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Auburn playing for the BCS championship is a unique prism that allows a neutral observer to define three different shades of Alabama fans.

The first is a unique political party. It’s the minority group. Let’s call them the Yellowhammer (The state bird) Party.

That group thinks of our state first. They see back-to-back national championships from the state’s top schools as a beacon to the world. They want to boast that the best college football in the nation — they see those back-to-back Heisman winners, too — is played here. An Auburn win pins our state with an impressive badge of honor. Those folks might as well be Libertarians.

Then there’s the Crimson Tider who bleeds blue and yellow. Those are the colors of the SEC emblem. This fan still despises rooting for Auburn. But that’s not as deadly a sin as a Pac-10 school halting the SEC’s streak of BCS champs at four years in a row. These fans will never cry “War Eagle,” but rooting for the Ducks to lose will allow them to stomach the evening.

The final group is the majority Houndstooth Party. They don’t consider it a black-and-white issue, but a crimson-and-white one. They root against Auburn no matter whom the Tigers are playing, regardless of SEC ties. Those are the folks who won’t even buy gas in Lee County every two years. Anything less than total disdain for Auburn would mean they need to find a new tailgate spot. Their old friends would cast them out.

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A Birmingham lawyer — and lifelong Auburn football fan — asked a judge this week to hold off scheduling a trial so he and his family can go to the team’s Jan. 10 national championship game, fearing he might not ever get another chance.
Michael Mulvaney, one of the attorneys representing the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. in a civil case in federal court in Mobile, filed a motion Wednesday requesting that a trial scheduled for January begin on Jan. 17 or be continued to February in light of the championship game.
“As a life-long Auburn fan, I am asking the Court for grace and mercy to allow me to take my family (wife and 3 daughters) to the game, which is set for January 10, 2011. We have purchased non-refundable plane tickets and hotel rooms,” Mulvaney writes in his motion. “We have not yet bought tickets to the game.”
David McKnight, one of the attorneys representing The Mitchell Co. Inc., the other side in the civil case, said he didn’t personally mind Mulvaney’s request. “I’m an Auburn fan, so I was actually rooting for Michael on that,” he said.

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• Student Tickets must be picked up in Arizona prior to the game. Valid picture I.D. will be required for pick-up. Tickets are non-transferable, no exceptions will be made. Picture on I.D. must match student identity; students may not pick up another students ticket with their I.D.

Auburn fans not traveling to Atlanta to watch the SEC championship football game can still gather to cheer the Tigers.

The university announced today it will show Auburn-South Carolina on the HD video boards in the new Auburn Arena on Saturday following a women’s game against Temple.

The basketball game starts at 1, and the football game starts at 3.

Tickets to the women’s game are $7 and $5. Admission to the arena will be free after halftime of the women’s game and through the football game.

any takers?