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A look back at the season of Auburn’s 2010 BCS national Championship

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Postseasonbcs title game: auburn vs. oregon . . . . . . . . . 4sec title game: auburn vs. s. carolina . . . . . . 6Heisman Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8bcs celebration poster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Regular seasonWeek 1: auburn vs. arkansas state . . . . . . . .14Week 2: auburn vs. Mississippi state . . . . . . .14Week 3: auburn vs. clemson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Week 4: auburn vs. south carolina . . . . . . . .15Week 5: auburn vs. la.-Monroe . . . . . . . . . . .16Week 6: auburn vs. Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Week 7: auburn vs. arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Week 8: auburn vs. lsU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Week 9: auburn vs. ole Miss . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Week 10: auburn vs. chattanooga . . . . . . . . .20Week 11: auburn vs. Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Week 12: auburn vs. alabama . . . . . . . . . . . .22

aboUT THe cover▶ cover photo by anniston star photographer stephen Gross. Taken during the postgame celebration at the bowl championship series game between auburn and oregon. Pictured is auburn coach Gene chizik, left, and defensive tackle nick fairley. concept and design by anniston star sports editor bran strickland.

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Auburn’s Emory Blake tries to elude an Oregon defender in the BCS title game.

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What they said

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OPPOSITE: Auburn kicker Wes Byrum celebrates after hitting a 19-yard game winner. ABOVE: Auburn’s Darren Bates celebrates after the win.

B C S C h a m p i o n s h i p • J a n . 1 0

No. 1 auburn 22, No. 2 Oregon 19

Keep it simple, stupid. That’s how Ted Roof did it.

Auburn’s defensive coor-dinator looked at Oregon’s fast-paced offense with all of its formations, and he saw simplicity.

Keep it simple. Only have a handful of defensive calls so the Tigers can just play and play just as fast as Oregon’s offense.

Oregon saw simply the

season’s best performance by an Auburn defense that finished the season strong, and that’s why the top-ranked Tigers beat the second-ranked Ducks 22-19 in Monday’s Bowl Championship Series title game.

“We decided to have a very simple plan, because things happen so quick,” Roof said. “We just wanted to have a few play calls and let our guys get lined up and let our guys play.”

— Joe Medley

“i’m not sure if 15 weeks ago anyone believed that we could do this except us.”— Gene Chizik, Auburn coach

What We WrOte

T h e Ru n D OW n

• Cam Newton, QuarterbackRushing: 22 c., 64 yds, 2 TDs (35, 30); Passing: 20-34-1, 265 yds, 2 TDs (35, 30)• Michael dyer, running back22 c., 143 yds, 34 yds long• Nick Fairley, defensive tackle5 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 forced fumble, 1 sack • Mike McNeil, safety14 tackles, 12 solo

GleNdale, ariz. — The offensive shootout many predict-ed never came to pass. Instead, on the final play of the game, Auburn kicker Wes Byrum lined up and booted a 19-yard field goal to lift Auburn to its first national cham-pionship since 1957.

After getting off to a tunover-filled, scoreless first quarter, Auburn went ahead with 16 sec-ond-quarter points and hung on late to earn the title.

T h e S TA n D O u T S

Last-second FG lifts Auburn to titleOregon is West Coast

— designer coffee, tying your sweater around your neck, cycling while everyone shares the road, and Twilight movies.

Auburn is Southern — beer, cutting the sleeves off your T-shirt, pickups, and “The Blind Side.”

Oregon runs trick plays on extra points and punts.

Auburn lines up on defense straddling the goal line and makes a stand, keep-ing you from getting across

for a touchdown.Oregon runs quick, short

passes, hoping to use its speed to create big gains.

Auburn sends receivers deep for long passes.

Oregon takes small but quick players and teaches them a fast-paced misdirec-tion offense.

Auburn takes big but quick players and teaches them it’s OK to hit the guy across the line as hard as you can.

— Mark Edwards

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What they said

OPPOSITE: Bill Wilson/The Anniston Star/file; ABOVE: Trent Penny/The Anniston Star/file

OPPOSITE: Players carry Auburn QB Cam Newton off the field after the Tigers’ blowout win. ABOVE: Newton puts a move on South Carolina’s Josh Dickerson.

