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trump cannot surprise me anymore. i do not kid.

but but but what about biden?

how soon we forget. how dare you call any administration a joke after that garbage YOU voted for. and how many are in jail? you do not want justice you want revenge. even barr started telling a few truths. you want to throw out whataboutism but the fact is you and many others denied the facts coming out until it was all so overwhelming concerning trump so why should anyone believe you when you would not believe the truth about him when it was right in your face the whole time. you are just a partison hack who wants revenge because the bad haired baby let you down so badly.

they did not mention the lady has the dress she was wearing when trump allegedly assaulted her and she claims it has trumps DNA all over it. if this is true then trump is toast.

Under oath, Trump hurled insults at woman who alleges rape FILE - President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 12, 2021, in Washington. Questioned for a lawsuit, former President Donald Trump hurled insults and threatened to sue the columnist who accused him of raping her in a department store in the 1990s, according to excerpts of his testimony unsealed by a court on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File ) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) LARRY NEUMEISTER Fri, January 13, 2023 at 12:46 PM CST NEW YORK (AP) — Questioned for a lawsuit, former President Donald Trump angrily hurled insults and threatened to sue the columnist who accused him of raping her in a department store in the 1990s, according to excerpts of his videotaped testimony unsealed by a court on Friday. Portions of his 5 1/2-hour October deposition in a lawsuit filed by columnist E. Jean Carroll were released publicly after a federal judge rejected his lawyers' request that it remained sealed. “She said that I did something to her that never took place. There was no anything. I know nothing about this nut job,” he said, according to the transcript. The excerpts reveal a contentious battle between Trump and Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for Carroll, who questioned him as Trump called the former longtime Elle magazine columnist the perpetrator of “a complete scam” in which she described the rape as she “was promoting a really crummy book.” - ADVERTISEMENT - “I will sue her after this is over, and that’s the thing I really look forward to doing. And I’ll sue you too,” he told Kaplan. The release of excerpts from the deposition came the same day as Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, unrelated to the lawyer, also refused a request by Trump’s attorneys to toss out two lawsuits by Carroll alleging defamation and rape. An April trial is planned. Trump has repeatedly said the encounter with Carroll in the mid-1990s at an upscale Manhattan department store never happened. In his testimony, Trump repeatedly attacked Carroll's depiction of him as a rapist. Trump said he knew it wasn't “politically correct” to say “she's not my type” when he responded to claims shortly after Carroll's 2019 book was published. The writer alleged she was attacked by Trump in a dressing room after they had a chance meeting in the store and she agreed to help him pick out lingerie for a friend. “But I’ll say it anyway,” he said. “She’s accusing me of rape, a woman that I have no idea who she is. It came out of the blue. She’s accusing me of raping her, the worst thing you can do, the worst charge.” Speaking to her attorney, he added: “And you know it’s not true too. You’re a political operative also. You’re a disgrace. But she’s accusing me and so are you of rape, and it never took place.” At one point in the deposition, Trump called Carroll “sick, mentally sick.” He mischaracterized an interview Carroll had given on CNN, falsely claiming she had talked about enjoying being sexually assaulted. “She actually indicated that she loved it. Okay? She loved it until commercial break,” Trump said. “In fact, I think she said it was sexy, didn’t she? She said it was very sexy to be raped. Didn’t she say that?” Kaplan, Carroll’s attorney, then tried to elicit from Trump that he raped her client. “So, sir, I just want to confirm: It’s your testimony that E. Jean Carroll said that she loved being sexually assaulted by you?” Trump answered: “Well, based on her interview with Anderson Cooper, I believe that’s what took place. And we can define that. ... I think she said that rape was sexy – which it’s not, by the way.” What Carroll has said in her writing, and in the interview with Cooper, is that she doesn’t like to use the word rape because some other people “think rape is sexy.” She said she preferred the term “fight.” At another point in the deposition, Kaplan asked Trump if he had ever touched a woman on her breast or buttocks or any other sexual part without her consent. "Well, I will tell you no, but you may have some people like your client that lie," he responded. Late Friday, Trump attorney Alina Habba issued a statement, saying: “While it was entirely unnecessary for the unsealing of a transcript both parties previously agreed would remain confidential, our client has nothing to hide and looks forward to resolving this meritless case.” Roberta Kaplan declined to comment on the release of the deposition excerpts. Kaplan, the Manhattan judge, earlier Friday upheld the lawsuits alleging rape and defamation and seeking unspecified damages by Carroll, saying they could proceed to trial because Trump's challenges were without merit. “The fact that Mr. Trump denies Ms. Carroll’s allegations does not enter into the analysis at this stage of the case,” the jurist wrote. “What, if anything, actually occurred must await further proceedings if the complaint withstands the present motion.” Habba said in a statement: "While we are disappointed with the Court’s decision, we intend to immediately appeal the order and continue to advocate for our client’s constitutionally protected rights.” In his ruling, the judge said the Adult Survivor’s Act was similar to the Child Victims Act, another New York state law that temporarily allowed victims of sexual assaults when they were children to sue their abusers years later. Carroll initially sued Trump for defamation after he mocked her claims he sexually assaulted her. Carroll sued Trump with the rape claim in November, when the Adult Survivor's Act took effect.

i hope karma comes back and bites hars in the behind. i am still mad he screwed up the team so bad and got several mil he did not deserve. i am sick of rewarding idiots for bad behavior. that fifteen mil could have gone to NIL or towards a construction project at auburn.

