Auburn and West Virginia have agreed to move their early-season football game next season to a Thursday night meeting on Oct. 23 in Morgantown, W.Va.
ESPN has been arranging the move for sometime as it worked with both schools to juggle their schedules. Auburn wanted the move in order to give its new starting quarterback more time to get acquainted with the offense. West Virginia will have more time to work with new head coach Bill Stewart.
The immediate change for Auburn is that a home game with Southern Miss originally scheduled for Oct. 18 will be moved into the West Virginia slot on Sept. 6. That will be the second game of the year for the Tigers.
Auburn will have an open date on Oct. 18.
The Tigers will open the season Aug. 30 against Louisiana-Monroe.
Auburn’s annual spring football game, A-Day, will be held Saturday, March 29 at 1 p.m. (CT) at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Auburn will tentatively begin spring practice on February 28.
The Auburn softball, baseball and men’s tennis teams will all be in action at home A-Day weekend.
The baseball team will host Tennessee for a three-game series on Friday (6 p.m.), Saturday (3 p.m.) and Sunday (2 p.m.). The Tigers softball team also hosts Tennessee with a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 4 p.m. and plays the final game of the series on Sunday at 1 p.m. The men’s tennis team hosts Georgia on Sunday, March 30 at 1 p.m.
Auburn University today announced the launch of a dedicated Channel on the widely popular video-sharing Web site YouTube, www.youtube.com/AuburnUniversity.
The Channel currently features more than 60 videos including various lectures and events as well as several student study abroad experiences. Among the most viewed clips are videos of AU’s beloved mascot Aubie and a promotional video featuring AU alumni reading the Auburn Creed.
“Through our relationship with YouTube, we are able to take our video content directly to where the audience is,” said Mike Clardy of AU’s Office of Communications and Marketing. “The huge benefit for us is that YouTube is an established entity and provides us another method for sharing information about Auburn.”
AU’s Office of Communications and Marketing manages the content on the university’s YouTube Channel and anyone can subscribe to the site, which will notify subscribers when new videos are posted. Viewers also have the opportunity to post comments about each video. Such features allow AU’s YouTube viewers to become engaged in the content while providing the university with valuable feedback.
Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the leading online video community that allows people to discover, watch and share originally created videos. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on www.YouTube.com and across the Internet through Web sites, blogs and e-mail.
AU’s partnership with YouTube marks the university’s latest new media initiative. Last semester AU announced the launch of AU iTunes, a partnership with Apple to provide a dedicated space on iTunes where faculty and campus groups can post information including presentations and lectures available for download. Last fall the university also launched an RSS feed and Wire Eagle, a subscription-based weekly e-newsletter.
The Auburn University Athletics Department announced the opportunity for one lucky fan to win a three-night trip for two to the 50th running of the Daytona 500 that will be given away at the Auburn-Ole Miss men’s basketball game on Saturday. The historic race will be held Feb. 17 at Daytona International Speedway.
Fans 21 and older can enter to win the contest at the Promotions Gazebo located at the main entrance of the Coliseum on the day of the game. Finalists will be announced during the first-half of the game and they will compete in an on-court contest at halftime to determine the winner.
Courtesy of the Auburn ISP Sports Network, the winner will receive three night accommodations, admission to the Daytona USA Interactive Racing Fan Fest, private motor coach transfers to and from Daytona International Speedway for Busch Series 300 and Daytona 500 races, Front Stretch Grandstand tickets to Busch Series 300 and Front Stretch Grandstand tickets to Daytona 500.
Tip-off for the Auburn-Ole Miss game is 4 pm Central and advance tickets for $15 can be purchased online at auburntigers.com or by phone 800-AUB-1957.
Steven B. Caudill (Bio), Chair of the Department of Economics and Regions Bank Professor, has just released a paper that evaluates the BCS Rankings and the NCAA Football Championship Game. His findings, that the BCS did get it right, are based on the Bradley-Terry method of paired comparisons.
It supposedly cost ULM fans, presumably those at the Hixon Ford dealership in Monroe, Louisiana, $12,000 to hoist that banner of victory above I-20 as a reminder to bowl-hungry Bama fans en route to Shreveport… whether the price / motives are right, it looks too stupid and too awesome not to be real…
Auburn announced late Wednesday afternoon it has hired Tony Franklin as its offensive coordinator. The former Troy and Kentucky assistant coach will be on the field when Auburn begins practice Friday for the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
Franklin, who emerged as the leading candidate Tuesday, replaces Al Borges, who resigned last week.
“Tony has had a tremendous amount of success offensively in the Southeastern Conference and during his most recent position at Troy,” said Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville. “He teaches an exciting brand of offense that has posted some very impressive numbers, statistically.”
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