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Auburn ramping up efforts to win over 2024 Crimson Tide recruit River Wells ~2 minutes The Tigers currently have two recruits in the 2024 class, but Hugh Freeze and his staff have been actively working to lure another 2024 prospect from the team’s biggest rival. Auburn Undercover’s Christian Clemente reported on Sunday (subscription required) that Auburn has been increasing its efforts to win the favor of 2024 edge rusher Sterling Dixon, who is currently committed to the Alabama Crimson Tide. Buy Tigers Tickets Here is a little of what Dixon told Auburn Undercover about Freeze’s efforts: “They’ve been calling pretty much every week, making sure that I feel like a priority and I really love them. I’ve been talking to Coach Freeze the most. He called me earlier, he’s a pretty cool guy and I mess with him.” Dixon committed to Alabama on Dec. 1 of 2022, but that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to evaluate his options. He attended Alabama’s junior day on Jan. 14 of this year, but he also attended Auburn’s junior day on the 28th of that month, so his commitment to the Crimson Tide doesn’t appear to be unwavering. On top of that, the article stated that Dixon is primed to visit a few other schools such as Colorado and LSU. As it stands, the Tigers currently have the No. 20-ranked recruiting class for 2024 with three recruits.

si.com Cole Cubelic chimes in on upcoming Auburn quarterback battle Andrew Stefaniak 4–5 minutes Former Auburn offensive lineman Cole Cubelic discusses his thoughts on the Auburn quarterback battle. The Auburn quarterback battle is going to be the main talking point all the way until a starter is named before the season starts. Robby Ashford, TJ Finley, and Holden Geriner are using this spring practice window as an opportunity to show Hugh Freeze and the rest of the new staff why it should be them. Many Auburn fans hope the answer is not Finley, but after the first spring practice, it seems his name is in the running for this job more so than many would have imagined. On his podcast, The Cube Show, former Auburn offensive lineman, and current ESPN and SEC Network analyst Cole Cubelic shared his thoughts on the Auburn quarterback battle. Here is what he said: "What are some things that we are watching? Offense, let's start there. We know quarterback, right? Robby Ashford. You've got Hugh Freeze, you've got Philip Montgomery, you've got Kent Austin on this staff, so the development should be able to take place. TJ Finley still has a lot of experience; keep in mind TJ Finley's played a lot of football. He was forced into being a starter at LSU. Bo Nix goes down; he's a starter at Auburn. He got the start in the bowl game, so he's played in a post-season game. I think people forget sometimes that TJ Finley, even though it all hasn't been great, he's played a lot of football. I do think there may be some development left in TJ. Now he doesn't add the dynamic run ability that Robby does, but he's a guy that still could give you a veteran presence from a certain standpoint that's played a lot of ball that could potentially help you out. Maybe as a starter or maybe just as a backup who needs to come in and play at times on the roster. We've seen across college football you better have two that can play. I mean, hell, we're talking about Auburn. That's a perfect example of the last couple seasons." "Holden Geriner is going to be there; I don't think you count him out. When I talked to Hugh Freeze a couple of weeks ago, he likes him. He likes his competitive nature. The kid goes out and works his a** off. Wants to try to be good. He wants to compete for the job. Hugh's going to let them all compete. Don't think that any of these quarterbacks are going to come into this situation and not have the opportunity to play. They absolutely will." "But I want to go back to Robby for a moment. We mentioned it with TJ. Think about this with Robby, too; he played a lot last year. I mean, you got what a good three-quarters of a season as like the guy or whatever it was. Go back to this time a year ago. I had the Auburn spring game last year, so I met with Harsin. I went to practice a couple of times. I called the game. Richard Cross and I were there on the sideline talking to Harsin about Robby during the game. He was almost an afterthought right now going into spring ball. Then remember through spring ball, a little more discussion, little more discussion, little more discussion, and like midway through spring ball, it kind of got to like, oh, could we have a package for this guy? Then toward the end of spring ball, it was like, he's going to play. He came a long way in one spring. He didn't play a ton of football at Oregon. He missed the majority of his senior year at Hoover. That's one thing that Hugh and I talked about a little bit is the amount of development that's left in these Auburn quarterbacks. I think is way past what a lot of people believe." The more people talk about it, the more it seems like this truly is a three-man race. It's going to be the talking point of spring and summer to find out who will sling it for the Auburn Tigers in 2023.

