Auburn has extended Coach Tommy Tuberville’s contract for an additional two years, and added an increase of $200,000 annually, though the 2013 season announced Athletics Director Jay Jacobs Tuesday. The extension of the contract makes it a six-year agreement, worth an average of 3.3 million annually.

“We’re very pleased with the success, hard work and efforts of Coach Tuberville and his staff,” Jacobs said. “Tommy and I worked patiently though this process and did what was best for Auburn. He has not only achieved success with a winning program, but has student-athletes that graduate and represent Auburn in the finest manner.”

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Fewer than 48 hours after the Chick-fil-A Bowl’s selection of 22nd-ranked Auburn and 15th-ranked Clemson for its 40th annual bowl, Chick-fil-A Bowl officials have declared the game a complete sellout.

This is the Chick-fil-A Bowl’s 11th consecutive sellout and a continuation of the Bowl’s distinction as the highest-attended non-BCS bowl game in the country over the last decade. Only the Rose and Fiesta Bowls have longer sellout streaks.

“I’m not sure if I can remember a game where both teams sold through their ticket allotments so quickly,” said Gary Stokan, Chick-fil-A Bowl president. “I probably should’ve had a stopwatch handy.”

“These are two sets of passionate fans, and there is no doubt the atmosphere in the Georgia Dome will be electric on New Year’s Eve,” Stokan added.

In 2006, the Virginia Tech match-up with Georgia set the all-time Georgia Dome attendance mark at 75,406 - a figure that surpassed the previous record of 75,125 set by the Chick-fil-A Bowl between Clemson and Tennessee in 2004.

“All indications are that we’ll make a run at that milestone again this year,” Stokan said.

The 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl will be played Dec. 31 at 7:30 p.m. (EST) and will be nationally televised by ESPN.

The Chick-fil-A Bowl is the longest-running rivalry series of top-ranked teams from the ACC and SEC and is recognized as one of the most competitive bowl games in college football. The Chick-fil-A Bowl owns exclusive rights to the first selection in the ACC - after the BCS - and will set records this year with its 11th straight sellout and an all-time high $5.83 million in total team payout. The Chick-fil-A Bowl is the highest-attended non-BCS game in the country and leads all bowl games in charitable and scholarship contributions.

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The 22nd-ranked Auburn football team (8-4) accepted an invitation Sunday to play 15th-ranked Clemson (9-3) from the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 40th annual Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta. The game will be played at the Georgia Dome beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET on December 31, 2007. It will mark the program’s fourth trip to the Atlanta-based bowl.

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This morning, Matt Lauer called the Foy Student Union Information Desk and asked Hannah what the real name of the Barbie doll was to see if they truly would answer random questions… and she did! In closing, Hannah said “War Eagle” and I don’t think Matt knew what she meant by that

Aug. 30 LOUISIANA-MONROE
Sept. 6 at West Virginia
Sept. 13 at Mississippi State
Sept.20 LSU
Sept. 27 TENNESSEE
Oct. 4 at Vanderbilt
Oct. 11 ARKANSAS
Oct. 18 SOUTHERN MISS
Oct. 25 –OPEN DATE–
Nov. 1 at Ole Miss
Nov. 8 TENNESSEE-MARTIN
Nov. 15 GEORGIA
Nov. 22 –OPEN DATE–
Nov. 29 at Alabama

The Auburn (7-4, 4-3 SEC) football game against Alabama (6-4, 4-3 SEC) on Nov. 24 at Jordan-Hare Stadium will be televised by ESPN, the Southeastern Conference announced Monday. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. CT.

It will mark the fifth time this year that the Tigers have been on ESPN. ESPN televised Auburn’s wins over Kansas State, Florida, and Arkansas, and loss at LSU.

Auburn has an open date this Saturday.

The Nov. 24 Iron Bowl won’t be a CBS afternoon game. You can bet on that.

The network with the first choice in picking SEC games chose to air Tennessee at Kentucky at 12:30 p.m. followed by Florida State at Florida at 4 p.m.

That leaves the Auburn-Alabama game to fall to be ticketed as a night game on either ESPN or ESPN2.

Source: The Birmingham News Breaking News Blog on AL.com