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Reporter: Associated Press
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From No. 2 in the nation to No. 2 in the state, ninth-ranked Auburn spent most of the season overshadowed by a higher ranked Alabama team across the state.
The team that went 13-oh last season only to finish behind Southern California emphatically punctuated another overachieving season with a 28-to-18 victory over the No. 14 Crimson Tide Saturday.
In Coach Tommy Tuberville's words: "It's just a miraculous year with how these guys played. Nobody gave them a chance. We are going
to go to a good bowl game somewhere."
The Tigers are hoping to play in a BCS bowl for the second straight year even if that doesn't happen, but a more likely Capital One Bowl berth isn't shabby either.
It might have been too late to put the Tigers into the Southeastern Conference championship game against Georgia, but following on the heels of an upset win at Georgia it did earn them something else they craved: Respect.
Linebacker Travis Williams says for some reason, a lot of times people don't respect the Tigers. Now, he says, "We are the team to reckon with."
Auburn -- nine-and-two, seven and one in the conference-- flew under the radar for much of the season, with few predicting this much success for a team that had lost four N-F-L first-round draft picks at key positions.
An opening loss to Georgia Tech made them look like potential one-year wonders. An overtime loss to L-S-U means Auburn will need for Arkansas to beat the S-E-C West front-runners on Friday to make
the championship game.
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