auburnwire.usatoday.com Behind Enemy Lines: Auburn-Mississippi State preview with Stefan Krajisnik of The Clarion Ledger Taylor Jones 5–6 minutes The No. 22 Auburn Tigers earned its first road win of the SEC schedule on Tuesday when the Tigers defeated Ole Miss, 82-73 at The Pavillion. Auburn will now look to complete the Magnolia State sweep this Saturday, as they host the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Neville Arena for a 7:30 p.m. CT tipoff. Buy Tigers Tickets Mississippi State got off to a hot start under first-year head coach Chris Jans by posting an 11-1 nonconference record. However, the Bulldogs have been hit hard by a tough SEC slate to this point. The Bulldogs have had to go through a gauntlet of No. 4 Alabama and No. 5 Tennessee, and have visited an up-and-coming Georgia team. Their lone win on the SEC schedule has been a win over rival Ole Miss at home, and they will enter the contest with Auburn with a 1-3 record against SEC foes. What can we expect to see from Mississippi State? To get a more in-depth look at Auburn’s next opponent, we invited Mississippi State beat writer Stefan Krajisnik to join us for the latest edition of “Behind Enemy Lines.” How has Chris Jans performed through his first 16 games as head coach? Can Auburn overcome Mississippi State’s defense under the basket? Krajisnik answers those questions and more. Here is today’s edition of “Behind Enemy Lines” with Stefan Krajisnik of The Clairon Ledger. Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports Chris Jans has led the Bulldogs to a 12-4 record to this point in the season. What has been your early assessment of his performance? Jans has done a solid job under difficult circumstances. He inherited a roster without a proven shooter and has embraced the defense-first mentality that’s made this team successful early on. He’s clearly gotten players to buy in to what his staff is selling. It’ll be a big offseason for him to find talent in the portal. Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports Despite the strong start, Mississippi State enters Saturday’s game with Auburn at 1-3 in the SEC. What are the factors that have slowed down the Bulldog’s hot start? The offense has been poor since competition picked up. MSU struggles to score in all three levels. Shooting from beyond the arc is spotty. The Bulldogs have missed some easy looks in the paint at times. Lastly, the free throw shooting has been among the worst in the nation. Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports Auburn has seen an uptick in production on the offensive side of the ball over the last two games. How do you see them stacking up against State’s defense? It’s an interesting matchup because MSU has done a good job of playing defense inside the arc, which is an area where Auburn’s offense has been successful. If Auburn is struggling from deep, I think MSU’s defense can have some success especially because of its ability to create turnovers. If Auburn is knocking down 3-pointers, then it could be a long night for Mississippi State. Eakin Howard/Getty Images Tolu Smith and D.J. Jefferies have held spots at the top of box scores all season long. What makes them so special? Jeffries is likely the most dynamic player on the team. He’s one of the few players on the roster that can get going from outside, but he’s also shown to be at his best when that’s complemented by a willingness to drive to the hoop. Smith has been one of the more overlooked players in the SEC in the last couple years. He led the SEC in rebounding two seasons ago before dealing with injuries last season. When MSU is knocking down 3-pointers and stretching the floor, Smith becomes a legit threat in the post. Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports Who are other Bulldogs that Auburn fans need to be aware of? Cameron Matthews is a guy who won’t light up the box score, but his athleticism makes him exciting. He can jump out of the gym – whether it be for a dunk, steal or block. He’s a game-changer because you don’t expect him to do some of the things he’s able to do. Shakeel Moore had a nice outing at Georgia, but he’s been inconsistent. He’s a solid defender at the guard position who can knock down 3-pointers when he’s got it going. Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports What does Mississippi State need to do well in order to earn a win at Neville Arena? MSU needs to hit its free throws. Nobody expects the Bulldogs to shoot 90% from the charity stripe, but when you’re shooting below 50% it’s a problem. The more they miss, the more it’ll let the crowd get into the game. The free throws struggles also make it nearly impossible to pull away late in a game. David Berding/Getty Images What is your final score prediction? I predict Auburn to win 70-54. MSU’s defense will keep the game ugly, but I think Auburn will be able to pull away late if Mississippi State hits a scoring drought.

Zep Jasper: 'It only takes one game to gain confidence' Zac Blackerby ~2 minutes Allen Flanigan is on a tear. In the past week, the Auburn basketball team has found its groove after a tough loss at Georgia. Wins against the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Ole Miss Rebels have set this team on fire and the man providing that spark has been Flanigan. Auburn senior guard Zep Jasper credited Flanigan for the spark during an interview this week on Locked On Auburn. "We've had people like Allen Flanigan who is coming into himself," said Jasper. "He's been stepping up and playing awesome. He's been on fire." During the last three games, Flanigan has scored 11 in the loss to Georgia, 18 against Arkansas, and 15 against Ole Miss. "He's always been capable of that," Jasper said. "He's one of the players that can get hot. It only takes one game to gain confidence. You get one game, you get that confidence, and in your head, it tells you that anything is possible. And I feel like Allen, he got to that point. He had that one good game and he's back to his old self." Flanigan, Jasper, and the Auburn Tigers take on Mississippi State in Neville Arena Saturday night at 7:30 on the SEC Network.

Justin Rogers, former Kentucky DL, announces SEC transfer commitment Andrew Olson ~1 minute Justin Rogers is staying in the SEC. The former Kentucky defensive lineman is headed to The Plains to play for Auburn. Rogers shared the big news on Twitter. Rogers heads to Auburn after 3 seasons with the Wildcats. He played in 33 games for Mark Stoops’ troops, recording 60 tackles and 3 sacks at UK. The 6-3, 332-pound Rogers is coming off his most productive season in terms of tackles. In 13 games (12 starts), Rogers logged career-highs of 35 total tackles, including 9 solo stops during UK’s 2022 campaign. The 2021 season was Rogers’ best in terms of tackles for loss (2.5) and sacks (1.5). Hugh Freeze’s staff has momentum on the recruiting trail, particularly in the transfer portal. Rogers is addition No. 12 for the Tigers from the portal.

