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Mr. Carr goes to the endzone.

Quindarius Carr caught two passes all of last season.

Saturday, during A-Day, he caught four for 152 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown catch and run.

Not a bad way to state your case for playing time next season, especially when Auburn’s looking for a third wide receiver who can take some pressure off Darvin Adams and Terrell Zachery.

It’s also not a bad way to earn the Lionel James Offensive MVP Award, which he also snagged Saturday.

“I finally had the opportunity to showcase my skills and have fun with my teammates,” Carr said.

Coaches want the bull seeing red.

While ambiguous and sometimes puzzling, Gene Chizik’s player interview policy typically doesn’t exclude players who have impressed him with on-field accolades.

So when he was asked Monday if the opposite conclusion should be drawn regarding safety Mike McNeil and linebacker Eltoro Freeman — both of whom haven’t been made available after all 12 of Auburn’s spring practices to date — Chizik delivered a somewhat telling, but still-ambiguous response.

“I don’t know what you want to read into,” Chizik said. “I don’t know if you should or shouldn’t, but they both need to step it up.”

Chizik is warning you ESPN.

There promise to be a few more cameras than normal for Saturday’s A-Day game at Jordan-Hare Stadium, but Gene Chizik said he won’t let ESPN affect his plan for the fan-friendly scrimmage.

Chizik said Monday he has yet to determine a format for the game, as far as whether he wants the first-team offense and defense to ever be on the field at the same time, and he’s yet to settle on a scoring system.

Chizik is excited...are you?

Spring football is finally here, and all the uncertainty that comes with it has arrived as well.

Compared to last year, when Gene Chizik and his newly hired staff were prepared to oversee their first spring practice at Auburn, there are far fewer questions when it comes to the overall vibe and feel of a Chizik-led spring. And with a bevy of returning starters on both sides of the ball, there are certainly fewer jobs up for grabs.

Yet there is still plenty to ponder starting today when the Tigers host their first of 15 important practices at the Auburn Athletic Complex.

The weather feels like mid-January in Lee County today, but spring football is a little more than 36 hours away.

The temperatures will follow suit, as they’ll hover around the 60’s when Auburn opens camp Wednesday at 9 a.m.

Mornings, you say? Yes, Auburn will get its business done early for all 15 of its spring practices.

A-Day, thankfully, is still set for the afternoon. It will be an April 17, 1 p.m. kickoff at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU and Mike Bellotti, the former Oregon football coach and athletic director, will be making his ESPN debut for the game.

Auburn’s A-Day game is going global.

The Worldwide Leader, ESPN, will be picking up a live feed of Auburn’s A-Day game and will broadcast it to the masses on ESPNU.

The game is set for Saturday, April 17, with a 1 p.m. kickoff.

This announcement comes one day after ESPN declared it would televise National Champion Alabama’s spring game. The games are set for the same day, with Alabama’s kicking off one hour later.

Perhaps this will force Gene Chizik to go by a normal scoring system. Last year’s, which rewarded points to the offense and defense for just about everything, probably wouldn’t be TV-friendly.