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i have no problem with that. it is your right no matter how misguided you might be.

they claimed it was repub talking points. shrugs. i wish i remember whgere i saw it i would post it. and yes i understand folks already on social security and medicare will be grandfathered in so they lose no benefits. but to be honest i do not trust your side. except liz and a small handful.

i will give you that. ....

they are going to basically ruin social security and medicare which i paid my fair share for. in fact for medicare i was not given a choice. they also are going to give another 3.1 trillion to the super rich again. it was in an article i read a week or two ago.

i guess you have never been in the military. that is what they do and they ALL do it. your side as well. google is your friend.

your side wants to run off all the old repubs and replace them with nut jobs. your side using hershel is a joke. the man is obviously mentally retarded and you guys let him shame himself over and over because you are using him. it is sickening.

hey at least we did not beat her head in with a hammer.you people have no shame so pardon me if i do not get upset with what happened because we do not know for sure. and the main theme for repubs is lie lie lie..................

you damn right i do. he is not the only one but trump acted like trash in office. words matter. jesus dude your side wants a civil war right now because a can man has convinced most of the republican party the election was stolen. i know trump is your man crush but there comes a time you need to wake up dude.

i blame trump and the right for lying and firing folks up. you guys are too easy to violence. when trumps hollers stuff like hit him again it sends a signal. where does the violence end? i know both sides have a few idiots but your pols on the right like marjorie are stirring this crap up. it is sickening and i have not seen anyone yet on the right call this kind of crap out. trump validated the extreme right wing who want to hurt people. hell ask the cops on jan 6. blue lives matter is a joke. it is no more than a slogan. and then when some of you idiots claim it was just a protest fires the haters up more because it is being accepted in their eyes by their own party and a whole bunch of supporters. and you guys claim to be the christian party. what a joke...............

so an 82 year old man gets the hell beat out of him with a hammer and you think it is funny? that is pretty disgusting. hell i do not joke about people getting hurt. i am ashamed of you. and he is an innocent who just happened to be married to the wrong person.

i hear she eats fruit loops for breakfast................

and why do you pull for them? my dad played on the frosh team in the early fifties and my grandfather taught horseback riding for the rotc. my grand parents lived on east glenn a block from the park and baseball fields. i never had a bad day at auburn as a kid. the same as an adult unless you call losing a game bad. i know some will roll their eyes at this but i would love to hear your stories.

swing buy and pick me up. i will buy gas. only downer is i might pass out with my fat azz before we hit nosebleed and i am a big old boy. what i am saying is you will have to carry me. and i would drive but i do not see well at night so it is an adventure when i go out. grins....

Nancy Pelosi's husband 'violently assaulted’ in their home, House speaker's office says Dylan Stableford ·Senior Writer Fri, October 28, 2022 at 7:56 AM·2 min read In this article: Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Paul Pelosi American businessman (born 1940) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” in their San Francisco home early Friday morning, her office said. According to the Associated Press, he was attacked with a hammer. Pelosi, 82, "suffered blunt force trauma to his head and body and was being treated by doctors for bruising, severe swelling and other injuries," the AP reported. “Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi,” Drew Hammill, spokesman for Nancy Pelosi, said in a statement. “The assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation. "Mr. Pelosi was taken to the hospital, where he is receiving excellent medical care and is expected to make a full recovery." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul, arrive for the 42nd Annual Kennedy Awards Honors in Washington, D.C., in December 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Nancy Pelosi was in Washington, D.C., at the time of the incident. “The Speaker and her family are grateful to the first responders and medical professionals involved, and request privacy at this time,” Hammill added. In a statement, the U.S. Capitol Police said it assisting the FBI and San Francisco Police Department in their investigation into the break-in. "Special Agents with the USCP’s California Field Office quickly arrived on scene, while a team of investigators from the Department’s Threat Assessment Section was simultaneously dispatched from the East Coast to assist the FBI and the San Francisco Police with a joint investigation," the USCP said. The Pelosi home, which is located in the affluent Pacific Heights neighborhood, has been a target of vandalism. Last year, their garage door was painted with graffiti, and unidentified suspects "left a pig's head on the sidewalk," San Francisco police said. Paul Pelosi was arrested on suspicion of DUI following a two-car crash in California’s Wine Country in May. In August, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drunk-driving charges and was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation.

they want the colors to match our mood i guess?

