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nwaonline.com Back in the saddle: Freeze returns to the SEC with Auburn 9–12 minutes Auburn Coach Hugh Freeze, shown speaking Tuesday during SEC football media days in Nashville, Tenn., returns to the conference for the first time since he resigned from Ole Miss shortly before the start of the 2017 season. Freeze takes over a program that went 5-7 last season. (AP/George Walker IV) Fourth in a series previewing SEC football teams. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Auburn keeps hiring former Arkansas State University football coaches. Hugh Freeze is the third consecutive Tigers coach who previously was at ASU along with Gus Malzahn and Bryan Harsin. After Freeze led the Red Wolves to a 10-2 record in 2011 in his only season at ASU, he left for Ole Miss and Malzahn replaced him. Malzahn led ASU to a 9-3 record in 2012, then left to become the coach at Auburn, where he previously was the Tigers' offensive coordinator. Harsin went 7-5 with the Red Wolves in 2013, then left for Boise State, his alma mater where he coached from 2014-21 and had 69-19 record. Auburn's hiring of Harsin seemed an odd fit considering he had no previous SEC experience, and he was fired after 21 games with a 9-12 record with assistant Carnell "Cadillac" Williams filling in as interim coach. Now Freeze, 53, again is an SEC coach and looking to engineer the same kind of turnaround at Auburn as he did at Ole Miss. "It's good to be back," Freeze said earlier this week in his first appearance at SEC football media days since 2017. The Rebels were 6-18 under Houston Nutt -- the former University of Arkansas coach and player -- in 2010-11 prior to Freeze's hiring. Freeze had a 39-25 record in five seasons at Ole Miss, including 9-4 in 2014 and 10-3 in 2015 with appearances in the Peach Bowl and Sugar Bowl. But off-the-field issues resulted in Freeze's forced resignation at Ole Miss shortly before the start of the 2017 season. After the 2015 season, the NCAA charged Ole Miss with numerous recruiting violations that ultimately led to sanctions that included a two-year postseason ban. Then before the 2017 season, it was discovered Freeze had used a university-issued cell phone to make calls to an escort service. Freeze didn't dodge the question when he was asked at media days if he expected to get a second chance in the SEC after the way things ended for him at Ole Miss. "When the ending at Ole Miss occurred, it was hard to truthfully process, 'Would you ever get that opportunity again?' " Freeze said. "So I would have to say at that point, no." Freeze's outlook changed when he got the job at Liberty University in 2019 and went 34-15 in four seasons, including victories over Syracuse and Virginia Tech in 2020 and over BYU and Arkansas last season. "Did the thought start creeping into your mind that certain opportunities might present themselves again?" Freeze said. "Yes, at that point. But not prior to that point did they enter my mind." Auburn now has a coach who has proven he can win in the SEC, including a 2-3 record against Alabama when he was at Ole Miss. "I think experience in the SEC is always a positive," Auburn senior tight end Luke Deal said. "We were sitting there trying to figure out, 'OK, who's going to be our coach?' "We're much more assured now knowing who we have here, knowing what Coach Freeze is about. He's been in the SEC and he's beaten teams that we need to beat. He's beaten Alabama, and that's a big deal. "I've bought into what he's saying. Our team's bought into what he's saying." Freeze and his staff added 42 newcomers, including senior linebacker Elijah McAllister, a graduate transfer from Vanderbilt. "Coach Freeze is an amazing man," McAllister said. "You know his track record with winning. He's going to make us a force to be reckoned with." Freeze said he's excited and thankful about coaching in the SEC again, but he's not sure what to expect in his first season at Auburn. "We've got a lot of questions about exactly how we're going to be, and truthfully I don't know all the answers to that yet," Freeze said. "This is a strange feeling. ... I've never experienced going into fall camp and having so many unknowns in my mind." Alabama and Georgia -- Auburn's two biggest rivals -- have combined to win eight of the past 15 national championships, with the Crimson Tide claiming six between 2008 and 2020 and the Bulldogs the past two. Asked how close Auburn might be to closing the gap on Alabama and Georgia, Freeze said he wanted to choose his words carefully. "I love our team," Freeze said. "They're my team. They're Auburn's team. We're going to coach the heck out of them. "Does our roster from top to bottom look like Alabama's, Georgia's, LSU's, Florida's, Texas A&M's, Ole Miss'? I don't know yet. "Do I think we've improved Auburn with the additions that we've had since I've been there? Yes. Does that mean we've close the gap at all? I have no clue. "I do know we improved Auburn, and I hope that means that we somehow close the gap enough to [where] if we have a good game plan, to