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al.com Remember the name: Auburn Jack linebacker Stephen Sings V creating buzz in fall camp Published: Aug. 12, 2023, 6:00 a.m. ~3 minutes The Jack linebacker spot in Ron Roberts’ defense is crucial. Though similar to a typical edge rusher, the Jack linebacker is multidimensional. While they’re no stranger to the pass rush, they’ll also be asked to drop back into coverage from time to time. Again, it’s a pretty critical role to hold. Coming into the fall, the big names you heard surrounding the position were Vanderbilt transfer Elijah McAllister, true freshman Keldric Faulk and Appalachian State transfer Jalen McLeod. From time to time, Liberty transfer Stephen Sings V would emerge, but it was primarily McAllister, Faulk and McLeod that were in the discussion. And then fall camp happened. Roberts decided Faulk might be better fit at defensive end, which opened the door for Sings to make some noise in the Jack linebacker room. And boy has he. “Stephen is physical. He’s a physical player,” said Auburn defensive line coach Jeremy Garrett. “He’s going to work extremely hard. You won’t have to tell him to work. He works hard and he’s going to be physical. You can expect that every single practice, every single day.” Out of the high school ranks, Sings, now a junior, was rated as a 3-star weakside defensive end by 247Sports. Initially committed to Virginia Tech, a mix of academic setbacks and the coronavirus pandemic resulted in Sings losing his scholarship offer. But Auburn linebackers coach Josh Aldridge, who previously held the same post under Hugh Freeze at Liberty, knew talent when he saw it. “I recruited Steve,” Aldridge said. “We swooped in at Liberty and got him before anybody else signed him. He’s a Power 5 football player.” And if recent viewing windows of fall camp are any indication, Sings might have the opportunity to be a Power 5 football player this fall. Recently, Sings has been splitting first-team reps with McLeod. “Steve is just so genuine and grateful. He works so hard. You’re gonna see a crazy motor,” Aldridge said. “You watch him and Jalen — regardless of their athletic ability, they play so flippin’ hard, both of them. It’s fun to watch. You’re gonna get a high motor guy and a guy who is going to leave it all out there every Saturday.” If y

al.com Auburn senior CB Jaylin Simpson impressed early by pair of freshman defensive backs Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 3:41 p.m. 4–5 minutes Auburn cornerback Jaylin Simpson has been around the block a time or two. The Brunswick, Ga. native came to The Plains as a 4-star signee in 2019, which was 20 pounds ago. “I was a little one,” joked Simpson, who has gone from 160 pounds to 180 pounds during his time at Auburn. Since then, Simpson has played for three different head coaches after catching the tail end of Gus Malzahn’s tenure, playing the entirety of Bryan Harsin’s time at Auburn and now playing under first-year head coach Hugh Freeze. “I was just thinking about that the other day,” Simpson told media members Friday afternoon. “Like, we was just in the meeting room just going over regular stuff and I just got referred to as a vet — and I was just like, ‘Dang, I’m a vet’.” This year’s fall camp is Simpson’s fifth at Auburn. And according to him, it’s been the most seamless. “It has been a lot smoother than previous camps I have been a part of with the old coaching staffs,” Simpson said. But smoother doesn’t necessarily mean it’s been easier. “The workload is a lot harder,” Simpson says. “We got pushed and strained a lot more, but it’s good work.” If this year’s fall camp has been an adjustment for a seasoned college player like Simpson, imagine what it’s been for the younger guys. Defensive coordinator Ron Roberts says the young talent on Auburn’s defense is plentiful. But it’s just that – young talent. And for the better part of fall camp so far, those green players have likely been left with their heads spinning, Roberts says, as they continue to adjust to the tempo and intensity of college football preparation. The Tigers have 14 true freshmen on defense, of which seven are either cornerbacks or safeties. That’s where Simpson, as well as the other veteran defensive backs like DJ James, Nehemiah Pritchett and Zion Puckett, step in. Simpson remembers being the little fish in the big pond, looking up to the likes of former Auburn safeties Jeremiah Dinson and Daniel Thomas. “I’m in their position now,” Simpson says. “When I do look in the mirror, I think about T-Love, T-Scott, Colton, Kayin Lee, all those guys and I got an obligation to get these guys ready to play.” Terrance Love, Tyler Scott, Colton Hood and Kayin Lee all help round out a defensive secondary room that boasts plenty of young talent. Of the four, two have stuck out to Simpson. “Young guys like K Lee and Colton Hood, those are two guys that stand out to me,” Simpson said. Lee, a 4-star prospect out of high school, enrolled early and has been with the program since January – a luxury that has put him well ahead of the curve when compared to his fellow freshmen teammates. Since his arrival, Lee has generated quite a buzz – all positive. And Simpson sees what everyone else sees. “I tell him all the time, ‘You don’t need to walk around here like a freshman because you’re going to play.’,” Simpson said. Unlike Lee, Hood just arrived in June, yet has shown a ton of upside. There’s freshmen like Lee and Hood all around the Tigers’ defense, which is slowly but surely coming together, Simpson says. Roberts hopes to have 25 guys he can roll through at any given moment on Saturdays. As of Monday, Roberts guessed the Tigers were close to the 15 or 16 mark. But if what Simpson says stands to be true, it shouldn’t take Roberts much longer to round out that list of 25. “We’ve just got a bunch of ball players. We’ve got people with some heart on our defense. All these new guys? We’ve got some real ball players,” Simpson said. The edge room? Dogs. DB’s? Dogs. Safeties? Dogs. Linebackers? Dogs. It’s just all over the place and when you’ve got a group of guys that just want to ball and play, we’ve got players that know their role. “Some players probably know they’re not going to start, but people embrace their role and you’ve got a team.” If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