Bo Nix says Oregon would beat Georgia if the two teams played again Connor Riley 4 minutes 090322 Atlanta, Ga.: Georgia Bulldogs linebacker Nolan Smith (4) leaps after Oregon Ducks quarterback Bo Nix (10) attempted a pass during their game at Mercedes Benz Stadium, Saturday, September 3, 2022, in Atlanta. Georgia won 49-3. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com) Oregon quarterback Bo Nix has improved so much in this new offense. He’s focused. He’s having fun. He’s saying the Oregon Ducks would beat Georgia if the two teams were to play again. The Oregon quarterback gave an interview with Dennis Dodd of CBS, discussing his impressive season at Oregon. The Ducks have not lost since playing Georgia in Week 1 and sit as the No. 8 team in the country. “Now, if we played them again tomorrow, the game would be completely different, and everybody knows that,” Nix told Dodd. The first time these two teams met, Georgia came away with a 49-3 win over the Ducks in Atlanta. Nix was intercepted twice and the Ducks had by far their worst offensive output of the season. Since then, Oregon has scored more than 40 points in every game. Georgia has not yet lost a game this season, entering Saturday’s game against Florida with a 7-0 record. But were Georgia playing Oregon on Saturday, Nix feels confident the Ducks would win. “I do,” Nix said. “From the first game of the season, a lot of teams get so much better.” Following the 49-3 win over Oregon, Georgia coach Kirby Smart downplayed the result. Since then, Georgia has backed up that performance multiple times in wins over South Carolina, Auburn and Vanderbilt. The Oregon game wasn’t just Nix’s first in an Oregon uniform. Dan Lanning was in his first game as a head coach. Smart likely isn’t surprised about Lanning’s turnaround, based on comments made after the Georgia win. But those comments illuminate why the Bulldogs would feel very confident in a potential rematch. “He’s going to do a really good job at Oregon,” Smart said of Lanning. “He’s relentless, and they’ll bounce back from this, and he knows that we’ve got better players. He’ll never say it, but he knows we’ve got better players, and I respect how he works.” Related: What social media is saying after Georgia football obliterates Oregon in Week 1 Nix is 0-4 in his career against Georgia, with three of those losses coming as the quarterback of the Auburn Tigers. At Oregon, Nix has thrown 17 touchdowns to just three interceptions. Against UCLA, he threw for five touchdowns in a 45-30 win. By comparison, Auburn has just five touchdown passes on the season. Georgia hasn’t given any thought to Oregon since the opening week, with the Bulldogs instead focused on Florida.

new auburn podcast on spotify run by auburn alum. this was from yesterday

he made it himself.

