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i have a close friend that went to high school with ol hugh. she said he was creepy as hell and we would regret the day we hired him. my friend never makes stuff up and was giving me a friendly warning. so i assume of all the stuff he got busted with he probably also got by with some stuff.

Slim pickens for sports articles. nothing new on the coaching search other than phillip marshall seems to still think freeze is going to be the next coach. i will add more as it come out guys.

Jason Caldwell's Monday morning quarterback column: coaching search thoughts Jason Caldwell 5–6 minutes Coaching search thoughts Probably the first thing I should mention about Auburn's search to hire a new head football coach is that I was told the process hit a snag because both Auburn and Lane Kiffin had second-thoughts at the 11th hour. I believe a deal was close to being finalized, but that’s why you never say it’s done until you get past the finish line. When things didn't work out with the current Ole Miss coach and the Tigers, the focus moved to Hugh Freeze and other candidates. Freeze is someone who is thought to have been on the board for the Tigers from the beginning of the search following interviews, background checks, information gathering, etc. There have obviously been some questions raised surrounding him from his time as head coach at Liberty to go along with his time as head coach at Ole Miss. Freeze has made some mistakes and he would be the first to tell you that, I believe. Do those things keep Auburn from hiring him if AU officials feel like he is the right guy for the job? Here’s what I do know about the hire and this situation. Nobody has more information on Freeze and the other candidates than John Cohen, Rich McGlynn, Auburn President Chris Roberts and anyone else involved. If they sign off on the hire of Freeze it’s because they have done extensive homework. Will it be him or someone else? Again, that's why coaching searches are always tough to figure out because things can change in a hurry. Something else I know is that the timing matters. The dead period for recruiting ends on Friday and the transfer portal window opens on December 5. That makes getting a head coach and working on a staff an important thing to get done in the next week. The Green Machine Early in the 2022-23 season it’s pretty apparent to me that this Auburn men’s basketball team is going to go as far as Wendell Green, Jr., takes it. The leading scorer for the Tigers, Green has been the most explosive performer offensively for a team that is going to have issues putting the ball in the basket at times. Sunday was the perfect example of that. He scored 22 points on a day when the Tigers had several stretches during which they struggled to put the ball in the basket. The issue for Auburn is avoiding the down games for Grene and this offense because the defense has been solid during the 7-0 start. Against Northwestern, Green was just 1-9 from the floor and scored two points in 33 minutes of action. Even in that game he grabbed 10 big rebounds to help the Tigers win. Probably the biggest thing for Green down the stretch this season is going to be turnovers. In seven games he already has 22. He had just 73 turnovers in 33 games last season. That’s a number that has to improve as the TIgers get ready to get into the meat of the schedule. Impressive job Auburn volleyball had made the NCAA Tournament just one time in program history (2010) before coach Brent Crouch and his team got the news on Sunday night that the Tigers will be heading to Omaha, Nebraska to face the Creighton Blue Jays in the first round. In just his third season on the Plains, Crouch has made huge strides for a program that has had some lean years in the past, to say the least. The year before he took over in 2020, Auburn won just one SEC match and was 7-22 overall for the season. Auburn now enters NCAA play at 21-8 overall and 10-8 in SEC play. It’s only the third winning record in SEC play for Auburn volleyball since 2000. It is an impressive effort for a freshman-dominated roster. Super7 time It sets up to be a fun high school football week at Jordan-Hare Stadium with the AHSAA coming to town for the Super7 games to decide state championships. Wednesday night gets things going with Thompson High vs. Auburn High in what sets up to be a huge crowd with the AHS Tigers playing a home game for the first time while Thompson looks to continue rolling. Thompson has won the last three 7A titles and will go for a fourth behind eighth grade quarterback Trent Seaborn. Auburn High has Auburn University commitment Bradyn Joiner on the offensive line and a strong defense. This sets up to be a defensive battle with Thompson featuring 5-star Clemson commitment Peter Woods up front and 5-star cornerback Tony Mitchell outside for a loaded defense. 16COMMENTS One of the more interesting players to watch this week will be B.B. Comer junior running back/linebacker Kamore Harris. At 6-1, 235, Harris has really good feet to go along with a bruising running style. He should get plenty of action on Friday with the Tigers taking on perennial powerhouse Fyffe in the 2A title game. *** Subscribe: Receive the latest Auburn intel and scoops*** ">247Sports

