Auburn Football

• Auburn's Kodi Burns likes huddling up
AUBURN ? When Auburn started huddling extensively last Saturday for the first time this season, quarterback Kodi Burns noticed one not-so-obvious difference.

• Auburn defensive end Antonio Coleman could consider leaving after junior year for NFL Draft
AUBURN ? Antonio Coleman doesn't take losing well, which is why it's hard for him to sound upbeat about Auburn's play or diplomatic about its progress.

• Auburn football notes for Saturday's open date
AUBURN (5-6, 2-5) does not play this week. -- NEXT GAME: vs. Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 29 (WKRG/CBS)

• Auburn football team practices at Jordan-Hare Stadium
AUBURN ? The Tigers marched to an empty and cold Jordan-Hare Stadium Wednesday night, part of an annual end-of-season practice routine.

• Auburn notebook: Tigers' tight end Tommy Trott done for season
AUBURN ? Auburn tight end Tommy Trott will undergo knee surgery to repair a torn ACL Thursday in Birmingham, ending his season and jeopardizing his participation in spring practice.

• Questions abound about Auburn ball carriers
AUBURN ? Mario Fannin went missing late in the fourth quarter. Brad Lester didn't take an offensive snap the entire game.

• Just out of reach: Auburn falls short in bid to upset Georgia
AUBURN — The drumbeat of postgame comments was familiar and deflating to Auburn players. There was talk of progress and steps forward, and an overall sense that the team was close.

• Auburn hoping to reverse its fortunes against Georgia
AUBURN — The two rivalries that define Auburn's season have gone in dramatically different directions in recent years.

• Tigers may start Fannin
AUBURN — Auburn's Mario Fannin might start at running back Saturday against Georgia after showing dramatic improvement over the last month, running backs coach Eddie Gran said.

• Auburn defense wary of Georgia's weapons
AUBURN ? Auburn's defensive backs won't be able to use a cautious, conservative cushion on Saturday unless they want to risk being picked apart by Matthew Stafford.

• Auburn football notes for Saturday's game against Georgia
No. 13 GEORGIA (8-2, 5-2) at AUBURN (5-5, 2-4) 11:30 a.m. Saturday (WJTC) Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn -- LINE: Georgia by 8cm HALF

• Linebacker Tray Blackmon still part of Auburn program
AUBURN ? Auburn junior linebacker Tray Blackmon is enrolled in school and still part of the team, but his long-term future remains in question, coach Tommy Tuberville said Wednesday.

• Auburn University football team continues to be plagued by injuries
AUBURN — With every bit of good news comes a little bad, which should be no surprise for anyone who's followed Auburn's 2008 football season.

• Richt, Tubs catch up
AUBURN ? Georgia coach Mark Richt and Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville spent much of the summer thrown together on uncomfortable plane rides, desert military bases and giant aircraft carriers.

• Auburn Notebook: Burns must be careful
AUBURN ? Quarterback Kodi Burns can blaze through seams, evade tacklers and eat up yards like a running back.

• Auburn University football team hoping to turn tables against Georgia
AUBURN - Minutes before last year's game against Auburn, Georgia players peeled off their red jerseys and emerged in black, igniting the crowd that had rallied behind coach Mark Richt's latest motivational ploy.

• AU loses family in Starks
AUBURN ? When Chris Evans ran onto the field to be recognized during Saturday's pre-game Senior Day festivities, he expected to be standing alone, as his parents couldn't make the trip.

• Auburn notebook: Tigers aware of challenges ahead
AUBURN ? With a month-long losing streak finally over, Auburn coaches and players prepared Sunday for a two-game finish that could determine bowl berths, the national championship and perhaps the future of the team's coaching staff.

• Auburn quarterback Kodi Burns runs for 158 yards and two TDs in homecoming win over Tennessee-Martin
AUBURN - Tommy Tuberville took a gamble with the game and perhaps his career Saturday, but survived to mount one last attempt to save this season.

• Burns overcomes his mistakes
AUBURN ? It was halftime of Saturday's homecoming game against Tennessee-Martin, and quarterback Kodi Burns wasn't having a very good day.

• Lutzenkirchen on You Tube
AUBURN ? Auburn entertained no official visitors for Saturday's homecoming game against Tennessee-Martin, leaving the Tigers gearing up for what is expected to be a big recruiting weekend next week for the Georgia game.

• QB Caudle moving up depth chart
AUBURN ? Sophomore quarterback Neil Caudle completed the first pass of his career late in the fourth quarter Saturday, directing a short drive that ended as time expired.