247sports.com 'Intelligent' and 'tough' Johnson catching the eye of new OL coach Jake Thornton early in spring Jason Caldwell 4–5 minutes AUBURN, Alabama—A player that put in the work behind the scenes his first two years on the Auburn campus, Tate Johnson finally got his shot to shine last season following the retirement of Nick Brahms. Winning the starting center job for the Tigers, the redshirt sophomore played in the first three games of the season before injuring his elbow in a win over Missouri in game four. Coming back from surgery, Johnson has continued to grind in the weight room and it’s already paying dividends after just one spring practice under Hugh Freeze and new OL coach Jake Thornton. Working at guard on the first day, the 6-4, 295 junior earned praise from his new position coach for his attitude, effort and the work he put in on Monday. “Tate is doing a great job,” Thornton said. “I thought yesterday he was one of the better ones on our team in practice. In the walk-throughs that we have talked about and had, he had played some right guard and played left guard yesterday. He’s got to know how to play all three of those middle spots. “He’s intelligent. He’s tough. I believe he’s an Auburn man. He’s been through a lot of lows and a lot of highs here and come out on the other side. He had a really good day yesterday and I’m excited to watch him.” Where he winds up playing is anyone’s guess at the moment. With Thornton wanting all of his offensive linemen to learn every position along the front, that means plenty of mixing and matching for guys throughout the spring. While Johnson isn’t the type of guy that is going to play tackle, he is going to have an opportunity to earn a starting job at one of the three interior positions as the competition heats up throughout the spring and carries over into August. Thornton said so far the fourth-year junior is off to a good start as he looks to pick up where he left off last season. “He’s a technician,” Thornton said. “He knows how to use his body. He’s not the biggest guy, but he uses his strengths and he capitalizes on what he’s good at. That’s something that’s fun to watch and he certainly adds a huge element to us right there in the middle of our O-line. Excited about his progression over the next 14 days and going into the season.” Johnson was one of a big group of offensive lineman that stood out on day one, Thornton said. Having to learn a new offensive system, how to work with each other with eight new players on campus, and with a new position coach, he said the entire offensive line has done the right things to this point and that has him excited about their potential. “I think everybody, collectively, had a good day effort-wise,” he said. “Everybody showed up for practice and they worked. They have been working really hard in the meetings. I can go through the entire 16 guys and I can point out something good they did. They have all been in and watched extra film on their own. Last night there were about eight of them that called me between eight and 11 o’clock and asked me questions. They were watching it on their computers. 15COMMENTS “They are excited about coming in for meetings. I can point out a bunch of different things that happened, but I believe all of them are in the right direction. As long as we have that mentality of getting better and stacking days, I think we’ll come out of spring; nobody in the country is going to where they want to be at the end of spring but I think we’ll be on our way to where we want to be after this spring practice is over with.” Auburn returns to the practice field on Wednesday afternoon with the second of 15 scheduled practice days this spring. ">247Sports

sure is quiet this morning. what happened to all the folks claiming trump did no harm with covid. as we can see his one of his own staff member busted him out.

Secondly, Raskin noted that Trump’s White House adviser on COVID-19, Deborah Birx, wrote in her book that Trump’s pandemic policies cost Americans hundreds of thousands of lives.

Rep. Lauren Boebert Gets Absolutely Schooled By Jamie Raskin Using Trump's Own Words Josephine Harvey ~3 minutes Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) offered Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) some receipts after she tried to rewrite history on former President Donald Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. “You’re right. President Trump was in office when the COVID virus was released from a lab in China,” Boebert said in a spiel criticizing pandemic-era mask and vaccine mandates during a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday. “And he tried to make that very clear that this came from China, and reporters regularly dismissed that.” In his rebuttal, Raskin noted that Boebert had left out some key information ― including the fact that Trump repeatedly praised Chinese President Xi Jinping and China’s grasp over the situation as the virus was first spreading across the country and the world. “I appreciate the gentlelady’s passion. There’s two facts that she should perhaps be alerted to,” he began. “One is that Donald Trump, on more than 20 different occasions, defended the performance of the Chinese government and specifically President Xi in terms of his treatment of COVID-19 and said he was doing a ‘wonderful job’ and a ‘great job’ and they were working closely and they were constantly in touch. “So, if there’s a problem with the Chinese government unleashing a virus ― which has not been proven anywhere, but it certainly could be true ― you would have to pin that on your favorite president, Donald Trump, not on Joe Biden.” Secondly, Raskin noted that Trump’s White House adviser on COVID-19, Deborah Birx, wrote in her book that Trump’s pandemic policies cost Americans hundreds of thousands of lives. “So you don’t have to believe anybody on the Democratic side of the aisle. That’s Donald Trump’s own special adviser on COVID-19,” Raskin said. More than 1 million people in the U.S. died of COVID-19. Experts have suggested that a large chunk of those deaths could have been prevented had the Trump administration acted sooner and more appropriately to curb the spread. In an October 2021 House hearing, Birx said she believed the Trump White House bungled a chance to prevent up to 40% of the nation’s COVID-19 deaths.

