3 Auburn players suspended for the Cotton Bowl. Advantage Nebraska.

[CShine]

And all of them are impact guys. RB Brad Lester, LB Tray Blackmon and LB Kevin Sears will all miss the game, reasons undisclosed. Lester has 597 combined rushing/receiving yards and has scored 10 TDs this year. Blackmon is a starting OLB. Sears is the second-team MLB. I guess Nebraska will be the favorite now.

It's not in the papers yet. The only place I've seen it is in a premium article from Scout.com which you can read here if you're a paying member.

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=6&p=2&c=601153&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fauburn.scout.com%2f2%2f6 01153.html

[OK2LA]

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=6&p=2&c=601153&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fauburn.scout.com%2f2%2f6 01153.html


This is a pay site, and I don't have an account - I think that they are all starters - Running Back- Brad Lester, Line Backer- Tray Blackmon & Line Backer- Kevin Sears all will miss the game apparently, no reason has been given as of yet.

[cvsooner]

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=6&p=2&c=601153&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fauburn.scout.com%2f2%2f6 01153.html


This is a pay site, and I don't have an account - I think that they are all starters - Running Back- Brad Lester, Line Backer- Tray Blackmon & Line Backer- Kevin Sears all will miss the game apparently, no reason has been given as of yet.

I'm not sure this gives Nebraska any advantage. I recall the 1978 Orange Bowl, OU vs. Arkanasas. Lou Holtz suspended three starters and I figured a game that was already pretty much a cakewalk would be a blowout, and it was.

Arkansas 31, OU 6. Not the blowout I had in mind.

[AllAboutThe'O']

And all of them are impact guys. RB Brad Lester, LB Tray Blackmon and LB Kevin Sears will all miss the game, reasons undisclosed. Lester has 597 combined rushing/receiving yards and has scored 10 TDs this year. Blackmon is a starting OLB. Sears is the second-team MLB. I guess Nebraska will be the favorite now.
http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=6&p=2&c=601153&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fauburn.scout.com%2f2%2f6 01153.html
I wouldn't be so sure about giving the bowl trophy to Nebraska right now. We, of all teams, had to learn that the hard way (1978 Orange Bowl vs. Arkansas), so I wouldn't give the bowl trophy to the Huskers just yet.

[OUstudent4life]

Is there an echo?

Oh.

Mergwned.

[The_Red_Patriot]

I'm not sure this gives Nebraska any advantage. I recall the 1978 Orange Bowl, OU vs. Arkanasas. Lou Holtz suspended three starters and I figured a game that was already pretty much a cakewalk would be a blowout, and it was.

Arkansas 31, OU 6. Not the blowout I had in mind.


Lets never speak of this game again.


but on the topic of Arkansas.............

Mommy's and Daddy's aren't happy

[OK2LA]

And all of them are impact guys. RB Brad Lester, LB Tray Blackmon and LB Kevin Sears will all miss the game, reasons undisclosed. Lester has 597 combined rushing/receiving yards and has scored 10 TDs this year. Blackmon is a starting OLB. Sears is the second-team MLB. I guess Nebraska will be the favorite now.

It's not in the papers yet. The only place I've seen it is in a premium article from Scout.com which you can read here if you're a paying member.

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=6&p=2&c=601153&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fauburn.scout.com%2f2%2f6 01153.html


Sorry 'bout that - looks like we both put it up around the same time - :D

And as far as Nebbish having an advantage - I'm still on allburn - this usually goes the other way as "AllAboutheO/CVSOONER" say.

[LSUdeek]

Blackmon is the only starter, and he has of course already been suspended this year. Lester backs up Irons in the backfield.

Auburn will still throttle Nebraska as long as everyone gets healthy.

[sooner94]

Losing Trey Blackmon will hurt them on D. He has missed some games this year. He is their big playmaker on D. He had a huge game against Florida.

Auburn should still win the game, though IMO.

[OUinFLA]

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[Flagstaffsooner]

LSUdeek, your PM box is full
If you'd pony up for a sponsorship, you would get a larger capacity.
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[OUinFLA]

OUinFLA will send you a dead fish.:(

and you would send .... a bag of sand.

:D
Merry Christmas Flag.

[LSUdeek]

LSUdeek, your PM box is full
If you'd pony up for a sponsorship, you would get a larger capacity.
And a really cool sponsor gift.

I cleared out a few messages, but you could just send me an email like you've been doing for about 7 months. :D

[crimson&cream]

I'm not sure this gives Nebraska any advantage. I recall the 1978 Orange Bowl, OU vs. Arkanasas. Lou Holtz suspended three starters and I figured a game that was already pretty much a cakewalk would be a blowout, and it was.

Arkansas 31, OU 6. Not the blowout I had in mind.
I rememer that game well and had won we'd probably had another NC.

[OK2LA]

I rememer that game well and had won we'd probably had another NC.

No probably about it.

[opksooner]

I rememer that game well and had won we'd probably had another NC.
Can we count it anyway.......... like you know who does?

[OU-HSV]

I wonder if this story has anything to do with what you've mentioned. Maybe this happened during this season too and not just '02-'04??

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2696807

AUBURN, Ala. -- Auburn University President Ed Richardson said an internal investigation determined that a faculty member changed students' grades, including those of some athletes, during 2002-04.


Richardson said in a statement Wednesday that Auburn will work with the Office of the Provost to determine "the appropriate corrective steps" against the professor. He didn't identify the professor or provide any details on how many grades were changed.


He said the university would take "quick and decisive action" on the matter.


A university spokesman said Auburn could not release the professor's name because it is a personnel matter. The grade changes involved only a small number of students, and few of them were athletes, according to the spokesman.


The New York Times has reported that at least one grade change at Auburn involved a student-athlete who was able to maintain eligibility when his grade in a directed-reading course was changed from incomplete to an "A" in 2003.


The change was made without the professor's knowledge, the newspaper said.


Richardson said Wednesday the university has fixed the process that allowed the grade changes to be made. He said Auburn will supply the NCAA with information "related to any issue involving student-athletes."


"We are committed to an academic program that plays by the rules," Richardson said.


Last month Richardson said irregularities in Auburn University's independent studies program were limited to two professors and were the result of insufficient oversight and poor record-keeping.


That internal investigation by a committee of academic administrators came after the New York newspaper's report that a sociology professor was helping football players and other athletes stay eligible through one-on-one courses, often called "directed reading" that do not require time in a classroom.


Richardson said the investigation found the independent study problems were limited to that sociology professor, Thomas Petee, and another in adult education, James Witte.


Petee resigned as chairman of the sociology department and Witte stepped down as program chair of adult education.


The Times had reported that 18 members of the undefeated 2004 Auburn football team, including star running back Cadillac Williams, took a combined 97 hours of Petee's courses during their careers.


None of the grade changes in the latest probe involved football players, the spokesman said Wednesday.

Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press

[Texas Golfer]

I'm not sure this gives Nebraska any advantage. I recall the 1978 Orange Bowl, OU vs. Arkanasas. Lou Holtz suspended three starters and I figured a game that was already pretty much a cakewalk would be a blowout, and it was.

Arkansas 31, OU 6. Not the blowout I had in mind.

They suspended their All-American RB and their backup, Sales, rushed for over 200 yards against us.