McKenzie Milton threw two touchdown passes and ran for 116 yards with another touchdown, leading No. 10 Central Florida to a 34-27 Peach Bowl win over No. 7 Auburn that capped the Knights’ perfect season. UCF led 34-20 before having to stop a late Auburn comeback. Antwan Collier’s interception in the end zone with 24 seconds remaining clinched the win….
Clemson is No. 1, followed by Auburn, Oklahoma and Wisconsin in the last College Football Playoff rankings before the semifinals are set by the selection committee on Sunday. Alabama fell from No. 1 to fifth after losing to Auburn, and Georgia was sixth. Miami slipped after taking its first loss of the season last week from No. 2 to seventh,…
The 2017 edition of the Iron Bowl was one for the ages. “It was a good close game the first half, you know, and then Auburn finally walked away with it,” said Bob Moseley. Moseley, an Auburn fan, says the back-and-forth battle between Alabama and Auburn had him on his feet. “Auburn really wanted the game more than Alabama did last…
There’s no other football rivalry quite like it. “It’s Auburn and Alabama,” said tailgater Andrea Hanson. Hanson and her family have been camping out all week. She says the Iron Bowl has a way of bringing people together. “Everyone’s here for each other,” said Hanson, an Auburn fan. “When it comes down to it, Auburn, Alabama, they’re all family. They…
Alabama is the new No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings, with Clemson up to No. 2 and Miami and Oklahoma joining the top four for the first time. Wisconsin was fifth and Auburn was up to sixth in the rankings released Tuesday. The Crimson Tide had been second behind Georgia in the first two selection committee rankings, but…
A federal grand jury in New York City has returned indictments against four college basketball assistant coaches charged in a bribery scheme. The grand jury returned the indictments Tuesday against eight of 10 men arrested in September. Prosecutors say the men are accused of using bribes to influence star athletes’ choice of schools, shoe sponsors and agents. They face fraud…
Longtime Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs says he will step down by June 2018. Jacobs announced Friday in a letter to Auburn fans that he informed President Steven Leath of his decision earlier this week. He says he will leave earlier if Auburn hires a replacement. Jacobs, a former Auburn football walk-on, took over the athletic department at his alma…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say a 3-year-old girl is dead after she fell into a grease pit at an Alabama ice cream shop and drowned. The Opelika-Auburn News reports the girl’s body was pulled Saturday from an in-ground container used to trap cooking grease at Brewster’s Real Ice Cream in Auburn. Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said in a…
Chette Williams spoke with Fort Dale Academy students the Thursday after Sophomore Carter Boswell passed away. Chette Williams has dealt with loss during his time as Chaplain for the University of Auburn football team. He’s had to tell parents their sons have died, and attended the funerals of young men. When he came to Greenville to speak to Fort Dale…
Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville says he won’t run for Alabama governor in 2018. Tuberville told Sirius XM’s College Sports Nation Tuesday he thinks he could have won but decided not to run. The former Texas Tech and Cincinnati coach says he still wants to get back into athletics either as a coach, broadcaster or athletic director. Tuberville did…