be in some of those games in the fourth quarter and have maybe a shot to pull an upset." Freeze's Rebels twice upset Alabama, beating the No. 3 Crimson Tide 23-17 at home in 2014 and winning a shootout 43-37 over the No. 2 Tide on the road in 2015. "I've always had a tremendous amount of respect for Hugh Freeze," Alabama Coach Nick Saban said. "He's good friend. "I thought he did a great job at Ole Miss. He obviously did a really good job at Liberty, and I'm sure he'll do a very good job at Auburn. "I think his history as a coach sort of speaks for itself. He's a good recruiter. They had really good players at Ole Miss when he was there, and I'm sure they will do the same thing in his current position." Among the newcomers Freeze recruited to Auburn is junior quarterback Payton Thorne, a transfer from Michigan State, where he was 16-10 as a starter and passed for 49 touchdowns and 6,499 yards. Thorne will compete for the starting job with sophomore Robby Ashford, who started eight games for Auburn last season and passed for 1,613 yards and rushed for 709. "Quarterback-wise, that's going to be a challenge for us ... but I'm very truthfully a lot more optimistic than most people are," Freeze said. "I think we've got a good room. "But I'm an optimist. We've been able to do things with quarterbacks everywhere we've been and produce good enough results to win. I thought spring practice we got better there. Obviously we want to create competition in that room. That's why we brought in Payton, who's had great experiences. I think what he adds to that room right now is incredible leadership." Thorne transferred in May after spring practice. "Really good person, really good leader," Deal said. "I think a lot of the guys trust him, and that's the main thing whenever you come in and you're a new guy on a team. "He's such a savvy guy. He's a veteran quarterback, and you can tell. He's got the swagger to him." Auburn won the 2010 national championship led by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Cam Newton and got back to the title game in 2013 in Malzahn's first season when the Tigers lost to Florida State. "Auburn traditionally wins a lot of games and can get high-level recruits, and I think Coach Freeze is in the perfect position to be successful here," McAllister said. "It's going to start with the foundation here in Year One. "I think he can definitely do it as he's done it before in the past." Freeze is turning over the play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Phillip Montgomery -- Tulsa's coach the previous eight seasons -- so he can focus on the total program, including the need to unite the fan base. "I did sense coming in that the faith in the whole family of Auburn football was fractured somewhat," Freeze said. "I think that's where I had to start, in trying to repair that." Freeze said he sees Auburn as being in the upper echelon of the SEC on a consistent basis. "We have the facilities. We have the support," Freeze said. "You're in an area that football is important, and you're in an area that you can recruit to. "I do think that the '24 and '25 recruiting cycle will tell a large portion of the story of my tenure here. Maybe '26 we might get three cycles, but we've got to start closing the gap on the elite programs in this conference." There was no transfer portal when Freeze coached at Ole Miss. "Obviously the transfer portal world adds another dynamic to it," Freeze said. "How good you are at holding on to the ones you do have in your room and then attracting ones that can go in and fill some holes for you. "Hopefully we can be very good at that, at creating a culture where our kids want to be at Auburn and want to stay at Auburn. "Look, if you're in the upper half of this conference, you get a break here or there, you're in the playoffs. Then you've got a real chance. That's where I see Auburn." Tigers at a glance LAST SEASON 5-7, 2-6 (tie sixth in SEC West) COACH Hugh Freeze (first season at Auburn, 83-43 in 10th season overall) RETURNING STARTERS 11: Offense 2, Defense 8, Special Teams 1 KEY PLAYERS RB Jarquez Hunter, QB Robby Ashford, QB Payton Throne, CB D.J. James, LB Elijah McAllister, TE Rivaldo Fairweather, CB Nehemiah Pritchett OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR Phillip Martin (first season) DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR Ron Roberts (first season) SEC WEST TITLE SCENARIO The Tigers don’t figure to have the firepower to compete with Alabama and LSU for the West title this season, but they should be vastly improved under Freeze and with more than 40 newcomers on the roster. Freeze should have Auburn quickly back at contending status. Auburn schedule All times Central DATE OPPONENT TIME Sept. 2 Massachusetts 2:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at California 9:30 p.m. Sept. 16 Samford 6 p.m. Sept. 23 at Texas A&M* TBA Sept. 30 Georgia* TBA Oct. 14 at LSU* TBA Oct. 21 Ole Miss* TBA Oct. 28 Mississippi State* TBA Nov. 4 at Vanderbilt* TBA Nov. 11 at Arkansas* TBA Nov. 18 New Mexico State TBA Nov. 25 Alabama* TBA *SEC game

