the smartest people I knew. That said, I thought Bitcoin had died after that price plummet. No one I knew ever talked about it on Facebook, I had not come across any Bitcoin article in over a year and a half, so this was shocking to me. At that moment I decided that I was going to give Bitcoin my due diligence and research it until I knew why it had survived.\n\nIt took less than 2 days of research to convince me that Bitcoin was a long future ahead of it. I bought my first $200 worth of Bitcoin at $2,000, Ethereum at $140, and Litecoin at $25. \n\nEtherum jumped up to $400 and everything I was reading told me that it was going to overtake Bitcoin so naturally I started buying more, but then out of nowhere the price dropped like crazy, all the way down to $180. I was a little sick at my stomach. Nobody I knew was investing so I was having to wade through these murky waters pretty much alone. Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit were the only options I had for finding information. I came across HODL which is an acronym that means HOLD ON (FOR) DEAR LIFE. Come to find out crypto currencies were rather volatile. It wasn't always pretty. So, rather than freaking out and selling I began spending everyday learning every detail I could about the space so that I could learn to read the market and have a better understanding of the volatile market.\n\nSo, all you new kids that keep blowing me up on Facebook messenger asking for investing tips, here is my guidelines for what to expect the next few months.\n\nAs you have seen I am sure, the price of Bitcoin broke $12,000 last night and is currently sitting just below $13,000. What that tells you is that a bull market pushed the price above $12,000 and then a few whales (Big money movers, millions at a time) bought in n the uptrend coupled with FOMO buyers and the price soared past $12,000 to almost $13,000. It wouldn't surprise me if Bitcoin tops $13,000 today, maybe before I finish writing this. However, pay attention, because what will happen is at some point, maybe around $13,4000, whales will begin to sell for profits. This will cause the price to drop by hundreds of dollars in minutes. The price will likely fall all the way back down to the $12,000 range before collecting itself and pushing back up towards $12,800 were it will likely settle in for a few days. This trend is going to continue for weeks. Any time you notice the price begin to hold steady for a few days thats a good sign. It is crazy how fast it happens now. It used to take month for up swings and down swings. Now it happens in a day. When the price broke $10k it went as high as $11k and then backed to $9,600 within 36 hours. You are entering at a much different time than I did. I used to be that when the price shot up it took about two weeks and then when it went down it was like a month long bear market of misery with all the talking heads saying the bubble was popping. Now the price goes up and down by $1,000 in an hour and it's no big deal.  So, what to expect out of Bitcoin in December. The next target is $15,000. We may hit that by the weekend or it may take til Christmas. I promise you the price of Bitcoin will be $15,000 by New Years unless this whole CME futures investing causing the price to drop which I don't expect it will. What I expect is that the price will flirt with $13k today and maybe even top it. Rise or fall it will flirt with $14k very soon and then on to $15k. Once it gets to $15k it will start moving by $2000 at a time. You're going to wake up to a $25k Bitcoin very soon. I wouldn't be surprised if $25k happens by February-March at the latest. It wasn't long ago that I was watching Bitcoin break $6,000 and telling people that it would hit $8k in November. I will admit that I didn't realize just how much Thanksgiving was going to push the price. I should have seen it coming though. With the way the price has gone up it was only natural that families were going to talk about Bitcoin at Thanksgiving if they had a family member who was invested. It surely happened at my Thanksgiving. I expect the same thing to happen at Christmas. Families are going to regather and talk about how much they've made since Thanksgiving at that will cause another wave of money to enter. I'm not sure what to expect in January, it may slow down a bit, but bet your sweet ass once income tax check start coming in you're going to see  a bull market that pushes Bitcoin to $30-40k.\n\nhttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/AJtogU8vKe0/hqdefault.jpg\n\nBitcoin is great, but Litecoin is bae. As much as I love all of the newcomers who say, \"I wish I had listened to you with Bitcoin,\" perhaps more satisfying is being congratulated on calling Litecoin's up swing. I pretty much only talk about Bitcoin on Facebook, but with my friends that I know are already invested I talk about Litevoin. Very briefly, Litecoin was a hard fork of Bitcoin that went live back in 2011. Former Google employee Charlie Lee created Litecoin as a side project, but realized that he had actually created something quite brilliant. Litecoin has a bigger block size allowing for faster transactions and lower fees. Litecoin was the first to introduce Segwit, if you are not familiar with Segwit then that means you didn't invest before November, Litecoin and Bitcoin have now successfully performed atomic swaps whcih