The Jungle | Rebuilding The Auburn Tigers (NCAA 14)

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Matchup Preview *|* November 16, 2013
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#5 Georgia Bulldogs (8-1, 3-1 Away)		#23 Auburn Tigers (9-1, 6-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 34.2 (#12) Points Per Game 39.4 (#7) 425.6 (#18) Total Offensive Yards 445.8 (#10) 274.8 (#7) Passing Yards 172.4 (#103) 150.8 (#63) Rushing Yards 273.4 (#2) Defensive Stats Comparison 362.6 (#79) Total Yards Allowed 285.9 (#7) 227.8 (#93) Passing Yards Allowed 235.9 (#105) 134.8 (#37) Rushing Yards Allowed 50.0 (#1) Game Notes Georgia has already clinched the SEC East, but still hold on to National Championship Game hopes--needing a win to keep the dream alive. Auburn, with just 1 SEC loss, is the surprise team of the season. They will need an LSU loss to either a Manziel-less Texas A&M or a poor Arkansas team AND to win in both vs #5 Georgia AND #1 Alabama to win the West.

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TIGERS MAGIC CONTINUES, UPSET #5 DAWGS

Josh Holsey saves a TD and forces Georgia into a FG in OT

AUBURN, Alabama -- The Auburn Tigers remarkable turnaround season continued Saturday with yet another upset win, this time at the hands of the #5 ranked Georgia Bulldogs.

This was a classic contest between SEC heavyweights, with the last man standing being the Auburn Tigers. Auburn would win the coin toss in overtime and defer, holding Georgia to just a FG, as a 3rd down TD pass attempt was swatted away by Sophomore Safety Josh Holsey (see above). Auburn would then take their turn with the football and put it all on Tre Mason, who carried 4 times in OT including the game winning scamper on 3rd & goal.

Georgia, already had clinched the East, is off next weekend, before their annual Thanksgiving weekend matchup with the 8-4 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Auburn is off next weekend as well, as they will have a week's time to recover before the hated #1 Alabama Crimson Tide come to town. With Texas A&M going down to LSU today--the Tigers will need to not only defeat Alabama, but also for a very poor Arkansas team to upset the heavily favored LSU Tigers to win the West.

Georgia Bulldogs at Auburn Tigers
Nov 16, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
#5 Georgia Bulldogs (8-2)	6	10	14	7	3	40
#23 Auburn Tigers (10-1)	3	21	10	3	6	43

Team Stats Comparison
	UGA	AUB
Total Offense	445	472
Rushing Yards	213	265
Passing Yards	232	207
First Downs	20	24
Punt Return Yards	14	18
Kick Return Yards	20	175
Total Yards	479	665
Turnovers	1	2
3rd Down Converstion	3/10	7/15
4th Down Conversion	0/0	3/3
2-Point Conversion	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5-2-3	5-3-2
Penalties	1-5	0-0
Posession Time	13:51	22:09

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UGA	AUB
6:44	(UGA) Morgan, 42 yd FG	3	0
5:00	(UGA) Morgan, 27 yd FG	6	0
1:43	(AUB) Parkey, 35 yd FG	6	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UGA	AUB
8:46	(UGA) Conley, 49 yd pass from Murray (Morgan kick)	13	3
7:18	(AUB) Bray, 56 yd pass from Marshall (Parkey kick)	13	10
3:06	(AUB) Mason, 1 yd run (Parkey kick)	13	17
1:00	(UGA) Morgan, 40 yd FG	16	17
0:13	(AUB) Marshall, 8 yd run (Parkey kick)	16	24
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UGA	AUB
6:10	(AUB) Parkey, 48 yd FG	16	27
5:37	(UGA) Marshall, 64 yd run (Morgan kick)	23	27
4:08	(AUB) Coates, 46 yd pass from Marshall (Parkey kick)	23	34
2:37	(UGA) Marshall, 8 yd run (Morgan kick)	30	34
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UGA	AUB
5:57	(UGA) Gurley, 4 yd run (Morgan kick)	37	34
0:23	(AUB) Parkey, 20 yd FG	37	37
OVERTIME SCORING		UGA	AUB
---	(UGA) Morgan, 31 yd FG	40	37
---	(AUB) Mason, 3 yd run	40	43

