Auburn Focused on SEC Championship Spot
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Tommy Tuberville returns to Mississippi with a trip to Atlanta on the line, and he's bringing his best Auburn team yet. The third-ranked Tigers need one win to lock up a spot in the Southeastern Conference championship game before their first off week of the season, and all they have to do is win Saturday at Mississippi &#151; where Tuberville hasn't lost since leaving Oxford for Auburn six years ago.
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The Auburn Tigers were basking in the preseason expectations and media attention. National title contenders? They were surely playing the part in 2003 &#151; until the season opened with back-to-back losses and the buzz turned ugly.
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Southern California is No. 1 in the polls and the BCS standings. The computers prefer Oklahoma. Auburn's victories over Georgia and Tennessee might be the season's two most impressive performances. The Trojans, Sooners and Tigers are all 11-0, but the Bowl Championship Series can only accommodate two teams in its national title game.
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Jason Campbell throws for three touchdowns, leading No. 3 Auburn to a 38-28 victory over 15th-ranked Tennessee in the SEC championship.
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Jason Campbell is finding redemption in the West Coast offense. Auburn's often-criticized quarterback threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns, and the eighth-ranked Tigers stamped themselves as national title contenders by overwhelming No. 10 Tennessee 34-10 on Saturday night.
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The ball finally got to Courtney Taylor, the flag rescued John Vaughn and No. 14 Auburn proved itself an SEC contender. Jason Campbell hit Taylor for a 16-yard touchdown pass with 1:14 to play, and Auburn got two chances to kick the winning extra point in a 10-9 victory over No. 5 LSU Saturday.
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Auburn made its case on the field &#151; and off &#151; and enough voters were swayed.
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AUBURN, Ala. -- All Auburn can do now is take care of business the next few weeks and hope the votes and the computer rankings fall its way.
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Flashing championship credentials, Auburn took a major step toward forcing its way into the national title game.
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Four yards. That was Tennessee's rushing total at Auburn last season.
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This Georgia-Auburn game has it all: star quarterbacks, stingy defenses, talented running backs and high stakes. It's got No. 3 Auburn trying to remain in the national championship hunt and avenge losses the last two years to one of its biggest rivals, and No. 8 Georgia jockeying for a spot in the Bowl Championship Series.
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Auburn has won nine of its 11 games by 18 points or more. The Tigers are averaging 419.2 yards per game and will pound teams on the ground before going for the kill through the air.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Jason Campbell threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 8 Auburn proved itself as a national title contender by overwhelming No. 10 Tennessee, 34-10, last night.
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That&#39;s the question confronting Auburn&#39;s football team after the Tigers eased past Tennessee 38-28 in last night&#39;s Southeastern Conference Championship game.
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AUBURN -- After years of freakish breakdowns and unspeakable mistakes in important games, there was Auburn again on Saturday with its eyes wide and mouth agape.
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The Auburn football team crept closer to Oklahoma for the coveted second spot in the latest Bowl Championship Series rankings, which were released on Monday.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Poor Auburn. A 12-0 record and Southeastern Conference title would be enough to make the Tigers a front-runner for the national title most years -- or at least cause a spirited debate about who's No. 1.