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Five-star linebacker Reuben Foster from Auburn High School is a highly anticipated player for the coming season. (Robert E. Lee / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF)

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The 2013 football recruiting class

By John Holtrop / SPORTS EDITOR | August 6

With the 2012 summer semester coming to an end, Auburn University football prepares to begin its season with 16 returning starters and 21 incoming high school recruits. Only a year away from making headlines on the Plains, the 2013 recruiting class has kept the offseason exciting in all the right ways. Below is a top list of 2013 verbal commits, ranked No. 8 nationally by Rivals.com.

Jason Dufner was poised for a top five finish in the Wyndham Championship until the rain came. (Courtesy of Todd Van Emst)

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A week of Auburn sports

By John Holtrop / SPORTS EDITOR | August 1

A look at what happened this week in Auburn sports.

The NCAA punishments for Penn State have been criticized as too severe by some outlets. (Courtesy of ncaa.org)

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The now not so Happy Valley

By John Holtrop / SPORTS EDITOR | July 27

If there was ever any question on the motives and goals of Mark Emmert's tenure as NCAA President, he made himself undoubtedly clear after Monday's punishments to Pennsylvania State University and its football program.

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A week of Auburn sports

By John Holtrop / SPORTS EDITOR | July 24

A look at what happened this week in Auburn sports.

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Fostering hope for '13 recruiting class

By John Holtrop / SPORTS EDITOR | July 22

The Auburn Tigers football team may be in for an exciting 2013 recruiting class.

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Auburn persists as Penn State falls

By John Holtrop / SPORTS EDITOR | July 22

As the college football world tries to make sense of what went down in State College, Pa., universities and their athletic departments across the nation are forced to put their own programs under the microscope.