For those who can't go, we all know that the Spring Game is on ESPNU at 1, but I thought I'd let everyone know (if you didn't already) that ESPN-Classic is showing the Auburn-Penn State Capital One Bowl from 2003 (2002 season) from 11am to 1pm.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- While Larry Johnson clamored for the ball, Ronnie Brown kept getting it.
Brown scored on a 17-yard touchdown run with 2:19 left and outplayed the Heisman Trophy finalist as Auburn (No. 22 ESPN/USA Today; No. 19 Associated Press) beat No. 10 Penn State 13-9 Wednesday in the Capital One Bowl.
The final tally: Brown 184 yards, Johnson just 72.
''All week, the TV and the media were just talking about seeing how far over 200 he's going to get,'' Auburn defensive end Reggie Torbor said of Johnson. ''Like we're a joke. We feed off that. The more they talk, the better we get.''
Brown ran 37 times and scored twice as the Tigers (9-4) won a bowl game for the first time since 1998.
The Tigers beat their third top 10 opponent of the season.
Brown passed the 1,000-yard mark despite starting only five games.
The Tigers borrowed a chapter from Paterno's playbook to take a 7-6 lead with 3:52 left in the third quarter. They ran it 13 consecutive times and milked nearly seven minutes off the clock, with Brown twisting into the end zone on fourth down from the goal line.
He carried on the first six plays and the last four, gaining 59 yards on the drive. The Nittany Lions had gone nearly 10 quarters without giving up a point in the postseason.
We finished ranked #14 that year. It was the first of 5 of the next 6 years in which we would finish in the Top 15. 2002 was an interesting year, losing the opener at #16 USC by a touchdown in the last 90 seconds of the game. We were destroyed by Arkansas 38-17, but destroyed LSU 31-7. Down the stretch we lost a painful one to #4 Georgia on a 4th and long David Greene TD pass, again with less than 90 seconds to go in the game. The season ended with a win over Alabama, then the Penn State game.
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