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No. 2 auburn 56, No. 18 south Carolina 17

Go west, Auburn. You earned it.

After a record-setting 56-17 thumping of South Caro-lina in the Southeastern Conference Championship game, the Tigers are all but assured a spot in the BCS National Championship game in Glendale, Ariz.

With Heisman Trophy frontrunner Cam Newton leading the way, Auburn heads to the Arizona desert

with a chance to quench a 53-year thirst for a national championship. The Tigers’ only national football crown from a generally recognized poll came in 1957 when Lloyd Nix — the Cam New-ton of his day — led Auburn to a 10-0 season and the top spot of the Associated Press rankings.

Now Newton and the rest of the boys in orange and blue will get their shot.

— Mark Edwards

“it has been a hell of a road. it has been amazing to me to see how this team has responded to different challenges. i’m so proud of everybody.”

— Lee Ziemba, Auburn offensive lineman

What We Wrote

T H E ru N D oW N

• Cam Newton, Quarterbackrushing: 14 c., 73 yds, 2 TDs (5, 1); Passing: 17-28-0, 335 yds, 4 TDs (12, 54, 51, 7)• darvin adams, reciver7 r., 217 yds, 2 TDs (54, 51)• t’sharvan Bell9 tackles, 6 solo, 1 INT for TD • Nosa equae4 tackles, 2 solo, 2.5 TFL, 1 sack

atLaNta — After a regular season meeting that went down to the wire, Cam Newton made sure this one wouldn’t.

The Auburn quarterback accounted for six touchdowns as the Tigers punched their ticket to the BCS title game.

Auburn raced to a 21-7 first-quarter lead and then Newton capped the first half with a 51-yard Hail Mary pass to Darvin Adams and then held the Gamecocks to just a field goal in the second half.

T H E S TA N D o u T S

Auburn destroys Gamecocks in rematchWe heard all this past week

how the first meeting would have no bearing when Auburn played South Carolina again for the SEC Championship, but it did.

South Carolina came ready to make Auburn quarterback Cam Newton pass this time, and he passed for a season-high 335 yards as well as four touchdowns Saturday in the Georgia Dome.

Auburn came ready to pound South Carolina wide receiver Alshon Jeffery out of the picture this time and held him to four catches for 36 yards.

The result of the seventh in-

season rematch in SEC Champi-onship history was the most lop-sided SEC Championship ever, a 56-17 rout that sent Auburn on to a showdown with oregon in the BCS title game and Newton on his way to a Heisman accep-tance speech.

Saturday’s game also goes down as the most complete four-quarter game undefeated Auburn has played this season, especially on defense. It was a performance coach Gene Chizik forecast in his pregame speech to his team.

— Joe Medley


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NEW YORK — One phase of Cam Newton’s life is over, but another has just begun.

For the rest of his life, Newton will be known as a Heisman Tro-phy winner.

Newton, Auburn’s record-setting quarterback, was award-ed the 2010 Heisman Trophy Saturday night at the Best Buy Theatre in New York, becoming the third winner from Auburn.

“I don’t even know where to start right now,” Newton said. “I want to thank God for putting me in an unbelievable situa-tion. I want to thank my parents, my teammates, who have given excellent support. The Auburn family, my fans, words can’t

even express the gratitude I feel right now.”

Newton tallied 2,263 points in the balloting to win the award over Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck (1,079), Oregon running back LaMichael James (916) and Boise State quarter-back Kellen Moore (635).

Newton was selected first on 729 of 926 total ballots (78.8 percent), the third-highest win-ning percentage and the fourth-most firstplace votes in Heisman history. He had this to say to all the Auburn fans. “Thank you for everything,” he said. “I don’t think I can express that enough. I give a big War Eagle to all the Auburn family and thank you for supporting me in all that I do.”

— Charles Bennett

Winning the Heisman Trophy makes it official. Cam Newton is the No. 1 college football player in 2010, but it’s appropriate that No. 1 wears a No. 2 jersey.

