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October 4, 2012 Auburn vs. Arkansas

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SEC RoundupWhich SEC teams are on the rise and who finds themselves behind the ball with only four games played

Senior Profile: Emory BlakeThe man with Auburn’s longest-recorded play from scrimmage

Key MatchupsWhat Auburn needs to focus on coming off a loss to LSU

Back in timeA look back at the 2011 matchup against Arkansas and what Auburn must do to avoid a repeat

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Hog tiedThe Tigers leave behind a close loss to LSU and an

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The first fourLasting memories through week 4

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Arkansas 2011 A look back at last years outing against the RazorbacksPage 3

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Pass to the pastWhat the Tigers have to do in order to avoid a 2011 repeat

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Kiehl frazier throws a pass against arkansas on oct. 8, 2011. frazier completed 2 of 4 passes for 18 yards and two touch-downs against the razorbacks last year.

Auburn went into last year’s meeting with the Arkansas Razorbacks at 4–1 and ranked 15th in the country. The defending national champs were still on a SEC-winning streak that had reached 11 games after impressive early-season wins against fellow top-20 sides Mississippi State and South Carolina.

Though Auburn fans weren’t expecting the wins to come in 2011 at quite the rate they did in 2010, they certainly weren’t prepared for what the Hogs had in store for their Tigers in Fayetteville Satur-day, Oct. 8.

The game started inconspicuously enough as the two offenses couldn’t get much of anything go-ing on their opening drives and traded punts. Un-fortunately for Auburn,

On Auburn’s next possession Little Rock, Ark. native sophomore Michael Dyer welcomed him-self home with a 55-yard touchdown scamper that put the Tigers up 7–0 early in the first. Arkan-sas responded with a few big pass plays before ty-ing the game on a short run. After another Clark

punt—this one still not impressing at 39 yards—Auburn defensive end Corey Lemonier sacked Wilson, and fellow lineman Jeff Whitaker recov-ered. Auburn marched down the field and took a 14–7 on a touchdown run by an even younger Arkansas native who was even closer to home. Northwest Arkansas’ Kiehl Frazier earned the six points playing just minutes from where he played his high school ball.

The Razorbacks went on to roll in the second half, however, and with a final score of 38-14, and the Tigers limped back to the Plains. Some clear lessons from the box score of last year’s game show what Auburn must improve to take care of business this time around.

Auburn had 11 penalties for more than 100 yards. Arkansas had just four for what turned out to be an inconsequential 26 yards. Auburn had three turnovers while forcing only one.

Auburn’s offensive line must ensure quarter-backs have time to see the field, make their reads and get rid of the ball in a smart, effective manner.


Between the tackles What the Tigers have to do to keep the Razorbacks at bay

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The Arkansas vs. Auburn game this Saturday will feature several key matchups that will likely decide the outcome of the game.

tyler Wilson, who will be the most explosive offen-sive player on the field, will face an Auburn secondary that has given up 211 yards a game through the air, but the Auburn defense has not played against a quarter-back of Wilson’s class.

Yes, Wilson’s team is 1–3, but that is more a result of an abrupt change of coaches in the offseason than the quarterback’s inadequacies. Make no mistake, Wilson is dangerous.

Last year, Wilson turned Auburn’s secondary into Swiss cheese as he passed for 262 yards and three touchdowns. Auburn’s defense is coming off a con-fidence booster against LSU, but will need to remain wary of the Arkansas quarterback’s prowess.

If the secondary can limit Wilson to about 230 yards

and two touchdown throws, the tigers should have an excellent chance of winning, simply because the Ar-kansas defense has been dismal this year.

In fact, Arkansas’ defense averages about 510 yards against them each game and around 160 on the ground.

Auburn, being a predominantly run-oriented of-fense, will look to exploit the Arkansas front seven in search for its first SeC victory.

The tigers have averaged 153 yards on the ground through four games, but will need to improve that number if they expect a win this weekend.

tre Mason and Ontario McCalebb are averaging more than five yards a carry this season and are two of Auburn’s more reliable offensive players.

If the duo can establish a strong running game that opens up the pass for Kiehl Frazier, the Auburn offense will thrive. It all starts on the ground against a defense like Arkansas, and if Auburn can exploit the weakness-es, the wheels may come off for the razorbacks.

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running backs tre mason and onterio mccalebb are leading the tigers in rushing thus far through the season. the tigers averaged 153 yards on the ground through four games.