247sports.com Preseason camp notes quotes and anecdotes Day 7 Phillip Marshall 5–6 minutes Coming together on the offensive line In the heat of August, far from the public eye, an Auburn football team with newcomers competing at almost every position works to pull together and go forward together when the season opens in three weeks. Nowhere is coming together more important than on the offensive line. It’s a unique position because five players have to work in unison. One misstep, one missed block can blow up a play. Dillon Wade, a transfer from Tulsa, is the likely starter at left tackle. Other transfers are competing at other offensive line positions. Dillon Wade finds a happy home at Auburn. (Photo: Jason Caldwell, Auburn Undercover, 247Sports) “It’s coming along pretty well,” Wade said. “A bunch of pieces from different places are coming together to form one unit. We have to work together, talk to each other, figure things out. The more we communicate, the better we get.” Wade said playing beside veteran guard Jeremiah Wright has been a highlight of his preseason. “As far as Jeremiah and me bringing the juice to practice, we for sure bring the juice. When we’re together, oh yeah, you better get out of the way. You better get out the way.” Wade finds a happy home It didn’t take Wade long to be convinced he’d made the right decision when he chose Auburn. “What I like about Auburn? No. 1 is I love the fans,” Wade said. “The fans are amazing. The War Eagle saying is my favorite saying and I use it every day. I love this facility. I love the coaches, of course. They’re building us not only as players, but as humans. I see myself developing as a man. “I love my teammates, of course. I just met some of them, but I feel like I’ve been knowing them since I’ve been born. We’ve all come together as one.” A different kind of preseason camp Safety Jaylin Simpson is in his fifth Auburn preseason camp and is playing for his third head coach. This camp, he says, is different than others. “It has been a lot smoother than previous camps I have been a part of with the old coaching staffs,” Simpson said. “The workload is a lot harder. We get pushed and strained a lot more, but it’s good work. It’s not too much on our bodies.” Working the Freeze way Simpson said first-year Auburn coach Hugh Freeze makes his expectations clear. “He tells us in the meetings what he expects of us, and I feel like everybody buys into it,” Simpson said. “The tempo at practice just goes there. I feel like everybody is trying to be great. I feel like everybody is trying to play, too. You’ve got 3s and 4s, they bring the intensity too. If you’re a 1 and you end up on the 3s, you have to work. There’s no dropoff that I see right now. The work is there. The staff, they bring it every day. They make sure we work.” Rogers, Jones in friendly battle for starting spot Kentucky transfer Justin Rogers and Jayson Jones, an Oregon transfer in his second Auburn season, are locked in a battle to be the starting nose guard. And that is just the way Rogers likes it. “It's like a brotherhood, you know?” Rogers said. “We're going to keep pushing each other. I don't even look at it as who gets the starting job. It's, like, who can outwork the other while we're doing the drill? I look at stuff like that, and we're just going to keep pushing and I'm just (going to) keep pushing him. He's teaching me stuff I can use. I teach him stuff he can use.” More praise for Keldric Faulk Chalk up more love for freshman defensive end Keldric Faulk. “Hey, that boy's special,” Rogers said. “I have never seen a freshman like that. He's going to be special here, definitely going to be special. To me, it's like how he picks up on football quick. He's like a sponge. He picks stuff up real quick, so he's definitely going to be a special kid here." Freshman Keldric Faulk turns heads in preseason camp. (Photo: Jason Caldwell, Auburn Undercover, 247Sports) But Faulk has more than a football IQ. He also has rare physical attributes. “Shoot, just look at him,” Rogers said. “He's long. That's a gift right there, and he's strong. To be 18, he's really strong.” New face, familiar approach Simpson and cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett are playing for their fourth defensive coordinator. Ron Roberts reminds them of their first one. “Nehemiah and I were just talking about this yesterday,” Simpson said. “He kind of reminds me of Coach Steele, just the way he goes about meetings and just how he tries to make jokes that aren’t really funny, stuff like that. He's definitely a player's coach. We've got a group chat with just the vets, and he texts us every morning. It might be some motivational thing or a Bible scripture or something and he's just always trying to connect with us. “Coach Steele used to do the same kind of thing, but I think he's just a real players coach. He really tries to get to know us. He really talks to us outside of football, like how is life going. It's not all about football with him. He really cares about his players.” Scrimmage day at hand The first full scrimmage of preseason camp is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. It is not open to the public.

auburnwire.usatoday.com How much havoc can Auburn cause this season? Taylor Jones ~2 minutes Auburn football has not made an appearance in the College Football Playoff since its inception in 2014. However, there have been times when they have derailed the dreams of another program. The 2017 season is a prime example. The Tigers knocked off No. 1 Georgia, 40-17 at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn defeated its second No. 1 team of the season just two weeks later when the Tigers upset Alabama in the Iron Bowl. Buy Tigers Tickets Can Auburn play a similar role in 2023? CBS Sports Tom Fornelli seems to think so. Fornelli shared his picks for College Football’s five potential chaos teams and has included Auburn. The Tigers are on the upswing after hiring Hugh Freeze, which has in turn become beneficial on the recruiting trail and overall morale of the program. Auburn’s schedule is also a doozy, as the Tigers play Alabama, Georgia, LSU, and Texas A&M. Auburn’s schedule is difficult, which means that Auburn has a great chance to trip up a College Football Playoff hopeful. Auburn is a chaos team in perpetuity for both on- and off-field reasons. My expectation for the Tigers in 2023 is that things will be smoother on the field. Hugh Freeze is in charge now instead of Bryan Harsin, so the likelihood of a coup attempt decreases to 20%, which is very low on The Plains. It’ll drop even lower if the Tigers can pull off one or two of the upsets presented to them this season. Other teams that Fornelli sees as “chaos teams” are Baylor, Colorado, Florida, and Michigan State. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__

