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TICKETS NFL COLTS 35, JAGS 31 Buyers turn to secondary market Peyton By DON KAUSLER JR. INSIDE 7C switched from direct sales tickets. News staff writer through the schools and the Players include online giants y Texas AD complains about BCS Tournament of Roses to a boom- eBay and Craigslist, general cy- TUSCALOOSA — The last 2,000 ticket allotment ing secondary market. bermarkets where tickets can be passes of 90,000 tickets available at face RazorGator.com is the official sold and bought. Other sites such value to the Jan. 7 national cham- ment of Roses, which is managing ticket exchange site, but it is far as StubHub.com specialize in pionship game in Pasadena, the BCS title game between top- from the only player in this multi- ticket sales. Calif., sold in a matter of minutes ranked Alabama (13-0) and sec- million-dollar game. Sam Soni, On RazorGator.comon Thurs- Tuesday morning. And then the ond-ranked Texas (13-0). the executive vice president of day alone, 563 tickets were for Colts flurry turned to fury. “We’re sold out.” procurement for RazorGator.com, sale ranging from $773 to $2,697 “If we had a 500,000-seat sta- Yet, that doesn’t mean tickets estimates that more than 1,000 each. dium, I could fill it,” said Mitch are unavailable. businesses or individuals operate Dorger, the CEO of the Tourna- The market merely has Web sites that broker hard-to-get See TICKETS Page 7C to 14-0 AUBURN FOOTBALL By MARK LONG The Associated Press Offense JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Peyton Manning completed every pass early and one big one late, exactly what the focus in needed to stay unbeaten. ADAMS CATCHES BALL, Manning threw for 308 yards and four , including a 1st week’s 65-yarder to Reggie Wayne to go ahead for good, and the Colts beat the 35-31 best bowl Thursday night to improve to 14-0 IF NOT EYES IN SEC for the first time in franchise his- ere we go. Thirty-four tory. bowl games in 20 days. The wild game on a cool night H The first wave begins included 714 yards, 43 first downs, Saturday with Wyoming and 10 lead changes, six punts, several Fresno State in the New big plays and just two turnovers. Mexico Bowl and Rutgers “I thought today was a great test and Central Florida in the against a good team,” Manning St. Petersburg Bowl. said. “Feel real good about the They’re not matchups win.” that will change our week- The Jaguars (7-7) had a chance end plans, but Fresno State to win it in the closing minutes, does have Ryan Mathews, but David Garrard overthrew Mike who leads the Football Bowl Thomas on a third-and-10 play Subdivision with 151.3 yards with about a minute to play. Jacob rushing per game, and UCF Lacey intercepted the ball, and the and Rutgers play winning Colts ran out the clock. defense. Indianapolis extended its NFL- I can’t imagine Wyoming record winning streak in the regu- and Fresno selling a lot of lar season to 23 and became the tickets in Albuquerque, but third 14-0 team in league history, Rutgers and UCF fans have joining the 1972 gobbled up tickets to the and 2007 . second-ever St. Petersburg Bowl at Tropicana Field. See COLTS Page 7C UCF has bought more than 14,000 tickets, and Rutgers, which bought 8,500 tickets to last year’s Papajohns.com Bowl, has approached that number again. The best game on the early bowl card involves No. 15 BYU (10-2) and NEWS STAFF/HAL YEAGER No. l6 Oregon State (8-4) in Auburn wide receiver Darvin Adams scores in the second quarter Nov. 7 at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Tuesday’s Las Vegas Bowl. Auburn. Adams heads to Tampa with 48 catches for 855 yards and 10 touchdowns, which tops the Oregon State has 5-foot-7 Jacquizz Rodgers, a high- Tigers in all three categories. light film with his all-pur- pose running, and the Cou- INSIDE 6C gars have Max Receiver prospers in Tiger offense y Former Homewood star Hall and running back Har- Hawthorne leaves Tigers vey Unga. By CHARLES GOLDBERG “It’s the same me from News staff writer Think offense, a lot of of- last year. I got a chance But Adams had three catches last fense, in this one. AUBURN — Darvin Adams is year in a season in which he barely Our Dec. 19-24 bowl tied for first in the SEC in touch- this year to prove played. picks: downs by a receiver, is third in re- myself. Last year, I “It’s the same me from last year,” ceiving yards and is fourth in the Adams said. “I got a chance this AP NEW MEXICO league in catches. didn’t get that much of year to prove myself. Last year, I Colts tight end Dallas Clark didn’t get that much of a chance. Wyoming (6-6) vs. Fresno Did the Auburn receiver make fights through a tackle first-team All-SEC? Nope. a chance. It’s OK. I feel “It’s OK. I feel they’ll notice me State (8-4): The Cowboys’ attempt by cornerback Tyron Second-team All-SEC? Not there, they’ll notice me pretty soon.” Brackenridge to score a See HOLLIS Page 7C either. They’ll have to notice Adams “It matters in a way, but I look at pretty soon.” doing the right things, because during CHARLES it as motivation,” Adams shrugged DARVIN ADAMS when he makes a catch, he finds Thursday’s win over the Jags. HOLLIS Wednesday after the Tigers contin- Auburn receiver the officials quickly to give them ued to prepare to take on North- the ball. western in the Outback Bowl on 855 yards and 10 touchdowns, There’s no self promotion. THUMBS UP Jan. 1. which tops the Tigers in all three “Coach Malzahn would probably Adams was hardly a blip among categories. get mad at me,” Adams said. Rob Dyrdek. SEC wide receivers when the sea- Adams says he’s not upset he Adams and fellow receiver Ter- son started, but he has prospered didn’t make All-SEC. rell Zachery quickly beat back the The pro in Gus Malzahn’s offense. He “I didn’t make it last year,” he skateboarder heads to Tampa with 48 catches for reasoned. See ADAMS Page 7C and MTV star has unveiled a $350,000 skate park ALABAMA FOOTBALL — to which he contributed $75,000 from his foundation — in Los Angeles. The park is the latest in his Safe Spot, Painting captures John Mark, Bama’s greatest fan Skate Spot program, which gives street skaters a legal place to ride challenging Majority of proceeds go to RISE program obstacles such as handrails, ou think it was tough playing “Coach didn’t want me to sim- ledges and stairs. for Gene Stallings? ply paint Johnny,” local artist Y Try painting for him. Steve Skipper said. “He wanted THUMBS DOWN Try painting a picture of him me to honor him.” and his late son, John Mark. It was a tall order, considering Sepp Blatter. No matter how many reps it the sleighful of good will and The FIFA took, you’d have to get it right. good works John Mark Stallings president left behind when he left us too remains adamant soon a year ago at age 46. How do you do justice to the that soccer will not use replays most beloved father and son in to review decisions as long as Alabama football history? he is in charge. Blatter said on How do you capture on canvas Thursday that world soccer’s what they meant to one another governing body will “not use and to so many others? SPECIAL monitors to stop the game” “I’ve done a lot of projects,” Skipper said. “I don’t believe I’ve Steve Skipper works on his painting of former Alabama football and that bad refereeing ever been this honored.” coach Gene Stallings and his son, John Mark. The majority of the decisions must be accepted proceeds from the painting will go to a program that serves because “there are always See SCARBINSKY Page 7C young children with disabilities. errors in life.”