quit lying it makes you look trashy. no school is going to show kids pictures of a grown man getting a hummer. it is not going to happen. what is happening is more and more KIDS are having sex in grammar school and they are trying some sex education to prevent it and or also some girls getting pregnant. and folks are hollering. i would bet you could call any school and find out. go call em iam and give em the ol what for!

a pipe is different. i had crackheads tell me they dug through shag carpeting to try to get that extra hit. i could care less about him one way or the other but i do not believe it is his just because he might or might not have been there. i will say if it was he is about as stupid as they come but i thought they found it out among the staff where visitors are allowed. i know you guys are hoping. your side is posting porn to everyone on her email list that has his picture since the stories of the whistleblowers keeps changing to a nothing burger it seems petty and vindictive. but as far as crack goes it is tough to be right off that mess. the same with tweakers. hell i see them in dollar general all the time and they are so high they are standing in line doing some kind of funky dance. and i do not believe they can control it. the thing to do is if his son is still screwed he needs to hit rehab again. people pick on him to get back at the left but he is probably going through hell. i stick with my pot. and i make sure it is right.now if you buy a pill on the street it probably has that fentanol and one dose can kill you and has been getting our kids. i do not think i spelled fentanol right. anyway i just do not think it is his but that is just me. tif it was they would not do anything. i am pretty sure W got caught with drugs and he certainly did not go to jail...........sorry for rambling my gummy is kicking in. um half a gummy. i cannot take a whole one no kidding..........

he talks so much bull**** and then gets mad when folks question him. i am betting the nypd screwed something up breaking the law and having to pay for it. but of course it is those ol black folks those white folks hate anytime any of them get justice and they always think it is shady when it comes to color. we call this racism. they will all deny the hell out of it but just sit back and watch what they post. they always give themselves away

how many fake electors broke the law i wonder? anyone got the whole total? never let the other side tell you they care. they in fact do not. they will throw anyone under the bus to get what they want.there are types out there that will force their beliefs on you and sleep like a baby.