yahoo.com "You're not serious people": Congress called out for ignoring Jared Kushner's "huge scandal" Tatyana Tandanpolie 7–9 minutes Jared Kushner John Lamparski/Getty Images House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., on Thursday said that he believes former President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, "crossed the line of ethics" by accepting a $2 billion investment from Saudi Arabia. The Republican Kentucky representative, who is leading a congressional probe into President Joe Biden's eldest son Hunter's overseas financial dealings, acknowledged the transaction in response to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's comments accusing Kushner of "grifting," according to The New York Post. "I have been vocal that I think that what Kushner did crossed the line of ethics," Comer told CNN's Jake Tapper, pointing out the differences between the business dealings of Hunter Biden and Kushner, who served as an adviser to Trump in the White House. "But what Christie said, it happened after he left office. Still no excuse, Jake, but it happened after he left office. And Jared Kushner actually has a legitimate business," Comer continued. "This money from the Bidens happened while Joe Biden was vice president, while he was flying to those countries. He – look, days after he left Romania, his family started receiving wires from a corrupt Romanian foreign national, days, Jake, like four days after he left, including his granddaughter. What's his granddaughter doing getting a wire from a Romanian foreign national?" he added. Kushner reportedly received the $2 billion investment, which included an expected $25 million in annual management fees, from Saudia Arabia's sovereign wealth fund six months after his father-in-law left the White House. During his tenure in the Trump administration, Kushner was tasked with managing Middle East policy, resulting in him building a relationship with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and leading efforts to create the Abraham Accords, which established Israel's diplomatic relations initially with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, and later with Morocco and Sudan. Kushner's private equity firm, Affinity Partners, went forward with the investment deal despite a Saudi Public Investment Fund review panel citing concerns about the "inexperience of the Affinity Fund management" and a due diligence review that deemed the transaction "unsatisfactory in all aspects" among other considerations, according to meeting minutes obtained by The New York Times. But Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who chairs the fund, dismissed and overruled the panel's objections. Comer announced on Thursday that he aims to subpoena members of the Biden family after the committee published a third bank record memo on Wednesday that said the Biden family and Hunter Biden's associates had received $20 million in payments from sources in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. "What drives me crazy about this is the blinking red light around Jared Kushner," former Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., told MSNBC Thursday after declaring the "appearance of impropriety" in Hunter Biden's scandal. "Why does the Senate not start hearings?" "This is a huge scandal. I do not understand why the Senate is not doing a hearing on all of the Trump grift. And I'm not even talking about the money they netted off foreign governments while they were in office," the former prosecutor said after walking through the extent of Kushner's relationship and dealings with Saudi Arabia, and comparing the situation to former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin outcome when trying to get an investment from the Saudi government. Democrats' failure to launch an investigation into Kushner, she added, is "a good way to make every headline about Hunter Biden and make everyone forget about what the Trump family did: massive grift while they were in office and even bigger grift trading off the influence of the name Trump after they got out of office. I really think that what Hunter Biden did — I disagree what he did, I don't know if his father disagreed what he did. I know that he was tormented by the death of his other son and the addiction of Hunter. But I do know this. I know that the more we give them an open playing field to try to pretend like Joe Biden did something wrong because of Hunter, the bigger mistake we make." "We need to explain to the American people, first, that Joe Biden did nothing wrong, we have no evidence he did anything wrong, and secondly, don't look over here, look at the real sleaziness that occupied the White House the last time Republicans were in charge," McCaskill concluded. Progressive ethics watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington agreed with McCaskill Thursday, writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Kushner "should not get a free pass for his special relationship with Saudi Arabia." "Talk all you want about nepotism and conflicts of interest, but you're not serious people if you don't want to investigate Jared Kushner," the watchdog added in another tweet. Talk all you want about nepotism and conflicts of interest, but you're not serious people if you don't want to investigate Jared Kushner — Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 11, 2023 Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter, Crash Course. On Friday's edition of "Morning Joe," MSNBC host Joe Scarborough mocked Comer and the other Republican legislators piling on Hunter Biden instead of probing the Trump children's transactions while working in the White House, his comments also in response to Christie's comparison of Hunter Biden's laptop controversy to Kushner's $2 billion investment at a New Hampshire campaign event Thursday. "Let's see, $2 billion, laptop. I don't think it's the same," Scarborough began, raising his hands to weigh the value of Jared Kushner's scandal with that of Hunter Biden's in jest. "You know, you can't control family members, and you want to, but you can't," he continued before comparing both to former President Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy Carter's, contentious relationship with Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in the 1980s. "There's a big difference between that and people having to be pulled in line when Billy starts showing up next to Muammar Gaddafi in parades and having somebody working inside the White House doing White House business and coming out the other side $2 billion richer." "I mean, the comparison, again. I'm not talking about [Christie] here so much as I'm talking about all the Republicans that are freaking out over Hunter Biden, when they don't look at all the things Donald Trump's children and in-laws got, who actually worked inside the White House," Scarborough added. "[They] got these sweetheart deals from Saudi Arabia and China while they were inside the White House, working inside the White House," he said, adding, "Talk about pay to play."

wow there is not5hing new this morning. and i got up early to keep you guys informed. i will check back later after the scrimmage.

i read somewhere that petrino was upset with jimbo as he was only allowed to call three plays for the "O" at a recent practice and they had words. it appeared to be a legit article but who knows?

