Ben Tate News

The weather is colder now, so Zac Etheridge has a big hooded sweatshirt to drape over the bulky, two-piece neck brace he's been forced to wear since Halloween.

When: 1:30 p.m. today Where: Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn Line: Alabama by 10 1/2 Records: Auburn ; Alabama On the air: TV -- CBS; Radio -- WLWI-FM 92.3, WMSP-AM 740, WXFX-FM 95.1 FOUR-DOWN TERRITORY 1. How is Auburn's defensive front going to handle the Tide's rushing attack? Mark Ingram is an excellent back.

If there's a 6-foot-5, 355-pound mammoth of a man walking the halls of the Auburn Athletic Complex these days, Ryan Pugh has yet to see him.

It's cold, it's loud and it's just about football time. In a pre-game ceremony, Auburn honored its 1989 team that defeated Alabama in the first Iron Bowl played at Auburn.

Curtis Luper likes talking about Ben Tate , and doesn't mind throwing in an "I told you so" along the way.

The Auburn Tigers are hoping to pull off a big Iron Bowl upset. No. 2 Alabama is seeking the first of what the Crimson Tide hopes will be three titles.

Auburn's Ben Tate has delivered a couple of messages in recent weeks. First, he told a reporter that he's the "best back in the state", though No.

AUBURN -- The only classroom Auburn players will see this weekend is at the Athletic Complex.

And the Tigers running back goes into Friday's Iron Bowl believing he is better than Alabama's Mark Ingram and others.

Who's the best running back in the state of Alabama? No. 2 Alabama's Mark Ingram and Auburn's Ben Tate might not be able to supply a definitive answer to that question in Friday's Iron Bowl.

Alabama middle linebacker Rolando McClain has seen the formations and the shifts and the motions that Auburn's offense presents.

Alabama running back Mark Ingram is bullishly strong, lightning fast, can cut on a dime and relentlessly competitive.

The next game is the biggest. That's Alabama coach Nick Saban's mantra, repeated over and over whether his team is playing LSU or Chattanooga.

Here is how Auburn graded out in its game with Georgia. The ground game started out strong on the first two drives, but stalled until the fourth quarter.

Although I wasn't watching the Auburn-Georgia game very closely on Saturday night , I happened to catch a quote from Auburn running back Ben Tate that was featured on the ESPN2 broadcast.A In response to a question about how he felt he compared to Alabama running back and Heisman trophy candidate Mark Ingram, Tate said the following: "I know Ia m ...

So, did Auburn senior Ben Tate really say he was the best back in the state? "Maybe," Tate said slyly on Wednesday.

Tate didn't put up big numbers wearing Zac Etheridge's number. What would you expect Ben Tate to say? Would you expect the Auburn senior to say, when asked, that he's not the best running back in the state? Would you expect him to say that Mark Ingram is a better back and so is Trent Richardson and don't forget Joe Webb ? It seems Tate was asked ...

Caleb King scored two touchdowns on 66 yards on 10 carries Saturday, leading Georgia to a 31-24 win over No.

The frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy may be a running back from Alabama, but another player from the state who is piling up rushing yards isn't conceding anything.

Onterio McCalebb returned to run for Auburn, but it wasn't enough to overcome Georgia Georgia scored the go-ahead touchdown midway through the fourth quarter and held off Auburn in the closing minutes for a 31-24 win Saturday night in Sanford Stadium.