you will be hearing a lot about in 2018, and Litecoin will likely introduce the lightning network before Bitcoin which you will also hear about in 2018. \n\nSo, what to expect from Litecoin. I bought litecoin at $25. I predicted Litecoin to reach $50 when they introduced segwit and $100 by the end of the year. Both predictions have come to pass and now I look forward to seeing how my next predictions pan out. \n\n1. Litecoin is extremely undervalued right now. If Litecoin had marketing pushing it the way Bitcoin does the price of Litecoin would be $2,500 right now. The average joe may not realize the benefits of Litecin over Bitcoin, but the whales that I spoke of earlier will. Remember that I told you first when you wake up in a few months and the price of Litecoin is $1,000 and maybe even $2,000. Litecoin's next target is $125. I believe it will it that by Jnuary 1st. After that the target will be $200 and then $500. Litecoin will most likely see big price swings. and maybe even a couple crashes that cause panic, but for those who HODL they will be very happy. \n\nSo, I meant to spend more time talking about when to buy, but I started rambling about other things. So Il make it quick, don't buy on up swings. The price of Litecoin is about $103 right now which is a good time to buy. It'll go up to $110 soon maybe even $115, don't buy there. It'll settle down around $106-108 after that, buy then. Next it'll shoot towards $125, and then you'll get another buying opportunity around $115. 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      "body": "If you find yourself wearing crimson and white or orange and blue there is no need to convince you that the Iron Bowl is the greatest rivalry in College Football. However, if you need to be convinced then look no further than November 25, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. in Jordan-Hare Stadium. Nick Saban and Gus Malzahn will tell you that it is too early to start discussing the Ironn Bowl, but is it really ever too early to discuss this game?\n\nThere is a possibility that once again an undefeated team ranked No. 1 in the country who has dismantled several opponents over the course of this season could walk away from this game having lost everything. 11-1 and that one loss coming in the Iron Bowl to your biggest rival means no SEC Championship game, and likely missing out on the College Football Playoffs. No fan, player, or coaching staff member will be happy with a 12-1 season regardless of an appearance in a major bowl game.\n\nOn the other sidelines you have a team who just a week ago was staring a 4 loss regular season in the face which would have likely led to the firing of their head coach. Four straight years of losing to both Georgia and Alabama in November coupled with the stepping down of the Athletic Director who hired said coach is not the recipe for sticking around on the Plains. Auburn has now reeled off two big wins against Texas A&M and the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs to set the stage for yet another winner take all Iron Bowl. \n\nGoing into the season Alabama had possibly the most loaded roster on paper in the entire Nick Saban era. On offense the Tide returned the SEC player of the Year in Jalen Hurts, an entire car full of running backs that could be playing on Sundays soon, the best wide receiver in the country as rated by draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. and a plethora of 5-star athletes fighting for playing time and touches. On the defensive side they had lost tons of talent including several 1st round draft picks, but were returning a 2-deep at linebacker that any team in the country would dream about. One of the keys to Alabama's run during Saban's tenure has been the ability to avoid injuries throughout the course of the season, but this time the injury bug appeared in the season opener. Christian Miller and Terrell Lewis were potentially lost for the season, and Rashaan Evans and Anfernee Jeenings were both banged up against the Seminoles. The loss of these linebackers didn't seem to matter as Alabama reeled off 59-0, 66-3, and 45-7 vicories over Vanderbuilt, Ole Miss, and Tennessee. However, against LSU the injuries began to take their tole. Shaun Dion Hamilton who suffered a season ending injury against Florida in the SEC Championship game last December had yet another devastating injury. I personally watched from about 40 rows up in Bryant Denny Stadium as he threw his helmet, and immediately knew that he knew it was a serious injury. It didn't look like much at first, but if you have are an avid sports fan you know that the player will let you know the level of his injury in the way he reacts. The loss of Hamilton was a huge blow to the Tide defense. He was the signal caller, his experience and athleticism allowed those around him to play fast because they could trust him to cover for their mistakes. While he is not rated as highly as past Alabama linebackers such as Reuben Foster, Reggie Ragland, or Donta Hightower, his presence on this already depleted Alabama linebacker roster is missed more than any injured Alabama player I can remember since former receiver Tyrone Prothro. It was extremely evident this past Saturday against Mississippi State. Give credit to Dan Mullan and the Bulldogs coaching staff, their game plan was to slow the pace of the game down and