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Here’s the 247 article from Christian Clemente. Since its behind the paywall, here’s the relevant bit: On the board this week, someone asked about Auburn's coordinators — offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau, defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding and special teams coordinator Roc Bellantoni — and whether or not they've been on the road yet. To which I answered that they have not. Auburn has meetings on Friday nights before the game, in which the coordinators are required to attend. Is that normal? Yes, it is normal for meetings to be on Friday night ahead of the game. It is not normal, however, for coordinators to have to be there, according to sources at other programs. Thus far Auburn's coordinators, offensive line coach Will Friend or tight end coach Brad Bedell have not been on the road once this fall. this is all on harsin. i am sure someone will tell me what i am missing?

Serious question: was Harsin ever given a chance to be successful (i.e. did he have enough buy-in and support at any point in time)?

with harsin having such a rough time and not recruiting worth a damn because he apparently cannot be bothered i would throw cornbreads name out there just to watch his face turn red. he has blamed the players over and over during post game shows but never mentions him or his staff making bad calls and decisions. and he has made a ton of them. but he lets them slide.

John Oliver Exposes GOP's Most 'Heartbreakingly Stupid' Anti-Trans Talking Point Ed Mazza Mon, October 17, 2022 at 4:24 AM John Oliver on Sunday returned to the topic of trans rights ― and pulled apart some of the dumbest yet most persistent right-wing talking points used to argue against equality. For example, sports. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) has made anti-trans legislation a central part of her agenda, signing a law that ― among other things ― essentially forbids transgender girls from competing in youth sports. But Oliver stepped in with a fact-check. “Kids aren’t plotting big, deceitful school sports-related cheating schemes just to get what they want,” he said. “You’re thinking of Lori Loughlin. That’s who you’re thinking of here. You’re confused.” He also looked at the growing number of GOP lawmakers citing a debunked conspiracy theory of schools stocking kitty litter for students who identify as cats. “The fact you seem to genuinely think that that’s happening is just heartbreakingly stupid,” he said after playing clips of politicians in Minnesota and other states all repeating that line. He added: Because when you think about it for literally two seconds the whole thing falls apart. For one, if kids were using litter boxes in class, a state representative from Minnesota would not be the one breaking that news to you. You would’ve ******* heard about it. If a kid shat in a litter box in first period, it would be the only thing anyone in that state was talking about by lunch. Minnesota would change its state motto to “Minnesota: Y’know, the state where that kid s*** in a litterbox.” And those weren’t the only right-wing myths and talking points he dismantled. See more from “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday: This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.

sark caught hell for being an addict and he was considered so much of a risk not many wanted anything to do with him until saban brought him into the fold.

If approached by a Power Five school, would Deion Sanders be receptive? “I’m going to have to entertain it. Straight up. I’d be a fool not to,” Sanders says, adding that his concern is for his assistants, who are underpaid by college football standards. https://cbsn.ws/3TsOjAY

there were people on this very board that said Heupel was not that great a coach and he would fail in the sec. names escape me but it was stated.

i got lucky and watched the deion special on sixty minutes and i am super impressed. with that said my personal opinion is he can help more in need kids where he is so i doubt he leaves. but i would take him. he is teaching values and how to be accountable and all that. he lost two toes recently so do you or anyone know if he is diabetic? i am type 2 now is my reasoning and not to imply he would not be there long. also his coaches ob his staff are getting peanuts to coach so they must love the man and what he is doing for these kids.

