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The ever-deep SEC has a conference leading 8 members on the pre-season list. The ACC comes in just behind them with 6 teams and the Big 12 came in with 4 designations. The evolving Pac 12 checked in with 3 clubs in the poll and the American, Big 10, Big West and Sun Belt caught one team each. Rank Team Conference 2023 Record 2023 Finish Head Coach 1 Wake Forest ACC (54-12) CWS Tom Walter 2 Arkansas SEC (43-18) Fayetteville Regional Dave Van Horn 3 LSU SEC (54-17) CWS Champion Jay Johnson 4 Florida SEC (54-17) CWS Runner-Up Kevin O'Sullivan 5 TCU Big 12 (44-24) CWS Kirk Saarloos 6 Vanderbilt SEC (42-20) Nashville Regional Tim Corbin 7 Texas A&M SEC (38-27) Stanford Regional Jim Schlossnagle 8 Texas Big 12 (42-22) Stanford Super Regional David Pierce 9 Oregon State Pac 12 (41-20) Baton Rouge Regional Mitch Canham 10 Virginia ACC (50-15) CWS Brian O'Connor 11 Tennessee SEC (44-22) CWS Tony Vitello 12 Stanford Pac 12 (44-20) CWS Dave Esquer 13 South Carolina SEC (42-21) Gainesville Super Regional Mark Kingston 14 North Carolina ACC (36-24) Terre Haute Regional Scott Forbes 15 Auburn SEC (34-23-1) Auburn Regional Butch Thompson 16 Iowa Big 10 (44-16) Terre Haute Regional Rick Heller 17 East Carolina American (47-19) Charlottesville Regional Cliff Godwin 18 UCLA Pac 12 (28-24-1) No Postseason John Savage 19 NC State ACC (36-21) Columbia Regional Elliott Avent 20 Kansas State Big 12 (35-24) No Postseason Pete Hughes 21 Clemson ACC (44-19) Clemson Regional Erik Bakich 22 Oklahoma State Big 12 (41-20) Stillwater Regional Josh Holliday 23 Duke ACC (39-24) Charlottesville Super Regional Chris Pollard 24 UC Santa Barbara Big West (35-20) No Postseason Andrew Checketts 25 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt (42-21) Conway Regional Gary Gilmore

al.com Auburn wins Metallica Marching Band Competition, gets $85K in prizes Updated: Jan. 08, 2024, 9:53 a.m.|Published: Jan. 08, 2024, 9:30 a.m. 5–6 minutes The Auburn University Marching Band performs before the Mississippi State game Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in Auburn, Alabama. (Julie Bennett | preps@al.com)Julie Bennett | preps@al.com By Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com Bang the drums and clash the cymbals! The Auburn University Marching Band has won the top spot in the Metallica Marching Band Competition, along with a designation as fan favorite. As a result, the band will receive a total of $85,000 in prizes, consisting of musical instruments and equipment for their school programs. The members of Metallica — singer James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo — chose the winners of the contest, announcing the results on Sunday night via social media. Fan favorites were determined by online voting. “Back in April, we challenged marching bands across the country to create performances incorporating our music into their shows,” the band said on Instagram and Twitter. “The response blew us away and made for a heated competition, and the results are in!” Auburn’s band was one of 450 marching bands at colleges and high schools throughout the country who signed up for the contest, according to a Metallica publicist. Two other marching bands from Alabama, the Cleveland High School Golden Force Band and the Pell City High School Marching Band of Gold, were top five finalists in high school divisions of the contest, vying for $15,000 each in prizes. However, neither of them was named a winner in their divisions or a fan favorite. To enter the contest, marching bands submitted YouTube videos of their ensembles playing one of 13 Metallica songs. The list of available songs included “Enter Sandman,” “Master of Puppets,” “Fade to Black,” “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” “Creeping Death” and “Seek & Destroy.” (See the full contest rules here.) Finalists were selected by a team of seven judges who are professional musicians with experience as band directors and teachers. Watch Auburn’s winning performance in the video below. Auburn’s performance was filmed on Oct. 21, 2023, during halftime at a game that pitted the Auburn Tigers against the Ole Miss Rebels, according to The Auburn Plainsman. LED lights were attached to the band members’ hats, and were synchronized to the music. The performance featured Metallica’s “For Whom The Bell Tolls,” “Wherever I May Roam,” “Master of Puppets,” “Nothing Else Matters” and “Enter Sandman.” Auburn University celebrated its win via social media, saying, “On to VICTORY … strike up the #MetallicaMarchingBand competition winners for the Collegiate Division 1 category! Voted fan favorite, too🥹Way to go, @auburnbands.” Here’s the full list of finalists in the Metallica Marching Band Competition, with the names of winners in bold type: COLLEGIATE: DIVISION 1 ($75,000 in prizes) Auburn University (WINNER, also named fan favorite, for $10,000 in prizes) Fresno State University Iowa State University University of Iowa University of Texas at Austin COLLEGIATE: DIVISION 2, 3 ($40,000 in prizes) Eastern New Mexico University (WINNER) Blinn College Manchester University West Texas A&M University Western Illinois University HIGH SCHOOL: SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE ($15,000 each in prizes) Large High School: Dobyns-Bennett High School – Kingsport, Tennessee (WINNER, also named fan favorite, for $10,000 in prizes) Lambert High School – Suwanee, Georgia Lorena High School – Lorena, Texas Austin High School – Sugarland, Texas Pell City High School – Pell City, Alabama Medium High School: Boerne High School – Boerne, Texas (TIE) Malverne High School – Malverne, New York (TIE) Desert Mountain High School – Scottsdale, Arizona DeWitt High School – DeWitt, Michigan Kell High School – Kennesaw, Georgia Small High School: Oakton High School – Vienna, Virginia (WINNER) Cleveland High School – Cleveland, Alabama Edinburg High School – Edinburg, Texas Oologah High School – Oologah, Oklahoma Valhalla High School – El Cajon, California This is the first year for the Metallica Marching Band Contest, but it promises to be an annual event, according to a press release. READ MORE ON METALLICA: Is it OK to feel all warm and fuzzy at a Metallica concert? Metallica fans recall band’s classic Alabama concerts If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

