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here is another " lets just get to the point" statement : would jesus value guns more than childrens lives? we know the answer to that but you guys can twist it anyway you want.

the bottom line is guns are more sacred than childrens lives because at the end of the day they just do not caqre. we are talking lives here.

i weep for my country anymore. we do things and then denie them. i was an old hippy that believed for a brief moment we were Camelot. why is it so easy to hate and so hard to love in this country david? i confess i am not smart enough to know the reasons but i do believe the hateful rhetoric in media and mostly on the right are big influences. hell trump lies about his racism and he does not hide it and others have followed his actions. i often think we lost our soul in Viet Nam and i am not sure we will ever get it back.

A Black teenager who was shot after mistakenly going to the wrong house begged neighbors for help — but was ignored, family says 6.6k Sophia Ankel Mon, April 17, 2023 at 7:38 AM CDT Ralph Yarl is a 16-year-old high school student from Kansas City, Missouri.Faith Spoonmore/GoFundMe A Black teenager was shot in the head after showing up at the wrong house in Kansas City. Ralph Yarl's family said that he had to run to three different homes before he received any help. "Someone finally agreed to help him after he was told to lie on the ground with his hands up," his aunt said. A Black teenager who was shot after mistakenly going to the wrong house begged neighbors for help — but was ignored, his family wrote on a GoFundMe page. Ralph Yarl, from Kansas City, Missouri, was shot in the head on the evening of April 13 after he went to pick up his younger twin brothers, officials said on Sunday. - ADVERTISEMENT - The 16-year-old was meant to pick up his younger twin brothers at a friend's house on N.E. 115th Terrace, but then mistakenly went to N.E. 115th Street, they said, according to CNN affiliate KMBC. After ringing the doorbell, Yarl was shot by the homeowner, who police have not yet identified. "Ralph was then able to get up and run to the neighbor's house, looking for help," Faith Spoonmore, who identified herself as Yarl's aunt, wrote on the GoFundMe page. "Unfortunately, he had to run to 3 different homes before someone finally agreed to help him after he was told to lie on the ground with his hands up." Insider was unable to independently verify this information. Yarl suffered life-threatening injuries but is recovering in a local hospital, Spoonmore said, adding that he "has a long road ahead mentally and emotionally." Kansas City Police Department said the homeowner was taken into custody and released after 24 hours. Under Missouri state law, a person who is under investigation for a felony can be held for up to 24 hours, at which time they are then required to be charged or released. The shooting sparked a protest in Kansas City on Sunday and also caught the attention of celebrities, including model Naomi Campbell and actress Halle Berry. "We recognize the frustration this can cause in the entire criminal justice process," Police Chief Stacey Graves said in a press conference on Sunday. "The women and men of the Kansas City Police Department are working as expeditiously and as thoroughly as we can, to ensure the criminal justice process continues to advance as quickly as all involved and our community deserves," she added. Yarl is a junior in high school who is a good student and has a passion for music, Spoonmore said in the GoFundMe, which has raised more than $800,000 at the time of writing. He is part of his high school's Technology Student Association and Science Olympia Team and is a section leader in its marching band, she added.

Oklahoma county leaders caught on audio talking about killing reporters and complaining they can no longer lynch Black people Corky Siemaszko and Dennis Romero 6–7 minutes The governor of Oklahoma has called for the resignations of the sheriff and other top officials in a rural county after they were recorded talking about "beating, killing and burying" a father/son team of local reporters — and lamenting that they could no longer hang Black people with a “damned rope.” Gov. Kevin Stitt called for McCurtain County Sheriff Kevin Clardy, county Commissioner Mark Jennings, sheriff's investigator Alicia Manning, and Jail Administrator Larry Hendrix to step down after the McCurtain County Gazette-News published an article over the weekend about what was captured on the recording. “I am both appalled and disheartened to hear of the horrid comments made by officials in McCurtain County,” Stitt said in a statement released Sunday. “There is simply no place for such hateful rhetoric in the state of Oklahoma, especially by those that serve to represent the community through their respective office.” Stitt, a Republican, said he has ordered the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to “initiate an investigation to determine whether any illegal conduct has occurred.” Bruce Willingham, who works for his family-owned newspaper, has turned the full audio over to the FBI and the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office, his lawyers said. Meanwhile, dozens of county residents angered by the officials' comments picketed Monday outside the headquarters of the McCurtain County Commissioners in the town of Idabel, which is about 200 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, NBC affiliate KFOR of Oklahoma City reported. None of the four officials named by Stitt could be reached for comment, but late Monday the McCurtain County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that the recording was "illegally obtained," appears to have been altered, and may have been produced in violation of state law prohibiting secret recordings by third parties. The office, which said it has received threats of violence and death over the saga, said it was investigating how the recording was obtained and whether it violated the secret recording law. Investigative findings, the sheriff's office said, will be "forwarded to the appropriate authorities for felony charges to be filed on those involved." The Willinghams also did not respond to inquiries from NBC News. But Kilpatrick Townsend, the law firm representing the Willingham family, said they appreciated the expressions of support. "For nearly a year, they have suffered intimidation, ridicule and harassment based solely on their efforts to report the news for McCurtain County," the statement said. The latest furor erupted after Willingham, acting on a tip that the commissioners were illegally engaging in county business after the public meetings were over, left a recording device on March 6 in the commissioners' chamber, the newspaper reported. Earlier that day, Willingham's son, Christopher Lee Willingham, who is also a reporter at the newspaper, had filed a lawsuit against Clardy, Manning and the commissioners in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma seeking unspecified damages. He claimed they were punishing him for his hard-hitting reporting by spreading "slander" about him. When Willingham retrieved the device, he discovered that the conversation began with a grisly conversation about a fire victim being compared to "barbecue" before the group turned to talking about his son. "My papaw would have whipped his ass, would have wiped him and used him for toilet paper," Manning said of the younger Willingham, according to the newspaper. "If my daddy hadn't been run over by a vehicle, he would have been down there." Jennings then piped in, saying "I know where two big, deep holes are here if you ever need them." "I've got an excavator," Clardy chimed in, according to the newspaper. Jennings, according to the newspaper, then said he knew "two or three hit men" who belong to the Louisiana mafia. "They're very quiet guys and would cut no f---ing mercy," he reportedly said. Manning, according to the newspaper, discussed "who would get the blame if anything was done" to Christopher Lee Willingham's wife, Angie. There was also "caustic" criticism of local District Attorney Mark Matloff, the newspaper reported in the first batch of recordings it released. Matloff is not commenting on the report, a member of his staff said at the McCurtain County Courthouse. "Some of the discussion included not only harsh criticism of judges, but also the possibility of assaults on judges here," the newspaper reported. When the talk turned to who might run for sheriff against Clardy, Jenning recalled how a former sheriff "would take a damned Black guy and whoop their ass and throw them in the cell." "Yeah," Clardy replied, according to the newspaper. "It's not like that no more." "I know," said Jennings. "Take them down to Mud Creek and hang them up with a damned rope. But you can't do that anymore. They've got more rights than we've got." Two more batches of recordings made by Willingham are to be released soon, his lawyers said. The Willingham family has lived in the county for 120 years and has operated The McCurtain County Gazette-News for 40 years. Founded in 1905, it is a print-only publication, a rarity in the rapidly diminishing world of newspapers. And this is not the first time it has made national news. In the wake of the 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, Willingham hired a freelancer named J.D. Cash who produced a number of scoops about the investigation into the deadly terror attack and who was later derided as a "conspiracy theorist" by some of the newspaper's competitors. Cash died in 2007. tell me racism is not not alive and well in this country. and trump helped bring the crazies from the shadows to the mainstream.