Takeaways and impactful plays from Auburn’s 48-34 loss against No. 9 Ole Miss Updated: Oct. 16, 2022, 2:51 p.m.|Published: Oct. 16, 2022, 2:51 p.m. 9-12 minutes Waking up on a Mid-October Sunday morning to see Auburn last in the Southeastern Conference West standings after a 48-34 loss against first-place No. 9 Ole Miss is a jarring feeling for Tiger fans. Running back Quinshon Judkins had 139 rushing yards and two touchdowns for the Rebels. He was one of three Rebels with over 100 yards rushing. Rebel quarterback Jaxon Dart had 115 rushing yards, and Zach Evans ran for 136 yards and a touchdown. Ole Miss had 448 rushing yards against Auburn, the most by a Rebel squad since 1962 (fifth-most all-time) and the second-most ever against an SEC opponent. Ole Miss had a record 515 yards in 1951 against Auburn during a much different time in football lore. “I thought overall they were physical up front, and they were getting downhill,” Probably, as you look at us, we probably misfit something in there,” Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin said. “But that happens, those things are going to happen. We also had chances to make some plays in the backfield, and we missed some tackles in some of those situations there. We’ve got to do a better job on one-on-ones.” Read More Auburn Football: Robby Ashford shows resilience in loss against No. 9 Ole Miss Instant Analysis: Auburn loses 48-34 at No. 9 Ole Miss What Lane Kiffin said about No. 9 Ole Miss beating Auburn 48-34 Lane Kiffin’s squad looked deserving to be in first when taking a 21-0 after Evans scored a 3-yard touchdown with 14:36 left in the first half. Harsin’s team appeared to justify reporters picking them last after T.J. Finley’s fumble led to the Evans score. Ole Miss scored its second touchdown after starting quarterback Robby Ashford threw an interception. Harsin benched Ashford for the series leading to Finley’s first action since exiting the Penn State 29-point loss. Getting down by 21 after getting boat raced by UGA the previous week and blowing a 17-point lead against LSU the week before provided an opportunity for Auburn to fold. “Yeah, man, it’s just about pride,” Auburn linebacker Owen Pappoe said. “You can’t lay down just because you’re down 21. You’re not playing a video game; that’s when people pass the sticks, but Nah, we ain’t passing the sticks, man. We’re going to keep fighting until the end.” Pappoe’s words rang true, and it started with Ashford. Let’s get into some observations from the game. 1. Auburn is 3-4 and 1-3 in SEC games following the loss at Ole Miss. Auburn enters the bye week on a three-game losing streak. Harsin is on the hot seat with a 9-11 record in his first 20 games as the Auburn coach. It is hard to believe a year ago, the Tigers beat Ole Miss for the sixth-consecutive time and were 6-2 with an opportunity to win the division. Auburn hasn’t beaten a ranked opponent since last October’s win against the Rebels at Jordan-Hare, and it took a set of miracles against Missouri in the Tigers’ only SEC win after beating Ole Miss last season. 2. Fans and perhaps some boosters might be ready to move on Harsin. However, he isn’t. “Those guys know we’re a lot closer than it seems,” Harsin said. “And so, a few things here and there. That’s what changes the game. But that’s football as well. And the reality of it is we didn’t win. Ole Miss did. They did it better than we did today. So, we have to go back and figure out what we can control, how we’re going to improve and get better, and what we can do going into the next game to find a way to win. But those guys will fight. And they want to win. And they’re not going to throw in the towel. That’s one of the things, they won’t do that.” 3. From their actions on the field and their words after the game, it seems his players aren’t ready for a new head coach. “Coach Harsin does a great job,” Auburn defender Derick Hall said. “I don’t want to comment on the aspect of what everybody else should do. That’s not my job. My job is to come to work every day and play hard. Just speaking from the inside, he does a great job. The guy loves football. He wants to win, and he hates losing. I think that’s a lot of what we have in common. He does a great job with this team and trying to push us in the right direction. The other stuff we really can’t control.” 4. Ashford made a significant play on 3rd and 15 from the Tigers’ 32 and down 21 in the second quarter. He extended the play with his legs and threw a pass to Koy Moore for 46 yards. Auburn scored a touchdown on a quarterback sneak by Ashford a few plays later. 