Five losing teams that can surprise like TCU with 2023 national championship appearance These five teams have the ingredients for a one-year turnaround sure to satisfy their fanbases By Tom Fornelli Jan 11, 2023 at 4:03 pm ET • 6 min read USATSI TCU's run to the College Football Playoff National Championship wasn't supposed to happen. Whether unintentional or by design, when it comes to determining a national champion, college football has always been a sport great at separating the wheat from the chaff. It's a sport where Cinderella isn't even supposed to make it to 9 p.m., let alone midnight. Despite exceeding expectations by reaching the game, TCU's 65-7 loss to Georgia was an excellent reminder of the divide that remains in the sport between the elite and the upstarts. While TCU's run is unlikely to ever happen again before playoff expansion, if we look past what the Horned Frogs have been historically, and instead focus on how they pulled off the impossible, we see there's a path. While it's impossible to boil everything that TCU did down to one paragraph, let's try! First of all, the Frogs brought in a new coach, Sonny Dykes, who helped establish a new culture within the program. Next, the Frogs had a quarterback in Max Duggan -- who wasn't the Week 1 starter, mind you -- perform to the utmost of his ability in an offense designed to take advantage of what he, and his teammates, had to offer. Finally, there was some luck involved. There always is, even for elite teams. Going 6-1 in one-score games with an overall point margin of +29 (4.14 per game) means a few coin-flip situations went TCU's way far more often than not.. To be clear, that is nothing to be ashamed about. When you combine being good with being lucky, great things happen. So can it happen again? While it's not the recommended path to success, we've seen that it's possible. With that in mind, I went through all the Power Five teams to miss out on a bowl game in 2022 to see if I could find any that might be capable of going from home for the holidays to playing on New Year's Eve. While there aren't many TCU types (use it as bulletin board material, Vanderbilt), there are five Power Five programs that can pull it off. These are the prime candidates (though none are coached by Prime). Auburn OK, let's check off some boxes here. It's a team coming off a 5-7 season with a first-year head coach. Sure, it's Auburn, and it has won a national title this century, so it's not a true "TCU" program, but it meets enough criteria to make the list. Auburn has proven time and again that if everybody involved with the program pulls in the same direction, it's capable of doing great things. The problem is they rarely pull in the same direction on The Plains. More often than not, Auburn figures out a way to pull one rope in four different directions. It's an incredible feat of engineering, but it doesn't correlate strongly with winning football games. Anyway, it's a talented team with a coach (Hugh Freeze) who has had success in the league before. Toss in some luck, and it's not too crazy. Miami I already regret writing this story. Oh well, we're too deep now, and I have nobody to blame but myself. I was one of the many who bought in a little too heavily on Miami ahead of the 2022 season. I did not consider how much of a roster rebuild coach Mario Cristobal had in mind. That said, while thinking Miami could have won the ACC was a bridge too far, that should've been a more likely outcome than 5-7. There's no excuse for the Hurricanes going 5-7 with losses to teams like Middle Tennessee, Duke and Pitt (all by at least two scores, mind you). Still, there's reason to believe that if enough things go right, and with another offseason of work and more players who fit what Miami wants to be, it's possible the Hurricanes can take a tremendous leap forward in Year 2 under Cristobal. While I have high hopes for Florida State, and I don't think Clemson's ready to fall off the face of the Earth, there's still plenty of wiggle room in an ACC that lacks a clearly elite team entering 2023. Michigan State In a sense, Michigan State was the original TCU. The Spartans went 2-5 in Mel Tucker's first season in East Lansing, which was a step back from 7-6 in 2019, but one that wasn't all that unexpected. Tucker was a late offseason hire after the unexpected retirement of Mark Dantonio, and just after Tucker moved into his new office, a once-in-a-century global pandemic hit. All of that was slightly less anticipated than Michigan State exploding for an 11-2 mark and Peach Bowl appearance in 2021. In that season, Tucker and the Spartans hit a bunch of home runs in the transfer portal, with none bigger than Heisman finalist Kenneth Walker. This year, the Spartans didn't get as lucky, suffered some regression and dropped to 5-7. However, the talent level on this roster is better than that record. Yes, it's a lot more difficult for the Spartans to break through in a Big Ten East with Michigan coming off two conference titles, Ohio State being Ohio State and Penn State getting its act back together, but we've seen Sparty do it before. Nebraska Like Auburn, Nebraska has a first-year coach taking over with Matt Rhule returning to the college game. Unlike Auburn and TCU, Nebraska didn't go 5-7 this season; it went 4-8, so there's even more ground to make up in the standings. Like Miami, the path for Nebraska may not be as tricky as it is for others. While the Big 12 was one of the best conferences in college football this season, there's no question that neither Texas nor Oklahoma living up to their potential helped TCU. While the Big Ten has Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State, they all play in the East. Look at the rest of the Big Ten West and tell me who the clearcut favorite is. Wisconsin has a new coach and a new offense. Iowa is Iowa -- which is good for Iowa, but not anything terrifying. Purdue won the division, its coach left for Louisville, and now it has a first-year coach of its own. Illinois was a surprise in 2021, finishing 8-5, but lost four of its last five games. Northwestern is not in the best condition at the moment. Again, I'm not saying any of these teams making the leap is likely, but Nebraska can at least get an audition for the role. Texas A&M What have I done? First Miami, then Nebraska, and now Texas A&M. If only Texas had gone 5-7, I could include it and complete the Hypebeast Superfecta. Listen, it's hard to trust the Aggies. I don't, but you cannot deny that this is a talented roster that underperformed in 2022. I was never in the "Texas A&M is a playoff contender" crowd, but 5-7? That should've been impossible with the talent on hand. Most of that talent remains, and coach Jimbo Fisher may have finally conceded he needs a little help by bringing in Bobby Petrino as his offensive coordinator. Yes, there's a risk of this blowing up spectacularly, but there's also the chance that everything clicks and the Aggies finally break through.