flywareagle.com Auburn football could pursue 2 transfer portal QBs: Analyst Andrew Hughes 2–3 minutes The Auburn football head coaching staff could be looking to add not one, but two quarterbacks via the transfer portal — this, at least, according to Auburn Daily’s Lance Dawe in a report published on April 12. “The Tigers are expected to look at several QB options in the transfer portal, possibly even picking up two signal-callers,” Dawe wrote. Paul Finebaum supported the idea that Auburn football would look to the transfer portal on the April 10 edition of his radio show. “It didn’t change much, and the conclusions is still the same: I think Auburn needs a quarterback,” Finebaum said (h/t 247Sports). “I talked to Hugh Freeze on Friday before the game and you could tell he was saying the right things, but deep down, he knows quarterbacks and he knows he doesn’t have a quarterback on his roster that’s capable of getting Auburn out of the morass that it’s currently in and to the next level. So I think he’ll be pretty active in the portal.” Auburn football reached out to Oregon State transfer portal QB Dawe reported that the Tigers have reached out to Oregon State transfer portal entry, Chance Nolan, to add depth and competition to AU’s quarterback room. “With the transfer portal opening up in four days, what do Hugh Freeze and Philip Montgomery choose to do in the portal? Well, they’re already doing some work,” Dawe wrote. “Chance Nolan, a quarterback transfer from Oregon State, has been contacted by Auburn, sources have confirmed to Auburn Daily.” Oregon State added highly-touted Clemson transfer DJ Uiagalelei, who failed to match the gaurdy signal-caller standards set in Death Valley over the past decade, pushing Nolan to the end of the depth chart — and ultimately out of Corvallis. Whether Nolan ultimately ends up on the Plains remains to be seen, but if he does, it’s possible he won’t be coming alone.

Auburn to see nation's top-ranked interior OL Casey Poe Monday Cole Pinkston•04/16/23 Article written by:Cole Pinkston Jake Thornton (Photo by Matt Rudolph/Auburn Live) According to Auburn offensive line target Casey Poe of Lindale (Tex.), Tigers' OL coach Jake Thornton will be in to see him on Monday.

auburnwire.usatoday.com Four-star 2025 wide receiver Josiah Abdullah offered by Auburn Daniel Locke 1–2 minutes The Auburn Tigers have offered a scholarship to Josiah Abdullah, a wide receiver in the class of 2025, Abdullah announced via Twitter on Saturday. The Atlanta, Georgia native attends Woodward Academy and holds offers from many top programs such as Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Florida State, Texas A&M, LSU, Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Ohio State, and Clemson. Buy Tigers Tickets On3’s recruiting prediction machine is not high on Abdullah’s chances of committing to Auburn at this time. That could easily change as Hugh Freeze and company start to ramp up their recruiting efforts towards the receiver. The prediction machine currently gives Tennessee a 53.2% chance and Alabama a 16.5% chance of landing Abdullah. Abdullah is the No. 126 player as well as the No. 22 wide receiver in the class of 2025 according to On3. According to Rivals, he is a four-star wide receiver and the No. 9 prospect from the state of Georgia for the 2025 cycle. He has yet to receive a ranking from 247Sports.

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si.com Auburn extends over to a west coast offensive tackle Jack Singley 2–3 minutes Mark Schroller, of Mission Viejo, receives his third SEC offer. Auburn under the reign of Gus Malzahn and Bryan Harsin struggled with acquiring and maintaining talent across the trenches, specifically the offensive line. Jake Thornton the new offensive line coach, under the direction of Hugh Freeze has made it a priority to get depth and talent to the Plains. Thornton and co. have just added another potential name to the offensive line board, as Mark Schroller, who holds offers from Vanderbilt and Arkansas received his third SEC offer from the Auburn Tigers on Sunday, April 16th. Schroller, a three-star from Mission Viejo, California has mostly been targeted by west coast teams but took a trip to Minnesota, so a potential visit to Auburn isn't out of the realm of possibility. The frame is there for Schroller, he stands at 6'6 and weighs around the 270 mark. He mostly was a right tackle for Mission Viejo, he excels at getting out of his stance quickly on run plays and helps push through on tighter runs. Schroller has incredible feet and stays within himself, rarely getting off balance. The key thing on film for Schroller is his tenacity and his willingness to play through the whistle, it seems at times that he has a personal vendetta against the opponent. Though Schroller is lower-rated and fans might not see this offer as an important one but he has the size, grit, and mindset to play at the next level. The main thing for Schroller would be the coaching up and Thornton, who offered him, would be the perfect man for the job.