5. Auburn scored on their next possession, with Tank Bigsby leading the way. He ran for 179 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Auburn had 301 rushing yards against Ole Miss. Jeremiah Wright started at left guard and helped open lanes for Bigsby and Jarquez Hunter, who ran for 80 yards. “Jeremiah is an aggressive player,” Hunter said. You need aggression on the O-line. I like that about him. He’s a mean player who can go out there and do his job.” 6. Auburn struggled to run the ball often this season. It was a positive sign to see the run game flourish, especially after getting down by 21 points. “Our backs were able to get started. I thought the backs ran hard today,” Harsin said. “I was really proud of Tank; he went hard. He got vertical, he stuck his foot in the ground and got vertical on quite a few runs, and it showed. He was able to create some explosive plays that way. But overall, I just thought we did a better job up front of getting the run started, giving our backs a chance, and then our backs doing a great job breaking tackles and running hard.” -- Auburn outscored Ole Miss 17-14 in the second quarter after getting outscored 14-0 in the first. Harsin and his team will likely argue it should’ve been 17-7, which could’ve gone a long way toward an Auburn comeback win. 7. Zion Puckett broke up a Dart pass attempt to Rebel receiver Casey Kelly on 4th and three with 3:55 left in the second quarter and Auburn down 21-14. However, there were flags on the field. Puckett got called for pass interference against Kelly. “I obviously disagreed with it, Harsin said. “The hard thing is when you feel your player played that play like he’d been playing all the other ones. He made a good play; I thought we made a really good play; I thought we got our eyes back; I thought we turned around; I thought we made a competitive play on the ball. It’s impossible to not be, in a moment like that, there will be contact either way, on both sides. So I disagreed with the call, and that’s really it.” 8. Harsin also got called for unsportsmanlike conduct for arguing with the refs. Ole Miss went from 4th and three from the 29 to 1st and Goal from the eight-yard line because of both infractions. The Rebels took a 28-14 lead with 2:52 on Dart’s touchdown pass to Judkins. “Standing up for our guys and believing that what I saw was our guy playing with good technique, playing hard, and trying to go out there and compete on the play — which is exactly what we asked him to do,” Harsin said. “So, when your guys are out there doing something you asked them to do, you stand up for them. You want to help them out. You want to make sure that, look, we disagree with that. And I certainly did.” 9. Harsin’s players appreciated the display of emotion. “Oh yeah, that just shows how much he cares,” Pappoe said. “He cares for the players; he cares for us, going down there because that would’ve been a crucial fourth-down stop for us too.” Auburn went into the locker room down 28-17 after an Anders Carlson field goal as time ran off the clock. The Tigers got the ball back off a Keionte Scott interception. 10. Another situation that didn’t go in Auburn’s favor was a third-quarter onsides kick by the Rebels with the score 31-24 at the 9:45 mark in the third quarter. Auburn held the Rebels to a 27-yard field goal and could’ve tied the game with a touchdown on the ensuing drive. Calling an onsides kick up seven at home is bold. It’s the type of move that gets coaches clowned if it doesn’t work well. If the play didn’t work and Auburn took the field position and scored a game-tying touchdown, Kiffin would’ve served as fodder on all the highlight shows. “You know, we were struggling at that point in the game so we got the ball back in the game so I don’t think that’s what people were anticipating in the game in a high-scoring kind of game, Kiffin said. “We got to that drive so let’s do it. We get it and then they’re back on the field again so we get twenty straight snaps on defense so the players needed it. Obviously, it helped us in the game a lot.” 11. Ole Miss went up by 14 points after scoring on a short field. -- Ashford led the Tigers back down the field on the following drive. He capped a 75-yard drive on the eighth play with a run for 11 yards into the end zone. Auburn again drew within a single-score deficit. He gained 70 yards on the ground, but when adjusted for sacks by NCAA rules he was credited with 35 yards. Ashford battled back and so did his team. Ultimately it wasn’t enough against an Ole Miss team that could win its first SEC title since the 1960′s, but with a bye week approaching there are positives, the Tigers could take into the second half of the season. “We have a bye week now coming up; we’ve got to get some guys healthy,” Harsin said. “We’ve got to take advantage of that. We got to work on some things over the last few weeks that we need to keep improving on, but right now, just from a mentality standpoint, keeping these guys involved in every single thing we’re doing and mentally in the right frame of mind to continue to keep improving and getting better.” Nubyjas Wilborn covers Auburn for Alabama Media Group