yahoo.com What we know about the 16 fake electors charged in Michigan Marshall Cohen 6–7 minutes State prosecutors in Michigan announced criminal charges Tuesday against the 16 Republicans who served as fake electors in 2020, a watershed moment in the still-ongoing federal and state investigations into the 2020 election aftermath. Some of the GOP electors in Michigan were local activists who were recruited to serve as “fake electors,” all while inaccurately believing there was still a chance that then-President Donald Trump might secure a second consecutive term. Others were well-connected GOP operatives. The group of 16 fake electors includes current and former state GOP officials, a Republican National Committee member, a sitting mayor, a school board member and Trump supporters who were the plaintiffs in a frivolous lawsuit that tried to overturn the 2020 results. After the 2020 election wrapped up, some of these individuals publicly said they didn’t realize they were potentially breaking the law by signing the fake certificates. Others are still peddling the lie that the election was stolen. CNN has reached out to the 16 fake electors for comment about the criminal charges. Here’s what we know about the 16 fake electors facing state charges. Meshawn Maddock, 55, was previously co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party and is married to a GOP member of the Michigan House of Representatives. CNN previously reported that she publicly bragged about the Trump campaign’s involvement in the fake elector scheme. The Maddocks spoke at a pro-Trump event in Washington, DC, one day before the insurrection on January 6, 2021, and Meshawn Maddock was in DC on the day of the attack, though she wasn’t at the US Capitol. Regarding the charges, she told CNN, “This is part of a national coordinated lawfare to stop Trump. (Michigan Attorney General) Dana Nessel and (Justice Department special counsel) Jack Smith are constructing a banana republic where political opponents are harassed, bankrupted and jailed and voter fraud has now morphed into their prosecutorial fraud.” Kathy Berden, 70, is one of the Republican National Committee members representing Michigan. She was previously one of the pro-Trump delegates at the Republican National Convention in summer 2016. Marian Sheridan, 69, is the grassroots vice chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party. She was also one of the plaintiffs in a frivolous lawsuit that tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Michigan. Kent Vanderwood, 69, is the current mayor of Wyoming, Michigan, a small city near Grand Rapids. He was previously a longtime member of the Wyoming City Council and won the mayor’s race last year. During the 2020 campaign, he was chair of the 2nd District Republican Party, according to local press reports. Stanley Grot, 71, is the Shelby Township clerk, in a suburb of Detroit. He was appointed in 2012. Amy Facchinello, 55, was elected in 2020 as a member of the school board in Grand Blanc, which is a suburb of Flint, Michigan. She was previously vice chairwoman of the Genesee County Republican Party. CNN previously reported that she has repeatedly promoted QAnon-related material on her social media accounts. Mari-Ann Henry, 65, is the treasurer of the 7th Congressional District Republican Committee, according to its website. The district includes Michigan’s capital city of Lansing and several surrounding counties. Michele Lundgren, 73, was the Republican nominee in 2022 for a Detroit-based seat in the Michigan House of Representatives, but lost the heavily Democratic district in a landslide. Regarding the fake electors plot, she told CNN last year, “We were called on the phone, asked if we’d come and support President Trump and sign something, and we all went to Lansing. … We were just told to show up and sign this paper. If we had any information about it being untoward or illegal, we would not have done it.” Clifford Frost, 75, is a realtor who unsuccessfully ran for the Macomb County Board of Commissioners last year. He was a GOP poll-watcher in Detroit during the 2020 primary, according to the Detroit Free Press. In recent days, he has shared pro-Trump conspiracy theories about alleged voter fraud on social media. John Haggard, 82, was one of the plaintiffs in a frivolous lawsuit that tried to overturn the 2020 results in Michigan. The lawsuit was dismissed and the lawyers who brought it were sanctioned by a judge. He served as a legitimate Trump elector from Michigan in 2016, when Trump narrowly won the state. Timothy King, 56, was also one of the plaintiffs in a frivolous lawsuit that tried to overturn the 2020 results in Michigan. The lawsuit was dismissed and the lawyers who brought it were sanctioned by a judge. Rose Rook, 81, is a member of the executive committee of the Van Buren County Republicans, according to its website. Mayra Rodriguez, 64, is a lawyer who is facing potential disciplinary proceedings with the Attorney Discipline Board, stemming from her participation in the fake electors plot, according to the Detroit Free Press. Hank Choate, 72, is a dairy farmer who met with Trump during a White House event about agriculture in April 2017. The event was also attended by then-Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. Ken Thompson, 68 was brought in to replace one of the original GOP electors that was recruited to serve before the 2020 election. A Michigan GOP official testified to the House select committee that investigated January 6, 2021, that Thompson replaced an original elector who was “uncomfortable with the whole thing” and refused to participate. James Renner, 76, was also brought in later in the process to replace one of the original GOP electors. He is from Lansing. CORRECTION: This story has been updated with the correct spelling of fake elector Mari-Ann Henry’s name and to accurately describe the location of Stanley Grot’s home township. CNN’s Zachary Cohen contributed reporting

trump they want to deflect on someone but they cannot come up with the proof. i mean how many excuses have they come up with so far? amazing. poot butthurt little trumpers............