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Gene chizik is in his fourth year as head coach of the tigers.


Team depth chartsQuarterbackKiehl Frazier - So. Clint Moseley - Jr. Jonathan Wallace - Fr.Running BackOnterio McCalebb - Sr.Tre Mason - So.Mike Blakely - RS Fr.FullbackJ.C. Copeland - Jr.Connor Neighbors - So.Wide Receiver Emory Blake - Sr.Sammie Coates - RS Fr.Ricardo Louis - Fr.Wide Receiver 2Trovon Reed - So.Travante Stallworth- Sr.3-wideQuan Bray - So.Tight EndP. Lutzenkirchen - Sr.Brandon Fulse - So.C.J. Uzomah - So.Left TackleGreg Robinson - RS Fr.Shon Coleman - RS Fr.Left GuardJohn Sullen - Sr.Alex Kozan - Fr.CenterReese Dismukes - So.Tunde Fariyike - So.Right GuardChad Slade - So.C. Westerman - RS Fr.Right TackleAvery Young - Fr.Patrick Miller - Fr.Place KickerCody Parkey - Jr.Alex Kviklys - Fr.PunterSteven Clark - Jr.J.D. Strawbridge - Fr.Kick-off SpecialistCody Parkey - Jr.Alex Kviklys - Fr.HolderRyan White - Jr.Steven Clark - Jr.Punt ReturnerQuan Bray - So.Trovon Reed - So.Kick ReturnerQuan Bray - So.Onterio McCalebb - Sr.

Defensive EndDee Ford - Jr.Craig Sanders - Jr.Nosa Eguae - Jr.Defensive TackleJeffrey Whitaker - Jr.Gabe Wright - So.Tyler Nero - Fr.Defensive TackleAngelo Blackson - So.Kenneth Carter - Jr.Devaunte Sigler - So.Defensive EndCorey Lemonier - Jr.LaDarius Owens - So.Nosa Eguae - Jr.Outside Linebacker (WILL)Jonathan Evans - Sr.Justin Garrett - So.Middle Linebacker (MIKE)Jake Holland - Jr.Cassanova McKinzy - Fr.Outside Linebacker (SAM)Daren Bates - Sr.Kris Frost - RS Fr.CornerbackChris Davis - Jr.Jonathon Mincy - So.SafetyJermaine Whitehead - So.Demetruce McNe-al - Jr.Safety 2Demetruce McNe-al - Jr.Trent Fisher - So.CornerbackRyan White - Jr.T’Sharvan Bell - Sr.

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QuarterbackTyler Wilson - Sr.Brandon Allen - Fr.Running BackKnile Davis - Jr.Dennis Johnson - Sr.Ronnie Wingo Jr.Wide ReceiverMekale McKay - Fr.Demetrius Wilson - Jr.Keon Hatcher - Fr.Cobi Hamilton - Sr.Javontee Herndon - Jr.Keante Minor - So.Tight EndChris Gragg - Sr.Austin Tate - Jr.Alex Voelzke - Fr.Offensive Tackle David Hurd - Jr.Chris Stringer - So.Brey Cook - So.Jason Peacock - Sr.Offensive GuardTyler Deacon - Sr.Luke Charpenti-er - So.Alvin Bailey - Jr.CenterTravis Swanson - Jr.Mitch Smothers - So.Place KickerZach Hocker - Jr.John Henson - So.PunterDylan Breeding - Sr.HolderBrian Buehner - So.Punt ReturnerDennis Johnson - Sr.Keante Minor - So.

Kick ReturnerDennis Johnson - Sr.Nate Holmes - Fr.Ronnie Wingo Jr. - Sr.Long Snapper Alan D’AppollonioWill ColemanDefensive EndTrey Flowers - So.Austin Flynn - Jr.Chris Smith - Jr.Colton Miles-Nash - Sr.Defensive TackleDeQuinta Jones - Sr.Robert Thomas - Jr.Byran Jones - Jr.Alfred Davis - Sr.Jared Green - Sr.LinebackerJarrett Lake - Jr.Daunte Carr - So.Alonzo Highsmith - Sr.Terrell Williams - Sr.Tenarius Wright - Sr.Kiero Small - Sr.CornerbackTevin Mitchel - 1VKaelon Kelleybrew - Tr.Davyon McKinney - Rs.Darius Winston - Sr.Will Hines - Fr.SafetyRoss Rasner - Sr.Alan Turner - So.Eric Bennett - Jr.Rohan Gaines - Fr.


