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Auburn looks to respond to difficult loss vs. Ole Miss

Oct 27, 2007 - 11:35 AM Mississippi (2-6) at No. 23 Auburn (5-3) 6:00 pm EDT

AUBURN, Alabama (Ticker) -- Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville certainly is glad to see Mississippi come to town this weekend.

Seven days after a difficult defeat, Tuberville's 23rd-ranked Tigers host the lowly Rebels in a Southeastern Conference matchup on Saturday.

Last week, Auburn (5-3, 3-2 SEC West) held a 10-point second-half lead before coming up short at Louisiana State in Baton Rouge, 30-24.

After LSU took a 23-17 lead, Brandon Cox threw a three-yard TD to Rodgeriqus Smith with 3:21 to play to pull Auburn back in front.

But LSU came back to win the game on a 22-yard pass from Matt Flynn to Demetrius Byrd with one second left.

Auburn is just one game behind LSU and Alabama in the SEC West. But since it lost to the Bayou Bengals, it will need lots of help to reach the conference title game.

Luckily for the Tigers, they host Ole Miss (2-6, 0-5 West), which is the only team in the SEC not to win a conference game.

Last week, the Rebels were blown out by Arkansas at home, 44-8, as Darren McFadden and Felix Jones each rushed for more than 100 yards.

Auburn has won the last three meetings since a 24-20 loss here in 2003.