247sports.com Jason Caldwell's Monday morning quarterback column Jason Caldwell 5–6 minutes Roster uncertainty the norm in college sports As we sit here on April 17, Auburn’s football coaches and Auburn’s baskeball coaches for both the men’s and women’s teams have an idea of what the roster will look like next season, but there’s nothing close to finality for any of the three. That’s really difficult considering how much time and effort goes into team building and trying to put a roster together through recruiting. In the blink of an eye it can and usually does all change. For a first-year coach like Hugh Freeze, the positives far outweigh the negatives but there are still questions that have to be addressed. Without the transfer portal I’m not sure Freeze would have had any opportunity to field a really competitive team in his first season on the Plains. Now that’s going to be possible, but just how competitive will be determined by what happens in the next three months or so. With just under two weeks left until this portal window closes, football teams will know where they stand with their current roster, but players that choose to look elsewhere don’t have to make a decision until school starts. That’s still plenty of uncertainty to deal with. The same is true in basketball and it may be even more difficult because just a few players leaving a program means a good portion of your roster turns over every year. At the moment it sure feels like the days of developing players and having them grow in your program are over. It’s what UConn, San Diego State and even Florida Atlantic had that helped them navigate the NCAA Tournament. While they added some key transfers, the bulk of the key players came through the programs. In the end, I still think that’s going to be the key to success. You can use the portal to fill in holes, but it still comes down to recruiting and developing. That may change down the road, but it’s still the way to winning championships at the moment. Penta the magnificent College softball is a game that can be won by one dominant pitcher. It’s what Alabama has done the past few seasons with Montana Fouts and Auburn is doing the same behind Maddie Penta. This season Auburn is 32-13 overall and 9-6 in SEC play and Penta has a record of 19-5 overall and an ERA of just 1.05. In league play she has won six of Auburn’s nine SEC wins and has an ERA of 1.19 against league foes. That’s the stuff that can lead a team to the Women’s College World Series with just a little bit of offensive help. With the way that NCAA Regionals and Super Regionals work, having one pitcher that can almost guarantee you two wins in a weekend goes a long way towards making it to Oklahoma City. If Auburn can just find enough offense along the way, the Tigers will have a chance to play a long time this season with Penta leading the way. Pitching numbers for Auburn baseball Heading into the spring, if you had asked Butch Thompson and pitching coach Daron Schoenrock what the starting rotation was going to look like for the Tigers then you would have probably gotten an answer that included Joseph Gonzalez, Tommy Sheehan and Chase Allsup. Last season Gonzalez was 4-2 against SEC teams with an ERA of 3.20 in seven starts while Allsup was 1-0 with a 4.50 earned run average in 10 appearances. Coming back from Tommy John surgery, Sheehan really started hitting his stride late in the year and had a strong postseason. At the halfway point of SEC play, Auburn stands at 5-10 and a big reason why has been the missing production from the trio to this point in the year. In 15 total games, Gonzalez has yet to pitch an inning for the Tigers while Sheehan and Allsup have combined to allow seven earned runs in seven and two/thirds innings. Despite continuing to give out way too many free passes, Auburn’s pitching did enough over the weekend to win a series at Alabama. The Tigers allowed just 14 runs in three games in Tuscaloosa, but won just one of them. The problem was that Auburn only scored 11 runs in three games. Outside of scoring just five runs at Arkansas on the opening weekend of SEC plays, the fewest the Tigers had scored this season in a series was 16 runs against Indiana to open the year. Only Arkansas (9 to Tennessee), Mississippi State (13 to Ole Miss) and Alabama (11) allowed fewer runs this past weekend than Auburn’s pitching staff did. 6COMMENTS Arkansas (9), Florida (20), Georgia (23), Kentucky (33), LSU (25), Mississippi State (13), Ole Miss (15), Missouri (31), Texas A&M (19), South Carolina (20), Tennessee (18) and Vanderbilt (23). Subscribe NOW and get 50% off for the next year!!

si.com Auburn football extends offer to transfer EDGE out of ULM Matthew Jacobs 2–3 minutes Auburn offers portal transfer ULM OLB/EDGE Anthony Campbell Auburn is trying to solidify depth at its EDGE position by extending an offer to Anthony Campbell from the ULM Warhawks. Campbell, a six-foot-seven-inch monster weighing in at 283 pounds, is a Junior out of Bartow, Florida. He put up 13 tackles in his first year of college, 7 solo, and 6 assisted. 1 sack and 1 forced fumble over the course of playing in 5 games for the Warhawks. He has turned into a fairly hot commodity in the transfer portal market with his size, length, and ability to get around the end and get to the quarterback. Campbell has all the requirements one would look for to build quality depth and play a lot of snaps in the SEC. He would fill a severe need on Auburn’s defense going into 2023 Auburn Daily will keep you updated on his status as we will all the Auburn targets in the transfer portal. Auburn football has seen three players officially depart this week, with Tar'Varish Dawson announcing intentions to transfer early Saturday morning. Dawson joins the following Auburn Tigers that have announced that they will be in the transfer portal. Defensive lineman Jeffrey M'ba Linebacker Kameron Brown Linebacker Desmond Tisdol The Auburn Tigers have pulled in an impressive haul thus far during Hugh Freeze's first season on the Plains, currently sitting at No. 3 nationally in 247Sports' transfer portal class rankings. You can check out our transfer portal tracker here. Stay up to date on all of the Tigers' commitments, departures, and prospects for key positions at auburndaily.com.