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1.LeeCountyFairThe Lee County Fair will be going on through Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Lee County fairgrounds in Opelika. Show up any time after 4 p.m. and enjoy games, rides, music and pip-ing hot funnel cakes. Music will be kicking off at 7 p.m. The fair will also be open Thursday, Oct. 4 and Friday Oct. 5. Tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for children.

2.Pope’sHauntedFarmThe annual haunted farm is back for the month of October! Show up Sat-urday (or any weekend for the rest of the month) for a night of Halloween fun, including a haunted hayride, haunted barn, haunted forest and a 3-D haunted house. Event-goers can choose one attraction for $12, two for $20 or three for $25, with an ex-tra $5 cost to experience the haunt-ed house.

3.TheGreatOutdoorsTake advantage of the beautiful area surrounding the city and get outside for a hike. The Forest Ecology Pre-serve, located just down the road on N. College Street, has no admission fee and contains features such as a turtle pond, butterfly garden and songbird viewing area. Alternative-ly, you could also make the drive out to Tuskegee National Forest (also no admission fee), or pay $3 to enjoy the scenery at Chewacla State Park.


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tyler Wilson knows what it takes to be a great quarterback.

Wilson was making headlines before he ever donned a razorback jer-sey. the 6-foot-3-inch, 220-pound quarterback had one of the most prolific high school ca-reers in Arkansas his-tory, passing for more than 8,000 yards and 93 touchdowns while lead-ing his team to three straight state titles.

His offensive pro-duction continued into last season, his first as a starter.

Wilson’s 2011 razor-backs went 11–2, tying

the school’s single-sea-son record. Wilson fin-ished the year passing for 3,638 yards and 24 touchdowns with just six interceptions, be-coming the second quar-terback in school his-tory to throw for 3,000 yards in a single season. His 63.2 completion per-centage was the third-highest single-season to-tal in school history and ranked third in the SeC.

The Greenwood, Ark., native capped off his re-cord-breaking year by becoming the first ra-zorback to be named first-team All-SeC quar-terback on the AP and coaches’ teams.

Wilson announced

Jan. 13, 2012 that he would return to Arkan-sas for his senior season in hopes of adding to the nine school records he already holds.

But this year hasn’t ex-actly gone as planned.

After suf fering a sidelining head inju-ry against Louisiana-Monroe, Wilson could only sit and watch as his team fell apart in the 52–0 rout by No. 1 Ala-bama.

The loss didn’t sit well with the accomplished quarterback. In the post-game press con-ference, Wilson did the only thing he could do: he called out his team-mates for giving up.

“Obviously that wasn’t pretty to watch,” Wilson said. “Sucks I couldn’t be out there to do some-thing about it. Do I feel that we, at times, gave up out there? Yeah, ab-solutely. As a leader, it sucks to see people not do their jobs and to see things go wrong. there has been a lot of things go that way.”

It’s no surprise Wilson was angry. After much success in high school and college, watching your team tumble to a 1–4 record hurts.

Wilson has had a pro-ductive season so far with 79 completions for 1,355 yards and nine touchdowns while av-

eraging 338.8 yards per game.

But five interceptions in four games isn’t exact-ly reassuring.

His below-par 54.5 percent pass comple-tion is also a concern, making some question whether he made a mis-take in choosing to fore-go the NFL draft to play his senior season.

There’s no doubt Wil-son has the talent to pull out a decent record, but four straight losses makes for an uphill bat-tle.

Now it’s up to the red-shirt senior to get his team back on track in front of a hostile crowd in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Razorback Wilson revs up for senior season

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tyler Wilson passed for more than 8,000 yards in his high school career.

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THE STATE OF THEFive weeks into the season, the SEC has remained the benchmark of success.The Associated Press ranks five SEC teams—No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 LSU, No. 5 Georgia, No. 6 South Carolina and No. 10 Florida—in the top 10 and six—No.

20 Mississippi State—in the top 25.The Pac-12 is tied with the SEC for most teams in the top 25, but No. 2 Oregon is its only representative in the top 10.The disclaimer, of course, is that it’s not even halfway through the season. Heading into the heart of the divisional schedule, the SEC’s parity will most likely

whittle those numbers down some. Alabama has yet to play LSU, and Georgia has both Florida and South Carolina left on the schedule. With seven games left, here is where the SEC stands so far.

