It is being reported that everyone is on the bus

Auburn winging it to Arizona to prepare for BCS championship game
Published: Monday, January 03, 2011, 2:21 PM Updated: Monday, January 03, 2011, 2:32 PM
By Charles Goldberg/Auburn Bureau, The Birmingham News, Press-Register, and The Huntsville Times

The Auburn football team is in the air as we type this, heading to Phoenix and eventually Glendale to play a football game.

For the national championship a week from today.

We're already here to record the event. Check back here for video this early evening of the team arriving at the airport.

Everybody is apparently on board, but one of the things we probably won't know if everybody is eligible. Coach Gene Chizik and his football team got a big sendoff in Auburn today, but Chizik still didn't say everybody was eligible to play in the game.

Auburn begins its Arizona phase of practicing on Tuesday. The Tigers will find its kind of cool. Oregon started practice here today.

Check back the next week for stories, notes and videos...

djsimp · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2011, 05:03:48 PM »

Quote from: AUChizad on January 03, 2011, 04:54:18 PM

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/01/auburn_winging_it_to_arizona_t.html

Really. I thought that if a player was not eligible, then they were not allowed to travel with the team?

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2011, 05:07:45 PM »

Quote from: djsimp41 on January 03, 2011, 05:03:48 PM

Really. I thought that if a player was not eligible, then they were not allowed to travel with the team?

Werd. And why spend the cash on getting players out there on a trip like this if they aren't playing anyway?

The Prowler · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2011, 08:01:52 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on January 03, 2011, 05:07:45 PM

Werd. And why spend the cash on getting players out there on a trip like this if they aren't playing anyway?

Coach Chizik has said that the entire team is going. 100+. We bringin' the Mutha Fuckin' House to Glendale.

GH2001 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2011, 09:14:24 PM »

Quote from: chinook on January 03, 2011, 04:45:55 PM

don't know, but for bama...

Now thats Dor-a-thee Hurris.

The Prowler · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2011, 10:18:08 PM »

More like 400+....

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls10/news/story?id=5985957

JR4AU · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2011, 10:43:53 PM »

Quote from: djsimp41 on January 03, 2011, 05:03:48 PM

Really. I thought that if a player was not eligible, then they were not allowed to travel with the team?

As I understand it, they're not able to.

djsimp · « **Reply #16 on:** January 03, 2011, 10:48:06 PM »

Quote from: JR4AU on January 03, 2011, 10:43:53 PM

As I understand it, they're not able to.

That should answer any subsequent questions about any AU players eligibility then. Chizik is the stoic type, giving just enough info but not willing to show all his cards as a play on words.

The Prowler · « **Reply #17 on:** January 04, 2011, 05:53:56 AM »

($1 to StatTiger)

JR4AU · « **Reply #18 on:** January 04, 2011, 10:38:35 AM »

Quote from: The Prowler on January 04, 2011, 05:53:56 AM

($1 to StatTiger)

Tostitos Bowl officials said that the Auburn faithful were the largest ever "welcoming party" for a team in the history of the game.

AUChizad · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2011, 12:29:57 PM »