decaturdaily.com Column | Auburn may have grown up amid track meet Doug Segrest For the TimesDaily 4-5 minutes There would be no second-half disappearing act for Auburn Saturday. Instead, Auburn disappeared early. And suddenly, a bleak season was looking like a black hole. Ninth-ranked Ole Miss led Auburn 21-0 seconds into the second quarter, playing a dominating version of name-your-score. Hire the moving vans. Order the basketball tickets. Wait ‘til next year cause 2022 was toast. But then Robby Ashford, already benched once for a series after a dreadful start, scrambled long enough to find Koy Moore wide open for a 46-yard gain. Holes began to open for Tank Bigsby and Jarquez Hunter. And Ashford himself found the end zone on a short keeper. Auburn went on the road, a place it’s had so much success before, and put a scare in Lane Kiffin and Co. while the final result — Ole Miss 48, Auburn 34 — won’t soothe the wounds of a frustrating autumn on the Plains, it revealed something quite unexpected about this edition of the Tigers. It showed a coaching staff that can, indeed, adjust — in this case, against one of the greatest mismatch exploiters in college football. It showed a team that refused to quit even en route to the woodshed. It showed that while Auburn’s staring at the possibility of a second-straight losing season, this team hasn’t conceded a thing. And it came away from Oxford with much to build on. Start with Ashford, the Hoover High product and Oregon transfer. His first three drives ended with a pair of punts and a pick, prompting Bryan Harsin to pull him for a series. Exit Ashford, enter T.J. Finley for the first time since he was injured in the Penn State game. Finley floundered just as Ashford had, losing a fumble on a quarterback sack. Cue the merry-go-round. Ashford was back in. But, this time, things were different. Maybe the sideline view during Finley’s three plays provided a glimpse into the future. Or maybe it just ticked him off. There was evidence on the bench after the first touchdown, when Ashford and Bigsby started barking at each other. But the results were indisputable. After a season of seeing others grab their lunch money and run, Auburn was fighting back. The three-touchdown deficit began dissipating. Even as Kiffin pulled out the stops — a pair of fourth-down gambits and a successful onside kick — Auburn chipped away: 21-14, 28-17, 28-24, 38-31, 41-34. Ashford threw sparingly, but when he did, he was effective. Bigsby and Hunter were turning flashes of space into big gains, shedding Rebels tacklers along the way. Auburn’s defense managed to make Ole Miss’ biggest threat, receiver Jonathan Mingo, a no-show. But as the skies darkened, so did Auburn hopes. Because there was no answer for the Ole Miss running game. Three different backs cracked the century-mark and the Rebels gutted Auburn for 448 rushing yards on the day. Quinshon Judkins accomplished his feat with 6 minutes remaining in the game, finding a crease and exploding 41 yards untouched to put the game, finally, out of reach. For emphasis, Mother Nature followed with a nearby bolt of lightning to force a weather delay. Unlike the Braves and Dodgers, Auburn showed little ill effect from the long time off, driving near midfield. But the last gasp ended with an interception throw by Ashford, who was running for his life. For Auburn, an off week comes at an opportune time. The question now will be what fireworks follow. The expectation was that if Auburn makes a move, now would be the perfect time to let Harsin go. But after Auburn’s performance Saturday, it may be time to rethink that.