grind out time of possession to wear down the Tide defense, and they executed it well. However, time and time again Alabama found itself in 3rd and long situations where if you make a play you get off the field and it seemed like every time Nick Fitzgerald found an opening in the Alabama coverage and picked up the first down to extend the drive. The most alarming part was the way the Bulldogs were able to move the ball on the ground. Alabama is known for stuffing the run, and for two consecutive weeks they have allowed over 150 yards rushing. I am not going to look it up, but I would be surprised to see too many times where an Alabama defense coached by Nick Saban has given up over 150 yards on the ground in consecutive games. \n\nMeanwhile, earlier in the day Kerryon Johnson had methodically rushed for 167 yards on 32 carries. While Alabama has about 5 running backs on their roster who could be 1,000 yard rusher given the workload, Auburn may have the best running back on the field in the 2017 Iron Bowl. Johnson runs with a style similar to L'aveon Bell of the Pittsburg Steelers. He is a patient runner who allows his lineman to set their blocks and then he has the vision to recognize the hole allowing him to hit it hard and fast. He is also shifty. On one run against Georgia he turned what should have been a 2-yard loss into about a 6-yard gain simply by being patient and shifting to the right on two jump cuts. Without Kam Pettway to take some of the load off of Johnson I would expect nothing less than a 35 carry performance from him. If he rushes for over 150 yards and Auburn wins then you will hear plenty of Kerryon for Heisman talk. This will be a key matchup in this years Iron Bowl. Will Alabama be able to rebound from two lack luster performances stopping the run against arguably the best run game in the conference?\n\nKevin Steele vs Bryan Daboll\n\nAuburn's defense  looks rock solid under second year Defensive Coordinator Kevin Steele. After the first drive of the game, Georgia was never able to get the run game going against Steele and the Tigers defense. Nick Chubb and Sonny Michel entered the contest looking like one of the best running back duos in college football and the Tiger defense completely shut them down. Without help from the run game Freshman Jake Fromm was unable to do much other than a few throws where his receivers went up and made spectacular grabs. There will be plenty of familiarity between Saban and Steele as he takes on his former Head Coach. However,  the matchup between Steele and  Brian Daboll could be the deciding factor in this game. In his first year as the Offensive Coordinator at Alabama, Daboll has looked very comfortable calling the shots. The growth of Sophomore Quarterback Jalen Hurts under his new OC looked very evident this past week against Miss. St. In a game where the defense couldn't seem to get off the field, Daboll and Hurts dialed up several key drives. None more important than the final drive which led to a go ahead touchdown on a slant pattern from Hurts to freshman Devonta Smith. Just before that play Hurts had hit Calvin Ridley on the same slant from the opposite side of the field to set up the scoring play. This is the difference in the Offense under Daboll. You wont find Daboll with his arms extended showing that he knows the play is about to result in a touchdown like his predecessor Lane Kiffin. Groomed by Bill Bellicheck and Josh McDaniels, Daboll has done an excellent job of spreading the ball around and going with the hot hand. It will be interesting to see which running back get the bulk of the carries in this years Iron Bowl. You know who Auburn's horse will be, but with the Tide, Damien Harriss, Bo Scarborough, or Josh Jacobs could all see significant playing time. The lesser known Jacobs actually sparked the Tide this past weekend. While he is the more versatile back, Scarborough has been used more often against strong defenses such as the one the Tide will face in Jordan Hair. Containing Jeff Holland will be a task for the Alabama o-line. With a pass rusher like Holland, Steele may try to exploit some miss matches within the Tide offensive line. \n\nHistory\n\nDid you know that Saban has never beaten a 9-win Auburn football team? In ten games at Alabama Saban has compiled a 7-3 record against Auburn, however, all 3 of Auburns wins have come when Auburn entered the Iron Bowl with 9 or more wins. The first year under Tommy Tubberville, the National Championship season with Cam, and the kick six season. You also have to go back to a matchup between Dennis Franchione and Tommy Tubberville to find the last time that Alabama defeated Auburn in a season in which Auburn had defeated Georgia. While Alabama has been the more consistently dominant team during Saban's tenure, reaching #1 in the AP poll for at least one week in every season since his first, Auburn has been the more opportunistic team during their \"good\" seasons. As I mentioned before, a 9 win Auburn team is undefeated against Saban, and after the Tigers (8-2) take care of Louisiana Monroe this Saturday they will have that 9 wins.  