Saturday's win against LSU has come at a price for Auburn. Tight end Cole Bennett is expected to miss at least six weeks after suffering a broken right ankle in Saturday's game. He will undergo surgery Monday morning. That leaves red-shirt freshmen Tommy Trott and Gabe McKenzie to pick up the slack at tight end.
Also on the injury front, cornerback Jonathan Wilhite will miss this Saturday's contest with Buffalo because of hamstring problems.
On a more positive note, Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville says that linebacker Kevin Sears will return for Saturday's game. Sears served a three game suspension for an alcohol-related incident. This the third such suspension for the troubled Sears who also missed last year's Georgia game and the Capital One Bowl.
The news is not so good for heralded linebacker Tray Blackmon. A projected starter in preseason, he will miss at least another game due to off the field troubles during the summer. He has already missed the first three games. Tuberville will only say that Blackmon will miss this weekend's game and will not speculate about his return.