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Freshman QB wants to have a say in Auburn’s ongoing battle Taylor Jones 3–4 minutes Now that spring practice has concluded, one thing is apparent about Auburn football’s quarterback battle… it is far from over. Quarterbacks Robby Ashford, T.J. Finley, and Holden Geriner each played adequate snaps in the abbreviated A-Day game back on April 8. But due to the cold, rainy conditions on that dreary Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium, neither player was able to showcase exactly what they needed to do in order to separate themselves. “I think you saw today that (Ashford) got the capability of making some plays. I thought he threw a really good seam ball in those conditions. I thought Holden (Geriner) threw some good balls. He missed a couple of reads on some RPOs I think, T.J. (Finley) did too,” Freeze said following Auburn’s A-Day game. “It’s kind of been that way all spring. Some real positives one day and some inconsistencies the next day. We’ve still got some time to help them improve, hopefully.” Freeze has suggested that he is willing to dip into the transfer portal to find the right quarterback, but there is one player that is ready to have his shot at winning the quarterback battle. Hank Brown, a three-star quarterback from Nashville that signed with Auburn as part of the 2023 signing class, has yet to arrive on campus. However, the ongoing quarterback battle has him excited to be able to show off what he can add to the Tigers’ offense. “It’s definitely more motivation just for me to be ready,” Brown said in a recent interview with Jason Caldwell of Auburn Undercover. “When that time comes, to be able to compete with them, I’m super excited. I’m going to do whatever I can to help out.” Brown is already familiar with Hugh Freeze, as well as quality control coach Kent Austin, as he was once committed to Liberty before Freeze made the move to Auburn. He spent time on campus earlier this spring watching practice and says that he is impressed with what each quarterback brings to the table, and how they can help him become a better signal caller. “It was really awesome to see how three or four different quarterback guys are able to help us,” Brown said. “They all have different strengths, so it’s going to be such a blessing to be able to get feedback from them at all times. Being able to work with them and help me get through the playbook and working with my mechanics, it’s going to be awesome.” Brown completed 73% of his passes for 3,264 yards during Lipscomb Academy’s 13-0 championship run in 2022, tossing 47 touchdown passes. He was led by former Super Bowl-winning quarterback and current UAB head coach, Trent Dilfer. Brown signed with Auburn during the early signing period as the No. 59 quarterback in the country, and the No. 34 player from Tennessee for the 2023 class. Check out some of Brown’s senior year highlights here 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__

Auburn extends over to a west coast offensive tackle Originally posted on FanNation Auburn Daily By Jack Singley | Last updated 4/16/23 Auburn under the reign of Gus Malzahn and Bryan Harsin struggled with acquiring and maintaining talent across the trenches, specifically the offensive line. Jake Thornton the new offensive line coach, under the direction of Hugh Freeze has made it a priority to get depth and talent to the Plains. Thornton and co. have just added another potential name to the offensive line board, as Mark Schroller, who holds offers from Vanderbilt and Arkansas received his third SEC offer from the Auburn Tigers on Sunday, April 16th. Schroller, a three-star from Mission Viejo, California has mostly been targeted by west coast teams but took a trip to Minnesota, so a potential visit to Auburn isn't out of the realm of possibility. The frame is there for Schroller, he stands at 6'6 and weighs around the 270 mark. He mostly was a right tackle for Mission Viejo, he excels at getting out of his stance quickly on run plays and helps push through on tighter runs. Schroller has incredible feet and stays within himself, rarely getting off balance. The key thing on film for Schroller is his tenacity and his willingness to play through the whistle, it seems at times that he has a personal vendetta against the opponent. Though Schroller is lower-rated and fans might not see this offer as an important one but he has the size, grit, and mindset to play at the next level. The main thing for Schroller would be the coaching up and Thornton, who offered him, would be the perfect man for the job.

auburn.rivals.com AuburnSports - STULTZ: Rambling on A-Day, Buc-ee's and Crime sayings Jay G. Tate AuburnSports Tigers clinch series with walk-off 11h ago 6–8 minutes A recent Twitter thread asked people to list some of the stupid things they thought were true as kids, and it did not disappoint. Of course, this popped up on my feed and immediately brought back so many things that, if I listed them all, it would probably make people question how I ever graduated college. Going to Cincinnati Reds games growing up, I was adamant that a grand slam was when a player hit it into the upper deck, only to be told by my father that that wasn't the case. I still didn't believe him for some time. When the television showed a show's time as 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT, it was two types of televisions that caused the difference. And we have already been through the "not knowing what Braille was until I was 19" debacle. So what's my point? We all had dumb thoughts as a kid, and admitting them is not embarrassing. In fact, I want to hear yours in the comments. For now, let's get onto some ramblings. Two guys discussing how they will beat the Stultz/Moncrief team next time on the course. (Robin Conn/AuburnSports.com) - You have to be confident as a parent that your kid will grow up to be something when you give them the name of a city. The latest example is Denver Jones, who will play for the Tigers and Bruce Pearl next season. Also, that is a great name and great for possible headlines. - When interviewing Cooper McMurray last week, he was asked why he had stopped using ABBA's "Dancing Queen" as his at-bat music. This prompted the great Jason Caldwell to ask if I could name more than three ABBA songs. After running off five in five seconds, Caldwell looked at me and said, "Just stop." I proved my case. - Wesley "Crime Dawg" McGriff has some catchphrases or sayings that come up every golf round. In order of weirdness: 1. "Center cut" - Used when he or someone hits a drive down the middle. 2. "No doubt" - I have learned this can be used at any time. 3. "Top shelf" - This is also said after a nice shot. 4. "Did you see that/the ball?" - Reserved for when he hits one straight down the fairway. 5. "Sounded better than an oven running at 350" - I have stopped trying to figure this one out. - The portal opens on Saturday, so all hell is about to break loose around college sports. I think it is excellent for the players to have their choice because we all know coaches can leave without penalty and, of course, have the right to cut their scholarship at any time. - If you aren't a soccer fan, you won't realize the importance of this, but my English Premier League team, Fulham, is making a tour in the USA this summer. The closest they will be to Auburn is Orlando, so I might travel down and catch up with a former coach as well. Solid, I say. Up the Cottagers! - Dylan Cardwell is great for Auburn because he is a fan favorite, works his tail off on and off the floor, and is one of those personalities representing what is great about the university. However, the fact he won Best Athlete, as voted on by the students, is egregious. It is, however, a sign of how popular he is on campus. - I refuse to talk about a specific golf club anymore because as soon as I wrote about my 60° wedge last week, I lost it for a few days. No trouble, though, as someone found it and immediately handed it into the clubhouse. The same can't be said for my 6-iron, which broke in my hands. That was a sad day. - Maybe it is because I attended a high school famous for its cheerleading squad (Greenup County High School, represent!), but the number of competitions and so-called "national champions" nowadays bother me. You had one national champion back then, and everyone else had to suck it up. My sister, Lori, won twice wearing the green, black and gold in 1992 and 94, respectively. My friends won our sophomore year in 1997. Now everyone is a frigging national champion. Frank Thomas is acknowledged at A-Day. (Robin Conn/AuburnSports.com) - Recently watched the new "All Quiet on the Western Front" that was filmed from the German perspective and, well, I don't think I can view that again for quite some time. It's also strange feeling bad for the German soldiers. I didn't sleep well that night. - Devan Cambridge shot 50.4 percent from the floor, including 33.3 percent from three while grabbing 5.8 rebounds last season at Arizona State. He's also a 6-foot-6 guard. I'm pretty sure Pearl would love to have that production if he decides to come back. - If Auburn can get Joseph Gonzalez back for the late part of the schedule, that would be a bonus, but I don't think he can return and be his old self so soon. If he does, great, but his performance expectations should differ from the 2022-Gonzalez level. - I'm protesting Buc-ee's, and not because I have something against it. I've never been to one and will not fall into the trap of those people who travel hundreds of miles to go to one. Maybe one day I will see what all the hype is about, but right now, I refuse. Brisket can only be so good. - Don't you hate it when you remember something you did in 3rd grade but can't remember what you went to the grocery store for? It happens to me so often that I just accept it now. Yes, I recall calling my best friend a "son of a motherless goat" and getting sent to the principal's office. Do I regret it? Absolutely not. Anytime you can use a line from a Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short movie, you have to do it. - To those who attended A-Day and sat in the stands in that cold, rainy weather, I applaud you. In fact, Bryan Matthews and I made the executive decision that those who remained for the entirety should have been handed Samford tickets on their way out the gate. We reward loyalty. - Speaking of A-Day, I predicted that there were 8,673 people there, only to be told that the attendance was announced on how many tickets were sold. I felt cheated in that contest. - One more thing on A-Day: everyone in the band, the cheerleaders, the dance team, and all involved in making it a great environment on Saturday deserves credit. Kudos to them. - I thought the Frank Thomas statue turned out perfect. It would have been boring to have him standing there doing nothing, but his being in midswing is magnificent. - TikTok Update of the Week: Can you imagine this happening to you? It's every nightmare you have ever had but as a prank. - Finally, thanks to everyone on The Bunker – the greatest message board in the history of the world – who wished me a happy birthday on Tuesday. It was a fantastic day spent with good friends on the golf course, having drinks and a nice dinner before heading off to bed at a reasonable hour.

