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i have no idea who he is lol. tigerland let me down so i had to google just to get the little news i found. even youtube was dead. in my feeble mind i thought the day before the ironbowl would have tons of articles but as usual i would be wrong....grins

wow. almost nothing out in new auburn articles. i will check in through out the day for updates.

uburnwire.usatoday.com Gather 'round the table: Here's what we at Auburn Wire are thankful for this season Taylor Jones 3–4 minutes Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. We hope that you are enjoying a day filled with delicious food, family time, and plenty of discussion about upcoming bowl scenarios for the Auburn Tigers. We at Auburn Wire are also spending the day traveling and enjoying time with those we love the most. Before we headed out, we took time to discuss what matters to us in regards to Auburn athletics, and what we are most thankful for this season. From football to baseball, here’s what the guys are most thankful for this holiday. Jake Crandall / USA TODAY NETWORK No, Auburn football is not at the level of Georgia or Alabama just yet. However, with the efforts of Hugh Freeze’s recruiting in just a short time… there’s no reason to believe that the Tigers won’t be there in a season or two. I’m thankful for the recruiting seemingly getting on the right track and the iron bowl being in Jordan-Hare.- Brian Hauch Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports Auburn linebacker Eugene Asante and safety Jaylin Simpson returned to Auburn football for the 2023 season, and it appears so far to be a great decision. Both are making the case to become solid NFL players in the future. I’m thankful that Jaylin Simpson and Eugene Asante stuck around and have had breakout seasons.- JD McCarthy The Montgomery Advertiser Auburn football has been in a rebuild for what seems like an eternity, but the Tigers have a head coach who is understanding of the situation. I’m thankful for a head coach that is willing to hype up this program when things are going well, and will be honest when things are not going well. It is a refreshing breath of air compared to the last few seasons.- Taylor Jones The Montgomery Advertiser This season’s Auburn basketball team has incredible chemistry, and that this thanks to the recruiting efforts of Bruce Pearl and staff. I’m thankful that Bruce Pearl was able to land multiple shooters and get back to playing the style of offense that has been so successful for him.- JD McCarthy Photo by Steven Leonard/Auburn Tigers Football season has us feeling all kinds of things, but at least we have this basketball team to rely on. I’m thankful for Aden Holloway and the basketball team taking away from the disappointing football season- Brian Hauch Zach Bland/Auburn Tigers Athletic Director John Cohen has been an advocate for upgrading facilities around campus such as baseball, football, and soccer. Having an AD who is willing to take the necessary steps to make Auburn national contenders in every sport is not something to take for granted. I’m thankful for the progress that John Cohen is making with athletic facility upgrades. I cannot wait to step foot into the revamped Plainsman Park this season to catch a game.- Taylor Jones

auburnwire.usatoday.com Aden Holloway named a top 10 freshman by On3 JD McCarthy ~2 minutes Auburn basketball is 4-1 to start the season and a major reason why has been the play of freshman point guard Aden Holloway. The former five-star recruit started the season as the backup point guard but after several strong games, Bruce Pearl injected him into the starting lineup. He has impressed with both his scoring and facilitating ability, his 13.2 points per game are second most on the team and his 3.8 assists lead the team. Holloway’s strong start to the season has made him one of the top newcomers in the country and On3’s Jame Shaw ranked him as the 9th best freshman in the country. Heralded as one of the top shooters in the 2023 recruiting class, Holloway has exceeded all expectations, making 42.9% of his 3-points on seven attempts per game. Holloway and the rest of the Tigers will return to action on Wednesday, Nov. 29 when they host Virginia Tech as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge. 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

auburnwire.usatoday.com Auburn commit DeAndre Carter 'can't wait' to attend the Iron Bowl JD McCarthy ~2 minutes DeAndre Carter is not only one of the top offensive line recruits in the country, he is also one of Auburn’s most important commits. After years of poor recruiting on the offensive line, the new staff is looking to change that and provided some much-needed proof of concept when they landed the four-star prospect over Texas. The Santa Anna, California prospect has taken several trips to the Plains but this weekend will be his first chance to watch Auburn play in Jordan-Hare Stadium. “I can’t wait, I’ve heard it’s a crazy atmosphere for sure,” Carter told Greg Biggins of 247Sports. “This will be my first game at Auburn so I’m excited and really looking forward to it. Auburn secured a commitment from Carter in September but the Texas Longhorns never stopped recruiting him. Auburn was able to survive the push and he recently reaffirmed his commitment to the Tigers. “I still feel great about my commitment to Auburn,” he told Biggins. “It was a tough decision but I really connected with the coaches well and that was big for me.” Carter is the No. 131 overall player and No. 5 interior offensive lineman in the 247Sports composite ranking. He is also the No. 14 player from California. 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