i like both teams for themost part but man i loved watching michigan and their old school play. to be honest it r4minded me of dye some. and how hard is it to win a natty at 15-0? i hope we get there. mans those guys knew how to tackle!

that is exactly how i feel. i refer to him as busy buzz buzz.................most of you have no idea what that is. me and golf used to play it together.

how about raking some leaves? i am old and wobbly and might fall down and hurt myself.

thank you !

so i read scott is staying. then he is leaving. now i heard on a pod he is coming back. does anyone know for a fact he is coming back? we sure need him!

i was just going to ask this myself. i think we had a highly rated secondary? why would you not retain crimedog?

al.com Auburn basketball makes 9 spot leap in AP poll after routing Arkansas Updated: Jan. 08, 2024, 12:17 p.m.|Published: Jan. 08, 2024, 12:03 p.m. 2–3 minutes FAYETTEVILLE, AR - JANUARY 06 - Auburn’s Denver Jones (12) during the game between the #25 Auburn Tigers and the Arkansas Razorbacks at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, AR on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. Photo by Zach Bland/Auburn TigersZach Bland/Auburn Tigers After drubbing Arkansas by 32 points in Bud Walton Arena, Auburn jumped nine spots up the AP Top 25 poll to be ranked No. 16. It is the second consecutive week Auburn has been ranked as well as the second week this season the Tigers are in the poll. Auburn is on a seven-game winning streak and sits at 12-2 overall and 1-0 in the SEC. Seven voters gave Auburn a top 10 slot, with two voters putting Auburn at No. 7 being the highest slot. Four voters did not include Auburn on their ballot at all, a decrease from 31 voters leaving off Auburn last week. Auburn has been a metrics darling this season, and the human rankings have lagged behind. As of Monday, Auburn is ranked No. 5 overall in the KenPom rankings. The Tigers are ranked ninth in KenPom for both offensive and defensive efficiency. The only other teams to be top 10 in both categories are the top three overall teams in KenPom: Houston, Purdue and Arizona. All three teams are ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll. During their win streak, the Tigers are winning by an average of 25 points, and that includes three wins over major conference teams in Indiana, USC and Arkansas. Matt Cohen covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @Matt_Cohen_ or email him at mcohen@al.com If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