al.com Auburn men’s basketball unveils 2023 non-conference slate Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 1:09 p.m. 3–4 minutes Auburn Basketball Auburn men’s basketball to play tough non-conference schedule in 2023 Auburn’s men’s basketball team’s 2023-24 non-conference schedule is no walk in the park. The Tigers’ program unveiled a non-conference slate that features a pair of potential preseason Top 10 teams and six Power 5 programs from out of the ACC, Big 10, Big 12 and Pac-12. The schedule’s six Power 5 teams is the most the Tigers have seen in program history, one upping five in the 2016-17 season. “When you set up your non-conference schedule, you send a message to your players and to your fanbase how good you think you will be,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl said in a release. “I don’t try to do it that way. We try to compete for championships and we’ve won three in the last six years. This non-conference schedule will get us ready for what’s going to be the most competitive SEC since I’ve been at Auburn.” From Neville Arena, the Tigers are set to host Auburn University at Montgomery in an exhibition game on Nov. 1, in addition to home games against Southeastern Louisiana (Nov. 10), Alabama A&M (Nov. 21), Virginia Tech (Nov. 29), USC (Dec. 17), Alabama State (Dec. 22), Chattanooga (Dec. 30) and Penn (Jan. 2). Auburn’s battle with USC is set to be highly anticipated by Pearl, his team and Auburn fans. “USC is a preseason Top 10 team that will come into Neville Arena with a very talented roster,” Pearl said. “To have a program like USC travel to Auburn for basketball is comparable to USC coming into Jordan-Hare Stadium and how good its program has been historically in football. USC has one of those kind of basketball programs now.” The Tigers’ non-conference slate also features a season-opening neutral site meeting with the 2021 national championship-winning Baylor Bears at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. Baylor is just one of four teams on Auburn’s schedule that reached the NCAA Tournament last season. Auburn will also see Indiana at Atlanta’s Holiday Hoopsgiving and UNC-Asheville at Huntsville’s Rocket City Classic, as well as a trip to the Legends Classic in Brooklyn, where the Tigers draw Notre Dame and either Oklahoma State or St. Bonaventure. “There’s no chance we are dumbing it down, especially with the teams that we are playing on neutral courts,” Pearl said. “We will take our team back to Brooklyn where we won the tournament in 2019. Having previously coached at Southern Indiana, I understand what basketball means in the state of Indiana. IU is a Top 10 team and will be a tough test in Atlanta.” Auburn’s non-conference schedule features just one true road game: a visit to Appalachian State on Dec. 3. The Tigers’ SEC schedule and tipoff times will be released at a later date. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

al.com Remember the name: Auburn linebacker Eugene Asante turning heads at fall camp Updated: Aug. 11, 2023, 12:45 p.m.|Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 10:16 a.m. 3–4 minutes Auburn DC Ron Roberts discusses highly touted freshman Keldric Faulk, Tigers' veteran secondary Auburn defensive coordinator Ron Roberts said it himself — the Tigers’ defense is linebacker-driven. And in a perfect world, he and linebackers coach Josh Aldridge want options at that spot. “At the same time, I’m not gonna put anyone out there that I don’t think is gonna help us,” Aldridge said. “If we’ve only got four, we’ll play with four. But I think it’ll help us win. I’d like to think we’ll have at least five, hopefully.” Looking for depth at the position means Aldridge needed to see someone in the linebacker room step up and add competition. He found that in junior Eugene Asante, who returns to The Plains after transferring from North Carolina prior to last season. As a sophomore last fall, Asante appeared in Auburn’s first four games of the season, but never could fully work his way into the rotation. “I don’t want to air out anything about Eugene’s personal life, but Eugene had a tough year last year. He had a tough year,” Aldridge said. “I think he’s just cleared his head. They obviously signed him here for a reason, because they thought he was gonna be a great player. He’s just really caught on.” In Thursday’s media viewing window, Asante was taking reps with what’s believed to be the starting defense. Together, he and Ole Miss transfer Austin Keys make up the Tigers’ pair of inside linebackers. Coming into fall camp, Asante’s name wasn’t one you heard a lot. Then again, the linebacker room was a “ball of clay” in the words of Aldridge. It didn’t return much production and, like the rest of the roster, there was no shortage of new faces at the linebacker spot. And even though Asante is technically a returner, considering there wasn’t much film on him and Aldridge is in his first season at Auburn, little was known about the former 4-star prospect out of Virginia. It was hard to not take notice of Asante’s energy, Aldridge says, along with the changes he’s made to his body. At 6-foot-1, Asante weighs in at just over 220 pounds — a bump up from his previous weight. “He’s really what we like at a will linebacker that can cover and do multiple things. He’s not the longest guy, but he’s big enough,” Aldridge said. “He just doesn’t have a bad day in terms of his attitude, ever. He plays the next play when he screws up. I think he’s made those guys around him better. Because Eugene brings it every single day, those guys have no choice but to bring it every single day too. It has been a really good domino effect with Eugene.” If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