Former Tennessee football staffers under Jeremy Pruitt hit with NCAA penalties Sam CooperTue, February 28, 2023 at 11:19 AM CST 3–4 minutes Four former members of the Tennessee football staff have been hit with NCAA penalties related to the case involving recruiting violations and impermissible benefits under former head coach Jeremy Pruitt. The NCAA announced Tuesday that four former Vols staffers reached an agreement with enforcement staff, including show-cause penalties that will vary from three to five years. However, Tennessee and other individuals involved in the case — including Pruitt — have “contested” the alleged violations or proposed penalties. As a result, the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions will proceed with a hearing to wrap up that portion of the case, which includes potential penalties for the football program. Sports Illustrated reported Tuesday that the four former Tennessee staffers who have agreed to NCAA penalties are defensive assistant coaches Brian Niedermeyer and Shelton Felton, as well as former director of player personnel Drew Hughes and former student assistant Michael Magness. Those individuals agreed that violations — including cash payments to recruits and impermissible contact with recruits during the COVID dead period — took place “over several academic years.” The NCAA said the show-cause penalties, which essentially prevents individuals from working in collegiate athletics, for those four will begin immediately. Jeremy Pruitt was fired by Tennessee in January 2021 due to an array of NCAA violations. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File) Tennessee was hit with 18 Level I violations Last July, the NCAA sent Tennessee a notice of allegations that included 18 Level I violations, the most serious in NCAA enforcement. The Tennessee football program under Pruitt’s watch was accused of giving out about $60,000 worth of impermissible benefits to recruits and their families over a three-year period. Pruitt and staff also allegedly hosted multiple recruits during the NCAA-mandated dead period at the heights of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pruitt and nine others were fired for cause in January 2021 after Tennessee opened an internal investigation into the violations. Pruitt went 16-19 in three seasons at Tennessee, including a 3-7 mark in 2020, and has not worked in college sports since. He had a one-year stint as an assistant with the New York Giants but did not coach during the 2022 season. Major sanctions still possible for Tennessee football Since Pruitt’s firing, the Vols have bounced back impressively on the field under new coach Josh Heupel. Heupel has an 18-8 record in two seasons, including going 11-2 in 2022. All the while, Tennessee has been cooperative as it has negotiated with the NCAA in an attempt to reach a resolution. The school self-imposed sanctions, including reducing its football scholarship count by 12 for the 2021 season. But with no agreement reached with the NCAA at this time, it’s still possible the school could still be hit with major penalties in the impending Committee on Infractions hearing.

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Auburn at Alabama Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview By Pete Fiutak | February 28, 2023 5:11 pm CT ~3 minutes Auburn at Alabama prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Wednesday, March 1 Auburn at Alabama How To Watch Date: Wednesday, March 1 Game Time: 7:00 ET Venue: Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, AL How To Watch: ESPN2 Record: Auburn (19-10), Alabama (25-4) – Sign up and live stream college basketball on ESPN+ AP Poll, All-Time College Basketball Rankings Coaches Poll, All-Time College Basketball Rankings College Football All-Time Rankings Coaches Poll | AP Poll – Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak Auburn vs Alabama Game Preview Why Auburn Will Win Auburn will get on the move and it’ll guard hard from three. It wasn’t able to stop anything Kentucky wanted to do inside in a blowout loss, but when the defense is working and the offense is able to get on the move, the team is dangerous. Alabama dominates on runs. Once the offense gets on the move and starts getting into a groove, forget it. Auburn has the ability to force Bama to keep going inside, it’s good at cleaning up on the boards and keep this from getting out of hand early – like it did in the first meeting in a 77-69 loss – and it’ll ramp up the defensive intensity. Auburn is a near-lock when keeping teams under 45% from the field, Alabama averages 45% shooting, and … Why Alabama Will Win Alabama doesn’t lose at home. It’s not like it’s through the storm as a program, but it got through two nasty games against South Carolina and Arkansas, all four losses were away from Coleman. Auburn’s problem isn’t the defense – it’s doing okay – it’s the lack of pop to keep up the pace when the games get rolling. It lost seven of the last ten games mostly because the shooting from the outside hasn’t consistently been there, and the fast break points aren’t making up for it. To be totally simplistic about it … What’s Going To Happen Auburn won’t be able to score enough. It’s Alabama vs Auburn, so both sides will play at another level from the start, the defenses will be great, and it’ll all come down to one big Bama explosion to pull away. Auburn vs Alabama Prediction, Line Alabama 84, Auburn 69 Line: Alabama -9, o/u: 151.5 ATS Confidence out of 5: 3 Must See Ranking: 3.5 – College Basketball Predictions For Every Game: Wednesday Coaches Poll, All-Time College Basketball Rankings 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s AP Poll, All-Time College Basketball Rankings 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s College Football All-Time Rankings Coaches Poll | AP Poll