al.com A late night in a hotel lobby and advice from Bo Nix: Inside Walker White's recruitment Published: Jan. 08, 2024, 6:00 a.m. 10–12 minutes All through the night Saturday, a third-row SUV at max capacity was burning rubber on a drive from San Antonio to Little Rock, Ark. Inside was Auburn quarterback signee Walker White, his parents, two of his brothers, his younger sister, one other family friend and all their luggage, including Walker’s football helmet from the All-American Bowl he played in the day prior. At one point, Walker’s mother, Amy White, posted a video to her social media showing her backseat passengers playing a game of Spades on a suitcase suspended between the armrests of the middle row seats. “Making lemonade out of lemons,” she wrote. Initially, Walker and his entourage were set to fly home. But instead, a late-night flight cancelation sent them scrambling and eventually settling on driving through the night – an eight-hour trek that would put them back in Little Rock at around 6 a.m. Sunday morning. Once home, they’d spend the day packing a pair of cars full of Walker’s things before piling back into the cars early Monday morning, when they’d make the eight-hour drive to Auburn, where they’d move Walker into his freshman dorm. Thanks to Saturday night’s surprise from the airline, the White family might not be as rested as they’d like when they get to the Plains on Monday, but for them and the Auburn football program, it marks the end of Walker’s long journey to Auburn. Unfamiliar territory and a long January away from home For touted high school quarterbacks, navigating the recruiting process comes with a bit more pressure. When it came time for the four-star quarterback to seriously begin diving into his recruitment, he and his family learned that pressure firsthand. Walker’s parents, David and Amy White, weren’t new to helping their children transition from high school sports to college sports. Their two oldest sons played sports at Arkansas, just three hours away from their Little Rock home. But with Walker, it was a bit different. The Whites’ oldest sons weren’t touted prospects. Instead, John David White walked on with Arkansas’ football team as a receiver, while Zac White walked on with Arkansas’ baseball team as a fielder. With Walker, it was the family’s first go ‘round with a coveted prospect, let alone a coveted quarterback. “We just didn’t have anyone really leading us,” Amy White said of navigating Walker’s recruitment. “We were pretty much told as a quarterback, he needed to commit earlier rather than later.” The reason behind such a thought process is that surrounding offensive pieces will be more likely to commit to a team already knowing who their quarterback might be. That said, Walker set his own timeline, hoping to announce his commitment by February of 2023 – eight months before the early signing period. And so the White family hit the ground running, driving and flying as Walker paid visits to interested programs. “I remember I was only home like 11 days last January because we were gone so much,” Amy White said in an interview with AL.com. Walker White had scheduled visits with Arkansas, Baylor and Clemson – all between Jan. 21 and Jan. 28. Meanwhile, head coach Hugh Freeze and the Auburn Tigers, who had extended an offer to Walker White on Dec. 20, were hoping the White family could find a bit of room in their busy month of January to pencil in a visit to the Plains. The Whites made the time on Jan. 16, 2023 – an open Monday in which Auburn had no other visits scheduled. “They just wanted to meet Walker and I think that we wanted them to meet Walker because I think Walker was wanting to, that February, commit and we had to get all in,” Amy White said. “It was just a perfect, perfect day. And he had, you a one-on-one talk with coach (Freeze) and I think that was really good. And Walker, I think, just felt an immediate connection there.” A day at Clemson and an evening in a hotel lobby Walker White participated in Clemson’s Junior Day on Jan. 28, 2023 – a visit he and his family figured would probably be his last before making his decision in early February. Unlike at Auburn, the Whites were surrounded by the families of other Clemson prospects – something Amy White, a self-proclaimed people person, and her husband David enjoyed. Meanwhile, head coach Dabo Swinney and the Tigers’ recruiting staff “put on the dog” for Walker. “We were like, if he does not choose Clemson and chooses something else over this, we know that he’s serious,” Amy White said. “Because Clemson was awesome.” When the White family arrived back at their hotel room that evening, they gathered to get Walker’s thoughts. “He just didn’t even hesitate,” Amy White recalls. “He just said, ‘Well, are y’all gonna be upset if I say Auburn?’” Of course, they weren’t going to be upset. It was just the timing of it – having just finished up a great visit at Clemson that day – that caught David and Amy White off guard. Shortly after the conversation, Walker made his way down to the hotel lobby to be alone with his thoughts, a pen and his journal. If he was going to publicly make his decision in the coming days, he was going to be sure of it. At about 1:00 in the morning, while still journaling in the hotel lobby, Walker’s older brother Zac gave him a call to help him sort out his thoughts. The conclusion of the conversation? If God was really pushing Walker toward Auburn, he should listen. “He was like, ‘It’s. Auburn.’ And he never looked back,” Amy White said. “We committed on February, like 2nd or 3rd of last year and he’s never looked back.” Walker White: Recruit turned recruiter Walker White had a mentor throughout his commitment. Ironically, that mentor was former Auburn and Oregon quarterback Bo Nix. Nix, a legacy quarterback when he was at Auburn, helped Walker when he was grappling with the thought of not playing football at Arkansas. After all, his dad was a golfer for the Hogs, while his two older brothers played their respective sports in Fayetteville. Having experienced a similar situation in transferring away from Auburn, where his father played quarterback for the Tigers, Nix told Walker he should listen to what his heart was telling him. “If you want to go somewhere else, go somewhere else,” said Amy White, echoing what Nix told her son. “And I think that kind of pushed Walker a bit.” And Nix’s advice didn’t stop there. In an interview with The Athletic, Walker White said Nix was quick to remind him that “you’re only as good as the guys around you.” So Walker quickly set out to help Auburn’s recruiting efforts. On Nov. 25, during his visit to Auburn as the Tigers hosted the Alabama Crimson Tide, Walker sported a navy hoodie with the last names of eight Auburn prospects plastered down the back of it. It was Walkers’ wish list. “He’s just been so consistent in trying to continue to recruit his team. That’s what you need. You need a couple of those,” said Freeze during his National Signing Day press conference on Dec. 20. “But Walker took the ownership and the leadership of, ‘Hey, let’s put together a top-10 class. That’s what we’ve said we’ve wanted.’ He certainly jumped in and tried every way in the world to help us do that.” Mission accomplished. With December’s early signing period come and gone, the Tigers sit with the seventh-best 2024 recruiting class, according to 247Sports. And with another signing period approaching in February, it’s unlikely the Tigers are quite finished. The most notable target left on Auburn’s board is 5-star wide receiver and Alabama commit Ryan Williams, who stands as the missing piece in what folks call the “Freeze 5″ — referring to Auburn’s stellar class of wide receivers. So far, the Tigers have four on board. And considering Walker’s efforts to this point, it’s a safe bet he’s working tirelessly on the final piece. Arriving to The Plains ready to work Walker White will move into his Auburn dorm room Monday – 339 days after making his commitment to the Tigers. In those 339 days, Walker has visited Auburn six times on unofficial visits and was on site for the Tigers’ games against Georgia and Alabama. And apart from going to Arkansas on Nov. 11 to watch Auburn pick apart the Razorbacks, Walker hasn’t visited or entertained any other program since his commitment 11 months ago – a rarity in today’s college football landscape. “He did not want to be somebody that commits and then de-commits and then commits and then de-commits,” Amy White said. “The thought of him de-committing from Auburn would have never crossed his mind because he didn’t want to make that be part of his character.” When Walker arrives at Auburn, he’ll be just two days removed from an appearance in the All-American Bowl, where he played as one of three quarterbacks for Team West. In Walker’s first pass of the game, he connected with Georgia running back signee Nate Frazier for a 51-yard touchdown, giving those watching a glimpse at why Freeze and the Tigers quickly pursued Walker. Truth be told, it was recently fired offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery who put Freeze on Walker as Montgomery was one of the first coaches to offer Walker while he was the head coach at Tulsa. “I think Walker has a really, really bright future,” Montgomery said in a press conference ahead of the Music City Bowl. “He’s a guy that can do both. He can run with it. He can throw with it. But he’s got an electric-type arm. You see the ball just kind of really take off out of his hands. He can flick it and make every throw you want him to make.” In an interview with 247 Sports’ Christian Clemente, Walker admitted to being upset by the news of Montgomery’s firing, but said he trusted Freeze and is excited about his vision for the Auburn offense moving forward. And there’s no question Freeze is excited about having Walker on board, too. “Walker White, I think, is going to be a star. I think he’s got all the attributes of what a quarterback should (look) like,” Freeze said. “I think he’s a true Auburn man.” If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Florida expected to add Auburn DC Ron Roberts to coaching staff Graham Hall 3–4 minutes Florida is expected to hire Auburn defensive coordinator Ron Roberts as executive head coach for defense, co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, sources have told Swamp247. 247Sports' Matt Zenitz was the first to report the Gators had zeroed-in on the addition of Roberts. Roberts, a 31-year coaching veteran, including more than a decade at the collegiate level, spent the previous year at Auburn under coach Hugh Freeze. Prior to his debut in the Southeastern Conference with the Tigers, Roberts spent three years at Baylor, including the most successful season for the Bears in the modern era in 2021, when Baylor captured its third conference title and its first New Year's Six Bowl victory, a 21-7 win over Ole Miss. In 2021, Roberts' defensive unit in Waco, Texas led the conference in interceptions (19), turnovers gained (27), turnover margin (0.93) and defensive touchdowns (3). Upon his arrival at Baylor, Roberts' impact was almost immediate. During the 2020 COVID-shortened campaign, his first overseeing Baylor's defense, Roberts' unit finished second in the Big 12 Conference, allowing only 203.0 passing yards per game and ranked third with 17 forced turnovers. The Bears were also ranked second in the league with 12 interceptions. Before his arrival at Baylor, Roberts worked at Louisiana with Napier from 2018 until his departure at the conclusion of the 2019 season. During his time with the Ragin' Cajuns, Roberts helped lead a unit which ranked 18th nationally in scoring defense in 2019 by allowing just 19.7 ppg – an improvement of 87 spots in the rankings from the season prior to his arrival in Lafayette. In his final year with the program, The program secured two consecutive Sun Belt Conference championship game appearances and won a school-record 11 games in 2019, including a 27-17 bowl victory over Miami (Ohio). The expected hiring of Roberts would mark the third addition to Florida's coaching staff after the Gators parted ways with secondary coach Corey Raymond and Sean Spencer, while Jay Bateman opted to accept an offer to join Mike Elko's coaching staff at Texas A&M as the Aggies' defensive coordinator. Florida hired Will Harris from the Los Angeles Charges to coach the secondary before hiring Gerald Chatman away from Tulane to coach the defensive line. “My family and I are excited to join the University of Florida,” Chatman said via press release. “I look forward to relentlessly working with coach Napier, the staff, and players to uphold the standard of the historic Gators football program. I embrace the challenge.” Chatman has experienced a variety of roles over the last several years, most recently as defensive line coach at Tulane where he helped the Green Wave limit opposing FBS teams to just 3.2 yards per carry (ranked No. 10 nationally) and record sacks on 6.98 percent of their total defensive plays, the No. 49 mark nationally. Chatman's lone season as defensive line coach with Tulane came after he spent the spring at LSU as the interim defensive line coach. Tulane’s defensive line group totaled 52.5 tackles for loss, 27 sacks, 15 quarterback hurries, five forced fumbles and four pass breakups in 2023.

