Around the SB Nation: A mid-westerner's view of Auburn

By Joel Hollingsworth Dec 15, 2009, 12:00pm EST

Humor

In advance of the Outback Bowl, Northwestern blog Sippin on Purple has an early hilarious look at Auburn, including what may be either an intentional or inadvertent insult in the post title. Arkansas Expats gets into the holiday spirit by rummaging through the sleigh while Santa wasn't looking to see what he's bringing each SEC team.

Football

Tomahawk Nation reacts to the news that new head coach Jimbo Fisher will call his own plays by looking at who's calling plays for the top 15 offenses in the country.

Crimson Quarry goes both inside and outside the footprint of Big Ten country to look at possible candidates for Big Ten expansion.

A We Will Always Have Tempe FanPoster uses actual stats to get to the meat of the Ohio State-Oregon matchup in the Rose Bowl and to determine which is better: Oregon's offense or Ohio State's defense.

Roll Bama Roll notes that the recruiting experts, who had Mark Ingram rated as a three-star prospect, missed on the recent Heisman winner. Meanwhile, Team Speed Kills is already asking whether Ingram can repeat next year.

Georgia fans may have desperately wanted Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster for themselves, but Gobbler Country says not so fast and notes that Foster's new annuity smells like a coach in waiting.

Basketball

Carolina March, on Roy Williams's eviction of an opposing fan who had the audacity to heckle a Tar Heels free throw shooter.