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Auburn football makes top five for five-star DL Kamarion Franklin Lance Dawe 2–3 minutes The Tigers are in contention for one of the best defensive linemen in the 2024 class. Auburn has made the cut for one of the best prospects in the nation. Kamarion Franklin, a five-star defensive lineman, has included the Tigers in his top five, per his social media. Franklin also included Ole Miss, Tennessee, Miami, and Florida State. The Lake Cormorant, Mississippi product is the No. 30 overall prospect, No. 2 prospect in the state of Mississippi and No. 6 defensive lineman in the 2024 class according to 247Sports. In his junior season (2022), Franklin set Lake Cormorant's single-season sack record as a junior with 93 tackles and 19 sacks. He also returned a fumble for a touchdown and blocked three kicks. He's been a monster at the high school level. At 6-foot-5, 265 pounds, Franklin also spends time playing basketball, averaging over six points, seven rebounds and a block per game during his sophomore and junior seasons. The Tigers have a solid history of producing NFL-level talent on the defensive line, with the most recent draft including two linemen in Derick Hall (R2, P6) and Colby Wooden (R4, P14). The Tigers' stud DT Derrick Brown was the No. 7 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Auburn currently has five commitments in the 2024 class, including four-stars Walker White (QB) J'Marion Burnette (RB), A'Mon Lane (CB), Jayden Lewis (CB) and three-star Martavious Collins (TE).

Hayes: SEC teams will pay dearly in 2024 for not agreeing to 9-game schedule Matt Hayes 5–6 minutes Somebody has to pay for this debacle of an embarrassment of a hopelessly botched scheduling farce. That means you, Alabama. And you, Tennessee. And you Auburn, South Carolina and Vander … wait a second. The whole lot of you. All 16 teams SEC teams in 2024. You’re all paying. You want to embarrass the league and drag your feet on going from 8 to 9 conference games? Well, in the cliched coachspeak of our time, there are consequences to your actions. Here comes Mr. Consequence: SEC commissioner Greg Sankey. Alabama gets Tennessee, Auburn and LSU in 2024. Tennessee gets Georgia and Florida on the road. Georgia is finally playing at Texas A&M (really, the Dawgs are), and for the hell of it, at Texas, too. Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and Missouri will play a round-robin of who cares. Twice, if it were possible. You wanted the SEC, Brian Kelly? Here it is: LSU gets Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M and Florida. Florida gets Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee and LSU — and another trip to College Station because everyone is tired of the Gators whining about it. Auburn gets Alabama, Georgia and LSU — and at least 1 (and maybe both) of the 2 newbies. And speaking of the 2 newbies, Texas is playing at Texas A&AM because, well, because there was never this level of dysfunction until the Longhorns — the epicenter of dysfunction in the Big 12 — arrived in the SEC. It’s like a Marine platoon. One guy screws up, everyone pays. If I’m Sankey, I’m spittin’ mad and I’m going scorched earth. I’m getting schedule czars Mark Womack and Charlie Hussey from the league office — hell, I’m calling in retired scheduling guru Larry Templeton — and I’m doing whatever it takes to make every single school pay, one way or the other. A stretch of brutal road games. An unbearable September or November. Early bye weeks, late bye weeks. Back-to-back potential top-10 games with no bye, a back-loaded November where every critical game is played over the final 3 weeks of the season (say goodbye to those mid-November cupcake breathers, fellas). What’s that meme flying around the interwebs? “(F—-around —> find out.” How in the world can the best conference in college football — the conference with the most high-profile properties in all of college sports — have 4 members (Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt) that haven’t won a football championship in the modern era scuttle the good of the whole? How can an increasingly annoyingly petulant greatest coach ever (Nick Saban) throw a tantrum about his top 2 team in the nation getting an “unfair” trio of permanent games (LSU, Tennessee, Auburn) in the 9-game format — and the entire free world not laugh in his face? Tennessee has 1 elite season in the past 2 decades, and suddenly the guy with the best roster in college football is getting antsy. Auburn ran off the coach who beat Saban 3 times, and ran off another coach less than 2 years later. The Tigers then hired a castoff coach who not so long ago was persona non grata in the SEC because the last time he was around, players were paid (when it wasn’t legal) and his program went on probation. The lasting image of his time at the school was an All-American player tweeting out a video of himself smoking marijuana with a gas mask during the NFL Draft (his, um, account was hacked — allegedly). Then there’s LSU, which 2 years ago finished a season with 38 scholarship players available for a bowl game — where it played a wide receiver at quarterback because a freshman quarterback didn’t want to burn a redshirt season. A year later, Alabama lost to that very program — despite having the best offensive player in college football (Bryce Young) and the best defensive player in college football (Will Anderson), and 1 of the top 2 rosters in college football. Think about that: The SEC schedule was scuttled by 4 programs that have been carried along by the rest of the league for decades, and the greatest coach in the history of college football complaining about playing 3 programs he has a 38-10 career record against. It’s absolute lunacy. If you’re worried about not winning 6 games and failing to qualify for the postseason because you have to play 9 SEC games, you’ve got much bigger issues in your shop. You want a guaranteed postseason? Join the ACC. At one point this week, during the height of dysfunction at the SEC spring meetings, Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne actually said he needed more information about how the Playoff would treat SEC teams with multiple losses. Greg, babe, the SEC (at the tip of that spear: Alabama) has been given every possible break by the BCS and Playoff from the jump. If anything, a 9-game schedule would further strengthen the SEC’s reputation. But you and your dissenters keep it up. The league office doesn’t mind these temporary 8-gamers. If there’s no set format, there’s no set rotation. You want 8 games? You got it. Now you’re all paying for it.