saturdaydownsouth.com Auburn lands legacy transfer, former top recruit for Big Ten program Grant Bricker | 20 hours ago ~2 minutes Auburn is keeping things in the family after adding the transfer commitment of Rico Walker. Rico is the son of former Auburn defensive tackle Ricardo Walker, who played for the program in the 1990s. Walker played in 8 games this season for Maryland, totaling 27 yards on 4 receptions. Walker took a visit to Auburn recently on Thursday. He was a former 4-star athlete in the 2023 class out of Hickory (N.C.) High School. The 247Sports Composite rated him as the No. 10 athlete and No.7 prospect in the state. It was hard to for Walker to see the field much behind the likes of Corey Dyches and Preston Howard with the Terps. Hugh Freeze has been busy in the transfer portal. Transfer portal additions for Auburn include Sam Jackson V (Cal), Dorian Mausi (Duke), Robert Lewis (Georgia State), and Gage Keys (Kansas). Auburn went to the Music City Bowl in the 1st season under Freeze. The Tigers lost to Maryland to end the year with a 6-7 record. TRENDING 58,148 READS 51,772 READS 23,016 READS Grant Bricker Grant Bricker was a former freelancer for The News TN in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. He now freelances for Saturday Football. Follow on Twitter @GrantBricker.

si.com Florida Gators Hiring Auburn’s Ron Roberts as Co-defensive Coordinator, Linebackers Coach Lance Dawe ~2 minutes The Tigers are losing their defensive coordinator to Florida. The Tigers are losing their defensive coordinator to Florida. Ron Roberts, who spent one season on the Plains, has been hired by the Gators as executive head coach for defense, co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, per Matt Zenitz of 247Sports. Roberts, who came over with Dave Aranda when Aranda was hired by Baylor in early 2020, served as DC for two seasons at Louisiana-Lafayette. Aranda previously served under Roberts when the latter was the head coach at Delta State in 2007. His defense at Baylor led the Big 12 in run defense in 2021 and led the conference in turnovers gained. The Bears finished 52nd, 28th, and 55th nationally in yards per play during his three years. Roberts also has experience as a head coach, going a combined 89-45 in 11 seasons with Delta State and Southeastern Louisiana. This will be his second Power Five job. In his lone season at Auburn, Roberts' fielded a defense that was average by league standards. The Tigers finished No. 8 in total defense, No. 10 in yards per play, No. 11 in rush defense and No. 3 in pass defense. Auburn thrived in the turnover department, snagging the second-most takeaways of any SEC team (18). As of now, there are no known candidates to replace Roberts as defensive coordinator.