This Iron Bowl is shaping up to be one that will be remembered by terminology, \"The Drive\" (2009), \"Punt Bama Punt\" (1972) \"Wrong way, Bo\" (1984), and of course the \"Kick Six\" (2013). \n\nKeys to an Auburn victory\n\nThe biggest question to me is how will Alabama's defense be able to hold up against the run. Kerryon Johnson will be licking his chops while watching film of Dylan Moses and Keith Holcombe. Outside of Rashaan Evans, Alabama does not have the type of linebackers that fly to the football the way they have in years past. I believe they will be forced to bring Minkah Fitzpatrick and/or Tony Brown into the box for much of the game. This will open up the secondary and give Jarrett Stidham the opportunity for some deep balls. Will Hasting's will have a chance to make a difference in this game. There are rumors that the former walk on for Auburn has been clocked at 4.28 in the 40 yard dash. Whether that is true or not he certainly has the speed to get a step on Bama's secondary, especially in situations where there is an extra safety in the box to defend the run. The ball also has to find him, and that will be another area to watch in this game. In Auburn's two losses this year Jarrett Stidham has been sacked a lot. The sacks are one thing, but I have also noticed that he is a completely different quarterback under pressure. If Stidham has time to throw he might be one of the most accurate passers in the country, but if Alabama can get pressure on him it might be a long day for the Auburn signal caller. As do many SEC games this may come down to the battle in the trenches. Auburn has been forced to shuffle their o-line around quite a bit this season. If Auburn's o-line can give Stidham enough time to complete enough passes to open up the run game for Johnson then Auburn should be able to move the ball quite effectively. Auburn will be watching plenty of film from the Clemson and Mississipi State games. These two games show the game plan for beating Alabama. Keeping the Tide defense on the field and winning time of possession is how you beat Alabama. Clemson ran 99 plays against Alabama in the National Championship game. Auburn loves to go up-tempo and if they can run the ball effectively on first and second down to set up third and short opportunities for Johnson the they will be able to keep the chains moving and wear down the already depleted Bama defense. Third and long will be key in this game. In both games mentioned Alabama has struggled to get off the field on third down. While I like Auburns chances on third and short I will be paying close attention to who wins the third and long battles. Mississippi State who usually goes up-tempo actually slowed the game down against Alabama. They were able to be effective by continually keeping drives alive after facing third and long. This is where Stidham and the Auburn o-line will have to step up. If Auburn is able to keep drives alive and convert third down opportunities then the Bama defense will begin to wear down. Deshaun Watson and Nick Fitzgerald were able to use both their feet and their arms to pick up tough third downs. This will be a true test for Stidham. You never know how a quarterback will play in games of this magnitude. Against Georgia he played loose and with confidence. He made an excellent down field throw to give Auburn a huge touchdown at the end of the second quarter, but perhaps more impressive was his ability to hit his check down receivers, two of which led to touchdowns for Auburn. I expect he will have the opportunity for a couple deep balls throughout the game, but more important will be his ability to stay in the pocket and work through his progressions to find outlet passes. Even without the deep ball Stidham can win this game for Auburn by making just enough plays to keep drives alive and keeping Alabama's offense on the sideline. Need I forget Auburn's biggest weapon, Daniel Carlson. Against Georgia Auburn stalled out inside Bulldog territory several times in the first half against Georgia. However, the ability to trot out Carlson for 50+ yard field goals allowed Auburn to put points on the board and I expect this will be the case in the Iron Bowl as well. While Carlson is almost automatic at times, he has had a couple kicks blocked this season. While that may not necessarily be his fault, it is worth keeping an eye on in this game. I assure you that it has caught the eye of Alabama coaches in the film room and I would expect to see them trying to exploit that in this game. \n\nKeys to an Alabama victory\n\nTry and take the crowd out of the game with some long drives and three and outs on defense. The cow bells and crowd noise they faced against Mississippi State were one thing, but Jordan-Hare can be deafening, and no team feeds off of their crowd more than the Auburn Tigers.  This Alabama defense isn't the shutdown D that the Tide can usually rely on, so it will be up to Daboll to come up with a game plan that limits Auburn's opportunities. Alabama has shown the ability to score quick on several occasions this year. One takeaway from Auburn's performance against Georgia that Alabama can exploit is down field opportunities. Jake Fromm had two situations where a receiver had badly beaten the Tiger secondary and he was unable to complete what could have been two easy touchdowns. One of the biggest steps forward for Jalen Hurts has been his ability to complete downfield passes. WIth a weapon like Calvin Ridley I would expect this to be available if the Tide needs a big play on offense. Same as Auburn, Alabama's key to victory will be sustaining lengthy drives. The ability to score