K.D. Johnson's late surge helps No. 13 Auburn stave off Saint Louis Updated: Nov. 27, 2022, 5:13 p.m.|Published: Nov. 27, 2022, 4:18 p.m. 7–9 minutes Johni Broome swatted the driving layup attempt from Yuri Collins, and K.D. Johnson corralled the ball near the baseline and cocked back. The menacing two-guard uncorked a full-court pass to Allen Flanigan in transition, and Flanigan slammed home a thunderous dunk that served as a detonator for Neville Arena crowd, as a slow build of anxiety released with a deafening roar. Flanigan’s dunk gave Auburn a one-point lead in the final two minutes against Saint Louis, as the 13th-ranked Tigers erased a late five-point deficit to escape with a hard-fought 65-60 win against the Billikens on Sunday afternoon. Johnson let out one of his signature yells and clutched his fists in excitement when Flanigan finished the play, as his pivotal full-court assist capped a late-game surge by the junior two-guard that helped Auburn remain undefeated, improving to 7-0 on the season after securing its strongest resume-building win of the year. Prior to his quarterback-esque assist to Flanigan, Johnson singlehandedly chipped away at Saint Louis’ late lead with a pair of strong drives and finishes at the rim when Auburn most needed it. “He’s special, y’know?” guard Wendell Green Jr. said. “He crazy, too.... That’s what he can do. He can win games for you. He won one game for us last year. He brought us back once he subbed in. Just ready to go, and that’s what we need on our team.” Johnson finished in traffic at the rim with 3:16 to go to cut the Billikens’ lead to three. After Saint Louis missed a pair of free throws on the other end, Johnson followed with another drive and finish to cut the deficit to one with 2:33 to play. His miniature burst snapped a late-game funk from Auburn, which had made just two of its prior 13 shots and struggled to create offensively, and it sparked a 12-2 game-closing run for the Tigers on their home floor. “That was a great win,” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. “Beat a really good team, Quad 1 team. A team that will compete for the Atlantic 10 championship. It’s hard to beat a good team twice, let alone three out of the last four years. Travis Ford is a great coach. We just had a little more.” Here are AL.com’s key takeaways from Auburn’s heart-racing win: Wendell Green Jr. bounces back with season high Auburn’s floor general has had an uneven week or so on the court, but just like he did after last weekend’s win against Texas Southern, Wendell Green Jr. managed to bounce back again. Fresh off a 1-of-9 shooting performance against Northwestern on Wednesday in the Cancun Challenge, Green turned in an efficient offensive effort against Saint Louis and finished with a season-high 22 points. That included 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the first half to pace Auburn, which went through a few peaks and valleys offensively in the opening period. Green finished the afternoon shooting 7-of-14 from the floor, including 2-of-6 from 3-point range. He was responsible for two of Auburn’s three makes from beyond the arc on an afternoon the team shot just 3-of-18 from deep. He was 6-of-8 from the free-throw line and added four rebounds, an assist and a steal. “That’s one of the things I worked on, mentally, in the offseason,” Green said. “I think it was last year, I went through a rough stretch at the end. It was like four or five games. I told myself, ‘I can’t let that happen if I really want to be as good as I say.’ So you know, a bad game is gonna happen. I had a bad game shooting against Northwestern, but my goal is to come out here and show you can always bounce back, and then try to get a couple more games good in a row. It was just all mental.” Green, whose 22 points were one off his Auburn career-high of 23 from last year’s Alabama game, also helped ice the game late, scoring the final four points for the Tigers. “We had the best player on the floor tonight: Wendell Green,” Pearl said. “He was the best player on the floor at Saint Louis, and he was again today. Is it any coincidence that Yuri Collins is one of the top five point guards in the country recognized by everybody? (Does that) have something to do with it? It probably does. Wendell keeps score. He’s special.” Johni Broome fills the stat sheet Johni Broome stood near the free-throw line and look toward Auburn’s bench as the seconds ticked off the clock at the end of the first half. The Tigers big man was communicating with Bruce Pearl and staff, making sure he had the right call for the final possession of the half. Broome’s man went to set a high screen for Javon Pickett, and Broome switched onto the Saint Louis guard, shadowing him as he drove to the basket to beat the buzzer. Pickett went up for the layup, and Broome erased it. “All bigs love that,” Pearl said. “All bigs want to get on that guard because they’re tired of getting banged in there.” It was Broome’s fifth block of the half and preserved a three-point halftime lead for Auburn. Broome finished the game flirting with a triple-double. He had 11 points, eight rebounds and eight blocks. His eight blocks were the second most of his career, behind only a 12-block effort last season while at Morehead State. “Defense wins championships,” Broome said. “...I knew I had to make an impact on the game, and that was rebounding and blocking shots. You know, eight blocks, I ain’t know I had that many blocks, really.” While he was strong on the defensive end and made some key baskets Saint Louis, he struggled to finish near the rim, as he finished 4-of-14 shooting, with many of those misses coming around the basket. “He made some tough baskets in there,” Pearl said. “Obviously, he missed some shots around the basket. Those aren’t easy shots. When he gets to finishing more, we’ll be better.” Chance Westry settles into one role Just days after expressing the need to get freshman Chance Westry comfortable in a set role for Auburn, Bruce Pearl at least experimented with that idea against Saint Louis. Westry, who played point guard and wing—and on a couple of occasions, shooting guard—during his first four games since returning from preseason knee surgery, only rotated in at point guard for Auburn on Sunday. Westry worked behind Wendell Green Jr., playing just seven minutes and finishing with two points and a rebound. His shift to solely point guard against Saint Louis meant fellow freshman Tre Donaldson, who has seen his minutes decrease this week as Pearl tightened the rotation, was not in the Tigers’ main rotation Sunday. Free throws make a difference In a five-point game that saw neither team lead by double digits, the free-throw line loomed large. In this case, it benefitted Auburn, which shot 14-of-22 from the line. Saint Louis was just 4-of-14 on free-throw attempts, including just 1-of-11 in the second half. That proved costly for the Billikens, particularly as they watched their late five-point lead slip away. After going up five with 4:43 to play, Saint Louis went 0-of-4 from the line -- including a pair of misses that were sandwiched by Johnson’s two late drives that got Auburn to within one point with 2:33 to play. Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

