BATON ROUGE, La. — What happens if Auburn continues to win out and finishes in the top two of the final BCS standings Dec. 5, and then quarterback Cam Newton is declared ineligible by the NCAA before the Jan. 10 BCS national championship game in Glendale, Ariz.?
"I think it's crucial that the Cam Newton investigation come to some sort of conclusion before the final BCS poll, " BCS expert Brad Edwards of ESPN said last week. "It would be a nightmare if the BCS game is set with Auburn, and then Cam Newton is ruled ineligible for the game. It could cause a huge mess. "
New NCAA President Mark Emmert was posed that question on Saturday night in the Tiger Stadium press box as he made a public visit to LSU, where he was once the chancellor.
"Obviously I can't talk about any case or anything that's an ongoing investigation, but cases come up when they come up, " Emmert said as Auburn was on its way to a 49-31 win over Georgia on a television behind him. "And if they come up during the season, then they're investigated at the same level as if they come up after the season. "
The win over Georgia put BCS No. 2 Auburn (11-0, 7-0 Southeastern Conference) into the SEC Championship game in Atlanta against South Carolina on Dec. 4. Should Auburn beat Alabama in its regular season finale Nov. 26 and win the SEC title game, it will play in the BCS title game, barring any penalties from the investigation into an alleged play-for-pay scandal involving Newton and his father, Cecil Newton.
The allegations didn't seem to put a damper on how Cam Newton played Saturday. He passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more against Georgia.
"I'm just very proud of the way he played, " Coach Gene Chizik said. "He's a really, really talented, extremely gifted player who means a lot of our football team. "
Auburn officials refused to make Newton available to the media.
Chizik went along with that theme, saying right at the start of his news conference he would answer questions only about what happened on the field.
Auburn survived another high-scoring, back-and-forth affair Saturday, rallying from an early 21-7 deficit to tie it up by halftime. The Tigers kept the momentum going with a daring onside kick to start the third quarter, recovering the ball and driving for the go-ahead touchdown.
Georgia (5-6, 3-5) hung tough behind A. J. Green's nine-catch, 164-yard performance, tying the game again at 28-all before Auburn went ahead for good on Onterio McCalebb's 4-yard touchdown run. Newton finished off the Bulldogs with his second scoring pass of the game to tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen, a 13-yarder with 8: 05 remaining.
"I think it's crucial that the Cam Newton investigation come to some sort of conclusion before the final BCS poll, " BCS expert Brad Edwards of ESPN said last week. "It would be a nightmare if the BCS game is set with Auburn, and then Cam Newton is ruled ineligible for the game. It could cause a huge mess. "
New NCAA President Mark Emmert was posed that question on Saturday night in the Tiger Stadium press box as he made a public visit to LSU, where he was once the chancellor.
"Obviously I can't talk about any case or anything that's an ongoing investigation, but cases come up when they come up, " Emmert said as Auburn was on its way to a 49-31 win over Georgia on a television behind him. "And if they come up during the season, then they're investigated at the same level as if they come up after the season. "
The win over Georgia put BCS No. 2 Auburn (11-0, 7-0 Southeastern Conference) into the SEC Championship game in Atlanta against South Carolina on Dec. 4. Should Auburn beat Alabama in its regular season finale Nov. 26 and win the SEC title game, it will play in the BCS title game, barring any penalties from the investigation into an alleged play-for-pay scandal involving Newton and his father, Cecil Newton.
The allegations didn't seem to put a damper on how Cam Newton played Saturday. He passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more against Georgia.
"I'm just very proud of the way he played, " Coach Gene Chizik said. "He's a really, really talented, extremely gifted player who means a lot of our football team. "
Auburn officials refused to make Newton available to the media.
Chizik went along with that theme, saying right at the start of his news conference he would answer questions only about what happened on the field.
Auburn survived another high-scoring, back-and-forth affair Saturday, rallying from an early 21-7 deficit to tie it up by halftime. The Tigers kept the momentum going with a daring onside kick to start the third quarter, recovering the ball and driving for the go-ahead touchdown.
Georgia (5-6, 3-5) hung tough behind A. J. Green's nine-catch, 164-yard performance, tying the game again at 28-all before Auburn went ahead for good on Onterio McCalebb's 4-yard touchdown run. Newton finished off the Bulldogs with his second scoring pass of the game to tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen, a 13-yarder with 8: 05 remaining.
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