There will always be two ways to look at his victo-ry, and the final judgment will come when the NCAA completes its investigation into his recruitment.

Most Heisman voters appropriately voted on the best information they had by the voting deadline, and that’s why Newton won the Heisman Trophy in a landslide.

A small portion of voters drew attention by announcing they did not vote for Newton, saying he didn’t stand up against the Heisman’s “integrity” clause.

Of 926 total ballots, 886 were returned, and 105 voters didn’t list Newton among their three choices. Of those who did, 93 percent had him at No. 1.

It means that Newton will always be remembered as one of the most dominant Heisman winners on the field and one of the most divisive winners because of questions from off the field.

— Joe Medley

Newton brings another Heisman home to AuburnWhat WE WROtE

NORTHEASTCam Newton 379Andrew Luck 168LaMichael James 162Kellen Moore 113

MID-ATLANTICCam Newton 379Andrew Luck 187LaMichael James 143Kellen Moore 108

SOUTHCam Newton 418Andrew Luck 158LaMichael James 152Kellen Moore 81

SOUTHWESTCam Newton 384Andrew Luck 176LaMichael James 158Kellen Moore 103

MIDWESTCam Newton 356Andrew Luck 192LaMichael James 145Kellen Moore 95

FAR WESTCam Newton 347Andrew Luck 198LaMichael James 156Kellen Moore 135

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Andrew Luck 78 309 227 1,079

LaMichael James 22 313 224 916

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W e e k 1 • S e p t. 4

No. 22 Auburn 52, Arkansas State 26

Auburn fans had been hearing the hype ever since Newton signed with the Tigers, arriving on campus rated by Rivals.com as the best incoming quar-terback in the nation, junior college or high school.

His coaches and teammates have been singing his praises ever since his arrival, but he still had to prove he was the real deal under the lights at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Mission accomplished. “He was even a little better than what

he showed in practice,” said Auburn linebacker Josh Bynes. “A lot of times in practice, there’s a quick whistle. Tonight he got to run around a little more.”

— Charles Bennett

Newton makes debut, as good as advertised

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Auburn’s Cam Newton gets loose on a 71-yard touchdown run.

“I don’t know if I have seen an individual performance better than Cam Newton.

He is the best player I have ever seen live.”— Steve Roberts, Arkansas State coach

WHAt We WroteT H e Ru N d oW N

• Cam Newton, QuarterbackRushing: 15 c., 171 yds, 2 Tds (2, 71); Passing: 9-14-0, 186 yds, 3 Tds (36, 48, 38)• Michael Dyer, running back14 c., 95 yds, 1 Td (20)

In his first start in an Auburn uniform, Cameron Newton tallied five touchdowns and 357 yards of total offense, including 171 yards rushing, a school-record for a quarterback to open the 2010 season.

As a team, Auburn racked up 608 yards of total offense.

WHAt tHey SAID

If Auburn’s defense has a bit more spring in its step as the Tigers prepare for next week’s non-conference show-down with Clemson, there’s a good rea-son for it.

until further notice, the performance of the Auburn defense in Thursday night’s 17-14 victory over MSu will stand as the Tigers’ best in a long time.

How long? “I guess you’d have to go back to

2008,” said senior linebacker Josh Bynes. “We played some good games last year, but we see this year that if we’re going to get where we want to get to, and that’s to win the SeC West, we’ve got to play bet-ter defense.”

— Charles Bennett

tigers start quickly, hang on for SeC win


Auburn’s Eltoro Freeman hits MSU QB Chris Relf as he pitches the ball.

“I really don’t get into who wins what. When we win, we win together and it’s everybody. It’s special teams, it’s offense, it’s defense.”

— Gene Chizik, Auburn coach

WHAt We WroteT H e Ru N d oW N

• Cam Newton, QuarterbackRushing: 18 c., 70 yds; Passing: 11-19-1, 136 yds, 2 Tds (39, 12)• Nick Fairley, Defensive tackleThree tackles, an interception, fumble recovery and three sacks.

Behind the play of quarterback Cam Newton, Auburn raced out to a 17-7 halftime lead.

After Mississippi State scored on its first possession of the second half, the Tigers’ defense turned it up a notch, holding MSu to 73 yards on its final five drives.

