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ALABAMA (11-0, 7-0) vs. AUBURN (5-6, 2-5) 11.29.08 TIME: 2:30 p.m. TV: CBS GAMEDAY '08 THE LAST CHANCE Seniors John Parker Wilson, Antoine Caldwell and Rashad Johnson have led the Tide to a perfect record to this point, but the three have unfinished business to take care of Saturday against Auburn. Also inside • Ending the streak • History of the Iron Bowl • PS3 simulation ON THE INSIDE GameDay 2008 • November 25 1 OVER THE YEARS Alabama and Auburn have taken part in countless epic games, making it the best rivalry in college football. Page 18 ENDING THE STREAK With three losing streaks down, Alabama has one to go, and it’s the most important game of the season. Page 24 AUBURN PREVIEW THE LAST CHANCE Auburn’s struggles this season forc- For quarterback John Parker Wilson and the rest of es the Tigers to beat Alabama to the senior class, Saturday’s game is the final Iron Bowl save their season and reach a bowl. they will play in and the last chance to beat Auburn. Page 16 Page 4 Currently, Auburn is on a six- GAME INFORMATION Stat game winning streak in the Iron of the Bowl game, but the longest streak Alabama Crimson Tide (11-0) week 9 in the rivalry’s history was when vs Alabama won nine straight games from 1973-1981. Auburn Tigers (5-6) GAMEDAY STAFF • Field: Bryant-Denny (92,138) • Greg Ostendorf, GameDay editor • Charity Scott, senior sports reporter • Place: Tuscaloosa • Jason Galloway, GameDay assistant editor • Will Barry, senior sports reporter • Corey Craft, editor-in-chief • Cyrus Ntakirutinka, sports reporter • Time: 2:30 p.m. • Phil Owen, managing editor • Danielle Drago, senior staff reporter • Eric McHargue, graphics editor • Brandee Easter, designer • TV: CBS • Drew Hoover, photographer • Robert Bozeman, assistant design editor attention all sec football fans & supporters help south ga (waycross, ga) youth group! show confidence in your team! 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Attention James Bing, Sr. President 613 Howe Street / Waycross, GA 31501 3URYLGHGE\5HWLUHG6(&2IÀFLDO 2 November 25 • GameDay 2008 PICKS, PICKS, PICKS CW PICKS | WEEK 14 Ryan Wright Greg Ostendorf Charity Scott Will Barry Corey Craft Phil Owen Drew Gunn CW Sports Editor GameDay editor Senior Sports Reporter Senior Sports Reporter CW editor CW managing editor Advertising manager Auburn @ Alabama Oklahoma @ Oklahoma State Florida @ Florida State Oregon @ Oregon State Georgia Tech @ Georgia West Virginia @ Pittsburgh Vanderbilt @ Wake Forest Western Michigan @ Ball State Season record 57-31 56-32 63-25 56-32 58-30 58-30 58-30 UA students CW POWER POLL the talk about their student expectations for 1. Alabama the upcoming 2. Texas Tech SECTION Crimson Tide game 3. Florida 4. Texas Jackie Schemo Paul Lara Freshman Junior 5. Oklahoma History Spanish 6. Utah “Weʼve had a successful “I think weʼre defi nitely going season. Weʼll probably to win because Auburnʼs pretty 7. Penn State win by about 10 points.” bad. 42-10, UA.” 8. USC 9. Boise State 10. Ohio State Cecily Brown Ellie Creitz Freshman Freshman 11. Oklahoma State Public Relations Vocal Performance 12. Missouri “I think itʼs going to be a “I think Auburn is going to sur- close game. Weʼve gotta prise us a little bit, but I think 13. Georgia win.” weʼre still going to win.” 14. Ball State 15. BYU Andrew Graham Jessica Howard 16. Michigan State Freshman Freshman Biology History 17. TCU “Of course Alabama is “I think Alabama is going to 18. Cincinnati going to win, 35-7.” win 24-17. We may be bet- ter than Auburn, but theyʼre 19. LSU mad.” 20. Pittsburgh *Rankings as of press date - 11/22 WATER COOLER TALK GameDay 2008 • November 25 3 The Road to Miami #1 Alabama (11-0) This Week - vs. Auburn 2:30 p.m. CBS #2 Texas Tech (10-0) This Week - vs. Baylor TBA #3 Texas (10-1) This Week - at Texas A&M 7:00 p.m. (Thurs) ESPN #4 Florida (9-1) This Week - at Florida State TBA #5 Oklahoma (9-1) This Week - at Oklahoma State TBA ABC *Rankings and records as of press date - 11/22 PS3 SAYS | AUBURN 24, ALABAMA 17 (OT) By Cyrus Ntakiruinka the Alabama offense was back at to three. Sports Reporter it. Wilson connected with wide In the third quarter, Auburn’s receiver Mike McCoy for a 17-yard defense put pressure on Wilson Alabama suffered a gut-wrench- pass and a first down. during the Tide’s first possession, ing overtime