some cat on the rant was saying the only names heard lately from their insiders i guess {?} is saying brain johnson.here is some info According to Phillip Marshall of Auburn Undercover, a name that has been trending up in recent days is current Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson: A new name has gotten some legs in recent days. Brian Johnson, the 35-year-old Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks coach and a former Florida offensive coordinator, could be somewhere in the mix. He is considered a rising star. However, Marshall goes on to explain that even if Johnson was willing to leave the NFL immediately for Auburn football, the only way that would be possible is if the Eagles were to allow him to leave, and with a 9-1 record they could potentially not allow it.

Column | Auburn needs a winner, but at what cost? Doug Segrest For the TimesDaily 4–5 minutes A month ago, Auburn’s season was given up for dead. But the Tigers took a remarkable turnaround into Saturday’s Iron Bowl with a reclaimed toughness forged against the nation’s tough schedule. But the task Saturday seemed insurmountable for an unranked Auburn team one win shy of bowl eligibility: take down seventh-ranked Alabama in the hostile confines of Bryant-Denny Stadium. And it was just that. Alabama pulled away 49-27 to dampen — but not spoil — the Tigers revival tour under interim coach Carnell “Cadillac” Williams. A sold-out Bryant-Denny Stadium played a big role in the beatdown, causing penalties and confusion. But the biggest difference was up and down the roster. Alabama was the nation’s consensus preseason No. 1. Auburn was a consensus pick to finish last in the SEC West. Even with a midseason coaching change, Auburn surpassed that. Now the focus moves on to a full-time replacement. It will have to be someone who understands the SEC, knows high school football coaches from Coral Gables to Galveston and can scour the transfer portal for available talent like a headhunter for a Fortune 500 company. National reports have labeled Lane Kiffin and Hugh Freeze as the two – and only --frontrunners. Both coached like they were headed elsewhere. Ole Miss lost its final three games as Kiffin kinda, sorta deflected rumors that he might be headed to Auburn. But Ole Miss’ three straight losses came against SEC rivals. Under Freeze, Liberty followed an 8-1 start and an upset of Arkansas with losses to Arkansas State, Virginia Tech and (gulp) New Mexico State, souring some Auburn fans on the man who took down Nick Saban teams two consecutive years in his own stint in Oxford. With Kiffin reportedly staying put, reports have labeled Freeze as the next man up. While writing this – as the Iron Bowl’s second half rages on – I may end up looking like a misguided fool, but I still remain skeptical that Freeze is Auburn’s choice. He left Ole Miss under a cloud of darkness forged by his own shortcomings with NCAA rules. He’s rehabilitated his image from a wins and losses standpoint, but the character concerns remain legitimate. There’s a reason no other SEC program has hired him, and it’s not just the initial “no” from Greg Sankey when a few explored bringing him in as an assistant. He’s a good coach. Solid. He has some big wins. He’s definitely an upgrade over Bryan Harsin, who wasn’t a good fit at Auburn, but he’s not an upgrade on Gus Malzahn, the man Auburn paid an enormous ransom to take his talents to Central Florida. Bottom line: Auburn can do better. Auburn should do better. The notion of elevating Williams would be preferable. He’s an Auburn man, filled with heart, character and an empathy for players. He’s what Auburn professes to be about. But it’s a move fraught with peril. Auburn has lost seven games in consecutive seasons. Quick turnarounds are possible now with the transfer portal. Yet the road to irrelevancy has never been steeper. Tennessee just climbed back from 15 years in exile. Nebraska just landed Matt Rhule in hopes he can end the program’s decades of aimless wandering in the desert of mediocrity. That’s the conundrum for Auburn. You need a winner. But at what cost?