Playing for the titleAlthough five SEC teams are in the

top 10, Alabama and LSU are the favor-ites to contend for the BCS title, with Georgia being the wild card.

Love them or hate them, Nick Sa-ban has built a dynasty in Tuscaloosa. Barring a USC-level investigation or a return to the NFL by Saban, Alabama looks to be a perennial contender with a vicious running game and smash mouth defense.

The road to the title game once again runs through LSU (5–0). The two will clash in Baton Rouge, La., this year.

The Tigers have looked dominant for the most part, but injuries and a near loss at Auburn have the Crimson Tide

(5–0) relishing the Nov. 3 matchup.Whoever wins the SEC title will most

likely earn a BCS Championship berth, but that means Georgia (5–0) will still have a chance to steal the crown.

The Bulldogs are much improved this year and have the weapons to score on any defense.

The Bulldogs’ only concerns are on defense, where mental mistakes and missed tackles have allowed teams such as Buffalo and Tennessee to mo-mentarily smell an upset.

Freshmen running backs Todd Gur-ley and Keith Marshall have made fans forget the loss of Isaiah Crowell, how-ever, and Aaron Murray may be the best quarterback in the SEC.

Missed it by that muchFlorida (4–0) and South Caroli-

na (5–0) could have had a decent shot of at least making the SEC title game, but a tough schedule down the stretch may prevent that from hap-pening.

Florida plays LSU this week, but a double-header of South Carolina and Georgia at home starting two weeks later will test the Gators.

That, plus ending the season at now-No. 3 Florida State, will either vault the Gators to the top or drop them out of the rankings.

South Carolina has impressed so far, as well. Marcus Lattimore looks remarkably strong after tearing his ACL last season, and Connor Shaw has looked good when not injured.

And yet, like Florida, a strong SEC schedule and a highly ranked in-state rival may be their undoing.

The Gamecocks play Georgia at home this week, but will also play on the road at LSU, Florida and No-15 Clemson.

South Carolina will also face Ten-nessee and Arkansas at home, two wild-card teams who may be playing the spoiler role by late October.

Playing for bowl gamesMissouri, Tennessee, Mississip-

pi State and Texas A&M all have a chance to contend for one of the bigger bowl games.

This is good news considering Tennessee didn’t make it to a bowl game, and Mississippi State and Texas A&M each finished at .500 last season.

Of the four, Mississippi State (4–0) looks to have the best shot at fin-ishing well above 6–6. The Bulldogs boast solid defense and have a win-nable schedule, despite the obliga-tory away games at Alabama and

LSU.Missouri (3–2) would, and still

may, be in that conversation, but quarterback James Franklin’s injury to his throwing shoulder has stalled the offense and perhaps any chance of success in the team’s first season in the SEC.

Texas A&M (3–1) and Tennessee (3–2) have the ability to win games, but with three games against top-20 SEC teams left on the schedule for each of them, these teams are going to have to win all the games they’re supposed to win and some they’re not.

Playing for respectThis is the cellar of the SEC, but

unlike wine, these teams are still sit-ting here because they are the worst.

For the coaching staffs of some of these teams–Auburn, Kentucky and Arkansas specifically–this section might as well be called “playing for your job.”

Auburn (1–3) has underachieved this season, and the team’s biggest accomplishment has been a close loss to LSU.

Chizik will most likely get one more season to prove he can take Auburn back to the heights of 2010, but how his team finishes this sea-son will go a long way in determin-ing that.

Like Auburn, Arkansas (1–4) is winless in the division, however, fans in Little Rock have no love for John L. Smith.

If Smith is going to keep his po-sition, the Razorbacks are going to have to play like everyone expected they would.

In Kentucky (1–4), Joker Phillips seems lined up for his third straight losing season since taking over the job in 2010. A poor performance down the stretch may have the Wildcats looking elsewhere.

As for the rest of the SEC, Ole Miss (3–2) may have the best chance at a 6–6 record if they win this week vs. Texas A&M and the week after against Auburn.

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Senior profile: Emory Blake

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emory blake holds the record for the longest play from scrimmage; a 94-yard catch and run for a touchdown against the University of Louisiana at monroe in 2010.

John BurnsSPOrtS rePOrter

One player that has remained constant and consistent in Au-burn’s offense over the years is wide receiver emory Blake.