auburnwire.usatoday.com Auburn lands Maryland TE transfer Rico Walker JD McCarthy 1–2 minutes Auburn has addressed a key need in the tight end room with the addition of rico walker, who announced his commitment to the Tigers Monday on social media. Walker spent one season at Maryland before entering the transfer portal. He appeared in eight games, catching four passes for 28 yards. Walker’s father Ricardo played defensive line an Auburn in 1990’s but Auburn was never a serious contender for Walker as a high school recruit under the previous staff. A great athlete at 6-foot-4 and 248 pounds, Walker has three seasons of eligibility left and is a developmental project for tight ends coach Ben Aigamaua. With Ricardo Fairweather and luke deal both out of eligibility after the 2024 season, Walker gives the Tigers another promising young player to go with Micah Riley. WDE 🟠🔵 #committed pic.twitter.com/PPdauVk5s2 — 6’4”specimen (@Ricowalker15) January 8, 2024 Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow JD on Twitter @jdmccarthy15

247sports.com Texas DT transfer Trill Carter commits to Auburn Nathan King 3–4 minutes Auburn adds its second D-line transfer Auburn is adding some size and Power Five experience to its defensive line. Texas defensive tackle transfer Trill Carter has committed to Auburn, he announced on social media Monday, after visiting over the weekend. Auburn's coaching staff has been looking for at least a couple more defensive linemen through the portal to help offset the loss of three-year starter Marcus Harris to the NFL draft. Carter is the second pickup so far, joining Kansas transfer Gage Keys. A veteran defender from the 2019 class, Carter has played in 46 games in his college career between stops at Minnesota and Texas. Carter started 33 games at Minnesota, where he signed as a 3-star recruit from Leesburg, Georgia, about two hours from Auburn. He then transferred to Texas and appeared in every game during the team's run to a Big 12 championship and College Football Playoff berth. At 6-foot-2 and 300 pounds, Carter played 65.7 percent of his snaps this season as a 3-tech defensive tackle, and the rest at nose tackle. In his career, Carter has 10 tackles for loss, five sacks and an interception. He had double-digit QB pressures during the 2021 and 2022 seasons at Minnesota from his defensive tackle spot. Carter becomes Auburn's sixth transfer addition this cycle, joining Keys, Maryland tight end Rico Walker, Georgia State receiver Robert Lewis, Cal quarterback-turned-receiver Sam Jackson V, and Duke linebacker Dorian Mausi.

i challenge everyone to start taking their meds. they say half the country is mentally ill so i can only reason this board is as well. and for the record i take my meds. so if i go off at least i am trying...............grins

i missed this earlier but i thought it was news worthy.