Tommy Tuberville: Auburn should hire Cadillac Williams as permanent coach Updated: Nov. 24, 2022, 4:33 p.m.|Published: Nov. 24, 2022, 11:40 a.m. 2–3 minutes Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville prepares to high five running back Carnell Williams as Williams leaves the game against Georgia late in the fourth quarter, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004 in Auburn, Ala. (Mobile Register, G.M. Andrews)MOBILE REGISTER By Josie Howell | jhowell@al.com U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville told sports radio show “In the Booth” that Auburn’s interim coach Cadillac Williams has done a great job of keeping the players focused on the game, according to a report from Yellow Hammer News. Asked if Auburn University should hire Williams on a permanent basis, the former football coach said they should. “Well they should. And it’s a tall order. I tell you what, he’s done a great job of just keeping the guys focused,” Tuberville said. “When you lose a coach and half the coaching staff, you’ve just got to keep your guys focused. And Carnell’s motivated.” Tuberville added, “He’s letting the guys coach that are calling plays and calling defenses. They’ve had good game plans the last three games. And he just basically kept the guys off the bench motivated, kept the crowd into it.” Tuberville then touched on this Saturday’s Iron Bowl against rival Alabama. “If they win this game, there’s going to be a lot of sentiment toward hiring Carnell.” Williams, who will become the first Black head coach in the Iron Bowl, ran for 204 yards in the 2003 Iron Bowl with Tuberville as coach. Williams broke loose for an 80-yard touchdown run on the first play to spark a 28-23 Auburn win in 2003 that helped Tuberville keep his job. He still calls it one of his most memorable plays. The radio call from late Auburn play-by-play man Rod Bramblett “Go crazy, Cadillac” became a rallying cry before the Texas A&M game after the school posted a photo of Williams wearing a “Go Crazy” T-shirt at practice. The Associated Press contributed to this report. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.

i was not huge on him early but he earned a place in my heart yesterday. i hope we coach him up and help get him the coaching he needs to succeed.

i doubt it but anything can happen. i like tulanes coach. he is 61 but he is like six or seven in all time wins in college football. he has been a winner everywhere he has been.