auburnwire.usatoday.com Auburn announces depth chart for Iron Bowl JD McCarthy 4–5 minutes The Auburn Tigers are looking to close out the regular season with a bang when they take on the Alabama Crimson Tide in the ___ edition of the Iron Bowl The Tigers are looking to put their shocking 31-10 loss to New Mexico State behind them and are making some changes on the offensive depth chart. The Tigers are shaking up the starting rotation at all three wide receiver spots, with each featuring multiple starters. Caleb Burton III is now listed as a starter at slot receiver, while Malcolm Johnson Jr. and Camden brown are now possible starters at the outside spots. All three of them have seen their roles increase recently as Hugh Freeze and Co. look to spark a struggling passing attack. Here is a look at Auburn’s full depth chart for Saturday’s game, which is set to start at 2:30 p.m. CT and will be on CBS. Photo by Jamie Holt/Auburn Tigers Starter: Payton Thorne Backups: Robby Ashford, Holden Geriner John Reed-USA TODAY Sports Starter: Jarquez Hunter Backups: Damari Alston, Brian Battie, Jeremiah Cobb (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) Starter: Rivaldo Fairweather OR Luke Deal Backups: Tyler Fromm OR Brandon Frazier, Micah Riley (AP Photo/Stew Milne) Starter: Malcolm Johnson Jr. OR Jyaire Shorter OR Omari Kelly Backup: Koy Moore Brett Rojo-USA TODAY Sports Starter: Caleb Burton III OR Jay Fair OR Ja’Varrius Johnson (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images) Starter: Camden Brown OR Shane Hooks Backups: Nick Mardner Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports Starter: Dillon Wade Backup: Jaden Muskrat Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports Starter: Gunner Britton Backup: Tate Johnson Zach Bland/Auburn Athletics Starter: Avery Jones OR Connor Lew Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports Starter: Kam Stutts Backup: Jeremiah Wright OR Jalil Irvin Photo by Austin Perryman/Auburn Tigers Starter: Izavion Miller Backup: Jaden Muskrat Photo by Zach Bland/Auburn Tigers Starter: Keldric Faulk Backups: Zykevious Walker Zach Bland/Auburn Tigers Starter: Justin Rogers Backup: Jayson Jones Photo by Zach Bland/Auburn Tigers Starter: Marcus Harris Backup: Lawrence Johnson Photo by Zach Bland/Auburn Tigers Starter: Jalen McLeod Backups: Elijah McAllister, Stephen Sings V (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) Starter: Austin Keys Backups: Larry Nixon III, Wesley Steiner © Jake Crandall / USA TODAY NETWORK Starter: Eugene Asante Backup: Cam Riley Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports Starter: D.J. James Backup: Kayin Lee OR Colton Hood Photo by Austin Perryman/Auburn Tigers Starter: Keionte Scott Backup: Donovan Kaufman, Champ Anthony Photo by Zach Bland/Auburn Tigers Starter: Jaylin Simpson Backup: Caleb Wooden, Griffin Speaks Photo by Zach Bland/Auburn Tigers Starter: Zion Puckett Backups: Marquise Gilbert, Terrance Love Matthew Hinton-USA TODAY Sports Starter: Nehemiah Pritchett Backups: J.D. Rhym Brett Rojo-USA TODAY Sports Starter: Keionte Scott Backup: Koy Moore John Reed-USA TODAY Sports Starters: Brian Battie, Jarquez Hunter Photo by Jamie Holt/Auburn Tigers Punter: Oscar Chapman Place Kicker: Alex McPherson Holder: Oscar Chapman Long Snapper: Jacob Quattlebaum OR Reed Hughes