al.com How Auburn WR Camden Brown sees the QB battle so far Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 2:50 p.m. 4–5 minutes Auburn wide receiver Camden Brown (4) runs with the ball during first day of practices, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023 in Auburn, Ala. (AL.com Photo/Stew Milne)Stew Milne Now in the second week of preseason practices, Auburn’s quarterback competition has revealed the anticipated final three of Michigan State transfer Payton Thorne, sophomore Robby Ashford and redshirt freshman Holden Geriner. They’ve been throwing to a constantly rotating wide receiver room and Camden Brown, who as only a sophomore is suddenly one of the most experienced receivers on Auburn’s roster, has seen what differentiates each of them. “The quarterbacks that I’ve been seeing lately, they’ve been good, they’ve never been too high and never been too low,” Brown said. “They’ve been in the middle lately and all of them are composed and I love seeing them grow.” Brown already has game experience with Ashford as he became the starter at the end of 2022, and has a familiarity with Geriner coming in with the same freshman class. Thorne, as he is for everyone on the roster, is a new arm for Brown to build chemistry with. Though it’s actually Thorne’s legs that have surprised Brown the most. Brown said Thorne was faster than he expected. And because of Throne’s background as a starter in the Big Ten, Brown has seen a quarterback that is an effective communicator. “He’s smart, he’s a smart quarterback and I don’t see why Michigan State people be sleeping on him,” Brown said. “I love him as a person as well too, he’s a good dude.” And while Brown has been impressed by Thorne — known as a consistent passer — and his ability to run, he said he’s seen improvement from Ashford — who’s actually known for his running — in his throws. Brown called Ashford a playmaker, and that Ashford has seemed more relaxed and comfortable than in his first year with Auburn. The playmaking ability showed itself in flashes last season. What Auburn needs to see more of for Ashford to win the job is consistent accuracy coming off a year where he completed only 49% of his passes. In practice periods open to the media, Ashford has shown flashes of improvement in throwing, and Brown said he’s seen the same. “His deep balls are getting very, very better,” Brown said. “He threw a corner route to (tight end Rivaldo Fairweather) and I was like, ‘Woah. That was really, really good for sure.’” Brown and Geriner have a close relationship being in the same class. They get on each other, Brown said, when they need to play better at practice. But what stands out to Brown is Geriner’s accuracy. “Holden is getting better,” Brown said. “I’m talking about any ball you need, it’s there.” In fact, Brown said all of the quarterbacks have shown an accountability level and leadership level Auburn hasn’t previously had. That came in summer workouts when there were no coaches to look to. Working with the quarterbacks before preseason practices also meant the adjustment to Thorne’s addition was quicker, having already seen what his spirals look like, but also building chemistry with whichever quarterback ends up as the starter. “All of them just like run to me, ‘OK, Cam you’ve got to get better at this,’ Brown said. “It’s just a step-by-step thing. Over the summer, we’ve been getting after it like every day and I feel like that’s what this offense, it helped us.” If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

247sports.com Versatility the key for Riley in new defensive system Jason Caldwell 5–6 minutes VIDEO: Analyzing 5-star Center Flory Bidunga Auburn has a rare commodity on its defensive line entering the 2023 campaign: Its top two nose tackles were both SEC starters last season. First-year position coach Jeremy Garrett not only inherited former Oregon transfer Jayson Jones, who started every game last year at nose, but also added Kentucky transfer Justin Rogers this offseason, after Rogers also started every game in 2022 and was highly sought after in the portal due to his talents. Now Auburn has both, and is working to find the best game plan to utilize the combined 684 pounds for the success of its 2023 defensive front. This preseason, Jones has received the bulk of first-team work at nose tackle, but that doesn’t mean Rogers won’t have a substantial role to play in 2023. “We can play two guys and they can rotate — and it’s really like we’ve got two starting noses,” Garrett said. “I don’t want the guys to care about who goes out there first because I need them all. I need the rotation. That’s the outlook.” Many assumed Rogers, rated as one of Auburn’s top transfer additions and a former elite recruit in the 2020, would overtake the incumbent Jones for the starting role this season. And while Rogers is still with the primary defensive group this preseason, Jones made the most of his second offseason at Auburn, and has been one of the defense’s most talked-up players, even going back to the spring. Teammates have said Jones is bigger — if that’s even possible — stronger, faster, and playing with more confidence, after he logged 28 tackles and a fumble recovery last season. “We left the spring, and we had a plan that he and I talked about — cut it up, the good and the bad,” Garrett said of Jones’ offseason improvements. “Here’s what you did well. Here’s what you need to work on. In the summer, he just locked in and got it done. I think he’s mobile. I think he’s stronger at the point of attack. I think he’s doing a really good job. He had a great summer.” And as Garrett alluded to back in the spring, Auburn has packages to utilize both players at the same time. Rogers, who's back from a minor shoulder injury this offseason, is quick enough to play a standard defensive tackle spot, and he has some experience doing so at Kentucky. Against heavier offensive personnel, the Tigers can try to completely clog the interior of the offensive line with both Jones and Rogers at the same time. Those formations also allow third-year starter Marcus Harris to kick back out to defensive end, giving Auburn tons of size at the three interior positions. An aside: This preseason, Harris has moved back “where he’s best at,” according to Garrett, which is defensive tackle — a luxury he can now afford with the Tigers having sufficient options at defensive end in the form of true freshman and former top-75 overall recruit Keldric Faulk, and Maryland transfer Mosiah Nasili-Kite. “That's a big addition because we play a lot of run-heavy teams,” Harris said of Auburn’s ability to play both Jones and Rogers together. “We’re gonna need those two guys in at the same time sometimes, so that’s a big addition. Justin, from Kentucky, and having him and Jayson on the field at the same time, I can't wait to see how that turns out in a game If Auburn can find reliable production from its nose tackles, that also changes the calculus on passing downs. Jones or Rogers pushing the pocket back from the interior creates space for the team’s top pass-rusher, App State transfer Jalen McLeod, to accelerate off the edge. McLeod is explosive but smaller, at 6-foot-1 and 235 pounds, so Garrett knows he’ll need assistance on the inside to be successful on third-and-longs. “Now the quarterback doesn’t have room to step up,” Garrett said. “You have guys like Jalen on the edge. If that guy can’t step up, he can hit home. So it’s important to keep a guy who can press and penetrate the middle and then have guys on the edge who can get there.” Colby Wooden was a dynamic player on Auburn’s defensive line for multiple seasons, and the nose tackle spot is just one area that will need to step up in order to offset his lost impact in 2023. But as Garrett has touched on multiple times, his primary goal is to reverse Auburn’s puzzling usage numbers on the D-line from the past couple seasons — when the coaching staff barely rotated at some of the most physically demanding spots on the team. “We want to be by committee because you need that in the SEC,” Garrett said. “You can’t have one group out there getting beat up every game because those snaps add up.”