i say lets send golf down there to kick some behind and get all this straightened out.

i assume you live in texas. are there any libs in the state? hell i i read is bad things but then that is the media for you. i have had a love affair since a kid watching and even reading several books on the alamo. by the way if you read ANY "A Duel of Eagles is an outstanding book. it opened my eyes. they were all misfits.

i understand. he gave us a conscious as well to help. but miracles? i just do not see enough to believe it.

i bet they get reamed good...............get it?

i am sure you probably pushed him............

i have absolutely nothing bad to say about you. i think you are top shelf or i would never have bothered.

.after all the crap trump did? nope i do not. why? because the right will admit nothing about all the laws trump has broken saying it is a sham and fake news. this is MY reason. the people that screwed this up will pay. i have almost 28 years of government and they do not play when an agent or whomever embarrases them.

no sir and i am not mad at you. ichy comes across as vulnerable to me and i have seen him get way worse than he ever gave. in other words the fight seems one sided but maybe i missed something. i was trying to do some good here ok? let me just get back to minding my own business.

birth. i consider birth a miracle. but now you have gotten into shady territory hoss. with all the horrible crap humans do to one another why does god allow all these things to happen if he is a loving god? people are raping babies still in diapers. where is god? wonderful people get murdered and killed in all kinds of horrible ways so where is god when all this happens? where are the miracles now? and all you folks have is it is the will of god. he works in mysterious ways. we do not know know why god does what he does. how close to a million people did we lose in the illegal iraq war killing innocents as well as soldiers and destroying homes and yet god let this happen? you got any real proff besides a bible that man wrote claiming to be the word of god? you guys do not seem to be honest with yourself or anyone else. god has been turning his back on people pretty much since the dawn or man. show me some proof.

are you coming after me next? we all know i troll often. that break was probably something ichy needed to get grounded again. i am pretty sure ichy would not hurt a mouse. one or both of the 78/s do it all the time. and why ignore anyone? all t does is give your enemies on here a field day to talk trash about you. ignoring someone will not stop them from doing anything. at the end of the day when the right is spewing so much hate to so many different types of people ichy promotes love. and he is human.i do not agree with everything he says but he is allowed to be himself.what has he done? as far as i can tell folks are allowed to lurk AND use that emoji button. i just hope you guys can work it out. these are troubled times and the right is spewing enough hate i think we need to stick together. i hope you guys get over this.