WHAt tHey SAID

T H e S TA N d o u T S

W e e k 2 • S e p t. 9

No. 21 Auburn 17, Mississippi State 14

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W e e k 3 • S e p t. 1 8

No. 16 Auburn 27, Clemson 24 (OT)

Maybe it’s better to be lucky than good. Or maybe you just need a little bit of help from above every once in a while.

Whatever it was, it worked out for Auburn Saturday night against Clemson at a sold-out Jordan-Hare Stadium.

A game-tying field goal by Clemson in overtime was negated by an illegal snap penalty, and Clemson’s Chandler Can-tanzaro missed on the re-kick from 32 yards out to allow 16th-ranked Auburn to escape with a 27-24 overtime victory.

“I told our players that was a God thing,” said Auburn coach Gene Chizik. “They kept the faith the whole game. It was just one of those games where they just kept playing.”

— Charles Bennett

Do-over gives Tigers victory in overtime


Clemson’s Chandler Cantanzaro reacts after his missed FG lost the game.

“Cam started talking at halftime and said we’ve got another half to play.

And nobody had long faces.”— Nick Fairley, Auburn defensive lineman

WhAT We WrOTeT H e ru N d OW N

• Darvin Adams, receiver5 r., 118 yds, 1 Td (35)• Nick Fairley, Defensive tackle7 tackles (4 solo), 3 TFL, 1 Sack, 4 quarterback hurries

AUBUrN — Clemson’s Chan-dler Catanzaro missed a do-over kick in overtime to give Auburn the thrilling win. Catanzaro made his first attempt before Clemson was flagged for illegal procedure after the center double-clutched the ball.

The miss capped a rally from Auburn, which was down 17-0 in the first half.

WhAT They sAiD

There’s a word to describe No. 17 Auburn.

It’s not quite elite. Not yet, though the Tigers beat one of the SeC’s elites-in-waiting on Saturday.

The Tigers have weaknesses, which showed again in their thrilling, 35-27 victory against No. 12 South Carolina in Jordan Hare Stadium.

They also have a seemingly endless supply of luck, like the botched extra point that looked destined to play a key role for much of the game.

No, elite isn’t the word just yet. But compelling? Oh yeah. War damn compelling. Or is it war damn Cam-pelling?

— Joe Medley

Newton, ‘D’ combine to upset Gamecocks


South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia is wrapped up by Corey Lemonier (55).

“i asked him before the game, ‘Can you carry it 20 times?’ he just kind of laughed and said, ‘Are you kidding me?’ it

seemed like he got a little stronger as the game went along.”— Auburn coach Gene Chizik on freshman tailback Michael dyer

WhAT We WrOTeT H e ru N d OW N

• Cam Newton, Quarterbackrushing: 25 c., 176 yds, 3 Tds (54, 3, 4); Passing: 16-21-0, 158 yds, 2 Tds (7, 12)• Michael Dyer, running back23 c., 100 yds• Josh Bynes, Linebacker6 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 forced fumble, 1 INT, 0.5 Sacks

AUBUrN — Cam Newton accounted for all five touchdowns, and the Auburn defense netted four turnovers as Auburn claimed the mild upset to remain unde-feated. Newton delivered two fourth quarter touchdowns as the Tigers rallied from a 20-7 deficit.

WhAT They sAiD

T H e S TA N d O u T S

W e e k 4 • S e p t. 2 5

No. 17 Auburn 35, No. 12 south Carolina 27



W e e k 5 • O c t. 2

No. 10 Auburn 52, La.-Monroe 3

It’s a much different season than a year ago.

And Auburn has a much different team and a much different quarterback and the list goes on.

But that didn’t stop the questions from coming on Saturday after the 10th-ranked Tigers’ 52-3 win over ULM.

What are the differences between being 5-0 this year to being 5-0 last year? It was a valid question. The Tigers were in this position in 2009, just coming off a 26-22 win over Tennessee.

“I don’t know,” Auburn coach Gene Chizik said. “I don’t know. … I don’t know what the differences in the two are.

“I just know that we’re going to have to get better to have a chance to win next week.”