Open in app or online what the **** is wrong with Marjorie Taylor Greene trash is as trash does Jeff Tiedrich Jul 20 Share nobody needs to see Hunter Biden’s dick. there is no legal or ethical rationale for it. Hunter Biden could be the world’s most notorious criminal, the Republicans could have him dead to rights, there could be mountains of evidence, and still — there would be no need to see his dick. and yet, yesterday afternoon, on the floor of the United State House of Representatives — the so-called “greatest deliberative body in the world,” as we are taught in school — Marjorie Taylor Green, ****hole representative from Georgia, went there. in front of the House, in front of live TV cameras, in front of the world, she displayed poster-sized enlargements of nude photos of Hunter Biden. ladies and gentlemen, what in actual ****. Upgrade to paid and then, to add insult to injury, Greene sent the same photos to her entire email list. how ******* damaged, how ******* broken inside, is this horrid woman? if we did the tiniest bit of digging into Greene’s personal life, what would we find? frankly, I don’t care. I don’t want to know. it’s none of my business. just like private citizen Hunter Biden’s personal life is none of my business. or yours. there’s a term for distributing non-consensual sexual imagery. it’s called revenge porn. revenge porn is illegal in 48 states and the District of Columbia. DC Code, Section 22-2051 states: violations are punishable by fines or up to three years in prison. you can’t tell me that revenge porn is allowed under our Constitution’s speech and debate clause. Hunter Biden has a good lawyer. let’s see what happens. and what the **** is wrong with that bowl of soggy cornflakes, Kevin McCarthy? Kevin, you’re supposed to be in charge of this circus. your job is to keep the crazies in line. do you think Nancy Pelosi would stand for any of this s***? open your timid mouth for once. you have a gavel. use it to do something other than crack walnuts. listen to AOC: “today also marked a new low when pornographic images were paraded in this hearing … I don't care who you are in this country. no one deserves that.” listen to Mike Garcia: “today's hearing is like most of the majority’s investigations and hearings — a lot of allegations, zero proof, no receipts, but apparently some dick pics.” the Republican Party is a dumpster fire inside of a train wreck inside a of nuclear ******* meltdown. everyone is entitled to my own opinion is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Upgrade to paid You're currently a free subscriber to everyone is entitled to my own opinion . For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. Upgrade to paid Like Comment Restack © 2023 Jeff Tiedrich 548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104 Unsubscribe

al.com What transfer tight end Rivaldo Fairweather brings to the Auburn tight end room Published: Jul. 20, 2023, 9:30 a.m. ~3 minutes Auburn TE Luke Deal talks upcoming season at SEC Media Days 2023 Auburn’s first-year head football coach Hugh Freeze saw the Tigers’ transfer tight end Rivaldo Fairweather for the first time years ago. The Florida International Panthers were welcomed to Liberty’s Williams Stadium on Sept. 26, 2020 in front of a crowd just 1,000 fans due to Covid-19. The Liberty Flames, who were piloted by Freeze, squeaked out a 36-34 win at home and it was a catch made by Fairweather that allowed FIU to bring the game within a possession. “I do remember gameplanning and then watching them and thinking, ‘Dang, that dude’s good.’,” Freeze said of Fairweather. “So when he did go in the portal and we came here, we were on it in a hurry, because I think he’s a really talented kid.” At 6-foot-4, Fairweather held his breath for Division I basketball offers that never came so he shifted his attention to football and committed to FIU over schools like Bethune-Cookman, UT-Martin and Western Kentucky. With the Panthers, Fairweather tallied 838 yards on 54 receptions with five touchdowns through three seasons and was named to the 2022 all-CUSA team. Fairweather’s time at FIU earned him a 4-star rating as a transfer prospect and a phone call from Freeze and the Tigers which evidently went well and resulted in Fairweather transferring to Auburn in December. “He fits in like a glove, man,” said Auburn’s veteran tight end Luke Deal. “He’s a great guy. He’s bought into our culture in that room. Like I said, it’s an old room. It’s a room that’s been together for a long time. So that can be kind of intimidating to start. And I think that he’s done an incredible job with just buying into that culture, being one of us.” Fairweather joins a seven-man tight end room that features returning seniors Tyler Fromm, Brandon Frazier and Deal. Together, the trio combined for just eight receptions in a 2022 offense that underutilized the tight end. With the addition of Fairweather and an offense called by Freeze and offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery, the tight end position will likely be more remarkable in 2023. “You’ve seen him on the field,” Deal said. “He’s explosive. He’s got great hands. He runs really good routes and he’s going to be a really good asset to our team this year.” 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 Auburn’s Hugh Freeze ‘glad to be on the home sideline’ of Jordan-Hare Stadium Updated: Jul. 20, 2023, 10:09 a.m.|Published: Jul. 20, 2023, 9:18 a.m. ~3 minutes Hugh Freeze talks challenges of rebuilding a program, Auburn culture at SEC Media Days 2023 Hugh Freeze stood on the away team sideline of Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium in 2013 and 2015 as the head coach of Ole Miss. In his first trip, Freeze and the No. 24 Rebels were upset by Auburn, who was piloted by a brilliant performance from quarterback Nick Marshall. In 2015, Freeze had Ole Miss ranked No. 19 when it visited Auburn and led the Rebels to a 27-19 win. Freeze might not remember exactly how each of those games shook out whistle to whistle, he does remember one thing. “It was tough,” Freeze said of coaching against Auburn at Jordan-Hare. “I’m glad I’m going to be on the home sideline.” That’s one of the advantages of Freeze having been part of the SEC in the past ― he knows visiting other stadiums around the league isn’t easy. LSU’s Brian Kelly, for example, is prepping for his second season in the SEC after coming from Notre Dame. And last season, Kelly got his first taste of playing on the road in the SEC as he and the Tigers visited Auburn, Florida, Arkansas and Texas A&M. Of those four trips, Kelly told CBS Sports’ Barrett Sallee that Jordan-Hare and Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium we’re standouts. “I appreciate Coach Kelly acknowledging that,” Freeze said. “I think our fans are incredible.” During the offseason, Freeze had opportunities to speak at Camp War Eagle, Auburn University’s freshman orientation. “We’re training them to help it be the most difficult place that opponents get to see,” Freeze said of the student body. Earlier this month, Auburn announced that season tickets were sold out after selling 63,500 season tickets — a program record. The record previously sat at 62,900, which was set ahead of the 2014 season. Georgia’s visit to Auburn on Sept. 30 is sold out, while the tickets left for the Iron Bowl are slim. “I think that just speaks to the passion our fans have, not to mention students when they get in there, too, and I’m really excited about experiencing that from the home sideline,” Freeze said. 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.