If Hugh Freeze becomes Auburn football coach, his first task is obvious | Toppmeyer Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY NETWORK 5–7 minutes TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Auburn football never was quite as bad as Bryan Harsin made the Tigers look. Cadillac Williams showed us that. Auburn also is not nearly as talented as it should be. Hugh Freeze, if he becomes AU’s next coach, could show us that. No. 7 Alabama pasted Auburn 49-27 on Saturday in the Iron Bowl, and it came as no surprise, because the Crimson Tide (10-2, 6-2 SEC) is armed with more abundant talent than its rival. Harsin allowed that to happen. He lost more talent than he gained in the transfer portal, and he failed as a recruiter. ALABAMA FOOTBALL: Eli Gold, Alabama football announcer, shares update on health status AUBURN COACHING SEARCH:Can the SEC stop Auburn football from hiring Hugh Freeze? Here's what league bylaws say AUBURN FOOTBALL GRADES:Auburn football grades: What mark does Cadillac Williams get in season-ending Iron Bowl loss? Take a good look at Auburn’s No. 39 position in the 247Sports Composite recruiting rankings, because if Freeze gets the reins of this program, Auburn (5-7, 2-6) will receive a recruiting jolt. Freeze is made for the NIL era, and he should be at ease cozying up to Auburn’s ardent boosters. Freeze has emerged as the apparent frontrunner for Auburn’s opening after Lane Kiffin decided to stay at Ole Miss. Freeze acknowledged his interest in Auburn after Liberty’s regular-season finale. Either Kiffin or Freeze would have been a significant coaching upgrade over Harsin, whom Auburn fired Oct. 31, but Freeze’s personality is more suited for what Auburn craves. He’d do the glad-handing and politicking that Auburn likes, and he’d ingrain himself in AU’s culture in a way Harsin never could – or Kiffin, for that matter. Freeze’s Southern charm would be a hit on the Plains, and Auburn needs his ability to develop quarterbacks, too. Freeze, though, should not wait for his recruiting classes to take shape to jumpstart this roster. If Freeze becomes Auburn’s coach, his first task is clear: He must go on a buy-one, get-one shopping spree in the transfer portal, because the product he’d inherit simply will not do. Alabama’s wide receivers consistently carved up Auburn’s secondary throughout this Iron Bowl, while Bryce Young took a final bow at Bryant-Denny Stadium with a brilliant display of 391 yards of total offense. Young enjoyed plenty of time in the pocket, as Auburn’s front failed to generate pressure. I'm not sold on Alabama's candidacy for College Football Playoff, even after Clemson and Ohio State losses, but the Crimson Tide's 516 yards of offense against Auburn at least gave the selection committee something to consider. While Auburn’s next coach scours the portal for talent, he must be intentional about stockpiling offensive linemen. Despite starting a veteran offensive line, Auburn’s front did not dominate its opponent consistently enough this season. Oh, and I’ve committed a journalistic sin by burying the lede: Auburn needs a quarterback upgrade. Auburn’s offense is one-dimensional with Robby Ashford at the wheel. Quarterbacks languished under Harsin. They flourish under Freeze. Auburn fans know this, and not just from his tenure as Ole Miss’ coach. At Liberty, Freeze transformed Malik Willis into a third-round NFL Draft pick after Willis did not win Auburn’s starting job in two seasons playing for Gus Malzahn. Ashford is an excellent runner – he weaved through Alabama’s defense on a first-quarter scoring run that gave Auburn a short-lived lead – and he tossed a perfectly thrown touchdown pass to Ja’Varrius Johnson. But he piled up the incompletions, too, as he’s done throughout his redshirt freshman season. Playing for Freeze would do Ashford good, but Auburn must add more options to its offseason quarterback competition. Look to LSU as a guide for Auburn’s path forward. First-year Tigers coach Brian Kelly inherited some talent, but not enough depth, and he plundered the portal. Among his transfer haul, he added quarterback Jayden Daniels, who transformed LSU’s offense as the Tigers shocked Alabama and won the SEC West. Seeing Freeze on the Auburn sideline is not an outcome Nick Saban should want. As Ole Miss’ coach, Freeze beat Saban twice, and he led the Rebels to two New Year’s Six bowl appearances. Freeze resigned in 2017 while he juggled a personal scandal in one hand and a professional one in the other, but he’s never been accused of not knowing how to coach. In fact, his offensive approach at Ole Miss proved so effective that it inspired Saban to modernize Alabama’s offense in the Freeze fashion. Freeze craves another chance in the SEC, and he’s always been a logical option for Auburn. With Auburn’s NIL collective and the transfer portal at Freeze’s fingertips, he could transform the Tigers' roster and ensure the Iron Bowl's talent differential is not as lopsided as it appeared Saturday. Blake Toppmeyer is an SEC Columnist for the USA TODAY Network. Email him at BToppmeyer@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @btoppmeyer. If you enjoy Blake’s coverage, consider a digital subscription that will allow you access to all of it. Also, check out his podcast, SEC Football Unfiltered, or access exclusive columns via the SEC Unfiltered This article originally appeared on USA TODAY NETWORK: If Hugh Freeze becomes Auburn football coach, his 1st task is obvious