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“He finally has a platform and an opportunity to really show who he is as a man, and what he feels about his former players and the communities he’s recruited these players from,” Reddick said. “He has an understanding of how he plans [to benefit] from the existing culture and white supremacy, and he thinks this is something he has earned.”

Tommy Tuberville, Deion Sanders and the subjugation of ‘coach speak’ Racist, classist rhetoric isn’t just part of the language of football, it’s about free and cheap labor Up Next From Sports 1 Tommy Tuberville, Deion Sanders and the subjugation of ‘coach speak’ By Ken Makin 2 Denver Nuggets’ Aaron Gordon: ‘I’m not here for the credit. I’m here for the wins’ By Marc J. Spears 3 How Calvin Booth helped the Denver Nuggets reach their first NBA Finals By Marc J. Spears 4 For Denver Nuggets’ Sparky Gonzales, the NBA Finals have been a long time coming By Marc J. Spears 5 How LIV Golf is providing Harold Varner III with ‘green power’ By Farrell Evans Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville prepares to lead Wayne Dickens (96), T.J. Jackson (58), Kevin Hobbs (49) and Antarius Williams (31) and the rest of his team out of the tunnel before taking on the Wisconsin Badgers in the Capital One Bowl at the Florida Citrus Bowl on Jan. 2, 2006, in Orlando. Doug Benc/Getty Images By Ken Makin @differencemakin June 2, 2023 Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville parlayed the exploitation of mostly Black athletes into a multi-million dollar coaching career and a foray into politics. Tuberville seemed to have forgotten the reason for his success last October when he weighed in on the reparations debate and essentially called Black people criminals. His words and the commentaries of other coaches recently shouldn’t be seen as only “coach speak.” This is part of the language of football, but it also subjugates young men in a manner that reduces them to property. When a racist rant from Georgia-based trainer Mark Taylor went viral, prep and college football entities scrambled to disassociate themselves from him. Glenn Schembechler, the son of famed Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, resigned under fire as Michigan’s assistant recruiting director when a series of controversial tweets which he liked came to light. One of those tweets insinuated that America’s history of systemic racism had a positive effect on Black families: And yes, slavery and Jim Crow forced the black family to strive and create businesses and cultivate a basis of wealth for themselves and their progeny. A reliance on handouts weakened the lower income black community and still does. It’s interesting how “handouts” never come to the forefront when people discuss government subsidies to corporations, nor when African Americans are shut out of relief initiatives such as Paycheck Protection Program loans, but that’s a discussion for another day. Racist and classist rhetoric isn’t just part of the language of football, but of the suppressive nature of free and cheap labor. The views which Schembechler co-signed hit remarkably close to home for me as a South Carolina native. They are similar to the views of John C. Calhoun, who among other things, was a slave owner. Clemson University was built on his former Fort Hill Plantation, which had between 70 and 80 enslaved Black people. Calhoun, whose name shamefully remains on roadways and parks in South Carolina and even in neighboring Augusta, Georgia, argued that slavery was a “positive good” back in 1837: But let me not be understood as admitting, even by implication, that the existing relations between the two races in the slaveholding States is an evil. Far otherwise; I hold it to be a good, as it has thus far proved itself to be to both, and will continue to prove so if not disturbed by the fell spirit of abolition. I appeal to facts. Never before has the black race of Central Africa, from the dawn of history to the present day, attained a condition so civilized and so improved, not only physically, but morally and intellectually. Clemson, with its racist founder and its oft foot-in-mouth coach, is not the only institution that perpetuates, at best, indentured servitude, and at worst, Black players as property. Of course, such a culture creates uneasiness among Black players, as author and former Clemson walk-on Dante Stewart described in his 2021 memoir, “Shoutin’ In The Fire.” Auburn quarterback Jason Campbell (left) carries the ball as offensive tackle Troy Reddick (right) blocks against LSU on Oct. 26, 2002, at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama. Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images There are other former athletes who aren’t afraid to speak truth to power or try to pull triumph from trauma. I spoke with Troy Reddick, one of Tuberville’s former players on Auburn’s undefeated 2004 team, about his former coach’s controversial commentary. Reddick’s thoughts on Tuberville, who only recently made additional inflammatory comments about extremism in the military and teachers at inner-city schools, were determined. “He finally has a platform and an opportunity to really show who he is as a man, and what he feels about his former players and the communities he’s recruited these players from,” Reddick said. “He has an understanding of how he plans [to benefit] from the existing culture and white supremacy, and he thinks this is something he has earned.” Beyond the behavior of coaches who masquerade as men of conscience is the reality of how it affects young Black men. In a sport that celebrates machismo, a significant number of its overseers are in the business of denying young people their manhood. The recent passing of Jim Brown places such concerns in a more compelling light. Brown, arguably the NFL’s best running back of all time, retired at the age of 30 after then-Browns owner Art Modell tried to force Brown to attend training camp rather than finish a movie in which he was appearing. Brown, of course, had the leverage of a successful pro career and potential movie success. Generally, college athletes only have their labor as a weapon. During the course of our conversation, Reddick outlined the pervasiveness of the mindset that sees players as second-class – or worse. “The thought process is consistent from the youth [ranks], through college as well as the pro level – and that is with Black coaches as well,” he said. “They have an understanding of how the game is going to reward them and their role in it, and they want that system to stay in place.” Related Story Jim Brown: The death of a legend and freedom songRead now This adds context to comments made by one of the most beloved, and polarizing, figures in football – Deion Sanders. During a February appearance on the Rich Eisen Show, “Coach Prime” spoke about recruiting players with a decidedly anti-Black flair: “Quarterbacks are different,” Sanders said. “We want mother, father, you know, dual-parent. We want their kid to be 3.5 [GPA] and up, because he’s got to be smart. No bad decisions off the field, at all, because he has to be a leader of men. It’s so many different attributes in what we look for.” As for linemen? “Single momma, trying to get it. He’s on free lunch. I mean, I’m talking about just trying to make it. He’s trying to rescue momma. Like, momma barely made the flight,” Sanders said. Sanders’ interpretation of Calhoun-style politics, or perhaps the musings of Daniel Moynihan, have been a thorn in the side of Black parenting and, in all honesty, Black relationships for years. Racist stereotyping says that Black fathers are deadbeats and Black mothers are “welfare queens.” History says that Black people have overcome the ideologies and the violence of people like Calhoun in the most adverse of circumstances. This should be the story of football – young men who have overcome impossible odds to make it to the college ranks, let alone the pros. Instead, we are forced to hear gibberish from state-appointed demigods who offer little beyond profanity and respectability politics. This is why it’s important to rebuke anti-Black narratives that attack Black players and their families. If we fail to wipe that nastiness from the face of the earth, we not only fail in our duty to tell the truth about the past, we also do a disservice to the futures of our children and their children’s children. Ken J. Makin is a freelance writer and the host of the Makin’ A Difference podcast. Before and after commentating, he’s thinking about his wife and his sons.