montgomeryadvertiser.com 5 biggest winners from Hugh Freeze's first spring practice with Auburn football 4–5 minutes AUBURN — Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze still has plenty of work to do this offseason, but some key questions were answered at spring practice. The biggest question mark surrounding the program remains at quarterback, but the offensive line looks improved, the linebacker rotation seems to be sorting itself out and there looks to be more depth along the defensive line, although Jeffrey M'ba announced Thursday he'd be entering the transfer portal. Nevertheless, here are five players that may not necessarily be starters in 2023, but are leaving spring practice on a high note and helped address some of those concerns. PROJECTING FORWARD:Predicting Auburn football's starters for 2023 after Hugh Freeze's first spring practice ROSTER IMPROVEMENTS:3 positions of need for Auburn football in second transfer portal window RB Damari Alston Jarquez Hunter is going to be Auburn's starting running back next season, and he may even prove to be the Tigers' best weapon. But he'll need to be spelled, and redshirt freshman Damari Alston has been battling South Florida transfer Brian Battie to be Hunter's understudy. The race has been tight, but Freeze offered up some praise for Alston after he rushed for 43 yards on five carries at A-Day: "I didn't give enough credit to him coming into this job," Freeze said of Alston. "But he's had one heck of a spring for us." Jack LB Keldric Faulk Three early enrollees were tagged this spring by Freeze as players who will get on the field in Year 1 − jack linebacker Keldric Faulk, defensive back Kayin Lee and offensive lineman Connor Lew. Of the bunch, none had a better 15 practices than Faulk: "I love Keldric," Freeze said following A-Day. "I love his attitude. I love the way he comes to work." "The kid is talented," said Vanderbilt transfer Elijah McAllister, who is slated to be the starting jack. "... Like I said earlier, it can happen as fast as he wants it. ... He's going to be successful here. He's a guy that I continue to try to mentor him the right way. Not stepping on his toes, but also understanding we have a unique partnership in this position group." DL Mosiah Nasili-Kite Freeze was asked earlier this month to name a few players who've improved most from the spring's first practice to its last. The first name out of his mouth was Maryland transfer defensive lineman Mosiah Nasili-Kite, citing the senior's disruptiveness. Nasili-Kite, who totaled 80 tackles and nine sacks in three seasons with the Terrapins, wasn't with the starting unit at A-Day − Jayson Jones, Justin Rogers and Marcus Harris made up that group − but he has been practicing at both defensive end and defensive tackle and should be a key reserve in 2023. LB Robert Woodyard Jr. Wesley Steiner and Ole Miss transfer Austin Keys were the two linebackers in the starting lineup at A-Day, but it only took four plays for junior Eugene Asante and redshirt freshman Robert Woodyard Jr. to rotate in. Defensive coordinator Ron Roberts tabbed Steiner and Keys as the top two LBs at the position in early April, with Woodyard and junior Cam Riley taking the next couple spots. Woodyard, who appeared in four games last season and was the defensive scout team player of the year, looks poised to see the field a lot more in his second season at Auburn. TE Rivaldo Fairweather Of this group, Florida International transfer Rivaldo Fairweather has the best chance to start this fall. Fairweather was consistently with the first team during the offense's pace drills at practice, and Freeze tapped the 6-foot-5 playmaker as the most reliable option in the passing game this spring. Freeze has had some notable successes with tight ends in his career, including a couple who made it to the NFL. Fairweather hopes to be next in line: "(Tight ends coach Ben Aigamaua) and Coach Freeze showed me a couple different ways they used Evan Engram and Dawson Knox from when they were at Ole Miss," Fairweather said of why he chose to transfer to Auburn. "That played a big part in it." 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.