Auburn vs. Saint Louis: Stream, injury report, broadcast info for Sunday’s matinee Taylor Jones 2–3 minutes The No. 16 Auburn Tigers play Saint Louis on Sunday afternoon, and if you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place. After a successful week in Mexico where they were crowned the champions of the Cancun Challenge, the Auburn Tigers are back on the Plains to face a solid squad from the Atlantic 10 Conference, the Saint Louis Billikens. The Billikens enter Sunday’s game with a 5-1 record, owning wins over programs such as Murray State, Memphis, and Providence. Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl has plenty of respect for Saint Louis. “This will be, by far, our biggest test in so many,” Pearl said Friday during his game preview press conference. “Physically, just the talent level. This is a top five or six seed in the NCAA Tournament.” Much like Bradley, who the Tigers faced in Cancun, the Billikens have plenty of offensive firepowers. Saint Louis’ roster features four players that average double-figures in scoring every game. One player to watch, in particular, is point guard Yuri Collins. In last season’s game at Saint Louis, Collins was two assists away from a triple-double after scoring 13 and pulling down 12 rebounds in Auburn’s 74-70 win. Pearl says that he anticipates the matchup between Collins and Wendell Green Jr. on Sunday. Below, you will find every peice of key information needed for Auburn’s game against Saint Louis, including a “how-to-watch” guide, injury report, and a projected starting lineup. How to watch/listen to Sunday's game Date: Sunday, Nov. 27 Time: 2 p.m. CT TV Channel: SEC Network (Roy Philpott, Daymeon Fishback) Live Stream: fuboTV (watch here) Radio: Auburn Sports Network (Andy Burcham, Sonny Smith, Brad Law) Auburn vs. Saint Louis injury report AUBURN No Injuries Reported SAINT LOUIS Daniel Rivera Foot Out for the season Fred Thatch Jr. Undisclosed Questionable for Sunday’s game Players to watch: AUBURN Wendell Green Jr. Jaylin Williams Johni Broome SAINT LOUIS Gibson Jimerson Francis Okoro Yuri Collins Projected Starting Lineup AUBURN Wendell Green Jr. G Zep Jasper G Chris Moore F Jaylin Williams F Johni Broome F SAINT LOUIS Yuri Collins G Gibson Jimerson G Javon Pickett G Javonte Perkins G Francis Okoro F Story originally appeared on Auburn Wire

id Auburn football get shafted by muffed punt, replay review in Alabama game? Nick Gray, Montgomery Advertiser 2–3 minutes Auburn football needed a lot of things to go correctly in Tuscaloosa to spring an upset of Alabama on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium. A muffed punt that Tigers returner Keionte Scott may not have touched is not one of those things. Scott appeared to let a punt drop in between his hands with 2:47 left in the second quarter in a game the Tide led 28-14. But the SEC officiating crew led by Ken Williamson ruled that Scott did touch the punt, and credited Alabama long snapper Kneeland Hibbett with the recovery. The play, as all turnovers, went under review. CBS officiating guru Gene Steratore didn't think Scott touched the punt, and game announcers Brad Nessler and Gary Danielson agreed. But the SEC-led replay review allowed the call to stand. Alabama would score on a Traeshon Holden 27-yard touchdown catch several plays later. LIVE UPDATES: Auburn football score vs. Alabama: Live updates from the 2022 Iron Bowl NEXT HEAD COACH? Can the SEC stop Auburn football from hiring Hugh Freeze? Here's what league bylaws say A FLIP! Darron Reed, 4-star DL from Georgia, flips commitment from LSU to Auburn football It's yet another example of why allowing the ruling on the field to stand without conclusive evidence is rooted in fallacy. Williamson and his crew got together after a few moments of looking unsure what to call. Hibbett forced the officials to make a call because he recovered the ball, and the officials settled on the Alabama recovery as the call on the field. If the ball did indeed glance off of Scott, the replays shown by CBS didn't show it. But because replay reviews require absolutely conclusive evidence, it's not 100% that Scott didn't touch the punt and the ruling on the field stood as called. How much more proof outside of the two angles above does a replay review official need? Auburn needed a lot to go right on Saturday, and the unfortunate circumstances surrounding a muffed punt that may not have been touched did not go the Tigers' way. This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Did Auburn football get shafted by muffed punt, review in Alabama game?