i am agreeing with you. there will be some kind of prints and probably dna on the baggie. i believe they are covering up for someone but guys it is not hunter.crackheads do not leave dope lying around ok? now if hunter is the crackhead all of you say he is then it was someone else. it almost sounds like a joke but i believe it to be true. besides it was not in private quarters was it? you guys got a nothing burger with hunter but yes they appear to be protecting someone. hell it could be a visitor from another country they are saving from embarrassment. i am also willing to bet there are no blind spots in the white house from cameras anyway because of all the big wigs.

nice try. hell her own side cannot stand her. i think she wants to get in the hot tub with hunter myself. do not tell iam tho cus he gets jealous................

that is actually a great point.

i was hoping for eight and a bowl game. as far as freeze goes he said in the sec segment he knows folks caught up with what he was doing so some changes would be needed.man he says all the right things. and our OC seems to be hugely respected so i hope we might can out scheme a team for a win or two. but if we are hungry enough and want it bad enough i believe we can be more than respectable. my problem is i listen to a lot of these podcast guys and i need to line up who knows stuff and who is full of it.............

no sir i just asked you if you could. no balls like figured.................you could be jealous because hunter still has better hair...........so far................

even further down than that is the very very bottom of our very on buddy trump. have you got the balls to call him a scumbag? just curious..........

i read in one of my articles our oline coach is top ten in college ball.so that should help...........

Local four-star wide receiver Malcolm Simmons projected to Auburn JD McCarthy Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 8:00 AM CDT·1 min read 1 Hugh Freeze and Auburn are emphasizing keeping in-state players home and one of their top targets is four-star wide receiver Malcolm Simmons. The Alexander City product has taken several trips to Auburn and included the Tigers in his top seven schools on June 15. They are battling Arkansas, UCF, Coastal Carolina, West Virginia, Indiana and Liberty for the impressive athlete. While his recruitment is far from over, Auburn is started to separate itself from the pack and is now the favorite to land Simmons. Steve Wiltfong of 247Sports has cast a crystal ball in favor of Auburn. Simmons is the No. 365 overall player and No. 28 athlete in the 247Sports Composite ranking. He is also the No. 19 player from Alabama. He hasn’t set a specific commitment date yet but has stated he’d like to commit before the start of his senior season. He is slated to return to Auburn on July 29 for Big Cat Weekend. Five-star center Flory Bidunga includes Auburn in final group Elite offensive lineman DeAndre Carter to attend Big Cat Weekend 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 JD on Twitter @jdmccarthy15 Story originally appeared on Auburn Wire