Auburn 'in a good spot' after first visit for 5-star WR Terry Bussey VIP ByChristian Clemente 19 hours ago The 5-star receiver is looking to get back to Auburn again this summer. guys here is a vip title from Fox News. there is little detail but at least we see some names that we are interested in. if i am wasting my time doing this please let me know. thanx

ON3 vip headlines...... Auburn to see nation's top-ranked interior OL Casey Poe Monday Auburn offers Wyoming transfer offensive lineman Emmanuel Pregnon In-state OL Bo Cagle receiving interest from Auburn, other SEC schools Cole Pinkston•04/15/23 Article written by:Cole Pinkston ColePinkston Bo Cagle (Photo- Cole Pinkston/Auburn Live) One name to keep an eye on moving forward is Bo Cagle, an offensive lineman from Mobile (Ala.) Mobile Christian.

flywareagle.com Auburn football transfers, offers after portal window opening Mary Kate Hughes ~3 minutes Another Auburn football receiver has hit the transfer portal (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) The Auburn football team just finished up their first spring training under the new coaching staff led by head coach Hugh Freeze. Though the terrible weather made it hard to truly get a feel for the team, it is clear that the Tigers will be looking to the transfer portal to add talent and depth to the roster. While the Tigers will be bringing in new players, they are also expected to lose players during this portal window, and several have already announced transfer intentions. Linebackers Desmond Tisdol and Kameron Brown were early entrees and were primarily depth pieces, so their leaving does not hugely affect the roster. While Tisdol is still looking for his new home, Brown announced his transfer destination several days ago. Jeffrey M’ba’s decision to enter the transfer portal came as somewhat of a surprise due to the expectation that he would contribute on the defensive line this fall. Defensive line coach Jeremy Garrett moved M’ba to defensive end and allowed him to focus on that one position, and M’ba was reportedly excited to “destroy people” this fall. The most recent player to enter the portal is sophomore wide receiver Tar’Varish Dawson. He caught a great pass during the A-Day game and has shown potential during his time with Auburn football, but was never able to stand out as a go-to receiver. He’ll be looking to take his talents elsewhere this fall. It’s likely that more players will enter the transfer portal during the spring window, which will last from April 15-30. The Tigers have also made their first offer to a player from the portal, recruiting a former player of offensive coordinator Phillip Montgomery. Offensive lineman Jaden Muskrat declared his intentions to leave Tulsa and has received an official offer from Auburn football. During the 2022 season, Muskrat played left tackle, complimenting Dillon Wade—who transferred to Auburn from Tulsa prior to spring—at right tackle. The coaching staff has made it clear that they’re still looking for depth pieces on the offensive line, and bringing in a player who is already familiar with Montgomery’s style and will have chemistry with another lineman right away would be a great scenario.

