A tough decision awaits Auburn fans.
The Tigers are
assured of a spot in Final Four in the SEC Gridiron LIVE Greatest Player
Tournament presented by Direct
Auto Insurance as Bo Jackson and Cam Newton
advanced to set up a clash in the Vaught Region's
final.
Jackson, the No. 2 seed, narrowly beat
third-seeded Peyton Manning (Tennessee) in the Elite Eight, while Newton
beat another ex-Auburn star, No. 8 seed Terry
Beasley.
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The matchup will
feature two Heisman Trophy winners and while Jackson remains fourth on
the all-time SEC rushing list with 4,303 yards, Newton led Auburn to a
national championship, something Jackson never did.
In the defense's Neyland Region, Tennessee's Reggie
White, the fourth seed, knocked off top-seeded Glenn Dorsey (LSU). He'll
advance to face No. 10 seed Patrick Willis (Ole Miss), the
highest-remaining seed on the bracket. Wilis knocked off Alabama's
Cornelius Bennett, the sixth seed.
Voting in the
Vaught and Neyland regional finals will run from Oct. 23-Oct.
29.
Currently you can have you say in who advances to
the Final Four in the Dooley (offense) and Bryant (defense) regions,
where top seed Herschel Walker (Georgia) meets Ole Miss' sixth-seeded
Archie Manning and No. 1 seed David Pollack and third-seeded Champ
Bailey meet in an all-Georgia clash.
Click
here for a preview of the Dooley and Bryant finals,
where voting is currently underway, and you can see an
updated tournament bracket
here.
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No. 4 Cam Newton over No. 8 Terry Beasley
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No. 2 Bo Jackson over No. 3 Peyton
Manning
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No. 4 Reggie White over No. 1 Glenn Dorsey
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No. 10 Patrick Willis over No. 6 Cornelius Bennett