What Bryan Harsin said about Arkansas, Halloween candy on ‘Tiger Talk’ Updated: Oct. 27, 2022, 6:37 p.m.|Published: Oct. 27, 2022, 6:02 p.m. 5-6 minutes The bye week is in the books, and Auburn is ready to hit the home stretch of its 2022 regular-season slate. After a week off, Auburn (3-4, 1-3 SEC) will return to action Saturday at home against Arkansas (4-3, 1-3). Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. from Jordan-Hare Stadium, with the game airing on SEC Network. Read more Auburn football: Finally at home on offense, “nasty” Jeremiah Wright brings welcome mean streak to Auburn O-line Former starting wide receiver to enter transfer portal, becomes 10th of 18 2021 signees to leave Auburn Sorting out the facts on Bryan Harsin’s redshirt policy at Auburn Before the Tigers try to snap their current three-game skid and, in the process, extend their six-game winning streak against the Razorbacks, head coach Bryan Harsin gave his final public remarks previewing the matchup during his weekly appearance on the “Tiger Talk” radio show with hosts Andy Burcham and Brad Law. Below is a recap of Harsin’s segments on Thursday’s show: BRYAN HARSIN -- “Good to be back home” after three road games and an off week. -- On being 9-1 coming off of bye weeks as a head coach: A chance to self-scout is one of the biggest things as a staff, and players get a chance to get healthy, especially when the bye week is later in the year, as this one is. -- On how much attention was placed on Arkansas during the off week: GAs and analysts got ahead of the scout on Arkansas last week, while Auburn’s coaching staff spent much of the week on the road recruiting. Full prep for Arkansas started Sunday. -- On Arkansas’ balance offensively: Harsin mentions quarterback KJ Jefferson’s ability as a passer and runner, as well as OC Kendal Briles’ desire to take downfield shots. -- On Auburn’s success running the ball against Ole Miss: Being physical and eliminating negative plays. Credits O-line for hitting blocks and getting downfield. Now it’s about taking care of the football, which has been an issue this season. -- On Jeremiah Wright, who started at left guard against Ole Miss and has had four position changes: He’s where he need to be, and he “brings some of that nastiness” to the offensive line, which Auburn needs. -- On Shedrick Jackson: “He is the most veteran of the group... He brings consistency.” Says Jackson is going to do things right, run the right routes, and he’s a big factor on special teams, particularly on punt coverage. -- On the role of analysts on staff: Notes there’s a limit of four GAs, and you can create analyst positions (usually 8-10, Harsin says, or one for each coach). Analysts handle advance scouts, stats and info on upcoming opponents. They’re another set of eyes to help develop players and get ahead on gameplanning for future opponents. -- On former Boise State quarterback/current Dallas Cowboys OC Kellen Moore: They still communicate and share ideas. Harsin knew early on that Moore would head down a coaching path; as a recruit in high school, Moore had a 4-inch binder full of plays he made note of from watching games on TV. Harsin is confident Moore will be an NFL head coach in the near future. -- On Halloween: “I like the holidays.... I kind of like them all.” Says his favorite Halloween candy is anything chocolate, but Snickers is the top. As a kid, he would trick-or-treat with a pillow case and wouldn’t come home until it was home. He says he’d scout out the places that did full candy bars: “I wasn’t going to waste my time.” As for his favorite Halloween movie, he says he’s not a big scary movie guy, but he cites the original Halloween and Friday the 13th movies. -- On Auburn’s biggest challenge against Arkansas: “Their speed.... They’ve got really good team speed.” Mentions running back Raheim Sanders first, the Razorbacks’ wide receivers and, of course, KJ Jefferson at QB. -- On Anders Carlson being a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, says he’s the second player he has coached to be honored for that. “Hard work does not go unnoticed.... It’s a great honor for him.” Believes Carlson will play many years in the NFL but will always be successful, even away from football, because of his approach. -- On Auburn returning home this weekend, he says every time he listens to another coach’s press conference, they make note of the environment at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Believes that says a lot about Auburn’s fanbase and its homefield advantage. -- Says the team is ready to get out there and win against Arkansas. Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Joseph Goodman: Watching Bo Nix with bitterness in my heart Updated: Oct. 28, 2022, 7:47 a.m.|Published: Oct. 28, 2022, 7:38 a.m. 7-9 minutes Former Auburn quarterback Bo Nix is playing his way into the conversation for the Heisman Trophy. I mean that sincerely, and without malice, but I know how it’s going to land as college football enters Week 9 of the season. Any mention of Nix, for a lot of people, is going to feel like a fist to the mouth. And by people, I mean Auburn fans in denial about the decline of Auburn football without No.10. At this point, Nix’s name should probably come with a trigger warning. They’re like fighting words. That I’d like to see Nix win the Heisman is a controversial statement these days in Alabama. Thanks to Nix, though, Oregon (6-1, 4-0) is ranked No.8 in the country leading into the Ducks’ away game on Saturday against Cal. With Nix, OU is the best team in the Pac-12. Without Nix, Auburn (3-4, 1-3) is the worst team in the SEC West, and is an underdog at home on Saturday against Arkansas (4-3, 1-2). What’s the common denominator? I’ll give you one hint. It’s not Pac-12 defenses. I get it. People are refusing to face the truth, but the Nix slander doesn’t sit well with me. Did he abandon Auburn? No, he did not, and