Auburn is getting a "matchup nightmare" in Nick Mardner Andrew Stefaniak ~4 minutes The Auburn Tigers recently landed Nick Mardner, a six-foot-six, 215-pound wide receiver, via the transfer portal from Cincinnati. There is so much to be excited about with this addition for a wide receiver room that doesn't have a guy Mardner's size with his skill set. His attributes as a wideout are so interesting. Usually, guys Mardner's size win 50/50 balls for a living. He can win 50/50 balls but can also burn defenses deep with surprising speed. Mardner had a down year in 2021, only catching 19 passes for 218 yards and three touchdowns. We have seen what he can do during his time at Hawaii, so hopefully, he can be a lethal weapon for the Tigers in 2023. Host of Locked on Bearcats Alex Frank joined Zac Blackerby of the Locked on Auburn Podcast to discuss Mardner. Blackerby asked Frank what Tiger fans should expect from Mardner in 2023. Here was his response: "He's going to have to step up his game. I mean, it's the SEC. What's the SEC known for? Their corners. I mean, we've seen some very good corners come out of that conference. We've also seen some great wide receivers. I've seen receivers who are small but thick do well. There are receivers who are taller who have done well. But at the same time, it's hard to tell. Mardner is going to be a mismatch for corners in the SEC. I think he could have a better season. Yes, I say he's going to have to step up his game, but at the same time, in the SEC, you've got more opportunities because you're going to be playing against the best athletes in all of college football. I want him to do well. I wanted him to do well at Cincinnati. I'm glad he's found a place down in Auburn." Blackerby then went on to ask Frank about how he anticipates Auburn to use Mardner. "They tried to use him. But you have to remember the Bearcats were dealing with quarterback issues all season," he said. "He's going to be used on go balls. His first touchdown of the season was a go-ball against Arkansas in that game Labor Day weekend. He caught a fade route for a touchdown against Miami. They'll use his height in the red zone. I think at the same time, you can use him on a go route; you can use him in the red zone, you can use him on crossers. I mean, my one other concern with Nick Mardner is he drops a lot of passes. If you look at his game logs, as far as targets are concerned. He had 49 catches in 2021 with Hawaii almost 1,000 yards, but I want to see how many targets he's had in each season. I don't know off the top of my head if he only caught 50% of his targets or 75% of his targets. That's a big difference. But the ways he's going to be used are ones you would think of when you think of a guy like six-foot-six. If I had to give an NFL comparison off the top of my head, I would say Mike Williams of the L.A. Chargers. He's not as big and thick as a Mike Williams, but they're tall, and they can go up and get any ball. Mardner is going to make life easier for whoever the quarterbacks going to be at Auburn." This type of player will be a lot of fun to watch in an Auburn uniform. Coach Freeze will find the perfect way to utilize Mardner in 2023. This Tiger's passing attack will be scary once the Hugh Freeze offense is implemented.