Blake is a 6-foot-2-inch 193 pound senior from Austin, tex-as and one of the most valuable players on Auburn’s offense.

He is the undisputed go-to guy and most reliable wide re-ceiver on the team.

His 94-yard touchdown re-ception in 2010 is the Auburn record for longest play from scrimmage. Blake has four 100 yard receiving games in his col-legiate career.

Blake also has 90 receptions in his career, 1455 yards receiv-ing and 14 touchdowns.

This year Blake has 12 recep-tions for 222 yards and a touch-down. He will expect to add to those numbers this weekend against a relatively weak Arkan-sas defense.

Much will depend on his hands and speed if the tigers want to have a formidable of-fense for the rest of the season.

Blake’s best yardage sea-son was in 2011 with 613 yards, while his most efficient touch-down year was in 2010 with 8.

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Everyone knows Auburn’s

“War Eagle” battle cry is far su-perior to Arkansas’ “Woo Pig Sooie” cheer, but let’s take a closer look before drawing too many conclusions.

The Auburn battle cry origi-nated from the football game against the University of Geor-gia in 1892, when a veteran of the Civil War brought an ea-gle he found on a Civil War bat-tlefield to the game. The eagle broke free and majestically cir-cled the football field. When Auburn won the game, the fans cheered the “War Eagle” battle cry.

Winning that crucial game also continued the eagle flying the stadium before each home

game.Arkansas’ chant “Woo Pig

Sooie” originates from farmers that wanted to encourage the football team to win the next game.

By yelling this phrase to en-courage the spirit of the razor-backs, Arkansas’ fans created a large cheering section that re-cited the cheer.

Although our mascot is a ti-ger, the eagle is an important part of who we are as a univer-sity.

It symbolizes more than just winning the game that further consummated the Auburn/Georgia rivalry.

Although Aubie is the best mascot in the nation, proven by many wins from the Universal Cheerleaders Association Mas-cot National Championship, the “War Eagle” brings the feel-ing of family all over the world.

The difference between Au-burn and Arkansas’ chants is simple.

Auburn’s “War Eagle” means more to students, faculty and alumni than just cheering on their football team.

“War Eagle” is also a greet-ing.

Everyone who has ever worn the Auburn logo, whether they are in Alabama or California, has received a friendly “War Ea-gle” from a perfect stranger.

This, my friends, is a “War Eagle Moment.”

Being from out of state, hear-ing this phrase even in the Phil-adelphia airport makes me re-member the fact that I am and will forever be a part of the Au-burn family.

Although Arkansas’ “Woo Pig Sooie” helps pump up its foot-ball team, like Auburn’s “War Eagle,” it does not have the same sentimental effect off the field as “War Eagle” does.

Although I may be biased, the facts are crystal clear; Au-burn’s chant is and forever will be better than Arkansas’ chant.

‘War Eagle’ vs. ‘Woo Pig Sooie’‘War Eagle’ is clear winner among college chants

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The marching band commitment

What is a typical game day schedule like for marching band members?

Typical Schedule for an 11 a.m. kickoff

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5:30 a.m. Percussion and Tiger Eyes Warm-

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6:00 a.m. Woodwind and Brass Warm-up

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6:15 – 7:45 a.m. Gameday Rehearsal

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9:00 a.m. Tiger Walk Begins

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The Auburn marching band performes during the LSU game Saturday, Sept 21.

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On Friday, Oct. 5, the gen-eral public will have its first opportunity to wine and dine on the 50-yard line of Jordan-Hare Stadium.

“It was always the idea of the Auburn Athletics depart-ment to enhance the gameday weekend experience, and this is just one of those events,” said Wendy Carlson of the Au-burn Athletics department.

At Café Jordan-Hare, guests will first enter through the McCartney Plaza at gate 10 outside the tiger’s den, tour the Auburn tigers lock-er room and will then come through the warning track on the south end zone of Jordan-

Hare.From 6:30-9:30 p.m.,

dinner, wine and beer will be served by six cook-to-order interac-tive chef stations, fea-turing local and re-gional chefs.

A jazz-combo band will play alongside din-ner.

Although current-ly uncertain of future dates, Carlson said Au-burn Athletics plans to hold this event again in the future.

tickets are $150 per person and can be purchased at auburn-tigers.com/gameday/arkansas.

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