neither has anyone else leaving Auburn these days. Nix was just one of the first in the program to hold Auburn accountable for the employment of Bryan Harsin. At least someone is. Nix, Auburn Man, is not having a good season at Oregon because he’s playing in the Pac-12. Some would like to cocoon themselves in that belief, but it’s just an exercise in denialism to avoid getting slapped in the face by the truth every single day of this season. Nix is having a great time in Oregon because he’s a great quarterback. And he might even be a dark horse for the Heisman. Think about it this way, all you Bo Nix truthers out there living in the world and walking into glass doors. If Nix is playing with Pac-12 players, then shouldn’t that make him worse? These days, with the right eyes, Oregon looks like an old Auburn team, and Auburn, well, Auburn looks like a team from the Mountain West Conference playing in the SEC. Why did Nix leave Auburn for Oregon? It’s not a trick question, and the reason isn’t some half-baked conspiracy on the internet. Nix has better receivers at Oregon than he would have had at Auburn. On top of that, he’s finally reaching his potential because his current offensive line is giving him time to operate. There are other factors to consider, too. Nix has an offensive coordinator in Kenny Dillingham who coached him at Auburn his freshman season. As a sophomore at Auburn, Nix’s offensive coordinator was Chad Morris. As a junior, it was Mike Bobo. Good grief. After writing that, I want to call DHR. For his senior season, Nix had seen enough to know things weren’t improving for the Tigers under new coach Bryan Harsin. Honestly, how can anyone blame Nix for leaving? Save me all those hollow words about loyalty. Who loves Auburn more than Nix? It’s a short list. Like, maybe Aubie. That’s pretty much it. Nix will always be more Auburn than Harsin ever was. Yeah, it stings watching Nix play so well for the Ducks, but that doesn’t mean I’m not happy for the guy. Smart people remove themselves from toxic relationships. Auburn cuts off its nose, and then refuses to smell what Harsin is shoveling. Successful people evolve, improve and get better. Young people mature. Isn’t that the entire point of college? That’s the Bo Nix story for me. A lot of people process their sports with binary brains. Alabama is three plays away from three losses, they say, but the calculus of that is all wrong. If Alabama lost to Texas in Week 2, then maybe the Crimson Tide is a different team by Week 7 and doesn’t lose at Tennessee. Trading for a high draft pick is always better than going with a former undrafted free agent who has worked for years to master a position. Wrong. Any general manager will tell you that’s not always the case. Plug in a player with potential here, and this team should win all of its games. It’s not that simple or easy, though. That’s the fantasy-league way of thinking, but that’s not reality. In a binary world, there’s no way a former defensive coordinator at Georgia would want a former Auburn quarterback, right? Well, Nix didn’t end up in Oregon by accident or mistake. Oregon first-year coach Dan Lanning was the defensive coordinator at Georgia for the entire time that Nix was the quarterback for Auburn. Georgia went 3-0 against Auburn with Nix under center. The games were blowouts. When Lanning accepted the job at Oregon, there wasn’t a coach in college football more familiar with Nix’s potential and ability. Guess Lanning could see what Auburn and Harsin refused to either acknowledge or understand — that Nix is a great quarterback. The old idea of college coaches being more valuable than a team’s players is on its way out. Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl gets it, and that’s why he’s so successful. Oregon was blown out by Georgia to begin the season, but if you watched that game then you know the loss wasn’t on Nix. It was his first game with a new team under a first-year head coach. Alabama quarterback Bryce Young struggled against Georgia in his most recent game of football against the Bulldogs, too. Is it because Young was suddenly garbage, or is it because Alabama was without receivers John Metchie and Jameson Williams in the third and fourth quarters of the national championship game? Since Week 2 of the season, Nix has thrown 17 touchdowns to one interception and has completed 74.6 percent of his passes. Nix is a great quarterback at this point in his career for the same reasons that Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker is a great quarterback. They have experience. They’re on good teams. They have good coaches. They’ve seen things. As a freshman, Nix knocked off Alabama with Mac Jones at quarterback, and Oregon with Justin Herbert. Nix went 2-1 against LSU as a Plainsman. Oh, and there’s this. Auburn never lost to Ole Miss or Arkansas with Nix at quarterback, 6-0. Now, with Harsin ruining the program, you have to wonder if Ole Miss and Arkansas have already passed Auburn in the pecking order of the SEC West. If you didn’t know all along that this was how the season was going to play out for Auburn and for Nix, then you’re probably among the people who believed the message-board websites when they reported Gus Malzahn was going to take a reduced buyout. More players announced their intentions to leave Auburn this week, but the biggest indictment against Harsin remains the fact that he had Nix as his quarterback, and now Nix is playing on the other side of the country. Auburn is a mess, Harsin is awful, and Nix is putting together a strong case that Oregon should be in the conversation for the College Football Playoffs despite that loss to a good team in the SEC East. Sounds a lot like Alabama to me. Joseph Goodman is a columnist for the Alabama Media Group, and author of “We Want Bama: A season of hope and the making of Nick Saban’s ‘ultimate team’”. You can find him on Twitter @JoeGoodmanJr.