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robby had me close to tears yesterday. i am not kidding. he was a warrior and at one point in the game he was hurting pretty bad and not once did he ask to leave the game. i refuse to mention any shortcomings because of his effort alone and his love for auburn. it just strikes me as some of you being ungrateful. his shoulder has been tore up and not a hundred percent as another poster said. the pain was so bad there were nights he could not sleep from the pain. let the kid have his day without throwing that "but"crap in there.

Scarbinsky: Trolled by Kiffin, rolled by Alabama: Auburn’s nightmare isn’t over yet Published: Nov. 27, 2022, 5:45 a.m. ~2 minutes By Kevin Scarbinsky | Special to AL.com This is an opinion column. When you’ve walked in the desert as long as Auburn football has, it’s easy to mistake a mirage for an oasis and dismiss an oasis as a mirage. This is the way the 2022 Auburn football season ended on the field Saturday in enemy territory as the program’s nightmare continued. Trolled by an impostor, then rolled by the real deal. Left at the altar with a lot less confidence that the program’s leaders will be able to alter their circumstances for the better. Defeated by rival Alabama as expected with no guarantee of better days ahead until the most critical piece of the new management team is introduced. And maybe not even then. Alabama 49, Auburn 27 was the least of the Tigers’ worries. Before and after kickoff, they learned some hard lessons in their search for a way out and a way up. Lane Kiffin ain’t coming, Nick Saban isn’t going away and the Tigers will be lucky if the best thing to happen to them in years, Carnell Williams, doesn’t look for an exit himself. He embraced his moment. If only his school had hugged him back. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.

We’re back in Neville Arena on Sunday! Get there early as @auburnmbb takes on Saint Louis and get your free @AUJungle t-shirt! #WarEagle 8:13 PM · Nov 25, 2022 from Alabama, USA apologies for the picture. i reposted a few times and this is the best i could do.

