As recently as New Year's Day, weeks after making their case to the best of their ability in the regular season, the Tigers still were clawing for respect. Unanimously delegatedby the AP, coaches and BCS rankings to the No. 3 spot behind USC and Oklahoma, the Auburn folks told every reporter who would listen that they deserved consideration as split national champion via the AP poll -- Orange Bowl bids be damned. Obviously, we feel like there's one more vote, ... We'll be auditioning.
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There was no doubt who was going to win this football game after the first 5 or 6 minutes. Our guys came out and made a statement.Tommy Tuberville
They've had a few ups and downs, been consistent, found a way to win. It's been one of those years for Barry also where he's had to replace a lot of guys and get his football team back to try to compete with what they had last year. So we're two very comparable teams.
Tommy Tuberville
They learned what it was like to lose and get back up. This year was about consistency, and I thought we started playing well mid-way through the year and just got better and better as the season went on.
Tommy Tuberville
We have a couple more curtain calls before the final song. We will have to make another statement the next two-to-three weeks.
Tommy Tuberville
It will go down as a classic.
Tommy Tuberville
It was a good practice. Guys are showing a lot of enthusiasm. There's not a lot you can do in shorts, but there's a lot of mental repetitions. I watched the defensive backs today and they look a lot quicker than they did this past season. There are a lot of new faces we're looking at with that position. There will be a lot of competition with those guys this spring. Tomorrow we'll start easing into contact. Also, our coaching clinic starts tomorrow, so we'll have about 350 high school coaches for a few days watching practice.
Tommy Tuberville
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