9 Auburn breakfast spots to try before kickoff Updated: Oct. 28, 2022, 6:37 a.m.|Published: Oct. 28, 2022, 6:00 a.m. 6-7 minutes Eleven o’clock kickoffs are not for everyone. In fact, some college football fans downright loath them. But for the rest of us, the early gridiron action gives us the rest of our Saturday back to enjoy the autumnal offerings and the rest of the SEC slate. It also inspires to rise up and eat a great breakfast, and Auburn has you covered in that department. The Tigers kick off against Arkansas at 11 a.m. in Jordan-Hare Stadium, but before they take the field, make sure you fill your belly, especially if you don’t have enough time to tailgate. Waffle House will certainly do any day, anytime -- not to mention the flexible hours -- but if you want to try some local flavors, visit these these places on a gameday or anytime you visit the Plains. Bizilia’s Cafe (134 N College Street) They serve breakfast all day long, so take advantage. Wake up with Mama Mocha’s local roast coffee, with their brewed coffee and espresso, fresh ground in house. They also carry “Brass Knuckle” medium roast for espresso, “Dawn of The Dead” with 50 percent more caffeine and “Onyx” a full-bodied dark roast. If you pick up a pound in their retail section, they will grind it fresh. Must try: The Hot Damn Panini -- three eggs, two pork sausage patties, one slice of cheddar cheese, spinach, topped with homemade smoked jalapeno jelly. Big Blue Bagel & Deli (120 N College Street) Get breakfast plates, bagels, breakfast burritos and more on this wide-ranging menu. But how about one (or two) of their breakfast bagel sandwiches -- either keep it simple with egg, meat and cheese, or add a little spice with The Cajun Sandwiches (two eggs, Cajun turkey and pepperjack). The Bean Coffee Shop (140 A N Dean Road) “Not just a cup of coffee.” Serving roasted coffee and desserts with an in-house bakery, this coffee joint wants novices and experts to feel at home when they visit. “The coffee we serve is from fair trade roasters,” their website says. “That means that every cup of coffee is a part of providing fair wage to farmers in some of the most impoverished countries in the world. Additionally our roasters are involved in a number of other charities and mission work.” If you get hungry with your cup of coffee, try what they call “Auburn’s BEST homemade cinnamon roll” or the avocado toast (spicy avocado slices with in-house spicy cream cheese spread). Byron’s Smokehouse (436 Opelika Road) This mom-and-pop barbecue favorite has all the smoked pork, chicken and turkey you could want on a gameday, but if you wake up early enough, sample the old school breakfast menu. Sometimes all you need is two eggs, bacon, grits, fried potatoes and biscuits. And don’t forget a cup of coffee. Chappy’s Deli (754 E Glenn Avenue) Open since 1989, they have an extensive breakfast menu, starting with the Capital City Platter: Three fresh eggs any style with biscuit and sawmill sausage gravy, your choice of grits or hash browns and your choice of bacon, sausage, turkey sausage or Conecuh sausage. There’s also the Country Fresh Eggs, the Fajita Omelet -- or maybe the “Does a Body Good,” your choice of three scrambled Egg Beaters or egg whites, served with Southern grits, a fresh fruit cup, turkey sausage links and wheat toast. The Hound (124 Tichenor Avenue) A place that specializes in bourbon and bacon deserves a look on gameday, maybe even two. Start with the Bacon Flight, the chef’s daily selection of various styles of bacon produced in house. Move on to the Steak and Eggs (petite prime skirt steak, two eggs any way, breakfast potatoes), the Granola French Toast (granola battered Texas toast, fresh seasonal fruit, maple syrup, powdered sugar) or even the Big Nasty (Nashville-style hot chicken, Mama Sue’s pepper jelly, pepperjack, bacon, fried egg, chipotle aioli, fresh baked buttermilk biscuit). Any of those’ll do. Lucy’s (2300 Moores Mill Road) For the table, share the House-made Coconut and Banana Toast with fig butter and caramelized banana. For brunch, if you’ve got the appetite, try the Chicken and Waffle Bennie (Conecuh sausage gravy, poached egg, Eastaboga Wildflower Honey, Lucy’s Hash) or Lucy’s Big Bad Breakfast (two farm eggs your way, bacon, Lucy’s hash, house-made pimento cheese biscuit). And if you have a sweet tooth, grab some Lemon Lavender Donuts, with citrus sugar and creme anglaise. One Bike Coffee (2415 Moores Mill Road Suite 130) Dubbed “coffee with a cause,” this family-owned shop aims to “serve the best product in the most welcoming environment so we can give back to our community,” the website says. “One Bike Coffee gives 100% of our profits to local charities serving our community.” Grab a cup of medium or dark roast drip or their spiced chai and vanilla latte to start things off. If you’re hungry, hit the classic sausage, egg and cheese biscuit, or the Oatmeal Steamer (with fruit, almonds and craisins). Learn more about their foundation. Ross House (150 North Ross Street) This historic, 111-year-old, wrap-around porch home was professionally renovated with “traditional charm and a contemporary flair” to form a local coffee house locals love. The Café au lait or cold brew will wake you up just fine (but not on Sundays, when they close), and you can enjoy some blended drinks like the frappe or frozen Matcha. Food options include the baked oatmeal, breakfast quiche and muffins/scones. One more, just in case... Another Broken Egg (2311 Bent Creek Road) If the local joints are all booked up, slide into this widely treasured chain sure to draw a large crowd of its own any Saturday morning. The Shrimp ‘N Grits (with Gulf shrimp, of course) are delicious, as is the Hash Brown Benedict (ham and cheese-stuffed crispy hash brown croquettes, topped with poached eggs, mushroom herbed hollandaise and red peppers). What about the Monterey Power Omelette, an egg white omelet filled with chicken, onions, green chilies and tomatoes? If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.