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Tigers expect test from Billikens, talented point guard Mark Murphy 5–6 minutes Jaylin Williams getting ready to go up over the defense for a lefty hook and two points. (Photo: Jason Caldwell/Auburn247, 247Sports) AUBURN, Alabama–Facing a rematch on Sunday vs. Saint Louis means a rematch with one of college basketball’s top point guards, 6-0, 190 junior Yuri Collins. Auburn will play host to the 5-1 Billikens at 2 p.m. CST at Neville Arena in a matchup that will be televised on the SEC Network. “This will be, by far, our biggest test in so many,” Coach Bruce Pearl said. “Physically, just the talent level. This is a top five or six seed in the NCAA Tournament.” Collins is one of four Billikens averaging in double figures and he has produced 64 of his team’s 102 assists. He is averaging an unusually high 10.7 assists per game to go with 3.0 turnovers per contest. “Yuri Collins is one of the best in the country,” Pearl said. “It will be a great matchup with him and Wendell Green. Wendell played great at Saint Louis last year.” In last year’s 74-70 Auburn road victory over the Billikens the Saint Louis guard came close to a triple-double. He fouled out with 13 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists while turning the ball over six times. Auburn’s leading scorer from that game, Walker Kessler with 19 points, is in the NBA now, but the Tigers return Wendell Green, who scored 15 points and dished out eight assists with just two turnovers vs. Saint Louis. Green leads the scoring for the 2022-23 Tigers, who are 6-0 after winning the Cancun Classic with victories over Bradley and Northwestern. The point guard is averaging 12 points, 4.7 rebounds and a team-best 4.2 assists. Also back for the Tigers is another junior guard, K.D. Johnson, who scored 11 points at Saint Louis. Johnson is Auburn’s third leading scorer at 9.8 points per contest behind newcomer Johni Broome. A 6-10, 235 post player, Broome is averaging 10.4 points, a team-best 8.8 rebounds and 2.9 blocked shots. The leading scorer for Saint Louis in last season’s game, 6-4, 215 junior forward Terrance Hargrove who finished that contest with 17 points, is averaging 3.7 points per outing in a backup role. For the 2022-23 season the top scorer for Saint Louis is 6-5, 205 redshirt sophomore guard Gibson Jimmer, who is averaging 14.7 points and 3.2 rebounds. Javonte Perkins, a 6-6, 205 senior guard/forward, is, averaging 13.7 points and 1.5 rebounds. The other Saint Louis player averaging in double figures is Javon Pickett, a 6-5, 215 senior guard, with 10 points to go with 7.8 rebounds. Pickett made the move to Saint Louis from Missouri. Francis Okoro, a 6-9, 230 senior, is the top rebounder at 9.7 per game and he is averaging 8.8 points. As a team the Billikens are shooting 47.7 percent from the field while holding opponents to 37.8 percent. Saint Louis is 47-133 on threes (35.3 percen) while opponents have hit 49-154 threes for a 31.8 success rate. The Billikens are shooting 81.3 percent at the foul line. Saint Louis is turning the ball over 11.3 times per game while forcing 9.7. The Billikens will arrive at Neville Arena on a two-game winning streak after defeating Providence 76-73 and Paul Quinn 96-53 on Wednesday. Other victories have come at home against Murray State (91-68), Evansville (83-65) and vs. Memphis (90-84) on a neutral site where the Billikens lost to Maryland. Auburn, which has a 42-game homecourt winning streak vs. non-conference opponents, won 85-64 on Tuesday in Mexico vs. the Bradley Braves at the Cancun Challenge. The Tigers had their best shooting performance of the season that night, making 58.6 percent of their field goals, 8-17 threes and 15-20 free throws. In the tournament championship game the Tigers had their worst shooting performance in the 43-42 win over Northwestern. Auburn made 26 percent of its field goals, 23.8 percent from three-point range and finished 12-18 at the free throw line. Asked if he could explain the difference in the shooting numbers from Tuesday to Wednesday, Cancun Challenge Most Valuable Player Jaylin Williams credited Northwestern with playing strong defense. “Those guys defended very well,” the senior said. “A lot of those shots were late-clocks.” Williams said the Tigers “jacked up” some shots outside of the offensive sets, something he pointed out didn’t go well against Northwestern. 11COMMENTS Pearl said despite the very different offensive performances in the two games in Mexico, the defense was very good each night. “I am proud of my team for winning the Cancun Challenge,” he said. “We played hard and we played great defensively. That is going to be something that is going to have to carry us all year long.” *** Get FREE Auburn breaking news in your inbox ***

Saban jokes with Will Anderson after sideline cut: ‘I just had to keep laughing’ Published: Nov. 26, 2022, 7:29 p.m. 2–3 minutes Nick Saban on Alabama's playoff chances after beating Auburn in Iron Bowl By Nick Alvarez | nalvarez@al.com Will Anderson stood on the sidelines during the Iron Bowl and tried to keep his focus on Auburn’s run-heavy offense. Nick Saban wasn’t helping. During Saturday night’s game in Bryant-Denny Stadium, Saban looked at Anderson — one of the most-feared players in the sport, nicknamed ‘The Terminator’ — and noted how Saban’s generation was just built differently. “He was like, ‘If that would’ve happened to you, you would’ve been under there in the (medical) tent.’ I just had to keep laughing ‘cause I had to regain my focus,” Anderson said. “But he’s tough, he’s tough. He loves this. He loves this more than everybody.” Alabama football’s head coach had been clipped earlier in the game by a player’s shoulder pad, cutting the left side of Saban’s cheek and drawing blood live on the CBS broadcast. The 71-year-old was fine, laughing it off during and after the Tide’s 49-27 win over the Tigers. MORE Iron Bowl: Rewinding Alabama’s 49-27 win over Auburn Instant analysis: Alabama builds Iron Bowl lead, holds off Auburn In his postgame press conference, Saban prefaced any thoughts on the 87th edition of the state’s biggest rivalry with the same joke that put Anderson in a fit. “You should see the other guy,” Saban said. “I took one of the hardest hits of the entire game, and, unlike some of our players that had to go to the medical tent. Like I always say they don’t make them like they used to.” Nick Alvarez is a reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @nick_a_alvarez or email him at NAlvarez@al.com.