Analyst: Auburn football will succeed more under Hugh Freeze than Bryan Harsin, but succeed less under Freeze than Gus Malzahn Toppmeyer predicted that Auburn wouldn’t be as lost under Freeze as under Bryan Harsin, who never put together a three-game winning streak in SEC play on the Plains. He also predicted that the Freeze era wouldn’t match Malzahn’s tenure in East Central Alabama. “Disaster doesn’t even begin to describe the Bryan Harsin era,” Toppmeyer prefaced before saying, “My early read on the Hugh Freeze era: He’ll succeed more than Harsin, but not as much as Malzahn, who won 66% of his games at AU.” Certainly, the Malzahn era was underappreciated. Freeze will face more of the SEC than Malzahn had to, and that could lead to far less wins. But if Freeze can do the one thing Malzahn couldn’t while leading the charge, win a meaningful bowl game, perhaps even a championship down the line, the current Tigers head coach’s time at the helm of Auburn football will just mean more than the fired ex-HC’s.

montgomeryadvertiser.com Auburn football can blame itself for this hole Hugh Freeze is in | Toppmeyer Blake Toppmeyer 5–7 minutes Gus Malzahn beat Nick Saban three times. Auburn fired him anyway. Hugh Freeze's rebuild requires a better quarterback than he landed out of the transfer portal last offseason. Auburn's path to greatness will become tougher in an expanded SEC. Auburn checked out of what it considered Hotel Mediocrity when it fired Gus Malzahn three years ago. Its eye for greatness proved bigger than its stomach, though, and Auburn promptly checked in to Hotel Misery. Hotel Mediocrity would look plush right now. Auburn paid a $21.5 million buyout to fire a coach who achieved eight consecutive winning seasons, beat Nick Saban three times and went 6-4 against an SEC-only schedule in the midst of the worst pandemic our nation experienced in a century. I thought Auburn’s 2020 decision to fire Gus Malzahn was foolish then. The past three seasons have shown that Malzahn is fine without Auburn, but the Tigers are lost without Malzahn. The window probably had closed on the idea of Malzahn winning a national championship at Auburn, a program with national championship ambition even though it has won just two titles in its history. With its eyes set on glory, Auburn tumbled rump over teakettle before ever getting out of the starting blocks. Disaster doesn’t even begin to describe the Bryan Harsin era. My early read on the Hugh Freeze era: He’ll succeed more than Harsin, but not as much as Malzahn, who won 66% of his games at AU. Malzahn called Freeze on Monday to wish him luck in the Iron Bowl. Freeze certainly will need good fortune Saturday, and he’ll need a rock-solid plan with a top-tier staff to restore the program to where Malzahn had it, at his peak. Hugh Freeze needs a quarterback and a recruiting boost Imagine if Auburn had retained Malzahn and quarterback Bo Nix. What would its record be these past three seasons? Certainly, it would be better than the 17-19 record it’s achieved under Harsin and now Freeze. And with Malzahn on the sideline, I doubt Auburn (6-5, 3-4 SEC) would be a 15-point home underdog like it is against No. 8 Alabama (10-1, 7-0). Saban beat Malzahn once in four tries on the Plains. Harsin couldn’t carry Malzahn’s visor, and he was as old school as he was unlikable – a bad combination in this era of NIL and transfers, where players enjoy some power and voice. The Idaho native failed to make inroads recruiting Alabama. Some would say he never even tried. By this point in Harsin’s tenure, it had become clear that his union with Auburn would fail. I’m not out on Freeze yet. He’ll be better than Harsin, but will Freeze exceed Malzahn's winning percentage? Doubt it. Auburn’s recruiting class ranks No. 17 nationally in the 247Sports Composite, with less than a month remaining before the early signing period. Freeze already is better recruiting the state than Harsin was, but that's a low bar. Auburn can’t hope to catch Georgia, Alabama and LSU with 17th-ranked signing classes, and Freeze’s inability last offseason to land a transfer quarterback better than Payton Thorne is concerning. Malzahn regularly signed top-10 classes.