— Bran Strickland

Warhawks little trouble for balanced Tigers


Auburn’s Nick Fairley takes down ULM quarterback Kolton Browning.

“... there are 10 other guys out there who play their rear end off every snap, every game.

He does not have to win the games for us.”— Auburn coach Gene Chizik referring to QB Cam Newton

WHAT We WroTe T h e rU N d OW N

• Cam Newton, quarterback14-19-1, 245 yds, 3 Tds (94, 16, 5)• Mario Fannin, running back10 c., 89 yds, 1 Td (2)• Nick Fairley, Defensive tackle4 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack

AUBUrN — After three straight weeks of close games, Auburn did exactly what everybody expected it to do: dismantle the lesser ULM.

The Tigers did it any way they wanted rolling up a balanced 505 yards total offense (233 rushing, 272 passing) and a 31-3 halftime lead as they cruised to the lop-sided win.

WHAT THey sAiD

On the road, on your own 7-yard line with 7:22 to play in a tie football game are not ideal conditions to begin a drive, but Auburn made it work Saturday night.

The eighth-ranked Tigers drove 86 yards on 19 plays, took every last second off the clock, and walked off the field at Commonwealth Stadium still undefeatd after Wes Byrum’s 24-yard field goal gave Auburn a 37-34 victory over Kentucky.

“It’s hard to win a game on the road knowing you’ve got to go that many yards to score,” said Auburn coach Gene Chizik. “We methodically got first downs, we methodically milked the clock. We methodically did the things you have to do to win games.

“This is another in the string of find-ing ways to win.”

— Charles Bennett

Auburn rallies to down UK, stay undefeated


Auburn’s Cam Newton looks for an open receiver against the UK defense.

“it’s kind of embarrassing on the offense in some regard, but we just have to

go back and learn from our mistakes.”— Auburn QB Cam Newton on only scoring six second-half points

WHAT We WroTe T h e rU N d OW N

• Cam Newton, Quarterbackrushing: 28 c., 198 yds, 4 Tds (16, 8, 5, 3); Passing: 13-21-1, 210 yds • Wes Byrum, Kicker4-for-4 PAT, 3-for-3 FG (38, 19, 24)• Zac etheridge, safety 11 tackles, 8 solo, 1 tackle for loss

LeXiNGToN, Ky. — It wasn’t supposed to be as hard as it turned out for No. 8 Auburn.

But after unranked Kentucky scored 17 straight points, the fourth quarter started with a 31-31 tie, setting up Wes Byrum’s 24-yard field goal as time expired.

Cam Newton again was big, earning 408 yards of total offense.

WHAT THey sAiD

T h e S TA N d O U T S

W e e k 6 • O c t. 9

No. 8 Auburn 37, Kentucky 34

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There’s no overstating the mouth-agape wow factor of No. 7 Auburn’s 65-43 takedown of No. 12 Arkansas.

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How did they cram so many points and highlights into a

regulation college game?How did Auburn win the

shootout that played out in Jor-dan-Hare Stadium? That kind of game was supposed to go Arkansas’ way.

How does a college football reclamation project like New-ton seemingly laugh off a 566-yard masterpiece by Arkansas and its evil-genius offensive mind of a coach, Bobby Petri-no?

— Joe Medley

What We Wrote

W e e k 7 • O c t. 1 6

No. 7 auburn 65, No. 12 arkansas 43

Cam, Tigers light up scoreboard, Arkansas in winT H e ru N d OW N

• Cam Newton, Quarterbackrushing: 25 c., 188 yds, 3 Tds (5, 3, 1); Passing: 10-14-0, 140 yds, 1 Td (15)• Craig stevens, Linebacker12 tackles, 4 solo, 1 forced fumble• Nick Fairley, defensive tackle8 tackles, 5 solo, 1 tackle for loss, 2 quarterback hurries

aUBUrN — What started out very nondescript in the first quar-ter quickly exploded into a track meet. And Auburn had the final kick.

After Arkansas took a 43-37 lead near the start of the fourth quarter, Auburn reeled off 28 straight points in just more than five minutes to take the win.