on big plays is nice, but Hurts will need to sustain drives and give his defense some rest. Alabama will be without left guard Ross Pierschbacher, which could be a factor, but they do have a stable of running backs at their disposal. The question is, which running back will get hot? Dameon Harris looked phenomenal during the first half of the season, but same as last year he hasn't looked as explosive against better defenses in the later part of the year. Bo Scarbrough could be a weapon if he runs the way he has shown capable in the Tide's bigger games. That said, look for Josh Jacobs to be the x-factor for Alabama's offense in this game. He is as healthy as he has been in two seasons at Alabama, and he sparked the Tide with several tough runs against Mississippi State. Jacobs is also the best receiver out of the backfield for Alabama, and against Kevin Steele's defense I would expect Daboll to try and get the running backs involved in the passing game to open up other opportunities. Hurts ability to make plays with his feet will almost certainly be a factor in the outcome of this game. Against Georgia, Auburn was able to stop the run and that allowed them to exploit Jake Fromm fairly easily. It will be a much different test against a quarterback of Hurts caliber who has the ability to take off when the pocket breaks down and pick up first downs that can be very deflating for a defense. Hurts will need to get Ridley, and the rest of the Tide receiving corps involved, but his ability to keep drives alive with his feet could be the key to victory for Alabama. On defense Saban and DC Jeremy Pruitt will need to come up with a game plan to offset the absence of all their injured linebackers. As mentioned earlier expect to see Fitzpatrick and Brown in the box. I wouldn't be surprised if Alabama uses a heavy dose of the nickel package with one of the two aforementioned players playing somewhat of a hybrid position to help with the run and sink into coverage, as well as blitzes. With Keith Holcomb and Dylan Moses in the middle of the defense against Mississippi State Alabama looked slow and unable to attack the ball carrier. With the size and speed that Fitzpatrick and Brown possess I believe that they will have to play inside to hep contain the Auburn run game. They also possess the lateral quickness to defend against the jet sweeps that Malzhaln so regularly uses. Rumors out of Tuscaloosa are that Christian Miller may be available to return for the Iron Bowl, and possibly Terrell Lewis as well. I believe you still have to game plan as though the two are unavailable, because even if they play, there is no amount of practice that gets you ready to jump into an atmosphere like the Iron Bowl. If nothing else it is at least an extra body or two for depth. Against Georgia Auburn was able to get outside the defense on several occasions opening up the middle for their run game. Holcomb and Moses will be exploited on these types of plays. Alabama will also be forced to blitz in this game. As mentioned earlier, Stidham can look shaky when under pressure. If Alabama can get pressure with their front four they will be in great shape, but if not, expect Pruitt to dial up the blitz and try to steal a few big plays for the Bama defense. If Alabama can put Auburn into 3rd and long situations and get off the field on 3rd down it will limit Kerryon Johnson's impact on the game. \n\nCould we see a rematch?\n\nJust for fun let's discuss how the possible outcome could impact the College Football Playoffs. If Alabama wins the they are almost a lock for the playoffs even with a loss in the SEC Championship game, but to be safe they would need to take care of business against Georgia. If Auburn wins and then defeats Georgia in the Sec Championship game then they are a lock for the playoffs as well. Even with two losses there is no way you keep Auburn out of the playoffs as SEC Champs who defeated two #1 ranked teams and beat Georgia twice. If Alabama were to lose, they would need help, but it is not out of the picture for them to reach the playoffs. They would need either TCU to beat Oklahoma or Miami to beat Clemson and for Wisconsin to lose to either Michigan or Ohio State. 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      "body": "If you find yourself wearing crimson and white or orange and blue there is no need to convince you that the Iron Bowl is the greatest rivalry in College Football. However, if you need to be convinced then look no further than November 25, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. in Jordan-Hare Stadium. \n\nhttps://goo.gl/images/8e8zqN\n\nThere is a possibility that once again an undefeated team ranked No. 1 in the country who has dismantled several opponents over the course of this season could walk away from this game having lost everything. 11-1 and that one loss coming in the Iron Bowl to your biggest rival means no SEC Championship game, and likely missing out on the College Football Playoffs. No fan, player, or coaching staff member will be happy with a 12-1 season regardless of an appearance in a major bowl game.