AU-WVU slated for primetime

Auburn and West Virginia are headed back to primetime. This time, of course, it will be on your standard football Saturday.

ESPN announced today that the Sept. 19 rematch between the Tigers and Mountaineers at Jordan-Hare Stadium will air at 6:45 p.m. CST on either ESPN or ESPN2.

Chalk it up as three of Auburn’s 12 games having set-ish times and the first official beat writer deadline nightmare on the schedule. The Nov. 27 Iron Bowl is set for 1:30 p.m. and will air on CBS. The Tigers’ homecoming game against Furman doesn’t have a set time, but you can usually bank on that being a day game.

Remember when these two teams played last year in what was expected to be a premier Thursday-night matchup? Well, it didn’t turn out that way, with both teams facing unexpected hurdles. But it sure was competitive—for the first half, at least.

Auburn, playing in the unfriendly Morgantown atmosphere, blazed out to a 17-3 lead only to see it evaporate. The Mountaineers scored 31 unanswered points and racked up 445 yards of offense to crush the Tigers, 34-17.

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