Alabama fans Auburn A-Day

Greg Kimberley, second from left, with daughter Rebecca and her boyfriend, Tim Hallman, had front row seats in the south end zone of Jordan-Hare Stadium for Auburn's A-Day game on Saturday, April 19, 2014. The family, split down the middle in the Iron Bowl rivalry, agreed to a friendly bet at the Iron Bowl in 2013. Father won and daughter lost. (Brandon Marcello/bmarcello@al.com)

AUBURN, Alabama -- The boos started to increase when one of them stood up and walked up the stadium steps to get a drink of water Saturday.

The reception, however, was not unexpected.

After all, that's the life of an Alabama fan when you cross into enemy territory at Jordan-Hare Stadium, especially when you're the two lone Crimson Tide fans seated here for Auburn's annual A-Day scrimmage.

"Someone told us we're brave to come here," said Rebecca Kimberley, a 17-year-old resident of Locust Fork. "Others booed us. Some Alabama fans were actually saying Roll Tide earlier."

The two crimson-clad Alabama fans stuck out like sore thumbs in the sea of orange and blue Saturday.

Kimberley and Tim Hallman lost a bet with Kimberley's father, Greg, in November. The bet was simple: if Auburn beat Alabama in the Iron Bowl, Kimberley and her boyfriend, Hallman, had to attend an Auburn game the next year. Greg Kimberley, an Auburn fan, would have to attend an Alabama game if Auburn lost.

The parties agreed to attend Auburn's A-Day scrimmage, where they sat front and center in the south end zone -- just 20 feet away from the very spot Chris Davis fielded a missed field goal and crushed Alabama's national championship hopes with an incredible 109-yard touchdown return in the final seconds on Nov. 30.

"It's all in fun," said Greg Kimberley. "I'm not trying to make them feel bad. It's a family event. We wanted to come out and have a good time no matter if it's Alabama or Auburn."

Many of the Auburn fans seated next to the family seemed OK with their rivals in their stadium. Others laughed as passersby snapped photos or booed. Pictures of the Alabama duo spread like wildfire on Twitter during the game, prompting a wide range of responses on social media.

"Someone said we were stupid," said Hallman. "It doesn't make any sense."

So how did the daughter of an Auburn fan grow up an Alabama fan? Turns out the daughter's grandfather is a big Alabama fan.

"It's just the way it happened," Greg Kimberley said. "I just got stuck with my younger son here, who is an Auburn fan. We're the only Auburn fans."