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SEC Baseball Tournament Schedule

By Posted on: May 21st, 2013 in Baseball Comment »
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The new 12-team SEC Tournament begins today at 9:30 a.m. when No. 6 seed Ole Miss plays No. 11 Kentucky in the first game Auburn will face Alabama thirty minutes after the first game ends. The two have met four times this year with a split outcome (2-2). The last meeting saw Bama take a Continue Story…

Conner Kendrick Named SEC Pitcher Of The Week

By Posted on: May 20th, 2013 in Baseball 1 Comment »

Conner Kendrick was named the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week today for his performance in last week’s 3-0 victory against the No. 11 Arkansas Razorbacks. In pitching Auburn’s first shutout in two years he struck out eight batters while allowing only four hits with one walk in 7 1/3 innings of work. He has Continue Story…

At the Game, in the Car, or at Home, Jim Fyffe was Auburn Football

By Posted on: May 15th, 2013 in Baseball, Basketball, Football, News 9 Comments »
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I still remember the sadness that swept over me when Auburn’s legendary announcer Jim Fyffe passed away on May 15, 2003. I felt like I had been kicked in the stomach. Though I never met the man he was to me and thousands of other Auburn fans, a good friend. Today is the 10th anniversary of his death. Continue Story…

Time is Running Out for Tigers

By Posted on: May 15th, 2013 in Baseball 1 Comment »
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Last week the Auburn Baseball team had a great week going 4-1 including consecutive SEC series wins over No.18 Ole Miss and No.19 Florida. On Tuesday of that week, Auburn was trailing Jacksonville State 8-0 in the top of the 8th. Then the Tigers mounted a furious rally (with their biggest scoring inning in 13 Continue Story…

The Report Is In – Gogue Expects Jay Jacobs to Make Necessary Improvements

By Posted on: May 13th, 2013 in Baseball, Basketball, Football, News, Other Sports 8 Comments »

The much awaited report of the committee on Auburn Athletics has given their report to University President Jay Gogue. Dr Gogue had charged the committee to take a look at five criteria for evaluating the athletic department: (1) academic and support services for student-athletes, (2) financial management, (3)customer service, (4) competition, including winning, sportsmanship and Continue Story…

Jacobs says It’s Time to Move in Different Direction, Fires Tina Deese

By Posted on: May 8th, 2013 in News, Other Sports 6 Comments »
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Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs announced the firing tonight of Tina Deese, the Tigers’ Softball Coach. Deese started the Auburn program from scratch in 1995 and had a 17 year record of 562-458-1. She led the Tigers to their fifth consecutive appearance in the SEC Tournament and NCAA Regional in 2012. Deese was the longest Continue Story…

Oklahoma Coach Says SEC Not America’s Dominant Football Conference

By Posted on: May 8th, 2013 in Football, News 8 Comments »

During the BCS era the Big 12 has won 2 BCS National                         Championships. That’s twice as many championships as any other conference in America, except for one … the South Eastern Conference. Yet Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops said yesterday that the SEC is not the dominant conference in Continue Story…

Another Summer, Another Auburn Quarterback Race on The Plains

By Posted on: May 7th, 2013 in Featured Article, Football 13 Comments »
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       One thing is for certain about new Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall – He won’t be wearing        number “7.”Spring Football is over on The Plains and just like the last six­­­­­ years the Tigers finished camp and head into summer with no clear leader at the quarterback position. Gus Malzahn Continue Story…