auburn.rivals.com AuburnSports - Freeze building true connections Bryan Matthews ~3 minutes AUBURN | How do you keep from suffering the kind of shocking defeat Auburn did against New Mexico State last Saturday? How do you make sure your team responds in the most productive way possible going forward? Hugh Freeze and his staff will be looking for those answers in the days, weeks and months to come. But the Tigers’ first-year had coach has one solution he’s already working to implement. “One of the things I think is the greatest challenge we have probably now in these college football rooms, team rooms, staffing, is true connection just to where, ‘Man, I'm really playing for you and I'm really playing for the school.’ And when we have that true connection in a relationship, you can really hold each other accountable,” said Freeze. “That's something I've got to work on to for us to feel more connected for when you get hit in the face like you did Saturday.” Those types of connections have become tougher with so much turnover on college rosters due to the transfer portal and staffs growing larger and larger to meet the demands of scouting, recruiting and player development. Those issues can be amplified with so many changes coming in a coach’s first year at a school. For Freeze, who has the reputation of being a player’s coach, building those connections has always been an important part of how he runs a program. He’s good at it, but it takes time. “He really talked to me as I was a human being not as if I was a football player,” said freshman Keldric Faulk of the recruiting process. “That was important for me and important for my mom because we don't want to be another number on a roster -- well I mean, I didn't want to be another number on the roster. I wanted to come in and have a relationship with my coach. “And that relationship with my coach, if football doesn't work out could help me out later in life just because I got that connection with him. A lot of coaches during my recruitment, I didn't really have that connection with. I built that connection with Coach Freeze within two weeks of him being hired. Of course me being here now, we're still building that relationship to this day.” Auburn wraps up the regular season against No. 8 Alabama Saturday afternoon in the 88th Iron Bowl. Kickoff at Jordan-Hare Stadium is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT on CBS.

sports.yahoo.com Alabama-Auburn: The Iron Bowl looks like it will be a blowout. Don't be fooled. Jay Busbee 5–7 minutes A couple famous quotes start resurfacing among the Alabama and Auburn faithful around this time each year. The first, from Bear Bryant, is a thunderclap: “Nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state.” The second, spotted on T-shirts and peeling bumper stickers all over Lee County, is a knife blade: “Hey Nick! Got a second?” The first line is a summation of Alabama’s entire ethos, a sense of superiority over, and condescension toward, Auburn. The second is Auburn’s devastating counter, a reference to its famous/infamous “Kick Six” victory. Alabama may have a wheelbarrow’s worth of championship rings, but in the most famous play in college football history, Auburn got the win. It’s Iron Bowl week in Alabama, and as usual, everyone’s on edge. Ever since Auburn and Alabama first played football — in February 1893, on a baseball field in Birmingham, a game that ended in a 32-22 Auburn victory — these two schools have measured their years by this game. A victory means you can hold your head high among your co-workers and in the grocery store; a loss mars your entire season, and the only way to heal is to survive another year. There’s even more to it than that. For Auburn, a victory is a triumph over elitism, over that white-columned arrogant bunch of old-family-money snots over in Tuscaloosa. Auburn gauges itself by the Iron Bowl; a victory in this game can turn around an entire season. For Alabama, though, the stakes are very different. Especially during the Bryant and Saban eras, the Tide has had its eyes on a much bigger prize than an in-state victory over those mouthy farm workers from the Plains. For the Tide, the Iron Bowl is less an achievement to be treasured, more a threat to be survived. This season marks the 10th anniversary of the Kick Six, the miraculous turnabout play that capped the 2013 Iron Bowl. The stakes were astronomical coming into the game: 11-0 Alabama, the back-to-back defending national champion, was ranked No. 1, while 10-1 Auburn was ranked No. 4. The game was tied at 28 as time ran out on regulation, but Saban pleaded for — and got — one second put back on the clock. He sent out an untested field-goal kicker to attempt a 57-yarder, and, well, this resulted: Chris Davis is now a legend in the state. The ball from that game is on display at Auburn like a holy relic. The Tigers would ride that exhilarating victory to the national championship game, only losing to Florida State in the final seconds of the game. It marks the last real high point for the Auburn football program … but what a high point it is. Alabama holds the overall edge in the series at 49-37-1, but most of the cinematic victories belong to Auburn. Three years before the Kick Six, Cam Newton led Auburn back from a 24-point deficit to win and continue the Tigers’ march to their most recent national championship. In 1982, freshman Bo Jackson snapped a nine-game Tide winning streak with his fourth-and-1 “Bo Over The Top” end-of-game goal-line dive. Ten years earlier, down 16-3, Auburn’s Bill Newton blocked a late Alabama punt and the Tigers’ David Langner ran it back for a touchdown … and then both did the exact same thing a few plays later, leading to another improbable Auburn victory over a previously undefeated Alabama squad. One notable exception: 2021, when No. 3 Alabama took a heart-wrenching four overtimes to hold off a ferocious unranked Auburn team. Down 10-3 with less than two minutes on the clock, Bryce Young drove Alabama 97 yards to tie the game. The schools traded haymakers in overtime, with Young finding John Metchie III on a game-winning 2-point conversion in the fourth OT. The Tide would go on to lose to Georgia in the national championship game. This year, both schools are barreling into the Iron Bowl on very different trajectories. Auburn, a 14.5-point underdog, is coming off one of the most stunning losses of the 2023 season, a 31-10 humiliation at the hands of New Mexico State — a loss for which Auburn also paid $1.8 million. The Tigers are bowl-eligible in their first season under head coach Hugh Freeze, but after last week still look like a teardown is necessary … unless this weekend goes well. “We all know what the Iron Bowl means to so many,” said Freeze, and you can fix your feelings a whole heck of a lot with a good performance in that game. Derrick Henry is one of many Alabama alumni who had to survive the gauntlet of the Iron Bowl against Auburn. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) (Kevin C. Cox via Getty Images) Alabama, on the other hand, is still attempting to atone for an early season loss to Texas. The Tide is already locked into next week’s SEC championship game, but if Alabama wants any hope of reaching the College Football Playoff, it must win out … and a narrow, tight win just won’t do. “People talk about all the crazy stuff that happens in this game. But since I've been here, the team that should have won the game won the game based on who played the best,” Saban said. “We've had this challenge several times before, and this one's going to be just as difficult as any of the rest." There’s desperation in the air, and that fuels the Iron Bowl. Alabama can put its rival in its "proper" place with a beatdown. Auburn can salvage its season by destroying Alabama’s. Now that’s the recipe for a good rivalry. The next chapter in this frenzied, unpredictable saga kicks off Saturday at 3:30 ET. It could be a routine game, but don't be surprised when it takes a sudden turn.

