Lots of goings on in Auburn athletics this weekend.Thanks to the official Auburn site we get these headlines.
 Let's get started shall we?
The Ladies are busy, busy, busy,
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/022310aaa.html
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/w-equest/spec-rel/022610aaa.html
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/c-track/recaps/022610aaa.html

The Women's softball team took it on the chin twice.
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/022610aaa.html

The Ladies Vooleyball Team has two members trying out for Team USA
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/021810aaa.html

The Men's teams are not so busy. Although they have had their share of work this week.
In Baseball..
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/022610aaa.html
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/022410aad.html
In Basketball
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/bemc-timeline.html
In Tennis
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/022610aaa.html

We are pulling for all of our young athletes this weekend as we do every other, Go Tigers!
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The entire Tyrik Rollinson episode is truly a sad one.
Hyped by even his High School coach, Rollinson hit the Plains with fanfare, and lots of enthusiasm. Quotes from his Facebook page were enthusiastic.
The happiness soon turned to gut-check time, when reports started surfacing about his grades, that may not be good enough to qualify. That was handled, and qualify he did.
Once he got to Auburn, and started getting ready for fall practice,
http://videos.al.com/birmingham-news/2009/08/auburn_practice_day_3_of_qbs.html
 and into fall practice, we never heard any praise for his efforts.
Then came the redshirt.
Then came the suspension!
Now we are being informed by Tyrik via his Facebook page "it's time for me to move on"
http://blog.al.com/goldmine/2010/02/auburns_tyrik_rollison_is_he_s.html

We truly are sad at his decision to leave Auburn, whatever the reasons are. We wish him the best of luck, and continuance of a great education.

Thanks to the Goldmine, at al.com, for the video from last fall's practice, and the news report about Tyrik's Facebook page.

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The Auburn Eagle message boards are chock full of good conversations, and facts. Here is an interesting post from STAT.


http://www.wareagleauburn.com/WEAForum/index.php?topic=10608.msg150278#msg150278



Good guy Jay Coulter over at Track ‘Em Tiger has this fine piece on the departure of Tyrik Rollinson.

It’s well worth your while. While you are there, tell Jay and the gang Kool Bell sent you.

http://www.trackemtigers.com/2010/2/26/1326947/rollisons-departure-a-cautionary



Watch yourself on this one. EDSBS’s next going to publish “YOUR” secret numbers!

http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2010/2/25/1326326/for-your-eyes-only-the-auburn



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Strike up the band, well let’s be happy, okay, this beats not being on TV.
http://wareagleextra.blogspot.com/2010/02/auburns-day-game-to-be-televised-by.html


We all want to know what goes on inside the mind of the Mad Doctor Gustav, the Malzahnian Maniac right?

Here, Jay G. Tate gets a few minutes of Gus Malzahn’s time.

http://jaygtate.blogspot.com/2010/02/little-chat-with-gus-malzahn.html


Tiger Histalmos at the Bleacher report has this view of the running back position at Auburn this year.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/351822-auburn-football-spring-preview-tigers-look-to-utilize-all-running-backs



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The news out of Auburn via Texas is not good. It seems that Tyrik Rollinson of Sulphur Springs, TX will be leaving Auburn after the spring quarter, and enrolling at Sam Houston State. He will not lose a year of eligibility due to this transfer. No official word from the Auburn Athletic Department, but Tyrik posted his intention to leave on his Facebook page.


Andy Bitter has the story here.
http://wareagleextra.blogspot.com/2010/02/report-tyrik-rollison-planning-to.html


Men’s Hoops suffered another setback last night, losing to Miss. State 85-75. The loss virtually seals the fate of Coach Jeff Lebo IMHO.

Everyone who has met Jeff has said what a nice guy he is. He just has not got the job done at Auburn. I hope that the Tigers can go on a run, win the SEC tourney, and represent well in the NCAA‘s, but alas, I am afraid that’s a dream at this point.

Here’s Andy Bitter’s account of the game.

http://wareagleextra.blogspot.com/2010/02/another-second-half-slump-sinks-auburn.html


Auburn’s Women Tennis team is starting to roll. Defeating Troy 7-0 for their third consecutive match win.

Details here. http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/022410aab.html
Not much else going on today. I’ll try and keep you posted on the Tyrik watch.


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I wrote this article when I first started with Bleacher Report. As time has progressed every site I visit has this theme at sometime or another. I wanted to share it with you here.

After you've finished reading it, comment on some of the best games you have been to.



The weather was perfect, and the atmosphere was raucous, as Auburn was hosting LSU. The year was 1994.
I was there with one of my closest friends, Gary. We had attended several Auburn games together. We involved our entire families, wives, children, and always had a great time.
This time however it was just the two of us. We had decided at the last moment to go to the game, instead of watching on TV.
The Tiger Walk that day was really something to behold!
Our tickets ended up being in the upper deck, along side many LSU fans. The guy I was sitting next to from LSU had been talking about how they had been improving every week, and that he felt they had a better than average chance at beating Auburn this time. Gary was sitting next to three girls who were LSU fans. Just my luck, I get the guy who knows football, I digress.
During warm ups I had mentioned to the Bengal Tiger fan that, #9 Ken Albis was worth watching. He could leap, and run with anybody. How could I know what was about to transpire?
Unfortunately as Auburn fans the Tigers weren't playing at their best on offense. As usual, the defense was good enough to keep Auburn in the game.
Auburn of course was down in the fourth quarter, and staged the impossible. Not one but two comebacks. The first to tie the game, the second to win it.
The worst part was, after the field goal to put LSU back up with very little time to play. Gary and I were getting some pretty ruff treatment from some of the other LSU fans around us. We decided rather than fight a no-chance fight we would just leave.
I had brought with me a radio headset so I could listen to the pre-game shows and hear Jim Fyffe call the game. So when we were outside the stadium I put the radio headset back on, and started repeating Fyffe's call of the game.
While we were at the intersection by the Athletic dorm we could the roar inside the stadium and I was yelling, "Brian Robinson, Brian Robinson" at the top of my lungs. Just then I yelled, "TOUCHDOWN AUUBBBBBUUUURRRRRNNNN!!!!!"
There were hugs, and high fives galore. Gary and I recieved invitations to several tailgate parties by those who surrounded us that day. We just decided to head on back home and enjoy the trip listening to the post game show, sore throats and all.
It's games like this that come around once in a lifetime. I was there, and for the most part, a witness. Another special moment in Auburn Tiger football history.
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Last year as we all know, Auburn had a terrible time defensively with injuries. No area was harder hit than Linebacker and Defensive Back. The staff did an excellent job of recruiting these positions, and recieved some really good news with Aairon Savage being granted a sixth year of eligiblity, and Zac Etheridge rehabbing with a good chance at returning.