Tiger Tidbits Starting with football: *Anyone looking for a good omen for the Tigers as they try to break their three-game losing streak on Saturday might be encouraged by this statistic. The matchup vs. Arkansas has the potential to be high scoring. The Razorbacks are giving up 32.5 points per game. If Auburn can reach 32 points the trend has been a strong one to expect a win for the Tigers. Dating back for two decades, Auburn has a 219-42-1 record when scoring at least 30 points. *Auburn’s struggles this season can’t be attributed to an inexperienced team. The Tigers have 46 players on the roster with college starting experience with 25 on offense and 21 on defense. Eleven players have started more than 20 times. *The freshmen in the 2022 Auburn signee class have not had much impact this season. The highest rated of the group, four-star linebacker Robert Woodyard, has played briefly in two games. The scholarship true freshmen have combined to produce eight catches for 118 yards and one touchdown, 12 rushing plays for 47 net yards plus eight passing yards. Defensively, the group has six solo tackles and two assists. Here are the freshmen the Tigers signed in the 2022 class along with how many games they have played and the statistics produced: RB Damari Alston (7)–10 carries for 64 yards, 1 reception for 13 yards DB Austin Ausberry (3)–1 assisted tackle WR Camden Brown (7)–3 catches for 26 yards, 1 touchdown WR Jay Fair (5)–1 catch for 23 yards QB Holden Geriner (1)–2-3 passes for 8 yards, 2 carries for -17 yards LB Powell Gordon (0) OL Eston Harris (0) WR Omari Kelly (7)–3 catches for 56 yards K Alex McPherson (0) TE Micah Riley-Ducker (3) DB Caleb Wooden (3) DB J.D. Rhym (7)–6 solo tackles, 1 assist DL Enyce Sledge (0) LB Robert Woodyard (2) In basketball: *From talking with folks on the team who should know, the Tigers are continuing to make steady progress in practice and should be more than ready to open the regular season even though there is more than a week until the opener vs. George Mason University. *A newcomer who is having a strong preseason is Johni Broome. Last year the Tigers played his Morehead State team in the season opener and won 77-54. In that game Broome scored 12 points and pulled in a dozen rebounds. I thought he was a good player when watching him that night and it looks like he has improved since then. At 6-10, 235 pounds he is a physical player, he knows how to score inside and his work ethic is outstanding. He is constantly working on improving his individual skills and has fit in nicely on the Auburn roster. In his last game before transferring to Auburn, Broome was terrific in the Ohio Valley Conference Championship Game that Morehead State lost 71-67 to Murray State. Broome scored 32 points, pulled in eight rebounds, blocked two shots and contributed two steals for the Eagles. He was going against K.J. Williams, who was named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year. Williams finished the championship game with eight points, 10 below his season average. Williams, who is 6-10, 245 pounds, followed his coach to LSU where he will be a fifth-year senior. On Thursday the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Broome is one of 20 players from around the country on its initial watch list for the Karl Malone Award, which goes to the nation's top power forward. *A note to go with the series of articles previewing the 2022-23 season pertains to Auburn’s five-year record being the best of any team in the Southeastern Conference with 122 wins and 44 losses. The five-year record for the Tigers prior to Bruce Pearl taking over the program was 64-92 and without a doubt the Tigers have played a much more demanding non-conference schedule the past five seasons than they did in Jeff Lebo’s final season and the four seasons with Tony Barbee as head coach. In addition to facing tougher regular season non-conference opponents, the past five years includes NCAA Tournament games, something the Tigers did not have with Lebo or Barbee leading teams. *After being snubbed in the media preseason All-SEC poll, the coaches have named junior forward Aicha Coulibaly to their preseason all-league second team. She was a postseason second team all-conference pick last year after finishing fifth in the SEC in scoring at 17.1 points per game. She also led the Tigers in rebounding at 7.5 per game. From watching her in preseason, she looks quicker and stronger than she was last season. Coach Johnnie Harris will put what looks to be a