ATLANTA — It won’t be South Beach, but Bourbon Street isn’t too shabby around New Year’s.

ATLANTA — For 15 wonderful minutes, Alabama had it rolling.

ATLANTA — Saturday was still a day for diplomacy among those involved in the BCS bowls.

LYNCHBURG, Va. — The No. 14 Auburn women’s basketball team will play its final game prior to the final exam break at 2 p.m. today, as the Tigers (9-0) travel to Liberty (1-5) in the Vines Center.

ATLANTA — The 2008 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Short Course National Championships came to a close on Saturday night with the Auburn men and women claiming two national championships, three automatic NCAA times, and 19 provisional cut times.

SELMA — Lee-Scott’s girls claimed the Marengo Academy Tournament title with a 61-41 win over Ft. Dale Academy on Saturday afternoon.

TROY — With black or green hats on their head and green beads around their necks, Troy players had some big-time celebrating to do before they hit the Big Easy.

ATLANTA — After taking Alabama’s best shot in the third quarter, No. 2 Florida responded like a champion.

Defense was the name of the game Saturday for Auburn.

Just two full days into a nationwide coaching search, Auburn’s vacancy has already helped two coaches put themselves in position for bigger paydays.

ATLANTA — It’s the first-ever No. 1 vs. No. 2 meeting in Southeastern Conference football history — but it’s not expected to be close.

The Auburn High boys basketball team kept it physical, while Russell County used more of a high-flying act.

The Auburn women’s basketball team may have had its biggest weakness exposed Friday night.

ATLANTA — Florida coach Urban Meyer said it won’t take long to get a feel for the way the SEC Championship Game is going to unfold.

Auburn wasn’t expected to — and didn’t — win Wednesday at Xavier.

Auburn sophomore infielder Hunter Morris has been named to the 2009 Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award Pre-Season “Wallace Watch” list, it was announced by the College Baseball Foundation.

SMITHS STATION — Dejah Heard and Erika Jones each scored 22 points for Smiths Station, as the Panthers beat Central, 62-44, on Friday night.

ATLANTA — The Auburn men and women’s swimming teams picked up two national championships along with 21 NCAA cut times during the second day of competition at the 2008 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Short Course National Championships.

TROY — The memory of a young Arkansas State quarterback coming in and leading his team to a come-from-behind road win at Troy two years ago is still fresh on Trojan players’ minds.

There was no official affirmation, no real reason for reporters to stop camping out in the lobbies and hallways of the Auburn Athletic Complex and nothing that made it appear Tommy Tuberville’s job was safe.

Athletic director Jay Jacobs said Thursday he will approach Auburn’s coaching search with an open mind and a blank check.

Now, the real season begins.

Top-ranked Alabama’s transition from a 13-13 also-ran the past two seasons to this year’s 12-0 run has been a change that arrived faster than nearly everyone anticipated.

Opelika continued its hot start to the 2008-09 season with a 70-29 win over Beauregard on Thursday night in the Auburn High Holiday Tournament.

The No. 14 Auburn women’s basketball team will play its last home game of the calendar year tonight as the Tigers (8-0) host Sam Houston State (1-5) at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum.

ATLANTA — The Auburn men and women took to the pool Thursday as the 2008 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Short Course National Championships commenced at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center.

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Auburn University held a press conference about the resignation of Tommy Tuberville at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4.

Athletics director Jay Jacobs remained generic when addressing the future of the Auburn football program Wednesday in a press release.

It started with promise.

It ended with a resignation.