Auburn football, basketball, baseball & other Tiger Tidbits Mark Murphy 12–15 minutes Starting with football: * Currently, 37.6 percent of the scholarship roster spots (85 maximum) for the 2023 team will be newcomers. With Coach Hugh Freeze and his staff far from finished with talent acquisition for their first Auburn team, it won’t be a surprise if by the time preseason practices start in August that considerably more than 40 percent of the scholarship players they are working with are newcomers. * While trying to bolster the 2023 roster the new coaching staff is playing catch-up on prospects in this region for the 2024 class. KingJoseph Edwards, a 6-5, 242 class of 2024 four-star tight end from Buford, Ga., High, is expected to be on campus for an Auburn junior day on the 28th. The concept of being organized enough to put together successful junior days seemed to elude the previous coaching staff, something the Gus Malzahn, Gene Chizik and Tommy Tuberville staffs were good at doing. * The Tigers still have a major need to rebuild the offensive line for beyond the 2023 season. An offensive tackle expected to visit this month to meet with the new coaching staff is 6-6, 290 Malachi Toliver from Cartersville, Ga., High. Getting young offensive tackles in the pipeline for future seasons is a roster management priority. Toliver has offers from Tennessee, LSU, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Arkansas and a variety of teams outside the SEC. In basketball: *After finishing the previous four games with double-doubles, Johni Broome will try to become the first Auburn player to finish with five consecutive double-double performances since center Jeff Moore did it to finish the 1987-88 season on a team coached by Sonny Smith. Moore finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds vs. Ole Miss and 20 points and 11 rebounds vs. LSU. In the SEC Tournament at Baton Rouge he scored 22 points and pulled in 11 rebounds vs. Georgia. In the NCAA Tournament at Atlanta he finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds vs. Bradley and finished his Auburn playing days with 22 points and 11 rebounds vs. Oklahoma. Moore, who regularly came back to his alma mater to support the program, passed away late in 2022. He is 10th in Auburn history for points scored with 1,549, one spot ahead of current coaching staff member Marquis Daniels. Moore is second in career rebounds with 950, second only to Mike Mitchell’s 996 from 1974-78. Johni Broome is off to a strong start with the Tigers. (Photo: Jason Caldwell, 247Sports) *Broome and a player he went head-to-head against the past two seasons, K.J. Williams, are ranked among the SEC leaders in field goal percentage. Broome who is 6-10, 235 pounds, is making 50.3 percent of his shots, which ranks fourth in the league. Williams, the former Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year at Murray State, is making 53.5 of his shots in his first season at LSU after making the move to Baton Rouge with his head coach, Matt McMahon. He is 6-10, 245 pounds and is 37 points shy of 2,000 career points. Williams is on target to reach that goal next Wednesday when Broome and Auburn play at LSU. Williams already has passed 1,000 career rebounds. Neither of the players were highly recruited out of high school. Broome was rated three stars when he signed with Morehead State out of Tampa Catholic High in Florida. Williams didn’t even have a 247Sports ranking as a basketball prospect at Cleveland Central High School in Mississippi. He also played football and basketball. He was a rather tall quarterback, leading his team to a 12-1 record while passing for more than 2,400 yards and 21 touchdowns with 300 yards rushing as a senior. Williams is second in the SEC in scoring at 18.8 points per game. Broome is 15th at 13.3. Broome is second in rebounding at 8.9 per game. Williams is tied for sixth in the league at 7.6. In Auburn’s four SEC games Broome is averaging 11.0 rebounds and 16.3 points. Broome, last season’s Defensive Player of the Year in the Ohio Valley Conference, is averaging 2.67 blocks per game, which is third in the SEC. Williams is tied for 15th at 0.88 blocks per game. As a team the Tigers are second nationally with 6.25 blocks per contest. Auburn has a streak of 69 consecutive games with at least one blocked shot. *The Tigers are ranked No. 17 nationally in the Pomeroy (Ken.pom) analytical listing of the 358 Division I teams, which is a bit ahead of their AP (21st) and USA Today Coaches Top 25 (22nd) rankings. Defensively, the Tigers are ranked 15th by Ken.pom. Tennessee, which is ranked No. 2 overall behind Houston in the Ken.pom team strength listing, is No. 1 defensively. The Tigers will play Tennessee twice this season on Feb. 4th in Knoxville and March 4th in the regular season finale at Neville Arena. * Auburn made 49.2 percent of its field goals in the win at Ole Miss on Tuesday, which is the best shooting game for the Tigers during their 3-1 start in SEC play. The Tigers will be challenged to match that type of shooting on Saturday night when Mississippi State visits. The Bulldogs are allowing opponents to make just 38.2 percent on their field goals. Mississippi State, is ranked No. 7 defensively, according to Ken.pom. In baseball: * A right-handed pitcher who could help the Tigers this season as a redshirt freshman is 6-3, 205 Trevor Horne out of Phenix City. He threw the ball well in fall drills and with classes back in session he has looked good throwing the ball in individual workouts. He could be one of the team’s most improved players for the 2023 season. He was an All-State player at Glenwood School and will get a look as a potential starter. * Another Tiger who was a high school pitcher in Phenix City is 6-1, 187 right-hander Will Cannon. He is a sophomore after transferring in from junior college. Last season at Northwest Florida State he was 3-2 with a 3.10 earned average with five saves. He struck out 30 batters in 29 innings. The former Central High School star is expected to be in the mix as a closer or a set-up man out of the bullpen. In gymnastics: * The Tigers posted the fifth highest score in the country for the opening week of the season with a 197.350 last Saturday night in Las Vegas at the Super 16 competition. Auburn posted the best score on vault of any team in the country with a 49.500, which tied the program record.. The Tigers are ranked sixth on bars, seventh on floor and ninth on beam, which could turn out to be a strong event like it was last season when Auburn finished fourth nationally in that category. For week two Coach Jeff Graba’s Tigers will compete at Florida vs. the Gators, who posted the second highest score at 197.750 in the country last week. The meet is being televised on ESPN2 at 6:30 p.m. CST. In last year’s regular season meet at Neville Arena the teams tied at 198.575 apiece, which was a record score for each program. In tennis: * The men’s team is ranked in the preseason Top 25 for the first time since the 2013 season. The Tigers, who are ranked 24th, will open the season at noon on Sunday with a home match vs. Michigan State and will make it a doubleheader with a 5 p.m. match vs. Alabama State. Coach Bobby Reynolds said the goal for the Tigers is to be an NCAA regional host after advancing to the second round of the tournament last season after going to the SEC Tournament semi-finals. Five of last season’s top six players are back, including two-time All-SEC selection Tyler Stice, a senior from Atlanta. To earn an NCAA Regional the Tigers will need to be ranked in the Top 16. Five of the team's top six players return. * The women’s team is ranked 15th nationally to start the dual meet season, 10 spots higher than the Tigers opened last season. Auburn was a host for a 2022 NCAA Regional and won those two matches to advance to the super regional round where the Tigers lost at Texas to end one of the best seasons in program history. Texas, a future SEC member, defeated another future SEC member, to win the NCAA team title. The Tigers are in Indian Wells, Calif., Friday through Sunday to compete at the Dual in the Desert event vs. Kansas, Texas Tech and Georgia. They will open their home schedule on Friday, Jan. 20th vs. Iowa State. The Tigers will have a new player competing this weekend, Ali DeSpain, a graduate transfer from Clemson where she was the team's 2021-22 captain. She was a two-time state high school champion in South Carolina with her highest collegiate ranking at No. 17 in doubles. In swimming: * Auburn and No. 1 ranked Arizona State have made the biggest climbs in the men’s Top 25 this season. The Tigers, who are currently 9th, will likely climb again after starting the season at No. 19. Included in their recent victories is a 167.5-132.5 dual meet win vs. No. 8 Texas A&M. Auburn followed that with a 213-87 road victory over Georgia Tech. The women’s team has moved up to No. 19 after beginning the season ranked 21st. The Tigers also had a victory over a higher ranked Texas A&M team and will likely move up after out-scoring the 15th-ranked Aggies 172-128. The Tigers will return to action a week from today with a 4 p.m. CST home dual meet vs. Alabama. In volleyball: * Prior to his team having a breakout 2022 performance with a 22-9 record and a run into the round of 32 at the NCAA Tournament, Coach Brent Crouch wasn’t having any luck interesting high level players in the transfer portal to seriously consider Auburn. He told me that he and the rest of his staff were having problem seven getting them to even respond to inquiries about making the move to AU. That has changed with the Tigers adding three transfers for the 2023 roster. The group includes six-foot-three middle blocker Bella Bell from the University of Kentucky and Blythewood, S.C., High School, 6-4 middle blocker Kyla Swanson from the University of Illinois and Wahoo, Neb., High School plus 5-11 setter Peyton Dunn from the University of Oklahoma and Legend High School in Parker, Colo. Coming off the best season in program history with a roster dominated by freshmen, the 2023 season has a strong possibility of being more successful. Here is what Crouch said about each of the transfers: “Bella is extremely physical, putting up on the largest blocks in the country from the middle position. Routinely shutting down explosive pin hitters by reading and reacting, she is going to upgrade our defense significantly. She arrives with national championship experience from Kentucky’s win in 2020-21. “Kyla is a dynamic player who is a force at the net both blocking and attacking. In particular, her lateral speed will be an asset in defending increasingly fast-tempo offenses. She arrives with tremendous experience competing in the BIG Ten, including a key role and performance in Illinois’ second-round victory over Kentucky in 2021 to make the Sweet Sixteen.” “Peyton just ran one of the fastest offenses in the country at Oklahoma last season. Since we expect to increase our tempo this coming season, she will be in her comfort zone. She also has the ability to set long balls against the flow, especially behind to the opposite attacker. I have been impressed by her commitment to playing and competing at the highest level.” In equestrian: 21COMMENTS * The Tigers will be the host for the national championships like they were last season for the event at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Fla. The top eight teams in the country will compete in quarter-finals on April 13th with the semi-finals on day two and the finals the following day. The Tigers are currently ranked No. 3 nationally behind SMU and TCU. Auburn’s next meet is Feb. 3rd at TCU and the Tigers will be a host for a dual meet vs. SMU on Feb. 25th. Auburn closed its fall schedule with a 15-4 victory over No. 6 ranked Oklahoma State. ">247Sports