Georgia Bulldogs PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Aaron Murray 20/35 232 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Todd Gurley 19 151 7.9 1 Keith Marshall 4 72 18.0 2 Aaron Murray 4 -12 -3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Chris Conley 5 96 19.2 1 Rantavious Wooten 3 53 17.6 0 Malcolm Mitchell 2 39 19.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Tray Matthews 11 0 0 0 Blake Sailors 9 0 0 0 Josh Harvy-Clemons 8 0 0 0 Shaq Wiggins 7 0 0 0 Jordan Jenkins 6 1 0 0

Auburn Tigers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Nick Marshall 17/26 207 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Tre Mason 24 112 4.6 2 Nick Marshall 15 48 3.2 1 Cameron Artis-Payne 12 89 7.4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Ricardo Louis 4 33 8.2 0 Quan Bray 3 59 19.6 1 Sammie Coates 3 69 23.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Justin Garrett 8 0 0 0 Josh Holsey 5 0 0 0 Dee Ford 5 0 0 0 Kris Frost 4 2 0 0 Robenson Therezie 4 1 0 0

[Deuce2223]

War Eagle. 10-1.. Congrats on a couple of huge upsets there. Looks like you got Auburn back among the Elite. Do I smell a National Champion??

[JHedges2]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deuce2223

War Eagle. 10-1.. Congrats on a couple of huge upsets there. Looks like you got Auburn back among the Elite. Do I smell a National Champion??

Thanks for the note--glad to know at least ONE person is following, lol (I am still new to this so...)

I am not getting any love in the polls! Still at #23 and 10-1!?!?!

I need LSU to lose to Arky (who are TERRIBLE) AND I have to beat Alabama to win the West, so--looking like NC hopes are SLIM for this year. Got a top 5 recruiting class going though, as I've used all my points so far on the "recruiting tree".

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The 2013 Iron Bowl
(5) Alabama Crimson Tide (10-1)
at
(17) Auburn (10-1)

Matchup Preview *|* November 30, 2013
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#5 Alabama Crimson Tide (10-1, 4-0 Away)		#17 Auburn Tigers (10-1, 7-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 43.1 (#1) Points Per Game 39.7 (#4) 478.8 (#1) Total Offensive Yards 448.2 (#9) 265.8 (#13) Passing Yards 175.5 (#100) 213.0 (#9) Rushing Yards 272.6 (#2) Defensive Stats Comparison 290.4 (#6) Total Yards Allowed 300.4 (#11) 193.7 (#48) Passing Yards Allowed 235.5 (#104) 96.6 (#4) Rushing Yards Allowed 64.8 (#1) Injury Report T.J. Yeldon Questionable Kenyan Drake Out Game Notes The Iron Bowl hasn't been this big since the 2010 season. The winner of this game needs an LSU loss at Arkansas to clinch the SEC West and face Georgia in Atlanta next weekend. Auburn has remained injury free this season, while Alabama will likely be without its top 2 running backs, and will rely on true freshman Derrick Henry.

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Tigers lose heartbreaker to Tide--LSU defeats Arkansas to win the West and face Georgia in the SEC Championship.

(Too dejected to do a write up--season updates coming shortly)

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BCS Heading Into Conference Championships

NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Updated: Dec 1, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Ohio State	12	0
2	2	Oregon	11	1
3	3	Florida State	11	1
4	4	Alabama	11	1
5	5	LSU	11	1
6	6	Clemson	11	1
7	8	Miami	11	1
8	9	Georgia	10	2
9	10	Michigan	10	2
10	11	Texas	10	2
11	12	South Carolina	10	2
12	7	Oklahoma	10	2
13	14	Washington	10	2
14	13	Fresno State	11	1
15	16	Texas A&M	9	3
16	17	Auburn	10	2
17	18	Stanford	9	3
18	24	Oklahoma State	9	3
19	19	Northern Illinois	11	1
20	20	Michigan State	10	2
21	22	Notre Dame	8	4
22	15	Louisville	10	2
23	23	Wisconsin	9	3
24	25	Nebraska	8	4
25	--	BYU	8	4

ACC Championship
(6) Clemson vs (7) Miami

B1G Championship
(1) Ohio State vs (20) Michigan State

PAC 12 Championship
(2) Oregon vs Arizona State

SEC Championship
(5) LSU vs (8) Georgia

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Mariota Brings Heisman to Eugene

Marcus Mariota brings Oregon its first Heisman Trophy & Will Lead Ducks In NC Game vs Ohio State

Heisman Watch - Updated: Dec 7, 2013
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon		228/347, 3294 yds, 195 car, 830 yds, 43 Total TD
De'Anthony Thomas	RB	Oregon
Tahj Boyd	QB	Clemson
Tre Mason	RB	Auburn
Carlos Hyde	RB	Ohio State