Auburn’s Savage likely a no-go for title game

Safety Aairon Savage suffered a broken bone in his ankle and missed the remainder of the regular season plus the SEC title game. There was some hope that he would be able to return for Auburn’s bowl game, due to the late date (Jan. 10) of the national title. "It doesn’t look like that’s going to be a possibility right now," head coach Gene Chizik said. "Aairon’s really doing a great job being around on our team as a leader and really almost taking on a coaching role for us." The sixth-year senior had started the first seven games of the 2010 season before suffering the injury against Arkansas.