Auburn quarterback Cam Newton celebrates with the Tiger fans after the high-scoring victory over Arkansas.

“i was on the sideline saying, ‘oh my gosh, are we really scoring this many points?’’’

— Auburn QB Cam Newton


What they said

(Cam) Newton is for real, and turns out he has for-real help … never mind Dr. Lou Holtz’s contention that it’s Newton or bust for Auburn.

He accounted for 303 total yards Saturday, but guys in orange and blue not named Newton accounted for 223.

Michael Dyer rushed 15 times for 100 yards.

Onterio McCalebb broke for

70 of his 84 yards on the game’s final touchdown.

Newton had 28 runs, and four of his new best friends had 23 for a combined 221 yards — four more than New-ton.

But Newton’s biggest help came from the guys on the field when he’s on the bench. Auburn’s defense held LSU without a first down on five of seven possessions in the sec-ond half.

— Joe Medley

What We Wrote

W e e k 8 • O c t. 2 3

No. 5 auburn 24, No. 6 LsU 17

Auburn comes together, gets team win over LSUT H e rU N D OW N

• Cam Newton, Quarterbackrushing: 28 c., 217 yds, 2 TDs (1, 49); Passing: 10-14-0, 140 yds, 1 TD (15)• Nick Fairley, defensive tackle6 tackles, 4 solo, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks

aUBUrN — In the Tigers’ big-gest test of the season, and against the strongest defense, they passed with flying colors.

Cam Newton’s 217 rushing yards led a 440-yard day on the ground, which was the most ever against an SeC opponent.

The biggest run came late. Tied at 17, Onterrio McCalebb went 70 yards to set the final with 5:05 remaining.

T H e S TA N D O U T S


Auburn running back Onterio McCalebb breaks loose for the decisive touchdown, a 70-yarder, in the fourth quarter.

“i didn’t see that exactly, but i am sure that was impressive as well. he has a good vertical.”

— AU coach Gene Chizik on Cam Newton leaping the fence after the game to celebrate

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Sunday, January 23, 2011 The Anniston Star W e e k 9 • O c t. 3 0

No. 3 Auburn 51, Ole Miss 31

At the risk of making

(Auburn quarterback Cam) Newton sound overqualified for a Heisman, add a touch-down catch to his bloated resume. Make it 30 touchdowns accounted for this season.

That’s not to say Newton’s air show was perfect, because he overthrew Emory Blake twice at the goal line in one posses-sion.

And it’s worth noting that everything Newton and Auburn did Saturday, they did against the nation’s 101st-ranked scoring defense and the No. 99 pass defense.

Jacksonville State scored 49 points on Ole Miss, after all.

But that raises the next question Auburn faced Saturday, whether the Tigers could handle their status as the new No. 1 team in the Bowl Championship Series standings.

This was supposed to be the dreaded trap game, a road game in the SEC.

— Joe Medley

Auburn ultra versatile in SEC win on the road

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Auburn running back Michael Dyer slips past two Ole Miss defenders.

“We came out wanting to stop (Newton) from running the ball and we did that.

But he has many other weapons.”— Houston Nutt, Ole Miss coach

WhAt WE WrOtE T H E ru N d OW N

• Cam Newton, QuarterbackPassing: 18-24-0, 209 yds, 2 Tds (24,10); receiving: 1 r., 20 yds, Td• Michael Dyer, running back21 c., 180 yds, 1 Td (30)

OXFOrD, Miss. — After the pesky rebels went blow-for-blow with Auburn in the first quarter, the Tigers put an end to the drama.

Auburn outscored Ole Miss 30-3 in the second and third quarters to remain undefeated after being ranked No. 1 in the BCS standings.

WhAt thEy SAiD

Cameron Newton danced through warmups, piled up plenty of touch-downs for the two quarters he played and remained his usual disarming, smiling self during his postgame news conference.

Yeah, these allegations about an agent shopping his football services to various schools last spring really seem to be distracting the Auburn quar-terback. Except for a handful of extra reporters showing up for Auburn’s 62-24 whipping of FCS school Chattanoo-ga, it looked like just another football Saturday for Newton and the Tigers.

during warmups, Newton danced from one drill to the next, especially as a Black Eyed Peas song blared at Jor-dan-Hare Stadium. He looked just as giddy to play as always.