si.com These Auburn offensive players could show out during Saturday's fall camp scrimmage Andrew Stefaniak 3–4 minutes Auburn has a scrimmage on Saturday, so I am curious about who will perform well on the offensive side of the ball. We have seen the same offensive line throughout all of the media viewing periods, so you have to feel pretty good about the coaching staff's views on this position group. We will want to pay attention to the wide receivers as there are so many transfers trying to prove why they should be the guy. It will be a blast to see which quarterbacks perform well in the scrimmage. Will Payton Thorne separate himself, or will Robby Ashford and Holden Geriner get back in this race? Let's take a look at who the Auburn Daily Staff believes will show out for the offense at this scrimmage. Zac Blackerby Eric Starling/Auburn Daily Payton Thorne Rivaldo Fairweather Gunner Britton/Dillon Wade Andrew Stefaniak Eric Starling/Auburn Daily Jyaire Shorter Shane Hooks Jeremiah Wright Darrell Dapprich Eric Starling/Auburn Daily Brian Battie Payton Thorne Camden Brown Lance Dawe Eric Starling/Auburn Daily Shane Hooks Rivaldo Fairweather Dillon Wade Here is the entire schedule for fall camp: Thurs, Aug 3 8:30 a.m. – Coach Hugh Freeze press conference (Woltosz multipurpose room) 9:30 a.m. – Practice starts – media viewing window time TBA (individual drill periods) Fri, Aug 4 9:30 a.m. – Practice starts – media viewing window time TBA (individual drill periods) 11:30 a.m. – Player interviews (Woltosz multipurpose room) Sat, Aug 5 – No practice Sun, Aug 6 9:30 a.m. – Practice – no media Mon, Aug 7 11:30 a.m. – Coordinator interviews after practice (Woltosz multipurpose room) Tues, Aug 8 9:30 a.m. – Practice starts – media viewing window time TBA (individual drill periods) 11:30 a.m. – Player interviews (Woltosz multipurpose room) Weds, Aug 9 – No practice Thurs, Aug 10 9:30 a.m. – Practice starts – media viewing window time TBA (individual drill periods) 11:30 a.m. – Defensive assistant coach interviews/not Coach Roberts (Woltosz multipurpose room) Fri, Aug 11 11:30 a.m. – Player interviews (Woltosz multipurpose room) Sat, Aug 12 9:20 a.m. – Scrimmage at stadium – media can view individual drill periods (time TBA) 11:30 a.m. – Coach Hugh Freeze interview (Jordan-Hare Stadium media room) Sun, Aug 13 – No practice Mon, Aug 14 11:30 a.m. – Player interviews (Woltosz multipurpose room) Tues, Aug 15 9:30 a.m. – Practice starts – media viewing window time TBA (individual drill periods) 11:30 a.m. – Offensive assistant coach interviews/not Coach Montgomery (Woltosz multipurpose room) Weds, Aug 16 – No practice – first day of class Thurs, Aug 17 4:00 p.m. – Coach Hugh Freeze press conference (Woltosz multipurpose room) 5:00 p.m. – Practice starts – media viewing window time TBA (individual drill periods) Fri, Aug 18 4:10 p.m. – Practice – no media Sat, Aug 19 9:50 a.m. – Scrimmage at stadium – no media viewing 11:30 a.m. – Coordinator interviews (location TBA) Engage with Auburn Daily on Socials!

Auburn hoops announces full nonconference schedule "When you set up your nonconference schedule, you send a message to your players and to your fanbase how good you think you will be." VIDEO: Late Kick: Latest whispers and intel from Auburn's fall camp Just under three months till the start of the season, Auburn basketball now knows every opponent it will face in 2023-24. The program announced its full nonconference slate for this coming season on Friday afternoon. The matchups that weren't previously announced or reported are an exhibition game against Auburn-Montgomery, and other home games against Southeastern Louisiana, Alabama A&M and Chattanooga. “When you set up your nonconference schedule, you send a message to your players and to your fanbase how good you think you will be,” Bruce Pearl said. “I don’t try to do it that way. We try to compete for championships and we’ve won three in the last six years. This non-conference schedule will get us ready for what’s going to be the most competitive SEC since I’ve been at Auburn.” Auburn's nonconference schedule features six high-major opponents, which will be the most in program history, besting last year's mark of five opponents. “We have some other really tough, competitive non-conference games that are going to prepare us for league play,” Pearl said. “I want to give my assistant coach, Mike Burgomaster, a lot of credit for doing the work and research to be able to find and attract these kind of teams to play us. It is an analytics game and you have to have enough math to get you into the tournament.” Here's Auburn's full nonconference schedule, which will conclude in early January before SEC competition begins. Nov. 1 vs. AU Montgomery (exhibition) Nov. 7 vs. Baylor (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Nov. 10 vs. Southeastern Louisiana Nov. 16 vs. Notre Dame (Brooklyn) Nov. 17 vs. Oklahoma State/St. Bonaventure (Brooklyn) Nov. 21 vs. Alabama A&M Nov. 29 vs. Virginia Tech Dec. 3 at Appalachian State Dec. 9 vs. Indiana (Atlanta) Dec. 13 vs. UNC Asheville Dec. 17 vs. USC Dec. 22 vs. Alabama State Dec. 30 vs. Chattanooga Jan. 2 vs. Penn