deeper and more talented team on the court next Thursday with an exhibition game at Neville Arena vs. Tuskegee. The Tigers will open the regular season on Nov. 8th with a home game vs. Sam Houston. In baseball: *On Friday at 6:30 p.m CDT the Tigers will play an exhibition game at Plainsman Park vs. Alabama. Auburn has 24 players back from its 2022 College World Series team and it looks like it will get a good bit of help from its 2022 signee class. If you are interested in listening to radio coverage of game, which is scheduled for 12 innings, it is available on line at Wegl91.1.com *On the subject of recruiting, the Tigers have being doing very well on that front for the coming classes. Two of the more interesting commitments because of their family connections are from in-state prospects. Jack Sanderson is a six-foot-five left-handed pitcher from Northridge High School in Tuscaloosa. He is the grandson of former University of Alabama basketball head coach Wimp Sanderson (Sit down, Wimp, a favorite chant of Auburn students in games vs. the Tide at Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum). Coach Butch Thompson's Tigers also have a class of 2025 commitment from Sipsey Valley High School shortstop L.J. Cormier. The six-foot-one prospect is the son of Lance Cormier, a former star player at Alabama and a former Major League pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers. In golf: *After winning the East Lake Cup on Wednesday, I asked Coach Melissa Luellen about how her team is developing now that it has wrapped up its fall schedule and she said, “We are trending in the right direction and getting better every week.” The Tigers, who are ranked No. 22 nationally, will likely get a bump upwards after dominating No. 3 Texas A&M and defeating No. 6 Oregon. One of the highlights of the East Lake Cup was a strong performance by redshirt freshman Casey Weidenfeld. She competed in the anchor match vs. Oregon and the leadoff match vs. Texas A&M. Coach Luellen said that the plan moving forward will be to play her at either one of those spots because she likes to be the first match on the course or the last. The coach said that true freshman Rachel Gourley was really struggling with her tee shots this fall, but got “fed up with hitting it bad” and took a “giant mental leap” with her game as the Tigers won their first East Lake Cup championship. “She played great,” the coach said. Gourley dominated her match vs. Texas A&M. Luellen also said that it “is pretty darn special” for her team to play so well in the nationally-televised match vs. Texas A&M. “You just don’t get opportunities for free advertising like this,” she said. *Men's golf coach Nick Clinard said he thought the way his team played very well this week in winning the Isleworth Collegiate in Florida. The Tigers finished 27-under-par for 54 holes and did it with several of the guys not "having their best stuff," according to Clinard, who said he liked the mental toughness his guys showed. With three victories in four tournaments, it is the best start to a season in the 75 years the Tigers have had a men's golf team. Auburn is ranked third nationally. In volleyball: *Coach Brent Crouch said his freshman-dominated team needs to take advantage of how it was exposed with certain aspects of its play in its third loss of the season, a 3-0 setback on Wednesday night vs. Florida in a matchup to determine first place in the SEC. Auburn is now 18-3 overall and 7-3 in the SEC. “Florida is a really good team,” he said. “They have got some physicality basically at every position. I?thought we matched up really well with them from a physical standpoint at maybe half of the positions so I think they had a little physical advantage there where we have had the physical advantage against most of the teams we have played so far. There was a difference there.” The coach said that in addition to adding physical strength as his players spend more time in the program, they should improve with more practice on defensive skills. He also said a goal is to become a better serving team. “We looked young a little bit in this match,” he pointed out. “We needed to have a match like that because it tells us where we stack up right now.” Despite the loss, the coach said he sees a clear path for his team to earn an NCAA Tournament bid this season. Auburn’s only previous NCAA Tournament invitation came in 2010 when the Tigers defeated Missouri State 3-0 in the opening round and lost to Nebraska 3-0 in round two. ">247Sports