Big challenge week offers big opportunity for AU basketball, Pearl says Mark Murphy 4–5 minutes AUBURN, Alabama–Bruce Pearl is telling his Tigers that playing the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in college basketball, according to the NCAA Net ratings, can be a good thing for his slumping Auburn team. The coach says that a win on Wednesday vs. the No. 2 rated Tide, or one on Saturday vs. the No. 3 rated Vols, should put Auburn into the NCAA Tournament in addition to helping AU’s seeding for next week’s SEC Tournament. Alabama, which is 25-4 overall and 15-1 in the SEC, can clinch the regular season title with a win over the Tigers. The Tide has a two-game lead over second-place Texas A&M, the team it plays to close the regular season. Auburn, which is 9-7 in the league and 19-10 overall, needs a win at Tuscaloosa or at home Saturday vs. Tennessee to finish the regular season with a winning record in the conference. The Tigers are No. 36 in the net rankings. Tipoff for Wednesday’s matchup in Tuscaloosa is set for 6 p.m. CST at Coleman Coliseum and the game will be televised on ESPN2. Alabama defeated the Tigers 77-69 at Neville Arena earlier this month in a game the Tigers led for much of the contest. “I am going to go through the scenario today of what winning two means, what winning one means, what losing two means,” Pearl said about what he will discuss with his players about playing the Tide and Vols. “Just always put it out there so the guys understand. You never want to look back and have them be in any sort of a doubt, and then look forward to the SEC Tournament. “We have an idea of who we could play in the first game, one way or the other. Typically, the first game, it's not going to be an opponent that could put you in. (the NCAA Tournament), but it's definitely an opponent that could put you out so we have a chance to play two opponents that could get us in, right here, right now. “Go into the SEC Tournament, lose and you're done, but win, and you may not still be in,” he said of the scenario for his team with two losses this week. “You can't win yourself in, maybe, with that first-round opponent so all you can do is lay the cards out, which then I go back to, man, the body of work.” Pearl said the non-conference schedule is one of the reasons his team can get into the NCAA Tournament even though the Tigers already have 10 losses. “For example, Colgate won their league,” he said of a team the Tigers handled. “That matters. The win over Saint Louis, even though they have not had a great year, that was a great, great win for us. Beating Northwestern, who was a Quad 1 win in holding them to 42 points, was significant. Bradley won their league. “The formula we have always had of trying to play really good non-conference teams, who have a chance to compete in their leagues, that stuff has always really helped us. It seems like it was a long time ago, but it really isn't. Johni Broome (right) leads the Tigers in scoring and rebounding. (Photo: Jeff Gray, USA TODAY Sports) “Then the decision to be the only Power Five school to play three, true, non-conference road games against other Power Five schools–we only won one of them at Washington, but all that stuff helped our strength of schedule. You would hate for it to be a situation where we just couldn't beat the best teams on our schedule. That's what it's boiled down to so far. We just haven't been able to beat the best teams on our schedule yet. 7COMMENTS “Arkansas would certainly be one that you would look at and say that's been one of our better ones.They were ranked, what, 13th at the time? Certainly the Mississippi State win, the Missouri win, those wins in the league look like teams that have a chance to make the tournament. So, wins against the field, we just need another one. “