loss to Auburn in the Later in the drive, Wilson found forcing a three-and-out. Iron Bowl by a score of 24-17 in the Coffee for a 12-yard gain that The Tigers responded with a PS3 simulated season. helped set up a Leigh Tiffin field 50-yard drive that resulted in an Crimson Tide quarterback John goal from 37 yards out to make it 11-yard touchdown reception by Parker Wilson completed 22-of- 10-0. Tommy Trott to give Auburn its 28 passes for 187 yards with two Auburn’s offense began to pose a first lead at 17-10. touchdowns and two interceptions. threat when running back Ben Tate With under two minutes to go, Running back Glen Coffee contrib- caught a pass from Burns mov- Wilson led the offense on a 94-yard uted largely to the passing game, ing inside the red zone. However, drive, capped off on a seven-yard leading all receivers with six catch- on the following play, Burns was touchdown pass to Coffee as time es for 43 yards and a touchdown. intercepted in the back of the end ran out to send the game to over- The Alabama offense was fir- zone by Marquis Johnson to halt time at 17-17. CW screenshot | Greg Ostendorf ing on all cylinders in the opening the Tigers’ comeback. In overtime, Burns found wide Tide’s luck ran out as the Auburn drive, capped off by wide receiver Johnson’s big play was short- receiver Rodgeriqus Smith, who defense sacked Wilson twice, and Julio Jones, who caught a 2-yard lived, when linebacker Chris Evans got behind Kareem Jackson, for a Wilson’s fourth down pass fell touchdown pass to give the Tide intercepted a pass on the final play 22-yard touchdown giving Auburn incomplete. an early 7-0 lead. of the half and returned it 20 yards a 24-17 lead. Alabama finished the PS3 simu- After forcing a three-and-out, for a touchdown to cut the lead On Alabama’s possession, the lation season 7-5 after the loss. 4 November 25 • GameDay 2008 THE LAST CHANCE Seniors take fi nal shot at Auburn By Charity Scott affect other people, which to me is Senior Sports Reporter the key element in being a leader,” he said. “I think it’s created a real Before the season began, there positive attitude on our team. We was much speculation about the have some young guys that have Tide’s ability to perform given the fit in well, which was important to youth of the team. But even with this team, and I think the maturity only nine seniors, Alabama has and leadership has allowed that to avoided many of the mental mis- happen.” takes common amongst young It’s no surprise these three get teams. the bulk of attention and praise. With Auburn coming to town All are emotional leaders on their Saturday, this small group, which respective sides of the ball both has been helping the coaches in practice and on the field, while carve out the direction of the team putting up note-worthy statistics through their leadership, will on a consistent basis. be expected to come through for “It’s kind of a combination of a lot Alabama yet again. of things, but I don’t think you can Head coach Nick Saban said go into an environment like we did all of the seniors have a positive [against LSU] when you don’t have impact on their teammates, but strong character and leadership a few stand out above the rest as on your team, and people staying CW | Drew Hoover the men the team looks to for guid- focused, especially when things, Senior John Parker Wilson, who has struggled throughout his career ance. you know, go poorly,” Saban said. against Auburn, has one more chance to beat the Tigers Saturday. “Antoine Caldwell, John Parker “We turned the ball over three [Wilson] and Rashad [Johnson] times in the first half. We had to character that we have and the developed more consistency both probably are the guys that get rec- overcome a lot of adversity, and leadership that we have.” as a mental leader for the offense, ognized the most as guys that will I think that says a lot about the Saban said Wilson has andl as a performer. Publix is a proud supporter of Crimson Tide Football! Publix SUPER MARKET 17520 Get this FREE University of Alabama Tote bag at the following Publix location. Be one of the first 500 people to make a purchase of $25 or more (excluding alcohol), Universtiy Town Center 1190 University Blvd and just like that, you’ve picked up all your gameday supplies Tuscaloosa, AL 35401-1601 Main: (205) 247-5044 and sack for your team, all in one stop.