Tyler Henderson over at Auburn Eagle has this fine piece for us on Auburn’s Linebacker corps.
http://www.wareagleauburn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=366:an-auburn-standard-returns&catid=36:auburn-football

Chris Low of ESPN has this about Auburn….
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/9148/auburn-to-practice-in-the-mornings

and, the about what to look for in the West division of the SEC.
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/9110/what-to-watch-in-the-sec-west-this-springis

Probably the best story to come out of Auburn last year was the unselfish and unyielding character of Kodi Burns.
Jay G. Tate of Montgomery Advertiser fame has this unique look into the season ahead of Kodi Burns. Stop by and visit Jay and the gang known as the Hotties. They are good people.
http://jaygtate.blogspot.com/2010/02/looking-at-kodi-burns-senior-season.html



The Auburn Women’s golf team had a difficult time with the weather this past weekend finishing eighth. The official site has this report.
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/recaps/022310aab.html

In Women’s Basketball, the ladies smothered Miss. State to the tune of 50-36. The full report is here.
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/022110aaa.html

Auburn’s lady Equestrian team is ranked second nationally and had a great competition against #4 Oklahoma State. We go to the official site for the inside scoop here.
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/w-equest/recaps/022110aaa.html

Our ladies of the Gymnastics field are nationally ranked as well.
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/w-gym/spec-rel/022210aab.html

The Men and Women continue to shine in Track and Field nationally.
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/021610aaa.html

In Cross Country two Auburn men finished with All-American honors.http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/c-xc/spec-rel/112309aac.html


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Once again we are trying to come up with news for you guys and this time of year it’s slow concerning football. There are lots of good vibrations around this Auburn team, from the fans, and the administration.
Expectations are running high. and reasonably so.
To look at the future, one must look at the past, so as not to make the same mistakes, and repeat what worked well.
War Eagle Atlanta, over at TRACK ‘EM TIGERS has an excellent read on the top 25 teams of the past decade.
http://www.trackemtigers.com/2010/2/22/1322374/the-top-25-teams-of-the-decade

Charles Goldberg at al.com has a nice video for us from Gene Chizik’s press conference Monday.
http://blog.al.com/goldmine/2010/02/post_58.html


Andy Bitter has another fine article in the Ledger-Enquirer concerning the start of spring practice and some players who will participate at the Tailback position.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2010/02/23/1025825/auburn-set-to-begin-spring-practice.html


We will continue to search the news and get all we can to you.
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Bryan Kelley has this neat slideshow over at the Bleacher Report. It's way too early to look at 2011 recruits unless you are a College Coach, or you are part of the fastest growing segment of college fans, the "recruitniks".

http://app.bronto.com/public/?q=ulink&fn=Link&ssid=10573&id=2x1fyvae1792h4blkvqu9z0fv71tv&id2=2fjdb392xd3jr6v94ypqx9whlidj5&subscriber_id=aongwmwhedihiumqwwunjnweavylbdp&delivery_id=ayqwttsqufffupuqaikcfcttsrvlbfk

Here is a really neat Q&A with Ben Tate. It's found on the Official Auburn site.
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/021910aaa.html

Kevin McGrady has an excellent look at the potential of Auburn's Offense in the coming season.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/349657-auburn-football-potential-for-offensive-impact-for-2010

Andy Bitter does such an excellent job of keeping us informed day to day. Here is what he had on Coach Chizik's Monday Press conference.
http://wareagleextra.blogspot.com/2010/02/auburns-gene-chizik-glad-to-keep.html


Jay G. Tate has this on the Chizik presser too.
http://jaygtate.blogspot.com/2010/02/gene-chizik-speaks_22.html

Every year this subject comes up. Like it or not some people won't let a dead horse rot. http://www.trackemtigers.com/2010/2/22/1319274/a-look-back-at-the-orange-tigers

Plainsman Parking lot is your fix for all things Auburn baseball. The Tigers of the diamond took their first series of the young season. Here are the recap and injury updates.
http://auppl.blogspot.com/2010/02/injury-update.html
http://auppl.blogspot.com/2010/02/recap-semo.html

John over at The Sleeper Team has this fine piece to peruse. Your enjoyment may not match mine, but there's some handy info here.

http://thesleeperteam.com/2010/02/05/fun-with-the-2-deep-offense-or-whatever-gets-you-from-signing-day-to-spring-practice/

Jeryy over at The War Eagle Reader does a super job of telling you the way life is as an Auburn Swim Team Champion. can you say DOMINATE!

http://www.thewareaglereader.com/2010/02/auburn-swimming-owning-your-face-since-1997/