Confident Simpson ready to ride in his final season with the Tigers Jason Caldwell 5–7 minutes Jaylin Simpson talks leadership, communication as he prepares for his senior year at Auburn. AUBURN, Alabama—Starting his career as a 160-pound cornerback, senior safety Jaylin Simpson has gained 20 pounds and a ton of confidence in his four seasons on the Plains. Now a veteran that Auburn is counting on to be one of the leaders, Simpson has become a player that coach Zac Etheridge believes has his best football ahead of him in 2023. “Just his leadership, his style of play, his communication, he’s bought into the position,” Etheridge said. “I don't think there's a day that hasn't gone by that Simp didn't have a pick. Just seeing his range and making plays on the ball and being able to do that, just seeing that from him every day. He's coming up filling tackles, showing great range, good ball skills, taking leadership and pride in that role that he's in.” That confidence has been built over the years for Simpson. Starting his career as a cornerback and going back and forth between positions before settling in as a safety during the 2022 season, Simpson said he feels like a different player when he steps on the field now. “I feel like confidence makes you a very dangerous player,” Simpson said. “I feel like I got one of the -- I have the best confidence. I don't really know anybody else's confidence on defense, but I feel like I have the best confidence, so when I step on the field, I feel like I'm confident in every call I can make, every check, I can do everything, anything. I feel like I'm a dangerous person when I step on the field.” That confidence comes in his play on the field as well as with his ability to know the defense and help everyone be on the same page. Along with Zion Puckett, Simpsons said they have the ability to get everyone lined up and ready to go. That experience also means accountability, something Simpson said he knows comes with the territory. “The safeties make all the checks and the calls, really,” Simpson said. “I do enjoy that because for one, if I call it and something goes wrong, I know where it went wrong, who messed up because I called it. Say I did make a wrong call, I'm well off with myself and confident with myself and confident with my teammates that I can say "my bad, that was on me." “It's easier than corner, I would say - I ain't gonna say it's easier, but the switch from corner to safety has been different for me, but I feel like I'm more confident and dangerous at safety because I can see, and I can play a lot faster.” Preparing for his final ride in an Auburn uniform, Simpson said he’ll cherish every moment on the field with his teammates. He’ll also cherish the opportunity to get the next group of Tigers ready to lead the way in 2024 and beyond. I was just thinking about that the other day, like, we was just in the meeting room just going over regular stuff and I just got referred to as a vet -- and I was just like, dang I'm a vet,” he said. “I remember with (Jeremiah Dinson) and all those guys, (Daniel) Thomas, they were the vets when I first came in and it's just like, I'm in their position now. When I do look in the mirror, I think about T-Love (Terrance Love), T-Scott (Tyler Scott), Colton (Hood), Kayin Lee, all those guys and I got an obligation to get these guys ready to play. “

i think so to but trump will turn on him like he does everyone else.............

I cannot wait to hear the excuses on the right who like to throw the constitution out there for things like assault weapons. lets see if they uphold the constitution now...........

Merrick Garland Calls Republicans’ Bluff With Hunter Biden Special Counsel 3k Tori Otten Fri, August 11, 2023 at 12:28 PM CDT Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that he has appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation into Hunter Biden—but in doing so, he has annihilated several main Republican talking points. Republicans have accused the Justice Department of dragging its feet on investigating the younger Biden for alleged tax fraud. They insist the department gave Biden a “sweetheart” plea deal and denied special counsel status to Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who oversaw the investigation. So Garland has responded…by granting special counsel status to Weiss, whom he noted hadn’t even asked about it until this week. “In a July 2023 letter to Congress, Mr. Weiss said that he had not to that point requested special counsel designation,” Garland told a press conference. “On Tuesday of this week, Mr. Weiss advised me that in his judgment, his investigation had reached a stage at which he should continue his work as a special counsel…I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint him as special counsel.” It may seem like Garland and Weiss are caving to Republican demands, but in reality, they are obliterating them. By making Weiss special counsel, Garland has fully insulated the investigation from accusations of government interference. Garland will now be required to inform Congress if he or the president for some reason were to block the investigation or potential indictments in any way. Garland and Weiss are also making clear that the latter only just requested special counsel status. Republicans have repeatedly cited testimony from two IRS agents, who insist that Weiss did not have final say on whether charges would be filed. One of the agents, Gary Shapley, also claimed Weiss said he had been blocked from pursuing charges in D.C.—where Hunter supposedly committed his most serious crimes—and that the Justice Department would not grant him special counsel status, which would have let him bring charges outside his jurisdiction. Weiss has repeatedly smacked down Shapley’s claims, in the July letter Garland referred to and in a previous letter to House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan. Weiss, a Trump appointee, said in the second letter that he would have been granted special counsel status “if it proved necessary.” Apparently, that status proves necessary now (could it be because people won’t shut up about him not having special counsel status?). Weiss had negotiated Biden’s original plea deal, in which the much-embattled First Son would have pled guilty to two misdemeanor charges of tax evasion and participate in a pretrial program for a gun offense, allowing him to avoid jail time. Republicans, of course, hated that plea deal, and celebrated when it fell apart last month. But for now, Republicans will have to find another talking point about Justice Department “corruption” stopping any investigation.

i agree! anyway i imagine you lawyers might have fun with this. i could be wrong tho........

