Just hours after releasing a statement regarding the allegations made by former Auburn player Mike McNeil in a story by Selena Roberts, Jay Jacobs issued an open letter to the Auburn Family tonight via a press release regarding an ESPN story on Auburn’s testing of players for synthetic marijuana during 2010 and 2011. OPEN LETTER [...]

First Gene Chizik, then Cam, now Jay Jacobs: Anytime accusations are made against Auburn, we take them seriously. We have no reason to believe these allegations are either accurate or credible. However, as a matter of procedure, we are reviewing them carefully. It is important to note that several of the sources in this story [...]

Thanks, Chiz. We thought this stuff was all behind you, too. During my tenure at Auburn, the NCAA conducted a multi-year investigation into the Auburn football program that they called “fair and thorough.” The NCAA focused intently on widespread accusations about Auburn players being paid and other alleged recruiting violations. The NCAA conducted 80 interviews. [...]

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It’s Charles “Mugged In Tuscaloosa” Barkley’s 50th birthday (his pal Kurt Cobain would have been 46). So here’s his gift to us, based off that photo turned posterized poster. Related: Winn Dixie Beef Boy: In College, Charles Barkley was an A.K.A. buffet. … Keep Reading: * Winn Dixie Beef Boy: In College, Charles Barkley was [...]

[UPDATE]: We interviewed Rachel Gilmore. Unless you’re on his intramural basketball team or happen to run into him in the Auburn Arena student section, it’s pretty hard to make contact with Cam Newton Normal College Student. But not impossible. Newton was serenaded today by a group from the Wesley Foundation hired to deliver the Blessed [...]

You hear stories about Terry Beasley, who sadly paid a hefty price for football immortality—the 18 concussions over the course of his college and professional career resulted in closed-head injury syndrome—getting knocked out during games. But you maybe thought the whole “had to drag him off the field” thing was just colorful description. Nope, there’s [...]

It was the worst of times. It was the worst of times. And it showed in the stands. According to ESPN’s Darren Rovell, “Auburn averaged 82,646 fans per game this season, down 3.7 percent as compared to last season.” It was, as Rovell called it, a noticeable drop, but not nearly as noticeable as you [...]

Lost to the giddiness of actually seeing him was the reason he was probably there: to serve as the Celebrity N for the “A-U-B-U-R-N” cheer at halftime. And that was great, too. Related: Cam Newton, Auburn intramural basketball star. … Keep Reading: * Auburn grad Katherine Webb will featured prominently in new SI Swimsuit Issue [...]

Because of her Auburn grad grandfather (here he is in the 1959 Glom)! That’s why! He’d shoot her. War Eagle. h/t: the Auburn Warrior Princess Related: The first two Auburn coeds to pose nude for Playboy. … Keep Reading: * Cam Newton, Auburn intramural basketball star * One of the Wiggles is an Auburn fan [...]