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Auburn’s NFL Draft: Another first-round near miss? Published: Apr. 16, 2023, 12:00 p.m. 16–20 minutes Auburn cornerback Roger McCreary just missed first-round selection in the 2022 NFL Draft, as he went to the Tennessee Titans with the third choice in the second round. A similar circumstance could await Auburn’s top prospect for the 2023 draft – pass-rusher Derick Hall. The second round worked out well for McCreary, who played all but three of the Titans’ 1,168 defensive snaps during his rookie season. MORE NFL DRAFT: · THE SEC’S BEST PICK AT NO. 12 · KIRBY SMART OUTPACING NICK SABAN IN PICKS · AL.COM MOCK DRAFT 2: TRADES WILL SHAKE UP THE FIRST ROUND If Hall does appear among the picks when the NFL teams make their selections on April 27 in Kansas City, Missouri, he would become the 32nd player from Auburn to be selected in the first round of an NFL Draft. Auburn also has produced 12 other players who were not first-round draft choices when they were picked but would be this year if selected in the same slot. That’s because the number of choices in the first round has grown over the years, starting from nine in the first NFL Draft in 1936. The first Auburn player picked in the NFL Draft – center Walter Gilbert – would be the final choice in the first round this year. When he was drafted in 1937, Gilbert was the first selection in the fourth round. The 2023 draft will have one fewer first-round pick than it’s supposed to. The Miami Dolphins forfeited their selection as part of their NFL-imposed punishment for violating the league’s tampering rules. That leaves the first round in the 88th NFL Draft at 31 choices. The Auburn players who have been picked in the first 31 selections of an NFL Draft include: No. 1 picks: Tucker Frederickson, running back, New York Giants, 1965; Bo Jackson, running back, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1986; Aundray Bruce, linebacker, Atlanta Falcons, 1988; Cam Newton, quarterback, Carolina Panthers, 2011. Four schools have provided more No. 1 picks in the NFL Draft than Auburn – Georgia, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Southern Cal with five apiece. Newton has been the most successful of the Tigers’ top picks in the pros, earning the NFL MVP Award in 2015 to go with his 2010 Heisman Trophy. Frederickson was a Pro Bowler as a rookie, but knee injuries wrecked his career. Bruce played in 11 NFL seasons but was a starter for only the first two. Jackson pursued football as a “hobby” with the Los Angeles Raiders while playing Major League Baseball, appearing in 38 games in four NFL seasons before an injury ended his football career. No. 2 picks: Ronnie Brown, running back, Miami Dolphins, 2005; Greg Robinson, tackle, Los Angeles Rams, 2014. Brown had a 10-year NFL career that included a 1,000-yard rushing season in 2006, a Pro Bowl invitation in 2008 and a brief stint as a league trendsetter as a wildcat quarterback. Robinson started 70 games for three teams in six NFL seasons. No. 4 pick: Brent Fullwood, running back, Green Bay Packers, 1987. Fullwood was one of four Auburn running backs drafted in 1987, along with Tommy Agee, Tim Jessie and Bo Jackson, who was on his second time around in the NFL Draft after stiff-arming the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1986. Fullwood ran for 274 yards as a rookie and 483 in his second season before producing 821 rushing yards as Green Bay’s fullback in 1989. He earned a Pro Bowl invitation for that performance. The next season, though, the Packers traded Fullwood to the Cleveland Browns after five games. He’d been spotted out dancing at a Green Bay nightspot after being too sick to play in the second half against the Chicago Bears earlier in the day. Fullwood played in only one more game in his NFL career. In his only appearance for the Browns, Fullwood did not have a rushing attempt but did return six kickoffs for 119 yards in a 30-13 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Nov. 25, 1990. No. 5 picks: Jim “Red” Phillips, end, Los Angeles Rams, 1958; Carnell “Cadillac” Williams, running back, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2005. Phillips was a three-time Pro Bowler and one-time All-Pro who led the NFL in receptions with 78 for 1,092 yards and five touchdowns in 1961. Williams ran for 1,178 yards and earned the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award in 2005. No. 7 picks: Travis Tidwell, quarterback, New York Giants, 1950; Joe Childress, running back, Chicago Cardinals, 1956; Derrick Brown, defensive tackle, Carolina Panthers, 2020. The MVP of the first Senior Bowl (and the only one not played in Mobile), Tidwell played two seasons in the NFL before playing for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Canada in 1954. New York had a 3-0-1 record in games started by Tidwell in 1950 and 1951. A two-time Gator Bowl MVP, Childress’ NFL career as a fullback straddled the Cardinals’ move from Chicago to St. Louis in 1960. He retired after nine seasons to go into coaching. His 2,210 NFL rushing yards stood as the most for an Auburn alumnus for 15 years, until William Andrews passed him in 1980. After becoming Auburn’s first unanimous All-American since guard Ed King in 1990, Brown became the Tigers’ first first-round draft choice since Greg Robinson and Dee Ford in 2014. Auburn hadn’t had a defensive player come off the draft board so fast since Aundray Bruce was the No. 1 pick in 1988. Brown earned a spot on the 2020 All-Rookie team. No. 8 pick: Ken Rice, tackle, St. Louis Cardinals, 1961. Rice never played for St. Louis despite being the No. 8 pick. Instead, he signed with the Buffalo Bills of the AFL, which had existed for one season at the time. Rice was an all-star in the first of his six AFL seasons. No. 9 pick: Carlos Rogers, defensive back, Washington Redskins, 2005. Rogers reached the Pro Bowl in 2011, his first season with the San Francisco 49ers after six in Washington. No. 10 pick: Willie Anderson, tackle, Cincinnati Bengals, 1996. Anderson spent 12 seasons as Cincinnati’s right offensive tackle. He was a first-team All-Pro in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and a Pro Bowler annually from 2003 through 2006. Anderson was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 and Class of 2023. No. 12 picks: Dave Middleton, end, Detroit Lions, 1955; Jackie Burkett, linebacker, Baltimore Colts, 1959. Middleton was a halfback at Auburn and an SEC 100-yard dash champ. In the NFL, he played wide receiver and caught a touchdown pass in the 1957 championship game -- the last time that Detroit won the league crown. Burkett was drafted as a future pick, so he played a season at Auburn after being chosen by Baltimore, then missed his rookie NFL season with a shoulder injury, delaying his pro debut until 1961 -- more than two years after he’d been drafted. Burkett was drafted again in 1967, when the New Orleans Saints made him the fourth player picked in that year’s NFL expansion draft. No. 13 picks: Takeo Spikes, linebacker, Cincinnati Bengals, 1998; Nick Fairley, defensive tackle, Detroit Lions, 2011. With 1,425 NFL tackles, Spikes has recorded more than any other Auburn player. In 15 NFL seasons, Spikes played in 219 games, and his 215 starts are the most for any Auburn alumnus. In addition to Cincinnati, Spikes played for the Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers. He was twice a Pro Bowler and an All-Pro in 2004 with Buffalo. After four seasons with the Detroit Lions and one apiece with the St. Louis Rams and New Orleans Saints, Fairley’s career came to a premature end after the 2016 season because of a heart issue. No. 14 picks: Lloyd Cheatham, back, Chicago Cardinals, 1942; Jerry Wilson, defensive end, Chicago Cardinals, 1959; Gerald Robinson, defensive end, Minnesota Vikings, 1986. A Carbon Hill High School alumnus, Cheatham played one season with the Chicago Cardinals before missing the next three years for military service in World War II. He returned in 1946 to play three seasons with the New York Yankees of the All-American Football Conference. From Phillips High School in Birmingham, Wilson got traded twice in his two NFL seasons. After drafting him, Chicago shipped him to the Philadelphia Eagles before he’d played a game for the Cardinals. Philadelphia traded Wilson to the San Francisco 49ers four games into his second season, and the Eagles went on to win the 1960 NFL championship. After