al.com Auburn's Baker-Mazara was told he couldn't play in the SEC. He proved otherwise Saturday Published: Jan. 08, 2024, 6:30 a.m. 5–7 minutes Auburn junior Chad Baker-Mazara hasn’t stayed in one place too long. Baker-Mazara, a native of the Dominican Republic, started his career at Duquesne during the 2020-21 season. He spent the following season at San Diego State before academic struggles forced him to move on to Northwest Florida State College, a junior college nestled up in the Florida panhandle. At Northwest Florida State College, Baker-Mazara helped lead the Raiders to an appearance in the NJCAA national championship as he averaged a team-high 15.2 points on the season. In the narrow national championship loss, Baker-Mazara scored 21 points. Following the 2022-23 season at Northwest Florida State College, Baker-Mazara was in sophomore standing, meaning his time in junior college was over and if we wanted to continue playing, he’d have to return to a four-year institution to do so. According to Baker-Mazara’s social media, the Texas A&M Aggies expressed interest, as did the Kentucky Wildcats. But just eight hours after he posted about Kentucky giving him a call, Baker-Mazara returned to his social media to announce his commitment to Bruce Pearl and the Auburn Tigers, despite naysayers telling him he wasn’t built for the SEC. “My whole life I’ve been dreaming about playing this game in the SEC,” Baker-Mazara said after Auburn’s 83-51 blowout win over Arkansas Saturday afternoon. “I’ve always heard people say I’m too skinny to play, or he might not be physical enough... I’m just trying to prove the people they’re wrong.” And on Saturday afternoon, against an Arkansas program that had won four of the last five over Auburn and in a Bud Walton Arena that’s oft regarded as being one of the toughest road environments in the league, Baker-Mazara was given his first opportunity to hush his doubters. He wasted no time at all. Baker-Mazara came off the bench after less than three minutes of game clock had expired and immediately provided Auburn with a spark as he collected an offensive rebound, second-chance layup and a dunk in just more than a minute and a half. After 12 minutes of action in the first half, Baker Mazara found himself heading to the locker room with 14 points, making him the only Auburn player in double-digit scoring. He did so on a 5-for-8 effort from the field, including a 2-for-3 effort from beyond the arc. He also added four rebounds in the first period. With the help of SEC newbie Baker-Mazara, the Tigers were able to mount a seven-point lead over the Razorbacks at the break. “Particularly Chad Baker offensively, just made some big shots and made some good decisions in a really tough stretch,” Pearl said. “His plus-minus wasn’t great, but we needed his buckets to sort of settle us down. He, I thought, gave us a great deal of confidence.” Auburn outscored Arkansas 46-21 in the second half, paving the way for the Tigers to blow the doors off of Bud Walton Arena as the Razorbacks were handed their most lopsided home loss in program history — something Baker-Mazara wasn’t aware of until a reporter mentioned it during his postgame interview. “I didn’t know that, but now you made it way better to be honest,” Baker-Mazara said. “That’s incredible. You’re always seeing online how this is one of the best arenas to play at. To be honest, it really was.” That kind of reaction is to be expected from a player experiencing his first-ever SEC road game. After all, Baker-Mazara is the same guy who said he was too excited to sleep ahead of Auburn’s exhibition game against Auburn-Montgomery. “Overall, it’s just great to be out there representing Auburn,” Baker-Mazara said after his first experience in front of Auburn’s student section, affectionately known as “The Jungle.” Baker-Mazara carried that same feeling of gratitude into Bud Walton Arena Saturday afternoon. “Hungry and humble,” Pearl said of Baker-Mazara after reminding reporters that he came from the junior college ranks. Baker-Mazara’s scoring tear slowed in the second half as his teammates began to find their groove, namely Johni Broome, who put up 14 second-half points. Nonetheless, in his first-ever SEC game, Baker-Mazara finished with 16 points, giving him the distinction of Auburn’s leading scorer for the first time this season. What was supposed to be Baker-Mazara’s introduction to the SEC felt more like the SEC’s introduction to Baker-Mazara. “Was it addressed that on the right wing they run a pick-and-roll for him to get to the middle and shoot his pull-up jump shot? Yeah, it was addressed about a hundred times,” a frustrated Arkansas’ head coach Eric Musselman said of Baker-Mazara. “But he still got to his sweet spot and I thought he played really hard, I thought he played really aggressive.” So much for him being to skinny or not aggressive enough. “It’s all about your heart and how bad you really want it,” Baker-Mazara said. “And that’s what really started me going, just got the flow of the game.” If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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