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Auburn gets commitment from pair of 2026 blue chips on defense
Auburn landed commitments Saturday from two four-star prospects from Alabama in the Class of 2026.,Linebacker Shadarius Toodle, from Cottage Hill Christian Academy, and edge Hezekiah Harris, from Jemison High School in Huntsville, announced their commitment while attending Big Cat Weekend, Auburn's ...

Purdue, Auburn to square off in each of next 2 seasons
Two of college basketball's recent titans finalized a two-year series that will begin this December.,Purdue and Auburn, two likely preseason Top 25 teams, will face off Dec. 21, 2024 in Birmingham, Ala. The return game comes Dec. 20, 2025, as part of the Indy Classic in Indianapolis.,Purdue may not ...

4-star RB Alvin Henderson flips from Penn State to Auburn
Four-star 2025 running back Alvin Henderson flipped his commitment from Penn State to Auburn on Friday.,Henderson, from Elba, Ala., committed to coach James Franklin and the Nittany Lions on April 11 and took an official visit last Friday.,The 247Sports composite lists the 5-foot-9, 200-pound player...

Transfer Miles Kelly commits to Auburn
Former Georgia Tech guard Miles Kelly is transferring to Auburn, he announced Sunday via social media.,"WAR EAGLE," he wrote. "LETS DO IT!",<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WAR EAGLE???? LETS DO IT! <a href="https://t.co/8wTQSUXndo">pic.twitter.com/8wTQSUXndo</a></p>— M...

Arrest made in shooting of Auburn RB Brian Battie
Police arrested a man in Sarasota, Fla., on Wednesday and charged him with murder in the shooting that killed Auburn running back Brian Battie's brother. ,Battie and three other men were injured in the shooting, and the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office now has Darryl Bernard Brookins in custody as a...

Auburn RB Brian Battie critical after shooting; brother killed
Auburn kick returner and running back Brian Battie remains in critical condition after a shooting early Saturday morning in Florida that claimed the life of his brother, Tommie Battie IV.,Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze said Monday that Brian Battie had a "setback" Sunday night and that he remains on ...

Auburn RB Brian Battie in critical condition after shooting
Auburn running back Brian Battie is in critical condition following a shooting in Sarasota, Florida, multiple outlets reported.,An Auburn spokesperson confirmed the news to AL.com.,Multiple people were victims of a shooting that occurred in Sarasota early Saturday morning. Local police confirmed tha...

The SEC Isn't The Best Conference Anymore, But It's Still Fun As Hell
Welcome to our college football conference previews, in which we will tell you what you need to know about various conferences, with an emphasis on watchability. First up was the Pac-12. Now, the SEC....

Brawl Between Auburn And Alabama Fans Ends With Guy Pulling A Gun
You can't really make out a whole lot in this video of a fight between Auburn and Alabama fans, save for the typical shirtlessness and hollerin', but if you pay real close attention you can see, as the YouTube description states, a dude popping out of the car at the 30-second mark and brandishing ...

Should Tre Mason Have Taken A Knee?
Over on Slate, Advanced NFL Stats' Brian Burke tries his hand at answering a classic armchair-QB question from Monday's national-title game: Should Tre Mason have taken a knee before that last Auburn touchdown?...

Auburn's Field Goal Return Was Even Rarer Than You Think
The insane ending to last week's Iron Bowl had sports fans wondering if any college football game had ever ended in such an improbable fashion. NCAA records show that even in the missed-field-goal-returned-for-touchdown department, Chris Davis's score was especially rare....

Auburn Has This One Sewn Up
The offenses are bursting at the seams! A.J. McCarron just threaded the needle! He's got the Heisman sewn up! I already used that one, crap! What's next, the Ironing Bowl?...

Saturday's Iron Bowl Gets The Wacko Taiwanese Animation Treatment
The Taiwanese studio Next Media Animation, which will animate pretty much anything nowadays, have offered their calculatingly bizarre take on this weekend's Auburn-Alabama rivalry game. Come for the players attacking a giant panda, stay for the Toomer's Corner oaks being destroyed (again) by urine a...

Auburn Upsets Texas A&M In College Station
Despite what looked like a fairly painful shoulder injury, Johnny Manziel did return to the game and was effective almost immediately. He came back in and lead a 12-play 75 yard scoring drive, capped off by a one-yard rushing touchdown. And then whatever they likely shot him up with started to wear...

Johnny Manziel Couldn't Throw After This Hit
Manziel was hit on a tumbling scramble on second-and-goal and immediately grabbed his right shoulder after it was driven into the ground. He got to his feet, tried walking to the bench and crumpled to the ground....

Arkansas State Penalized For Not Knowing How To Contrast Colors
Before the first offensive play of Saturday's Arkansas State-Auburn game, the Red Wolves were penalized 15 yards for their heinous uniforms....

Alabama Barely Beats Georgia For SEC Title, Right To Demolish Irish In National Title Game
Your national title game will be SEC semifinal champion Alabama against Notre Dame, which in a just alternate universe just got piss-pounded by Ohio State in the Big Ten title game and ceded its title game slot to Florida. In this universe, though, Notre Dame spent the afternoon licking its chops as...

Say This For Newly Former Arkansas Head Coach John L. Smith: He Screwed Only Himself, Never The Help
The University of Arkansas will not be renewing the contract of interim coach John L. Smith, the university announced today, confirming what everyone and his sister knew the minute then-No. 8 Arkansas lost in Little Rock to Louisiana-Monroe on Sept. 8. Smith's team cliff-dove out of the polls, then ...

Deshazor Everett's Name And His Interception To Beat Alabama Are Equally Fantastic
As subplots go, the Alabama-Texas A&M game had an unexpected one from the end of the first quarter through the tense final minute: an errant extra point. Up until the decisive few seconds, when a Bama penalty on an Aggies punt killed the dregs of game clock, there lingered the question of whether...