\n\nOn the other sidelines you have a team who just a week ago was staring a 4 loss regular season in the face which would have likely led to the firing of their head coach. Four straight years of losing to both Georgia and Alabama in November coupled with the stepping down of the Athletic Director who hired said coach is not the recipe for sticking around on the Plains. Auburn has now reeled off two big wins against Texas A&M and the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs to set the stage for yet another winner take all Iron Bowl. \n\nGoing into the season Alabama had possibly the most loaded roster on paper in the entire Nick Saban era. On offense the Tide returned the SEC player of the Year in Jalen Hurts, an entire car full of running backs that could be playing on Sundays soon, the best wide receiver in the country as rated by draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. and a plethora of 5-star athletes fighting for playing time and touches. On the defensive side they had lost tons of talent including several 1st round draft picks, but were returning a 2-deep at linebacker that any team in the country would dream about. One of the keys to Alabama's run during Saban's tenure has been the ability to avoid injuries throughout the course of the season, but this time the injury bug appeared in the season opener. Christian Miller and Terrell Lewis were lost for the season, and Rashaan Evans and Anfernee Jeenings were both banged up against the Seminoles. The loss of these linebackers didn't seem to matter as Alabama reeled off 59-0, 66-3, and 45-7 vicories over Vanderbuilt, Ole Miss, and Tennessee. However, against LSU the injuries began to take their tole. Shaun Dion Hamilton who suffered a season ending injury against Florida in the SEC Championship game last December had yet another devastating injury. I personally watched from about 40 rows up in Bryant Denny Stadium as he threw his helmet, and immediately knew that he knew it was a serious injury. It didn't look like much at first, but if you have followed sports as closely as I have you know that the player will let you know the level of his injury in the way he reacts. The loss of Hamilton was a huge blow to the Tide defense. He was the signal caller, his experience and athleticism allowed those around him to play faster because they could trust him to cover for their mistakes. While he is not rated as highly as past Alabama linebackers such as Reuben Foster, Reggie Ragland, or Donta Hightower, his presence on this already depleted Alabama linebacker roster is missed more than any injured player I can remember since former receiver Tyrone Prothro. It was extremely evident this past Saturday against Mississippi State. Give credit to Dan Mullan and the Bulldogs coaching staff, their game plan was to slow the pace of the game down and grind out time of possession to wear down the Tide defense, and they executed it well. However, time and time again Alabama found itself in 3rd and long situations where if you make a play you get off the field and it seemed like every time Nick Fitzgerald found an opening in the Alabama coverage and picked up the first down to extend the drive. The most alarming part was the way the Bulldogs were able to move the ball on the ground. Alabama is known for stuffing the run, and for two consecutive weeks they have allowed over 150 yards rushing. I am not going to look it up, but I would be surprised to see too many times where an Alabama defense coached by Nick Saban has given up over 150 yards on the ground in consecutive games. \n\nMeanwhile, earlier in the day Kerryon Johnson had methodically rushed for 167 yards on 32 carries. While Alabama has about 5 running backs on their roster who could be 1,000 yard rusher given the workload, Auburn may have the best running back on the field in the 2017 Iron Bowl. Johnson runs with a style similar to L'aveon Bell of the Pittsburg Steelers. He is a patient runner who allows his lineman to set their blocks and then he has the vision to recognize the hole allowing him to hit it hard and fast. He is also shifty. On one run against Georgia he turned what should have been a 2-yard loss into about a 6-yard gain simply by being patient and shifting to the right on two jump cuts. Without Kam Pettway to take some of the load off of Johnson I would expect nothing less than a 35 carry performance from him. If he rushes for over 150 yards and Auburn wins then you will hear plenty of Kerryon for Heisman talk. This will be a key matchup in this years Iron Bowl. Will Alabama be able to rebound from two lack luster performances stopping the run against arguably the best run game in the conference?\n\nKevin Steele vs Bryan Daboll\n\nAuburn's defense  looks rock solid under second year Defensive Coordinator Kevin Steele. After the first drive of the game, Georgia was never able to get the run game going against Steele and the Tigers defense. Nick Chubb and Sonny Michel entered the contest looking like one of the best running back duos in college football and the Tiger defense completely shut them down. Without help from the run game Freshman Jake Fromm was unable to do much other than a few throws where his receivers went up and made spectacular grabs. There will be plenty of familiarity between Saban and Steele as he takes on his former Head Coach. However,  the matchup between Steele and  Brian Daboll could be the deciding factor in this game. In his first year as the Offensive Coordinator at Alabama, Daboll has looked very comfortable calling the shots. The growth of Sophomore Quarterback Jalen Hurts under his new OC looked very evident this past