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Local restaurant to honor Cadillac Williams with special menu item Taylor Jones ~2 minutes What does Pat Sullivan, rod bramblett, Gus Malzahn, Bruce Pearl and Cadillac Williams all have in common? They each have a menu item named after them at a local restaurant. Niffers, an Auburn establishment best known for its’ burgers and sandwiches, announced Wednesday that they would recognize former Auburn running back and interim head coach Cadillac Williams with a special menu item. “For all he did then & all he does NOW… Carnell “Cadillac” Williams deserves his own menu item,” the restaurant shared in a tweet. What will the menu item be? That will be for Auburn fans to decide. Niffers has allowed the general public to construct the perfect burger or sandwich that will be perfectly named “The Cadillac.” Fans have until Jan. 31 to build the perfect menu item. Participants in the contest will have the option to choose bread, protein, toppings, and sauces that will go on the item. The winner will receive a $100 Niffers gift card, and a free “The Cadillac” every month. Williams rushed for 3,381 yards and 45 touchdowns during his time as a player from 2001-04. He later returned to Auburn as an assistant coach in 2019, and was named interim head coach following the dismissal of Bryan Harsin in 2022. He led the Tigers to a 2-2 record during his time as head coach, and was retained by newly hired head coach Hugh Freeze.

rollingstone.com House Republicans' Week of Lying, Revenge, and Infighting: A Guide Ryan Bort 15–19 minutes Skip to main content A Guide to the House GOP’s Unhinged Week of Lies, Revenge, and Infighting Kevin McCarty and his colleagues have wasted no time trying to derail the American government House Speaker Kevin McCarthy celebrates while holding the Speaker's gavel after being elected as Speaker in the House at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images The week of chaos, confusion, and (literal) infighting that preceded Kevin McCarthy’s election as speaker was a pretty strong indication that the Republican Party’s control of the House of Representatives was going to be a shitshow. They’ve been in control for a week now. Yes, it’s been a shitshow, but the past few days have also served as a reminder that along with all of the antics comes a laser-like focus on derailing the American government. Republicans have hit the ground running since McCarthy belatedly took up the gavel last Friday. Members have proposed a rash of theatrical legislation and openly thirsted for revenge against their political opponents. McCarthy has elevated far-right election deniers to key positions, with formerly fringe conspiracy theorists like Marjorie Taylor Greene wielding an overlarge influence over the party’s direction. There’s still plenty of discord, as well, with some members openly frustrated about the previous week’s chaos and the direction of the party, and others disagreeing about what to do about George Santos, the pariah from New York whose backstory was almost entirely fabricated. One thing that’s been made abundantly clear is that actual governing in service of the welfare of the American people is not a priority. “We have the gavel,” Greene recently told Charlie Kirk. “I’m ready for investigations to start, I’m ready for subpoenas.” Here’s a rundown of the past week of insanity. It’s going to be a long two years. Election deniers are now running the show In one of his first big committee chairmanship appointments, McCarthy snubbed Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), who’d wanted to head the Armed Services Committee. Instead he went with Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), who denied the results of the 2020 election. Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, denied the election as well. So did Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), new head of the Budget Committee, Jason Smith (R-Mo.), new head of the Ways and Means Committee, and a handful of other Republicans McCarthy had no problem elevating. He’s also promised election denier, conspiracy theorist, and open bigot Marjorie Taylor Greene will be able to sit on committees after the House voted to strip her of the privilege in 2021. Editor’s picks McCarthy has also, just so you know, appointed twice as many guys named “Mike” to committee chairmanships than he has women. They want to make paying taxes even more excruciating The first bill the new House GOP passed stripped the Internal Revenue Service of tens of billions of dollars of funding. The bill won’t take effect as Democrats control the Senate and White House, but the fact that it passed the House is plenty concerning. The move is ostensibly predicated on the idea that people don’t like paying taxes, and so defunding the IRS is good. “Taxation is theft,” Rep. Anna Paulian Luna (R-Fla.) said earlier this week in defending the bill, describing the 87,000 new IRS workers the Inflation Reduction Act funded as “weaponized agents.” They’re not, though. They’re employees who will help process tax returns and handle customer service, and the IRS is in dire need of help. The National Taxpayer Advocate sent its annual report to Congress on Wednesday, noting that the chronically underfunded service has a backlog of millions of tax returns and is struggling to field phone calls from Americans who need help. The only people who stand to benefit from the GOP’s bill to defund the IRS are wealthy Americans looking to cheat their taxes. It’s cause for celebration for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “Promises made, promises kept,” he said as he banged the gavel after the bill passed. Related They’re investigating President Biden and his family Republicans have long been frothing at the mouth to investigate the Bidens, and they’re not wasting any time now that they have the power to do so. Newly minted Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asking for information on Biden and his family, noting that the committee is looking into their “foreign business practices and international influence peddling schemes.” The thirst to go after the Bidens is party-wide. “The Biden family highly concerns me,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) tweeted on Monday. “Joe, Hunter, and even ‘Dr.’ Jill. They are compromised and must be investigated.” Investigate? Hell, impeach them! The investigations are certainly coming, as Greene said, but what the GOP really wants is eye-for-an-eye revenge, which means impeaching Biden like Democrats impeached Trump. Greene on Monday told Tucker Carlson that Biden should be kicked out of office, and that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorkas should be impeached, as well. Why? Because they haven’t totally stopped the drug trade and Americans are still dying of fentanyl. Greene added later in the week that both Biden and Garland should also be impeached over the classified documents from Biden’s time as vice president that were found at Biden’s office in a think tank. Never mind that the documents were found by Biden’s lawyers and that Biden, unlike Trump, has been fully cooperating in turning the documents over to authorities. It’s not just Greene, either. McCarthy has floated impeaching Mayorkas, too, and Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) filed articles of impeachment against him on Tuesday. It shouldn’t come as a surprise if the GOP mounts a serious push to impeach Garland and possibly even Biden next. It’s not about justice. It’s about Republicans prioritizing inflicting as much pain as possible on their political opponents over the welfare of the nation. (Investigate them too, though) The past week has made apparent that the GOP’s primary focus — perhaps its only focus, to be honest — will be carrying goose-chase investigations into their political enemies. Biden is the top target, but the party of law and order is also going after federal law enforcement. The House voted on Tuesday to create a “Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government” to investigate what they call Biden’s “weaponization” of the FBI to go after Trump, who pretty clearly seems to have committed a variety of federal crimes. It’s going to be a mess, as the Justice Department isn’t going to want to open the dossiers of and potentially compromise ongoing investigation to satisfy the GOP’s itch for revenge. “This will be a separation of powers hornets’ nest,” former House General Counsel Stan Brand told Politico. “In order to insulate the process from taint, [DOJ] will have to draw clearer ‘lines in the sand’ over what they will provide.” Oh, look, Republicans suddenly care about the national debt again Republicans have been whining about the debt all week despite hardly mentioning it when President Trump was in office, or in the run-up to last year’s midterms. Now that they’re in power, however, they can use it to rationalize cutting social services and anything else that doesn’t exclusively benefit rich people. “It’s the domestic spending we’re going to go after,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said on Monday. The United States is about to hit the ceiling of its borrowing power, and Congress is going to have to vote to raise that ceiling in the coming months. House Republicans have made clear they’re not going to do so without cuts like the ones Republicans like Emmer are presaging. “If we’re about to max out the credit card, before we hit that limit, shouldn’t we have an honest conversation about living within our means,” added Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.). There is no credit card company setting America’s debt limit, though. America itself is setting it, and the GOP’s sudden concern over it has nothing to do with being responsible. Scalise didn’t rule out the possibility that the House might decide to just not raise the limit, which would trigger a default, which would trigger a government shutdown and financial catastrophe. Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) said a default could be possible, too. “We’ve got to be forced either [to enact] spending cuts, or not be willing to raise the debt limit,” he said on Monday. “We can’t keep kicking the can down the road.” They want to cut military spending because of “woke” Republicans are so obsessed with hating gay people that they’re calling for cuts to military spending. “Everything has to be on the table when you’ve got a 30-some-odd debt,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said in response to Larry Kudlow saying there’s a lot of “woke” in the military budget. Larry Kudlow indicates support for cutting military spending because "there's a lot of woke in that budget" It's notable about "woke" has become a catch all for anything Republicans don't like pic.twitter.com/xL3PWWwKxC — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 9, 2023 Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) agreed. “We are going to carve out woke policies out of the military. We are going to look out the out-of-whack ratio of generals,” he said, adding, of course, that “we’ve got to get spending out of control” and that “the entitlements program” is the main thing that needs to be cut. Speaking of things Republicans don’t typically want to defund that they’ve called to defund in the past week, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said he wants to gut the DHS. “We’re going to have to stop funding a Department of Homeland Security that refuses to secure the border of the president of the United States, and we’re going to do that this year.” We have a feeling eliminating Customs and Border Protection isn’t going to go very far in securing the border. Yes, they’re still trying to outlaw abortion despite what happened in the midterms Republicans were expecting a red wave in the 2022 midterms, but wound up barely wresting control of the House. Many blamed the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade for the disappointing performance, and the fact that several red states voted in favor of securing reproductive rights seems to support the theory. Nevertheless, Republicans can’t help themselves. The House on Wednesday passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which many have said threatens abortion access because of how it leaves health care providers vulnerable to prosecution. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) even introduced a resolution to condemn the activist response to the Supreme Court axing Roe. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) isn’t a fan, either. “What this bill is about today is a march toward criminalizing abortion care, a nationwide ban,” he said on the House floor. George Santos is strapped to the roof of the clown car George Santos won the race for New York’s 3rd District by lying about nearly every key point of his background. He even told Nassau County GOP Chair Joseph Cairo that he was a “star” volleyball player at Baruch College, which he’s already admitted he never even attended. Cairo recounted the lie on Wednesday while announcing that the Nassau County GOP was calling for Santos to resign. The New York state GOP soon followed. Santos, however, has maintained that he’s sticking around. “I will not,” he told a throng of reporters when asked if he will step down. Trending Santos has been hounded by reporters all week. He didn’t comment again on Thursday when asked why he’s lied to everyone about practically everything. The fact that Santos is an unrepentant con man who duped his district into voting for him is certainly grounds for expulsion, or at least some sort of discipline. Republicans are hamstringing the Office of Congressional Ethics, though, and McCarthy doesn’t seem to care anyway. Santos, after all, is a reliable vote. “In America today, you’re innocent until proven guilty,” he told reporters on Wednesday.