yahoo.com 'Auburn for life': Former AU guard Zep Jasper ready to debut for 'War Ready' in TBT Richard Silva, Montgomery Advertiser 5–6 minutes AUBURN — On an island versus the future SEC Player of the Year, former Auburn basketball guard Zep Jasper faced an eight-inch height disadvantage. Brandon Miller, the eventual No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, dribbled the ball left in an attempt to go down the baseline. Jasper read the play perfectly, using his feet to stay in front of the 6-foot-9 Miller and picking his pocket to knock the ball out of bounds, sending an already lively crowd at Neville Arena into a frenzy as he wagged his finger like a 6-1 Dikembe Mutombo. That exquisite perimeter defense was what Jasper was known for during his two-year stint on the Plains, and it's what he hopes to bring to team "War Ready" in The Basketball Tournament later this month, as the squad made up of a number of former Auburn standouts looks to make a deep run in the tournament. AUBURN FOOTBALL: 'Aligned as we could ever be': Hugh Freeze ready for reset LOOKING AHEAD: Experimenting with Auburn basketball's roster. What are some lineups we could see? It'll be Jasper's debut appearance with War Ready, a team created a handful of years ago to compete in TBT, a 64-team summer basketball tournament that features a payout of $1 million to its winner. It's high-stakes, winner-take-all basketball that began in 2014 and has grown since. War Ready's first task is handling The Ville, a team made up of players with connections to Louisville, on Tuesday (6 p.m. CT, ESPN+). To win it all, War Ready would have to pick up six straight victories. "The goal is to win, that’s the biggest thing," Jasper told the Montgomery Advertiser earlier this week. "I probably have a big task with Russ Smith or someone or Peyton Siva or someone like that. Those guys can score in all types of ways. It’ll be pretty interesting guarding those guys." Jasper, who said representatives from War Ready reached out to him a couple weeks after Auburn's season ended against Houston in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in March, had some familiarity with the team. He recalls watching it go up against ETSU's alumni team a couple years ago. "Malik Dunbar, he’s actually from North Augusta, (South Carolina), and he played with them," Jasper said. "That was one of the main reasons I watched them on TV two years ago.” Dunbar and War Ready ultimately fell to ETSU's squad, nicknamed the "Bucketneers." But War Ready was on Jasper's radar, and two years later he's now teaming up with Dunbar and other players with Auburn ties like Danjel Purifoy, TJ Dunans and Horace Spencer III, among others. Jasper, a native of Augusta, Georgia, grew up a few miles from Dunbar. The duo has known each other since they were kids, before either decided to play with the Tigers under coach Bruce Pearl. "It’s always good to have somebody that you know you can play with," Jasper said. "Throw some lobs to and just be pests on defense out there. I think it’ll be a pretty fun experience, especially (with) Louisville being a veteran team.” Joining the squad wasn't exactly smooth sailing for Jasper, though. Attempting to add a player after the deadline for registration passed, War Ready needed to pony up $1,500 to get him on the team. The organization took to Twitter, calling on Auburn fans to donate enough money to pay the late fee. The hiccup presented Auburn fans with an opportunity to show their love for Jasper, as the funds were raised — and them some — within three days. All that did was bolster something Jasper already believed. “Auburn has the best fans in the world," Jasper said. "The Auburn love is just like a family, they’re always going to love you whether you’re playing for them or not. Even when you graduate, you’re always going to be stamped. It’s Auburn for life. Best fans in college basketball. “When we were No. 1 in the country, the Auburn family really showed out and showed up to every single game on that (19)-game winning streak, which was history. Without Auburn fans, we wouldn’t have did it. We wouldn’t have been No. 1 in the country. We wouldn’t have won (19) games in a row. That’s when I really felt (the love). Just being No. 1, having fun and also just greeting the fans each and every day.” Richard Silva is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on Twitter @rich_silva18. This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Former Auburn basketball guard Zep Jasper ready to play for 'War Ready'

no just some guy at auburn on reddit. they have two or three auburn boards and usually come up with breaking news a lot. but the thing about g5 not being up to par has scared me a little. i am old and not sure how many years i have left so i want them to be good ones.