week against Miss. St. In a game where the defense couldn't seem to get off the field, Daboll and Hurts dialed up several key drives. None more important than the final drive which led to a go ahead touchdown on a slant pattern from Hurts to freshman Devonta Smith. Just before that play Hurts had hit Calvin Ridley on the same slant from the opposite side of the field to set up the scoring play. This is the difference in the Offense under Daboll. You wont find Daboll with his arms extended showing that he knows the play is about to result in a touchdown like his predecessor Lane Kiffin. Groomed by Bill Bellicheck and Josh McDaniels, Daboll has done an excellent job of spreading the ball around and going with the hot hand. It will be interesting to see which running back get the bulk of the carries in this years Iron Bowl. You know who Auburn's horse will be, but with the Tide, Damien Harriss, Bo Scarborough, or Josh Jacobs could all see significant playing time. The lesser known Jacobs actually sparked the Tide this past weekend. While he is the more versatile back, Scarborough has been used more often against strong defenses such as the one the Tide will face in Jordan Hair.\n\nHistory\n\nDid you know that Saban has never beaten a 9-win Auburn football team? In ten games at Alabama Saban has compiled a 7-3 record against Auburn, however, all 3 of Auburns wins have come when Auburn entered the Iron Bowl with 9 or more wins. The first year under Tubbs, the National Championship season with Cam, and the kick six season. You also have to go back to a matchup between Dennis Franchione and Tommy Tubberville to find the last time that Alabama defeated Auburn in a season in which Auburn had defeated Georgia. While Alabama has been the more consistently dominant team during Saban's tenure, reaching #1 in the AP poll for at least one week in every season since his first, Auburn has been the more opportunistic team during their \"good\" seasons. As I mentioned before, a 9 win Auburn team is undefeated against Saban, and after the Tigers (8-2) take care of Louisiana Monroe this Saturday they will have that 9 wins.  This Iron Bowl is shaping up to be one that will be remembered by terminology, \"The Drive\" (2009), \"Punt Bama Punt\" (1972) \"Wrong way, Bo\" (1984), and of course the \"Kick Six\" (2013). \n\nKeys to an Auburn victory\nThe biggest question to me is how will Alabama's defense be able to hold up against the run. Kerryon Johnson will be licking his chops while watching film of Dylan Moses and Keith Holcombe. Outside of Rashaan Evans, Alabama does not have the type of linebackers that fly to the football the way they have in years past. I believe they will be forced to bring Minkah Fitzpatrick and/or Tony Brown into the box for much of the game. This will open up the secondary and give Jarrett Stidham the opportunity for some deep balls. Will Hasting's will have a chance to make a difference in this game. There are rumors that the former walk on for Auburn has been clocked at 4.28 in the 40 yard dash. Whether that is true or not he certainly has the speed to get a step on Bama's secondary, especially in situations where there is an extra safety in the box to defend the run. The ball also has to find him, and that will be another area to watch in this game. In Auburn's two losses this year Jarrett Stidham has been sacked a lot. The sacks are one thing, but I have also noticed that he is a completely different quarterback under pressure. If Stidham has time to throw he might be one of the most accurate passers in the country, but if Alabama can get pressure on him it might be a long day for the Auburn signal caller. As do many SEC games this may come down to the battle in the trenches. Auburn has been forced to shuffle their o-line around quite a bit this season. If Auburn's o-line can give Stidham enough time to complete enough passes to open up the run game for Johnson then Auburn should be able to move the ball quite effectively. Auburn will be watching plenty of film from the Clemson and Mississipi State games. These two games show the game plan for beating Alabama. Keeping the Tide defense on the field and winning time of possession is how you beat Alabama. Clemson ran 99 plays against Alabama in the National Championship game. Auburn loves to go up-tempo and if they can run the ball effectively on first and second down to set up third and short opportunities for Johnson the they will be able to keep the chains moving and wear down the already depleted Bama defense. Third and long will be key in this game. In both games mentioned Alabama has struggled to get off the field on third down. While I like Auburns chances on third and short I will be paying close attention to who wins the third and long battles. Mississippi State who usually goes up-tempo actually slowed the game down against Alabama. They were able to be effective by continually keeping drives alive after facing third and long. This is where Stidham and the Auburn o-line will have to step up. If Auburn is able to keep drives alive and convert third down opportunities then the Bama defense will begin to wear down. Deshaun Watson and Nick Fitzgerald were able to use both their feet and their arms to pick up tough third downs. This will be a true test for Stidham. You never know how a quarterback will play in games of this magnitude. Against Georgia he