Why Mike...Why?
Multiple media outlets are claiming that All-SEC RB Michael Dyer will not be participating in the Chick-fil-A Bowl game on December 31. Nothing has been reported as to the reasons why Dyer wont be eligible.
Rumors have it everywhere from grades to failed drug tests. In the end does it really matter why he won’t be playing. What matters is that one of the few stars on this team won’t be eligible to play.
Which leads me to ask what is going on with this team? Where is the leadership?
Has our quest for the National Championship clouded our judgment in taking people of character? Auburn Men? I’m not saying that Dyer isn’t an Auburn man, I am simply stating with all that has happened over the past year another suspension leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
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That’s right bowls games are set and this year unfortunately won’t produce a National Championship trophy, heck it doesn’t even produce a New Years Day game, or in this case a day after New Years day game (since January 1 falls on a Sunday and everyone knows that belongs to the NFL). So Auburn will get to go to Atlanta but it will be to play Virginia in the Chik-fil-A Bowl.
So who are the Virgina Cavaliers?
They are an 8-4 team with a 5-3 ACC record. Their resume includes wins over, Georgia Tech, Miami, Maryland and Florida State. Their biggest losses coming at the hands of Virgina Tech and Southern Miss.
The game will mark Virginia’s fourth appearance in the Chick-fil-A Bowl (formerly the Peach Bowl). The Cavaliers played their first-ever bowl game in Atlanta on. Dec. 31 in 1984, defeating Purdue 27-24 to claim the Peach Bowl crown. Virginia defeated Georgia 34-27 in the 1995 Peach Bowl and lost to the Bulldogs 35-33 in the 1998 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
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T’Sharvan Bell is out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury
Junior cornerback T’Sharvan Bell is out for the rest of the year with a knee injury he suffered in the third quarter against Georgia, head coach Gene Chizik said Sunday.
Bell, who started the first 10 games for the Tigers, will have surgery on his left knee later this week, Chizik said.
The junior went down after a 9-yard run by Georgia’s Carlton Thomas near the end of the third quarter and lay on the field as Auburn trainers attended to him.
He was helped off the field by two trainers and could not put much pressure on his left leg, then was on crutches with a brace on his knee after the game.
Bell recorded 45 tackles and intercepted two passes on the year.
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After being dinged up at South Carolina, Dyer is ready to run over Arkansas.
Running back Mike Dyer is “doing fine” after tweaking his ankle against South Carolina, Auburn head coach Gene Chizik said Tuesday.
Dyer hurt his ankle midway through the third quarter against the Gamecocks — after his 25th carry of the night — and hobbled off the field.
He returned to carry 16 more times and finish off his 41-rush, 141-yard performance.
Chizik said the Little Rock, Ark., native is good to go.
“He’s going to practice as normal, as usual,” Chizik said. “He’ll be excited to play, and, obviously, going back to Arkansas, it will be exciting to play.”
Dyer leads the Tigers with 103 carries for 567 yards and seven touchdowns this year.
He ran six times for 53 yards — including a 38-yard touchdown — against the Razorbacks last season.
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