The Auburn Tigers are getting a "competitive" and "talented" linebacker in DeMario Tolan Andrew Stefaniak 3–4 minutes One of Auburn's biggest needs via the transfer portal this offseason was linebacker, so when DeMario Tolan chose the Tigers, it set the fan base into a frenzy of excitement. Getting a transfer from a power five school is always exciting, but it brings just a little bit more joy when the school is your SEC West foe, the LSU Tigers. Tolan was a top 200 recruit out of high school and was likely going to be a starter for LSU before deciding to transfer to Auburn. Host of Locked on LSU Caroline Fenton joined the Locked on Auburn Podcast to give her thoughts on Tolan. Host of Locked on Auburn Zac Blackerby asked Fenton about her initial reaction to the Tolan news and what he will bring to the table for this Auburn team. Here was her response: "I was surprised and also kind of bummed. I felt like throughout this transfer portal opening, LSU had a handful of guys leave, but it really wasn't franchise-altering, just totally soul-crushing moves that were made. It was guys that were good but just didn't really find their way into the starting rotation, and it really wasn't guys that I thought, how in the world is LSU going to replace these guys." "There were two of them that I thought, man, that really is a bummer. One being wide receiver Jack Bech transferring into TCU. Second, being DeMario Tolan. Because all season long, Brian Kelly really made it a priority of his to call out DeMario Tolan. I remember after the LSU-Arkansas game; it was a gross defensive battles 13-10 final score. That was a game that LSU's defensive line and linebacking core single hand-idly won. A reporter asked Brian Kelly about Greg Penn, another linebacker on the depth chart. Kelly said Penn had his best game of the season but don't forget about DeMario Tolan because he has made Greg Penn's job so much more difficult in practice. He was pushing all the other linebackers, and he was making so much progress just in his first year that he was making veterans feel uncomfortable in their starting jobs." "I was really looking forward to DeMario Tolan and this next step forward that I thought he would inevitably take in year two. He played in all but one game this season. He sat out against Florida State in week one because he was recovering from surgery from over the summer. But he made his impact known in almost every single game this season. I thought next year, if Brian Kelly is already calling him out already, saying he's making things competitive in practice well, then in year two, there is probably a starting role cut out for him. So I'm bummed to see a really talented guy leave. A guy who was competitive and pushed all the other linebackers in practice. He's just a good talented player that has experience. I think that is also good for Auburn as well." This is clearly a massive addition for Auburn. Tolan has a really good shot to transfer in and immediately start at linebacker. Hugh Freeze has been doing a tremendous job bringing in transfer portal guys who could make Auburn a team to watch out for in 2023.

Auburn quarterback T.J. Finley returns to team River Wells ~2 minutes One of Auburn’s quarterbacks that appeared to be leaving at the end of last year may be staying with the team after all. Nathan King of 247sports reported on Wednesday that quarterback T.J. Finley, who appeared to have left the team after the firing of coach Bryan Harsin, is back with the Tigers for their winter workouts. Finley began 2022 as the team’s starter before eventually being phased out for quarterback Robby Ashford. Buy Tigers Tickets Finley came to Auburn after transferring to the Plains from LSU in 2021. He had his career-best completion percentage over a season in 2022 with 62.3 percent, but he threw just one touchdown to four interceptions. In any year where he’s had more than 100 attempts, Finley has never had a completion percentage over 60 percent. The senior returns to the team after leaving it for the last four games last year for reasons unrelated to injury – Finley got injured earlier in the year and then did not win the job back from Ashford for the rest of the year. Finley never entered the portal, however, and he appears to be back with the team once again under new head coach Hugh Freeze. It’s unknown who Freeze intends to have under center for 2023, but Finley could be in the mix with his return to the roster.

247sports.com Touted transfer portal DL Justin Rogers goes in-depth on his decision to play at Auburn Steve Wiltfong 2–3 minutes Auburn is putting together one of the nation’s top transfer portal classes and Hugh Freeze and his first-year staff added another talented player on Thursday in former Kentucky defensive tackle Justin Rogers. Rogers also strongly considered LSU with the likes of Alabama, Miami, Michigan State, Texas and Oklahoma among the other programs that had interest. “Just the environment and coaching staff for real,” Rogers told 247Sports of what set Auburn apart from the rest. The Tigers had 247Sports No. 4 transfer portal class before Rogers jumped into the fold. “The culture, the history of Auburn. The coach, the d-line coach (Jeremy Garrett) he was a NFL coach that was something I really wanted. “When I was talking to Coach Freeze it was real big for me. He had a plan for me to be successful when I get there.” The 6-foot-2 1/2, 311-pound Rogers joins a portal class that also includes offensive lineman Avery Jones, running back Brian Battle, defensive lineman Mosiah Nasili-Kite, offensive tackle Dillon Wade, tight end Rivaldo Fairweather and linebacker DeMario Tolan who have 247Sports four-star transfer grades. “Just really know come in and get to work and change the defensive room around,” Rogers said. Rogers, who ranked as the No. 52 overall player in the 2020 class per the 247Sports Composite, posted 35 tackles and 1.5 sacks this season in 12 starts. Rogers also earned a 71.3 PFF grad this year, making him one of the top interior defenders in the SEC. Rogers said he’ll be on campus at Auburn before Jan. 18. “Can’t wait to really get to work with the players and coaches,” he said. “Talking to the whole coaching staff and talking to some of the players it’s great.” 9COMMENTS