played loose and with confidence. He made an excellent down field throw to give Auburn a huge touchdown at the end of the second quarter, but perhaps more impressive was his ability to hit his check down receivers, two of which led to touchdowns for Auburn. I expect he will have the opportunity for a couple deep balls throughout the game, but more important will be his ability to stay in the pocket and work through his progressions to find outlet passes. Even without the deep ball Stidham can win this game for Auburn by making just enough plays to keep drives alive and keeping Alabama's offense on the sideline. Need I forget Auburn's biggest weapon, Daniel Carlson. Against Georgia Auburn stalled out inside Bulldog territory several time in the first half against Georgia. However, the ability to trot out Carlson for 50+ yard field goals allowed Auburn to put points on the board and I expect this will be the case in the Iron Bowl as well. While Carlson is almost automatic at times, he has had a coupld kicks blocked this season. While that may not necessarily be his fault, it is worth keeping an eye on in this game. I assure you that has caught the eye of Alabama coaches in the film room and I would expect to see them trying to exploit that in this game. \n\nKeys to an Alabama victory\nKnowing that the Alabama defense isn't the shutdown D that the Tide can usually rely on, it will be up to Daboll to come up with a game plan that limits Auburn's opportunities. Alabama has shown the ability to score quick on several occasions this year. One takeaway from Auburn's performance against Georgia that Alabama can exploit is down field opportunities. Jake Fromm had two situations where a receiver had badly beaten the Tiger secondary and he was unable to complete what could have been two easy touchdowns. One of the biggest steps forward for Jalen Hurts has been his ability to complete downfield passes. WIth a weapon like Calvin Ridley I would expect this to be available if the Tide needs a big play on offense. Same as Auburn, Alabama's key to victory will be sustaining lengthy drives. The ability to score on big plays is nice, but Hurts will need to sustain drives and give his defense some rest. Alabama will be without left guard Ross Pierschbacher, which could be a factor, but they do have a stable of running backs at their disposal. The question is, which running back will get the hot? Dameon Harris looked phenomenal during the first half of the season, but same as last year he hasn't looked as explosive against better defenses in the later part of the year. Bo Scarbrough could be a weapon if he runs the way he has shown capable in the Tides bigger games. That said, look for Josh Jacobs to be the x-factor for Alabama's offense in this game. He is as healthy as he has been in two seasons at Alabama, and he sparked the Tide with several tough runs against Mississippi State. Jacobs is also the best receiver out of the backfield for Alabama, and against Kevin Steele's defense I would expect Daboll to try and get the running backs involved in the passing game to open up other opportunities. Hurts ability to make plays with his feet will almost certainly be a factor in the outcome of this game. Against Georgia, Auburn was able to stop the run and that allowed them to exploit Jake Fromm fairly easily. It will be a much different test against a quarterback of Hurts caliber who has the ability to take off when the pocket breaks down and pick up first downs that can be very deflating for a defense. Hurts will need to get Ridley, and the rest of the Tide receiving corps involved, but his ability to keep drives alive with his feet could be the key to victory for Alabama. On defense Saban and DC Jerem Pruitt will need to come up with a game plan to offset the absence of all their injured linebackers. As mentioned earlier expect to see Fitzpatrick and Brown in the box. I wouldn't be surprised if Alabama uses a heavy dose of the nickel package with one of the two aforementioned players playing somewhat of a hybrid position to help with the run and sink into coverage, as well as blitzes. With Keith Holcomb and Dylan Moses in the middle of the defense against Mississppi State Alabama looked slow and unable to attack the ball carrier. With the size and speed that Fitzpatrick and Brown possess I believe that they will have to play in. They also possess the lateral quickness to defend agains the jet sweeps that Malzhaln so regularly uses. Against Georgia Auburn was able to get outside the defense on several occasions opening up the middle for their run game. Holcomb and Moses will be exploited on these types of plays. Alabama will also be forced to blitz in this game. As mentioned earlier, Stidham can look shaky when under pressure. If Alabama can get pressure with their front four they will be in great shape, but if not, expect Pruitt to dial up the blitz and try to steal a few big plays for the Bama defense. If Alabama can put Auburn into 3rd and long situations and get off the field on 3rd down it will limit Kerryon Johnson's impact on the game. Getting the crowd out of the game will be a key factor as well. The cow bells and crowd noise they faced against Mississippi State were one thing, but Jordan-Hare can be deafening, and no team feeds off of their crowd more than The Auburn Tigers.",
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