i would have that bag in court answering questions. i get making points with hunter but nude pictures are above what was needed. nice role model for your side tho...........

for releasing nude photo's of him. i think he is having sex in some of them but i am not sure. it is hard to refind stuff on yahoo.........

here is everything he said.................name withheld of course. I've been saying 6-6 and a bowl game win to put us at 7-6. I've stuck to this from months ago. I agree with what all you said. On other social media stuff for Auburn, when I say 7-6 they say I'm negative but I'm truly not. Here's why I think we'll be .500 in regular season ball: Fans keep saying that our QB's will be alot better and our running game will be better because of this really good O-Line. But here's the thing, none of the guys have played a single down together in a real game. It's going to take alot of reps to gel together. The O-Line transfers we got are G-5 players who were good but have never played in the SEC West week after week. Our fans always said our O-Line guys were absolute trash the last 5 years. But they were still O-Line guys that were on scholarship at Auburn. They also played like 4 years together here. So I pause before I make claims that our mostly G-5 O-Line, that will have to gel together in real game situations, will be night and day better than the O-Line we had that had 4 years of time together and were all playing on a full ride scholarship to Auburn. Our WR's will be better but they too are G-5 transfers and Shane Hooks is a SWAC guy which is below G-5. Burton that came from Ohio State never got on the field at OSU and has been hurt every year since 9th grade. He has huge potential but he needs to stay healthy. The returning AU wr's are mainly guys that didn't get many catches but I feel better at WR than last year. D-Line has good potential but not much depth. We may struggle on Edge and getting to the QB. We are also down on talent at LB. Tolan leaving the program will hurt because he played 12 games last year as a freshman at LSU. Powell Gordon returning because Tolan is gone kinda worries me. CB's are legit and alot of young talent too. Safety's kinda worry me because I'm not completely sold on a couple of them. TE's will get the ball quiet a bit this year. Our TE room is really good. Special teams now has Battie and he lit up Florida when he played them. He is legit. Punter is good and kicker seems fine. Thorne at QB could be pretty dang good but he could also be pretty mediocre if he has a lingering injury like last year at MSU. Ashford will be used as a wildcat type QB and be dangerous but he too gets injured every year dating back to Hoover. He always has shoulder issues and it's mainly from running alot and lowering the boom on defenders. It looks cool but it also gets you in an ice bath every game hurt. Another thing to think about is alot of our fans say Hugh Freeze beat a Kirby Smart defense in 2014, 2015 at Bama when Smart was DC and 2016 when Smart was a first year HC. Hugh always had stout offenses back at Ole Miss but Hugh has even addressed this, he said back then the RPO game he was running confused alot of defenses. Not everybody ran that RPO style. Hugh said now nearly everybody runs the RPO and defensive coaches have really learned how to defend it. Hugh will have to keep progressing with our offense or it could get outdated like Gus's HUNH has gotten. Kirby also said what Hugh did. He said back then, Kirby and Saban were trying to figure out Hugh's RPO offense and that so many teams run it nowadays so it's not as mysterious now. Our staff are alot better coaches than last year too. It will take Hugh time to get HIS recruits on campus and some continuity but I think we could do like Heupel at Tennessee. He was 7-6 then 11-2 this year. Freeze is definitely the right fit but its gonna be some lumps along the way this season. WDE is this guy pretty close? i was thinking we would be maybe two wins better at least.

a random quote from another site and it sounds legit. are G5 players that much worse? i thought we were rocking along pretty good and i see this. i honestly do not know so humor me please. The O-Line transfers we got are G-5 players who were good but have never played in the SEC West week after week. Our fans always said our O-Line guys were absolute trash the last 5 years. But they were still O-Line guys that were on scholarship at Auburn. They also played like 4 years together here. So I pause before I make claims that our mostly G-5 O-Line, that will have to gel together in real game situations, will be night and day better than the O-Line we had that had 4 years of time together and were all playing on a full ride scholarship to Auburn.

i am thinking he sits out half a game but who knows? it might look better for us in the big scheme of things. i do think we will be fine whatever happens.