AUBURN, Ala. -- Even as his time at Auburn comes to a close, Tray Matthews is still processing all of his story's twists and turns.
Late Saturday night, surrounded by reporters, he smiled and laughed and continued to take stock of a journey that moments earlier had added to it a stormed football field, beautifully mangled hedges and a division title. Matthews' Auburn Tigers had just knocked off the No. 1-ranked team in college football for the second time in three weeks, beating in-state rival Alabama 26-14 to end the regular season and set up a trip to Atlanta for the SEC championship game.