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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53 Days
While the sweat drips down your face and drops to the ground beneath you, open up your imagination.
Close your eyes. Clear your head. Do away with any sounds around you.
Ignore the suffocation you’re feeling in your nose.
Picture green grass, deep blue sky. 70 degree temperature. The smell of hickory permeating the air. The soft sounds of voices in the distance. The sight of people adorned in orange and blue colors mingling with close family and friends.
The TV is airing the beginning of College Gameday. You grimace but then a sentimental smile overwhelms as you wait for the first discussion.
Suddenly it hits you. A breeze. A soft breeze that’s cold to the touch. You begin to tear up…
And you wake back up. Back into the heat. The pale blue sky. The hazy cloud cover. The sweat ring around your neck. The worn out eye lids tired of squinting.
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By: JR4AU
Well, the 2010 season is in the books. And, thankfully, it’s in some nice books, and magazines that will adorn our coffee tables for some time to come.
In the coming weeks, I will try to give some insight in to what is returning to the gridiron for the Auburn Tigers in 2011. I’m going to break it down unit by unit, and start with what I think was the true catalyst for the 2010 season. No, not quarterback, but offensive line. Cam, by any standards, was great. Players like that elevate mediocre teams to good, and good teams to greatness. To all the detractors that say this was a one man team in Cam Newton: You don’t have a friggin’ clue what you’re talking about, and such statements evidence a great lack of football savvy, or it may be evidence that you’re simply a jealous Alabama, LSU, or Georgia fan grasping at anything to try to make you feel better.
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Chizik knows it is not just him leading the charge for AU
There’s no reason to doubt Gene Chizik when he says, “It’s not about me.”
He’s right.
He’s right when he said it about the success his football team had in his first season on the Plains.
And he’s right when he said it about the recent raises and contract extensions he and his staff received two weeks ago.
Gene Chizik says he’s not about the money. And, again, I wouldn’t doubt it.
Sure, $2.1 million a year is way more than most people make (in a lifetime), but, compared to some of the top coaches in the country — and a few in his conference — it’s peanuts. Really, really nice peanuts.
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