al.com Pritchett becomes 2nd Auburn player in 2024 Senior Bowl Published: Nov. 23, 2023, 2:45 a.m. 2–3 minutes Auburn cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett (1) breaks up a pass intended for Vanderbilt wide receiver Junior Sherrill (85) in the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)AP By Creg Stephenson | cstephenson@al.com Auburn cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett has accepted an invitation to the 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl, it was announced late Wednesday. Pritchett, a Jackson native, joins fellow Tigers cornerback D.J. James among the confirmed players for the annual college football all-star game and NFL draft showcase. The 2024 Senior Bowl takes place Feb. 3 at Mobile’s Hancock Whitney Stadium. The 6-foot-1, 184-pound Pritchett has started the last three seasons at cornerback at Auburn. He has been limited to seven games this season by injury, but has 18 tackles, two pass breakups and an interception. Pritchett makes it four players with state ties confirmed for the 75th anniversary Senior Bowl, will allow non-graduate underclassmen to participate for the first time in 2024. Also confirmed for the game are James and Missouri cornerback Kris Abrams-Draine (both from Spanish Fort) and Miami offensive lineman Javion Cohen, a Phenix City native who played at Alabama for three seasons. Other notable players already committed to the Senior Bowl are South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler, Tulane quarterback Michael Pratt, Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsall, Florida State tight end Jaheim Bell, Kansas State offensive lineman Cooper Beebe and Texas defensive lineman T’Vondre Sweat. Other committed players will be announced periodically in the days leading up to Senior Bowl week. The 2024 Senior Bowl, sponsored for the first time this year by the NFL Players Association, kicks off at noon on Feb. 3. NFL Network will televise the game live. 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 was talking to bruce and said he wished you would quit scaring the kids...............

yes he did get banned. he was being funny and slipped up and got personal.

for the record this was posted in fun. happy thanksgiving1

here is the perfect candy for you cats......................

is giving free turkeys to anyone who can outrun security.

now i am confused. i am a lib that still says merry christmas.great post. oh! you left out the mentally challenged like me.............grins

ok i will bring extra extra gummys. i am like kim kardashian with a bigger butt............

you appear to collect a lot of enemies. if we were hanging out i would be worried about a driveby.

hell we need you on the team .............

back at ya.iam listening to the stones latest album on youtube and trying hard not to eat my ribs and potato salad early.

they have been saying freeze throws the team under the bus but when doing the dailies i do i have seen him say several times he needs to do a better coaching and it is on him. anger and hate often make folks say and do stuff they normally would not do.

happy thanks giving to you and everyone! i also hope everyone feels love today.

stones for the win rick!