news.yahoo.com “Immediate disqualification”: Conservative legal scholars say Constitution bars Trump from office Igor Derysh 6–7 minutes Two prominent conservative legal scholars determined that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to be president under a provision in the Constitution barring people who engaged in insurrection from office. Professors William Baude of the University of Chicago and Michael Stokes Paulsen of the University of St. Thomas — both members of the conservative Federalist Society — studied the question for more than a year and detailed their findings in an article set to be published next year in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, according to The New York Times. "When we started out, neither of us was sure what the answer was," Baude told the outlet. "People were talking about this provision of the Constitution. We thought: 'We're constitutional scholars, and this is an important constitutional question. We ought to figure out what's really going on here.' And the more we dug into it, the more we realized that we had something to add." The professors' conclusion, he said, is that Trump "cannot be president — cannot run for president, cannot become president, cannot hold office — unless two-thirds of Congress decides to grant him amnesty for his conduct on Jan. 6." While a law review article is not going to stop Trump's campaign for the White House, it could boost lawsuits arguing that he is ineligible for office under the U.S. Constitution. A New Mexico judge last year removed a county commissioner, Couy Griffin, after finding that he was disqualified under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars any person who took an oath to support the Constitution and then "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" or gave "aid or comfort" to insurrectionists. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which plans to file a similar suit seeking to bar Trump. "There are many ways that this could become a lawsuit presenting a vital constitutional issue that potentially the Supreme Court would want to hear and decide," Paulsen told the Times. Noah Bookbinder, CREW's executive director, explained that disqualification under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is "not a punishment." "The constitution sets out qualifications for the good of our republic," he tweeted. "Just like a 30-year-old would be disqualified from being president, Donald Trump disqualified himself when he incited insurrection." The article similarly notes that Section 3 is "self-executing, operating as an immediate disqualification from office." The article argues that there is "abundant evidence" that Trump engaged in an insurrection, citing his efforts to change vote counts through threats and intimidation and urging his supporters to march on the Capitol. "It is unquestionably fair to say that Trump 'engaged in' the Jan. 6 insurrection through both his actions and his inaction," the article said. Steven Calabresi, a law professor at Northwestern and Yale and a founder of the Federalist Society, called the 126-page article a "tour de force." But James Bopp Jr., an attorney who represented members of Congress whose candidacies were challenged under the provision, told the Times that the scholars "have adopted a ridiculously broad view." Bopp successfully defended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in a case where a judge found that she had not taken part in or encouraged the Jan. 6 attacks after she took her oath of office on Jan. 3. But a federal appeals court ruled against a key argument in his defense of Rep. Madison Cawthorn, though that case was rendered moot after he lost his 2022 primary. The article argues that the "full legal consequences" of Section 3 "have not been appreciated or enforced." "It can and should be enforced by every official, state or federal, who judges qualifications," the article says. Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter, Crash Course. "Section Three covers a broad range of conduct against the authority of the constitutional order, including many instances of indirect participation or support as 'aid or comfort,'" the article's abstract said. "It covers a broad range of former offices, including the Presidency. And in particular, it disqualifies former President Donald Trump, and potentially many others, because of their participation in the attempted overthrow of the 2020 presidential election." Calabresi told the Times that election administrators must act. "Trump is ineligible to be on the ballot, and each of the 50 state secretaries of state has an obligation to print ballots without his name on them," he told the outlet, adding that they may be sued if they refuse. Trump is also facing prosecution for his role in the post-election scheme but that case and Section 3 address "completely separate questions," Baude told the Times. "The question of should Donald Trump go to jail is entrusted to the criminal process," he said. "The question of should he be allowed to take the constitutional oath again and be given constitutional power again is not a question given to any jury." Read more about Section 3 of the 14th Amendment Democrats quietly consider using 14th Amendment to prevent Trump from running for office in 2024 Civil rights organizations launch campaign to boot Trump from 2024 ballots We can stop the white-collar insurrectionists from doing it again: Here's how State officials told to "carry out their duty" by keeping Trump off 2024 ballot Watchdog group CREW wants to disqualify Trump under 14th Amendment if he runs for president again

no but i can if you are disappointed ..................

yahoo.com How much havoc can Auburn cause this season? Taylor Jones ~2 minutes Auburn football has not made an appearance in the College Football Playoff since its inception in 2014. However, there have been times when they have derailed the dreams of another program. The 2017 season is a prime example. The Tigers knocked off No. 1 Georgia, 40-17 at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn defeated its second No. 1 team of the season just two weeks later when the Tigers upset Alabama in the Iron Bowl. Can Auburn play a similar role in 2023? CBS Sports Tom Fornelli seems to think so. Fornelli shared his picks for College Football’s five potential chaos teams and has included Auburn. The Tigers are on the upswing after hiring Hugh Freeze, which has in turn become beneficial on the recruiting trail and overall morale of the program. Auburn’s schedule is also a doozy, as the Tigers play Alabama, Georgia, LSU, and Texas A&M. Auburn’s schedule is difficult, which means that Auburn has a great chance to trip up a College Football Playoff hopeful. Auburn is a chaos team in perpetuity for both on- and off-field reasons. My expectation for the Tigers in 2023 is that things will be smoother on the field. Hugh Freeze is in charge now instead of Bryan Harsin, so the likelihood of a coup attempt decreases to 20%, which is very low on The Plains. It’ll drop even lower if the Tigers can pull off one or two of the upsets presented to them this season. Other teams that Fornelli sees as “chaos teams” are Baylor, Colorado, Florida, and Michigan State. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__ Story originally appeared on Auburn Wire