Ohio State has a very good shot to go undefeated for a second straight season and yet they are likely to miss out on the BCS Championship game even if Alabama or Florida State were to lose a game. A look at the chart below shows that even though the […]

More than 80,000 showed up for Auburn's spring game.

This could get ugly.

Reuben Foster, the top high school linebacker in the country, had second thoughts about attending Auburn University and instead will spurn his hometown school in favour of playing football at Alabama. This change of heart came after he originally decommitted from Alabama to attend Auburn.

[credit provider=”AP” url=”AP”] Two years after winning a national championship, Gene Chizik has been fired as head coach of Auburn (via ESPN.com). Auburn University doesn’t get off easy, it is going to have dish out millions of dollars to make their football coach go away.According to Nathaniel Grow of Sports […]

It is unclear when the video below was shot, but it appears to be from the locker room of a celebrity softball event in which both Charles Barkley and Dirk Nowitzki were participants.

[credit provider=”AP” url=”http://www.apimages.com/Search.aspx?st=k&remem=x&kw=varez+ward&intv=None&shgroup=-10&sh=10″] Suspended Auburn point guard Varez Ward is being investigated for potential point shaving by the FBI, Yahoo!’s Charles Robinson reports.Ward has been suspended for “violating team rules” since Feb. 25. Robinson says that coaches contacted the FBI after they became aware of the possible point shaving in […]

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At lot of people thought LSU might be ripe for an upset at home against Auburn yesterday.

[credit provider=”AP Images”] The NCAA cleared Auburn of any wrongdoing in the Cam Newton pay-for-play controversy after a 13-month investigation yesterday.The investigation arose after it surfaced that Newton’s father tried to elicit a $180,000 payment from Mississippi State in 2009, before Cam chose to go to Auburn.

Cam Newton‘s dad got in trouble because he told Mississippi State that his son would attend the school for $180,000 before Cam eventually went to Auburn.

There are rivalries. And then there’s the Iron Bowl.

[credit provider=”YouTube” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUD4JCOncC0″] College football is almost back.With its return comes all sorts of hype around the nation’s top “impact freshmen.”

[credit provider=”AP Images”] At an SEC meeting last month, NCAA VP for enforcement Julie Roe Lach let it slip that the investigation into Auburn football is still going on.The NCAA and Auburn admitted that Cam Newton’s dad told Mississippi State that his son would attend the school in exchange for […]

[credit provider=”AP” url=”AP”] AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn’s Gene Chizik has received a new contract nearly doubling his salary and making him one of college football’s highest paid coaches.Auburn announced the deal Friday and it’s worth $3.5 million a year through 2015, with incentives that could tack on another $1 […]

[credit provider=”AP”] WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is reminding Alabamans of a reason to celebrate: Auburn University’s championship football team.The Tigers visited the White House on Wednesday and Obama congratulated the players for their work both on the field and in the community.

[credit provider=”AP”] Harvey Updyke, the die-hard Alabama football fan who poisoned Auburn’s famous Toomer’s Corner trees, was beaten unconscious today, shortly after leaving a court appearance on Wednesday.Updyke appeared in an Auburn court today, where he chose to waive his preliminary hearing on charges of “first-degree criminal mischief.” (The case […]

[credit provider=”AP”] Reporters were armed and ready when Cam Newton stepped to the podium for a press conference at the NFL combine today. After all, earlier this week, Cam Newton made the egregious error of saying that he sees himself “not only as a football player, but also an icon […]

[credit provider=”AP”] The Cowboys know they have drastic changes to make following an embarrassing season and owner Jerry Jones almost always is looking to drum up fan interest.  So the news that Dallas plans to interview Newton at the Scouting Combine and is “clearly intrigued” by Newton, according to ESPN’s […]

UPDATE: Newton might want to be a little more careful about what he says.  He just told SI’s Peter King, “I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.”  That’s not the end of the world, but it’s a quip that NFL teams won’t be […]

[credit provider=”AP”] UPDATE: Case cracked! Police have arrested Harvey Almorn Updyke, 62, from Dadeville, Ala., and charged him with criminal mischief for poisoning the Toomer’s Corner oaks.(Pro Tip: When you commit a crime, don’t brag about it on the South’s most popular radio show.)

Yesterday Auburn freshman defensive back Jordan Spriggs issued a Tweet that appeared to offer money for someone to write his paper for him.  Spriggs sent the following Tweet: “man who is good at writing papers?????????????? i pay…”

[credit provider=”AP”] No, no, it wasn’t in the form of a personal check to his father to ensure Newton quarterbacked the Tigers.Rather, it was on legal fees to keep him eligible for this past season, the Birmingham News reports.

When Auburn beat Oregon on Monday night, they won their second AP national championship, with the other coming in 1957.

Last night, millions of viewers watched the Auburn Tigers squeeze out a win over the Oregon Ducks to win the BCS National Championship.  What viewers also saw was a clash between two apparel companies; Nike and Under Armour. Oregon — with their custom made Nike uniforms, and Nike chairman Phil […]

[credit provider=”AP”] The biggest play of last night’s BCS Championship Game was a 37-yard-run by Auburn back Michael Dyer, where it appeared Dyer was tackled, but he got up and continued to run deep into Oregon territory.Dyer rolled over an Oregon defender, used his hand to regain his balance, then […]

[credit provider=”AP”] Auburn kicker Wes Byrum booted a 19-yard field goal with no time remaining to give Auburn a 22-19 win over the Oregon Ducks in the BCS Championship Game.It marks the Tigers’ first national championship since 1957 and the fifth title in a row by an SEC team.

Auburn quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton headlines tonight’s Tostitos BCS National Championship game at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

[credit provider=”AP” url=”AP”] Every big game brings out tales of scalpers, scams, and entire college educations spent on one precious ticket.But tonight’s BCS Championship Game between Oregon and Auburn may surpass all those legends. Some believe the excessive demand — and the rise of the online secondary market — has […]

[credit provider=”AP”] There’s a reason you’re not hearing much about defence in tonight’s National Championship Game: most don’t think there will be any.Between Cam Newton, LaMichael James, and two offenses that average more than 40 points per game (and surpassed 50 points in half of them), Auburn and Oregon figure […]

[credit provider=”AP” url=”AP”] Responding to media outrage at the apparent contradiction in its handling of Cam Newton and Ohio State, the NCAA defended its punitive system in a press release today.Here’s a quick recap:

By deeming Cam Newton eligible to play despite confirming his father’s violations, the NCAA has set a dangerous precedent.

[credit provider=”AP Images”] An NCAA investigation has found that Cam Newton’s father violated rules, but declared the Auburn quarterback was eligible to play.The announcement comes one day after the NCAA ruled Newton ineligible for violating amateurism rules.

As Cam Newton walked off the field an hour before the crucial rivalry game between Auburn and Alabama, the Alabama student section threw fake money at Cam Newton, according to Paul Finebaum.

Bill Bell, a former Mississippi State football player, says that Kenny Rogers sent him a detailed schedule of requested cash payments that MSU would have to make in exchange for Cam Newton’s commitment to the school.

If you told Auburn Coach Gene Chizik before the season that his team would be 11-0 in November and his quarterback would have turned into a superstar, you can bet that he would have been thrilled.