— Mark Edwards

Au overcomes distractions in easy homecoming win


Auburn WR Darvin Adams is tackled by two Chattanooga defenders.

“Dee (Ford) went crazy and the crowd got into it. The student section may have been gone, but the

parents and family were out there cheering for us.”— Auburn dE Craig Sanders on a second-half sack

WhAt WE WrOtET H E ru N d OW N

• Cam Newton, QuarterbackPassing: 15-21-0, 317 yds, 4 Tds (30, 20, 39, 80); rushing: 8 c., 24 yds, 1 Td (1)• terrell Zachery, receiver 7 r., 148 yds, 1 Td (80)• Mario Fannin, running back8 r., 96 yds, 2 Tds (13, 42)

AUBUrN — The allegations of recruiting improprieties tied to quarterback Cam Newton weren’t enough to derail or even slightly affect the Tigers.

Newton established a new career high for passing yards (317) and Wadley product Terrell Zach-ery had a career-high 148 yards.

Auburn scored 48 points and 484 yards in the first half alone.

WhAt thEy SAiD

T H E S TA N d O u T S

W e e k 1 0 • N o v. 6

No. 3 Auburn 62, Chattanooga 24

T H E S TA N d O u T S

What they said

It should have been an all-in, all’s-good moment for No. 2 Auburn following its 49-31 victory over Georgia, but that would be pretending that all’s been well the past 10 days.

It would be pretending that clinching the SEC West Divi-sion title, as 11-0 Auburn did, has been the issue dominating

the national college football landscape for nearly two weeks.

For the record, the biggest roar from the capacity Jordan-Hare Stadium crowd came when junior Cameron Newton was announced as the start-ing quarterback. It was like the New Year’s ball dropped to the great relief of people worried that a new year wouldn’t come.

— Joe Medley

What We Wrote

The Anniston Star Sunday, January 23, 2011 W e e k 1 1 • N o v. 1 3

No. 2 auburn 49, Georgia 31

Cam does it again, Tigers punch ticket to SEC title gameT H E ru N D oW N

• Cam Newton, Quarterbackrushing: 30 c., 151 yds, 2 TDs (31, 1); Passing: 12-15-1, 148 yds, 2 TDs (18, 13)• onterio McCalebb, running back12 c., 71 yds, 3 TD (4, 2, 4)• antoine Carter, defensive end4 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 forced fumble, 1 sack, 1 QB hurry

aUBUrN — After an A.J. Green-led Georgia squad started quickly, Auburn used a 14-point third quarter to gain the momen-tum and clinch a SEC title game berth. After trailing by 14 after the first quarer, Auburn outscored the Bulldogs 42-10 the rest of the way, including a 350-yard day on the ground.

T H E S TA N D o u T S


Auburn QB Cam Newton looks for running room against Geor-gia. Newton rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns.

“Coming out of high school, i never thought i would be able to be in this

spot my second year in college.”— Auburn rB onterio McCalebb on winning the SEC West

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Move over, “Punt Bama Punt.”Move over, “The Amazins”

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Whatever comes of Auburn’s season from an NCAA probe into quarterback Cam Newton’s recruitment, there’s no disputing this team’s on-field uniqueness.

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W e e k 1 2 • N o v. 2 6

No. 2 auburn 28, No. 9 alabama 27

Newton leads tigers in legendary comebackT h e ru N d oW N

• Cam Newton, Quarterback13-20-0, 216 yds, 3 Tds (36, 70, 7)• Nick Fairley, defensive tackle4 solo tackles, 2 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery

tUsCaLOOsa — In the first half, Alabama did to Auburn what no one had done all season, taking a 24-0 lead. Then starting near the end of the second quarter, Au did what nobody had done to the Tide ever — win from 24 points down.

Cam Newton kept the Tigers’ national championship hopes alive, as well as his heisman hopes, guiding four touchdown drives. As the defense went into lockdown in the second half, it became one of the most epic Iron Bowls ever.

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