spending 1961 in the military, Wilson closed his career with three seasons for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canada Football League before a knee injury ended his playing days. Wilson almost started his pro football career in the CFL. The Cardinals successfully sued to keep Wilson from joining the Edmonton Eskimos, who’d made him a better offer. After winning the legal challenge, Chicago traded him. With 16 receptions for 207 yards, Wilson had been Auburn’s leading receiver in 1958, but he was a defensive end in the pros, although in the CFL he also caught nine passes. A prep standout at Notasulga, Robinson played in 89 regular-season games in nine seasons, but early injuries derailed his promise after he set Auburn’s career sacks record. From 1987 through 1989, Robinson played in six games. His only season as a full-time regular came in 1992, when he started every game for the Los Angeles Rams and recorded five of his career total of 19 sacks. Robinson got 2.5 of his sacks in his seventh NFL game, a performance that earned the NFC Defensive Player of the Week Award. No. 15 picks: Forrest Blue, center, San Francisco 49ers, 1968; Wayne Gandy, tackle, Los Angeles Rams, 1994. Blue earned first-team All-Pro recognition in 1971 and 1972 with San Francisco and followed that with two more Pro Bowl seasons. Gandy never earned all-star recognition, but in 15 NFL seasons, he played in 219 games and was a starter in all but the last of those campaigns. He and Takeo Spikes are the only former Auburn players with at least 200 NFL starts. In his first 13 seasons in the league, Gandy missed one game. No. 16 pick: Frank D’Agostino, guard, Philadelphia Eagles, 1956. After The Associated Press and the American Football Coaches Association selected D’Agostino as a first-team All-American tackle in 1955, his pro football career covered three leagues –Philadelphia in the NFL in 1956, the Grey Cup champion Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Canada in 1957 and the New York Titans in the AFL in 1960. No. 17 pick: Monk Gafford, back, Philadelphia Eagles, 1943. Considered the first 1,000-yard rusher in Auburn history, Gafford didn’t reach the NFL until three years after he was drafted. That’s because he was in military service in World War II after leaving the Tigers. His teammate, fullback Jim Reynolds, had the same timeline after being selected by the New York Giants with the 46th choice in the 1943 draft. Heading off to war robbed Gafford of the opportunity to play for the Steagles, the unofficial nickname for the one-year merger of the NFL’s Pittsburgh and Philadelphia franchises because of the shortage of players due to the worldwide conflict. Gafford never played in the NFL, but he spent three seasons in the All-American Football Conference with the Miami Seahawks and the Brooklyn Dodgers. No. 19 pick: Terry Beasley, wide receiver, San Francisco 49ers, 1972. A College Football Hall of Fame member, Beasley played in 29 NFL games over three seasons with San Francisco before head injuries ended his career. No. 21 pick: Rufus Deal, back, Washington Redskins, 1942. Deal played in six games and ran for 12 yards on five carries in his only NFL season. Yet he has a Pro Bowl selection from when the NFL’s all-star game was called the NFL All-Star Game. From 1938 through 1942, the event featured the NFL championship team playing an assemblage of all-stars from the rest of the league, and Washington was the NFL championship team in 1942. The all-stars defeated Washington 17-14 on Dec. 27, 1942, before 18,671 fans in Philadelphia. No. 22 pick: M.L. Brackett, defensive end, Chicago Bears, 1956. The former Etowah High School standout played in three NFL seasons but appeared in two league championship games. Unfortunately for Brackett, his team lost both title contests. In 1956, Chicago lost 47-7 to the New York Giants in the championship game. With the Giants in 1958 and in his last appearance, Brackett played in what’s often referenced as the NFL’s greatest game – the Baltimore Colts’ 23-17 overtime victory against New York. No. 23 pick: Dee Ford, outside linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs, 2014. After a back injury limited him to six games in 2017, Ford bounced back to record 13 sacks and force seven fumbles to earn Pro Bowl recognition in 2018. That led to an eventful offseason, during which he was franchise-tagged by Kansas City, traded to San Francisco and signed a five-year, $85.5 million contract with the 49ers. San Francisco then played in Super Bowl LIV. But a recurring back injury has limited Ford to seven games since. No. 24 pick: James Brooks, running back, San Diego Chargers, 1981. Brooks led the NFL in all-purpose yards in each of his first two NFL seasons. He went on to record three 1,000-yard rushing seasons and earn four Pro Bowl invitations with the Cincinnati Bengals. No. 25 picks: Reese McCall, tight end, Baltimore Colts, 1978; Jason Campbell, quarterback, Washington Redskins, 2005. Washington traded three picks to move up to draft Campbell, then had him sit his whole rookie season behind Mark Brunell. He finally got on the field as the starter for the final seven games of 2006, then spent the next three seasons as the starter for Washington and one more as the Oakland Raiders’ regular QB. Campbell had four more seasons mainly as a backup and was Auburn’s top NFL passer until Cam Newton surpassed him. No. 26 pick: Alexander Wright, wide receiver, Dallas Cowboys, 1990. In his seven NFL seasons, Wright caught 101 passes for 1,597 yards and 10 touchdowns after being the first wide receiver picked in the 1990 draft. In his second NFL game, Wright returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown, and he had a 102-yard kickoff return for a TD in 1991, too. No. 27 pick: Victor Riley, offensive tackle, Kansas City Chiefs, 1998. Riley rebuilt his career after being arrested in the middle of it for ramming a vehicle driven by his wife and carrying his daughter several times with a vehicle that he was driving. Riley started 47 games in his first three seasons with the Kansas City, but he had five starts in 2001, the year of his arrest. After counseling and a two-week jail sentence, Riley played four more seasons – three with the New Orleans Saints and one with the Houston Texans – and started 41 more games. No. 29 picks: Joe Cribbs, running back, Buffalo Bills, 1980; Doug Smith, nose tackle, Houston Oilers, 1984; Ed King, guard, Cleveland Browns, 1991; Ben Grubbs, guard, Baltimore Ravens, 2007. The most Auburn players picked at one draft position are four -- at No. 1, No. 29, No. 47, No. 83, No. 113 and No. 114. Cribbs was a three-time Pro Bowler and a 1,000-yard rusher in three of his first four seasons for the Bills (and a strike likely kept him from going four-for-four), then led the USFL in rushing yards in 1984 and had two more 1,000-yard seasons after jumping to the Birmingham Stallions. Ben Grubbs was a nine-year starter and two-time Pro Bowler – once for Baltimore and once for the New Orleans Saints. Smith was a starter in six of his eight years with the Oilers. King was a starter for three of his six NFL seasons. No. 30 picks: Kendall Simmons, guard, Pittsburgh Steelers, 2002; Noah Igbinoghene, cornerback, Miami Dolphins, 2020. Simmons started the first 80 games of his NFL career with Pittsburgh before suffering a torn Achilles tendon in 2008. He played in only four more NFL games -- three with the Buffalo Bills and one with the New England Patriots. No. 31 picks: Walter Gilbert, center, Philadelphia Eagles, 1937; Billy Wilson, tackle, St. Louis Cardinals, 1961; Lawyer Tillman, wide receiver, Cleveland Browns, 1989. Gilbert was the first Auburn player picked in the NFL Draft, and he chose not to play professionally. He went on to become a Texaco executive instead of an NFL star. Auburn presents an award to outstanding alumni who were athletes that is named for Gilbert. Gilbert entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956 as a member of its fourth induction class. Wilson was a future pick by the Cardinals. He played for Auburn in 1961 after being drafted by Chicago, but he never played in the NFL. Auburn’s hero of the 1986 Iron Bowl, Tillman also played tight end during his NFL career, which consisted of 37 games and 38 receptions for 658 yards and three touchdowns. FOR MORE OF AL.COM’S COVERAGE OF THE NFL, GO TO OUR NFL PAGE Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.