i have not seen a prez fall since ford...............

I hate we missed his birthday yesterday. i even have one of his autographed rookie card. AUBURN MAN.

https://247sports.com/college/auburn/article/sec-schedule-football-podcast-auburn-tigers-211026360/

him and white are my fave's. i am already getting excited i can tell ya.

sports.yahoo.com Breaking down what Auburn football gained, lost in the transfer portal this offseason Richard Silva, Montgomery Advertiser 4–5 minutes MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze has totally revamped his roster this offseason. Since getting hired in November, the Tigers have brought in a whopping 20 transfers, a haul good enough to earn them the No. 3 portal class in the country, according to 247Sports. The only two programs with a class rated higher are LSU and Colorado, as new coach Deion Sanders has added an unprecedented 50 transfers. Auburn does, however, have the most four-star transfers in the nation with 11. LSU has eight. Colorado has five. On the other end, the Tigers lost 18 transfers, though the production gained far outweighs what went out the door. Here's a breakdown of the numbers behind what Freeze has done through the portal this offseason. HUGH FREEZE: Auburn football coach offers no comment on potential suspensions to players SWING GAMES: 5 pivotal games that'll make or break Auburn football's season in 2023 ONE OR THE OTHER: Does Auburn football's Hugh Freeze prefer an eight- or nine-game SEC schedule? It depends Auburn football's new-look receivers It took until the spring portal period, but Auburn's wide receiver room got a makeover. The position was one in which the Tigers had the most attrition — Dazalin Worsham (UAB), Ze'Vian Capers (Western Kentucky), Tar'Varish Dawson (Colorado) and Landen King (Utah) all left — but also the one with the most new faces. Auburn brought in Nick Mardner from Cincinnati in December and added three WRs —Jyaire Shorter from North Texas, Shane Hooks from Jackson State and Caleb Burton III from Ohio State — in May. In terms of production gained and lost, Auburn's departures are taking with them 23 career receptions for 268 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, the additions come to the Plains with a combined 253 receptions for 4,390 yards and 49 scores. A stark difference. Of course, each of the new receivers are coming from a perceived lower level of competition than the SEC, but the staggering disparity in production can't be overlooked. Offensive line reconstruction With Avery Jones (East Carolina), Dillon Wade (Tulsa), Gunner Britton (Western Kentucky) and Jaden Muskrat (Tulsa) added this offseason, the Tigers may have four new starters on the offensive line. Wade at left tackle, Jones at center and Britton at right tackle were locks at their positions during spring practice, and even though Muskrat played tackle with the Golden Hurricane, Freeze said he has the versatility to play inside if needed: "He can do both, which is why he was that high for us," Freeze said May 10. Two offensive linemen hit the portal for Auburn in Keinondre Jones and Colby Smith. Jones played 334 offensive snaps last year, per Pro Football Focus. Smith's numbers aren't available, but he didn't see the field until late in the season — his first playing time came against Western Kentucky in AU's penultimate game. Similar to wide receiver, the numbers here are jarring. The four newcomers combined for 3,552 snaps on the offensive line a season ago, with Britton's 1,036 leading the way. Front seven the focus for Auburn's defense Aside from special teams, the only position group Auburn didn't add a transfer to this offseason was at defensive back. There wasn't much movement in the other direction, either, as Craig McDonald was the only DB to leave. Amongst the front seven, though? The Tigers made significant changes. At defensive line, jack and linebacker, Auburn lost eight players and added nine. The departures have combined career stats of 38 total tackles, three tackles for loss, a pass deflection and a forced fumble. As has been the trend, Auburn's additions have produced much more at the schools they're coming from. The group of nine has a collective 707 total tackles, 65.5 tackles for loss, 17 pass deflections and nine forced fumbles. 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: Auburn football: What Tigers gained, lost in the transfer portal

si.com Auburn quarterback Hank Brown will be featured in content on Auburn Daily and Locked On Auburn Auburn Daily Staff ~2 minutes Auburn quarterback Hank Brown will hit the ground running on The Plains. The Auburn Tigers picked up a quarterback commit in the 2023 class when the former Liberty commit followed Hugh Freeze to Auburn. Hank Brown had an impressive high school career at Lipscomb Academy playing under Trent Dilfer. He went 13-0 and won a state championship in 2022. During his senior year, he passed for 3,264 yards, 47 touchdowns, and a 73.3 completion percentage. Brown has enrolled at Auburn and will begin his process of preparing for his freshman season and will be a part of a quarterback room that will generate a lot of attention with transfer Payton Thorne, Robby Ashford, and Holden Geriner. He will be featured in some content on Auburn Daily and will appear on the Locked On Auburn podcast throughout the summer and fall. The 6-foot-4, 195-pound quarterback also played basketball in high school. I am excited to get down to Auburn to learn and get developed from some of the best quarterback coaches in the country," Brown said. "I think my first year especially with be pivotal in that process to help me succeed. I am excited to learn from the other quarterbacks as well and compete with them. I am a competitor and my favorite thing to do is compete."

i am as high as a jawja pine so if i made any mistakes i overlook please let me know.