Auburn eyes December move-in for new football facility Nathan King 3 minutes Auburn can see the finish line for its new, state-of-the-art football facility. Only a "couple weeks" remain before the project is 100% completed, interim athletic director Rich McGlynn said Thursday, and the expectation is that the team will move into the Woltosz Football Performance Center after the conclusion of the regular season in December. "We're really close," McGlynn said Thursday on Tiger Talk. McGlynn expects an official unveiling for the facility either Nov. 10 or 11 — before Auburn's home game against Texas A&M. "The idea is football will get into that building probably into December," McGlynn said. The $92 million complex was approved all the way back in September 2019 — with former football coach Gus Malzahn helping to lead the charge and even pledging $2 million toward the project — and it began construction in March 2021. The team is currently housed in the athletics complex on the corner of South Donahue Drive and Samford Avenue that was built in 1989. Renderings for the facility show a number of high-end features for future Auburn football players and coaches to utilize, including an indoor practice facility with a pair of connecting outdoor fields, a new locker room and team meeting auditorium, weight rooms and hydrotherapy pools, a "multi-purpose" kitchen and "fuel bar," lounge spaces and individual team meeting rooms and offices, game rooms, recruiting lounges, a barber shop, recording studios and even a flight simulator. Last week, the facility was officially named for the Woltosz family. During the 2019 football season, Walt Woltosz and his family committed what was, at the time, the biggest donation in Auburn athletics history. That was surpassed last year by Bill and Connie Neville, whom the basketball arena was renamed for in March. 11COMMENTS The weight room with be known as the Creel Family Player Development Lab, named for Keith and Ginger Creel, also part of Auburn's highest donor groups. “We’re really excited,” McGlynn said. “We think it’s a game-changer — the building itself, the facility, all the access that our student-athletes are going to have. The locker room is phenomenal. And so we’re really excited about it.” ">247Sports