1. Crystal Clear: Why Is the SEC So Good in College Football?

    In 2006, the Florida Gators defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes in Glendale, Arizona. The 41-14 beating gave the Gators their second national title ever. In 2007, the LSU Tigers defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes in New Orleans, Louisiana...

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  2. Thayer He Blows: Watch FOX's Thayer Evans Suffer After Auburn's BCS Title Win

    I think we're all familiar with FOXSports.com's Thayer Evans. You know, the guy that wrote the article called " Don't Vote Newton for Heisman " and also reported that Cam Newton ...

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  3. College Football 2011: 25 Shocking Predictions

    The 2010 college football season is officially over. The Auburn Tigers won the national championship and have been cemented into college football immortality. Now, the 2011 season is just nine measly months away...

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  4. War Cam Eagle: An Open Letter to Former Auburn QB Cameron Newton

    Dear Cam Newton.... Thanks. Thanks for everything. Your decision to go to the NFL and skip your senior season was expected, but we still never dreamed your time as an Auburn player would be so short...

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  5. Auburn Tigers Football: The Top 10 Plays Of The 2010 Season

    National champions. Two words that describe Auburn's unprecedented run. The Tigers went 14-0 and won the BCS National Championship Game over the Oregon Ducks, 22-19...

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  6. On To Vict'ry: Auburn Wins The National Championship Over Oregon

    1958 . The Auburn Tigers, defending national champions, finish the season unbeaten with one tie. No national championship. 1983 . Auburn goes 11-1, including a 9-7 Sugar Bowl win over Michigan...

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  7. BCS Championship 2011: Garrett Gilbert and the Backup QBs for Auburn and Oregon

    Five plays. That's all Texas QB Colt McCoy played last year in the BCS National Championship Game against Alabama. Five plays. After intercepting a pass by Alabama's punter early in the first quarter, Texas drove down near the Alabama goal line...

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  8. Can Oregon Stop Auburn's Running Game at All?

    The BCS National Championship Game on January 10 features an SEC program, Auburn University, and a Pac-10 program, the University of Oregon. It does promise to be a shootout. There's no doubt that both teams will get their points...

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  9. Travis Williams: Auburn Tiger Graduate Assistant Mixes Football with Culture

    You're at an Auburn game this year. You are sitting in the stands while kickoff is about 40 minutes away. A music video comes on the AUHD Jumbotron. You might have heard this song before on YouTube or so, but chances are you haven't hear it...

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  10. The Top 50 Coaching Jobs in College Football

    Tradition, pageantry and excellence. Those three words describe what college football is all about. Some schools, however, have more tradition, pageantry and excellence than others, ...

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  11. Auburn Tigers Football: Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, except Gene Chizik's spouse. She got him some warm milk and he drank it down, And then he said, "I can't believe I'm 15 days from the crown...

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  12. The Rate of Hate: Power-Ranking the Most Hated Teams in the SEC

    We all know that we have favorite teams. But what about the teams you loathe? The teams you despise? Are you an LSU fan who hates Alabama? An Alabama fan that hates Tennessee? A Tennessee ...

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  13. Cam Newton Has Integrity, But People Who Jump To Conclusions Do Not

    Remember that old saying, "Takes one to know one?" What the heck happened to that? 105 people left Auburn QB Cameron Jerrell Newton off of their Heisman ballots because this ...

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  14. Auburn Offensive Coordinator To Take Vanderbilt Job? Don't Do It, Gus!

    Reports have been swirling that Gus Malzahn has accepted the Vanderbilt job. First off, this is false. The Washington Post reported this, not some Southern source...

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  15. Tostitos BCS Title Game Breakdown: All That and a Bag of Chips

    In the preseason, you would find the following teams high in the polls: Alabama, Florida, Ohio State, Texas, Boise State, Virginia Tech and TCU. Two teams were afterthoughts in the BCS title race: Oregon and Auburn...

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  16. Auburn Football: Gene Chizik's Top 10 Wins As Head Coach

    When Gene "5-19" Chizik was hired as Auburn's football coach, the college football nation was stunned. A powerhouse program like Auburn passes up great coaches like Gary Patterson ...

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  17. Cammy Cam Juice: The Fuel Behind Auburn's Star Quarterback Cam Newton

    28 passing TDs. 20 rushing TDs. One receiving TD. That's 49 touchdowns, folks! FORTY-NINE! How does Auburn's Cam Newton do it? Some say it's his sheer athleticism. Some say it's the system he runs...

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  18. Auburn Football Brought Its 'A' Game Against South Carolina

    The South Carolina Gamecocks finally made the SEC title game. After years of frustration, the Gamecocks finally made it to the big stage. Congrats. Now go home. No...

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  19. SEC Championship 2010: Predicting a Game That Has Everything

    The last two seasons, the SEC became the Alabama and Florida show. And why not? The teams were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 both years in the game ('Bama No. 1 in 2008, Florida No. 1 in 2009)...

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  20. Cam Newton's Law Doesn't Stay in Motion: NCAA Ruling Doesn't Open a Door

    Cam Newton was (thankfully) named eligible Wednesday afternoon after an NCAA investigation found that Cam did not know of his father's violations. They also found that no money ever changed hands between Cecil and Mississippi State boosters...

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  21. SEC Championship Game: The West Was Better in 2010, and So Is Auburn

    There are many stats you can bring up to show how good the SEC West was in 2010. 53-19. That's the combined record for teams in the SEC West this season. Five...

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  22. Cam Newton Breaking News: Star QB Cleared By NCAA To Play for Auburn Tigers

    The NCAA has ruled that Cam Newton is eligible to play football at Auburn University without any conditions, according to the Associated Press...

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  23. Dan Mullen Would Be a Worthy Successor To Randy Shannon at Miami

    It has become widespread news that Randy Shannon has been fired as the Miami (Fla.) football coach. While the team will have an interim coach for the bowl game (unless Miami turns ...

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  24. Comeback Cats: Grading Auburn's 28-27 Comeback Win Over Alabama

    There goes Cam Newton running down the field with a big grin on his face. Somewhere around the 45-yard line Trooper Taylor and Nick Fairley are chest-bumping...

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  25. Auburn Football: Why Cam Newton Will Have The Game Of His Life In Tuscaloosa

    Vaunted defense? I see this phrase mentioned a lot: "Bama will stop Cam Newton". Weird thing about that is, South Carolina said that too. So did Arkansas. So did LSU. So did Kentucky...

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