Ole Miss again brings out Tank Bigsby's best; RB passes Michael Dyer on career list Published: Oct. 16, 2022, 11:00 a.m. 5-6 minutes There’s something about playing Ole Miss that brings out the best in Tank Bigsby. Three of the running back’s best career games have come against the Rebels, with the latest installment registering as arguably the best rushing performance of his career. Bigsby ran for 179 yards and a pair of touchdowns during Auburn’s 48-34 loss to Ole Miss, helping keep the Tigers in the game after falling behind by 21 points early in the second quarter. It was Bigsby’s third career 100-yard effort in as many games against the Rebels. Read more Auburn football: Grading Auburn’s 48-34 loss to Ole Miss That one sucked”: Ole Miss’ surprise onside kick looms large for Auburn in loss Auburn’s run defense decimated by Ole Miss in worst performance in 20 years “I don’t even think it’s Ole Miss, man,” linebacker Owen Pappoe said. “Tank’s a guy who just shows up every day and gives his all. He had a good game today, man. A good bit of electric runs.” That was a modest assessment by Pappoe. Bigsby’s effort against Ole Miss was a virtuoso performance by a true NFL talent who has struggled to get things going behind a less-than-stellar offensive line this season. Bigsby’s 179 rushing yards against the Rebels was the second-best single-game total of his career, surpassed only by the 192 yards he racked up against Mississippi State in the final game of his freshman season. Bigsby matched a career high with two rushing touchdowns Saturday, and his 9 yards per carry marked a career-high against Power 5 competition and the fourth-best average overall; he averaged 11.1 yards per carry against Alabama State last season and 9.2 yards per carry against both Mercer in this year’s opener and against Akron in last year’s opener. It also moved him past Michael Dyer and Stacy Danley and into 12th on Auburn’s career rushing list (2,457 yards), just 37 yards behind Kerryon Johnson (2,494) in the program record book. “I was really proud of Tank; he went hard,” Auburn coach Bryan Harsin said. “He got vertical, he stuck his foot in the ground and got vertical on quite a few runs, and it showed. He was able to create some explosive plays that way.” In three career games against the Rebels, Bigsby has run for 448 yards and five touchdowns. He averages 149.3 rushing yards per game and 6.69 yards per carry against Ole Miss for his career. Those are easily his best career numbers against any team he has played more than once. Of Bigsby’s 20 carries against Ole Miss on Saturday, six went for at least 10 yards, including a pair of 50-yard runs that were his two longest carries of the season. One of those 50-yarders was a touchdown on Auburn’s opening drive of the second half, which cut Ole Miss’ lead to four — the closest the Tigers got all game after falling behind 21-0 early. While the explosive runs were plentiful at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, for both teams, the more notable stat for Bigsby was that only two of his 20 touches went for no gain or a loss of yards; he had one run stopped at the line of scrimmage and one for a 1-yard loss. Other than that, the junior was largely able to avoid contact behind the line of scrimmage — something that has impacted his overall production this season behind a subpar offensive line. Bigsby’s big game against Ole Miss ended a career-worst stretch for the talented running back. He’d been held to 51 yards or fewer in five straight games and entered Saturday’s game averaging just 2.94 yards per carry against Power 5 opponents this season, which was 36th among qualifying SEC rushers, ahead of only a trio of quarterbacks. “We game planned to run the ball this game, so it was opportunities,” Bigsby said. “So, I took advantage of them. It wasn’t that we were playing Ole Miss. It’s just the opportunities were there ,and we took advantage of it.” Against the Rebels, the Tigers’ offensive line had its best game of the season against quality competition. Not only did the group pave the way for Bigsby’s 179 yards, but its improved blocking up front allowed Auburn to run for 301 total yards and four touchdowns while averaging 7.3 sack-adjusted yards per carry. It was Auburn’s first 300-yard rushing game against a Power 5 opponent since 2017 against Arkansas. “Those guys came out running the ball hard,” Bigsbys said of his offensive line. “Throughout the game today, the confidence got higher and higher, and we just stuck with it. We said we were going to run down their throat and that was the mentality of the game. That’s what we came in to do.” Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Auburn football: Did Auburn gain a coach and a quarterback in the loss on Saturday? Glenn Sattell Glenn Sattell is an award-winning freelance writer for Saturday Down South. 4-5 minutes Bryan Harsin will make a program successful. It may not be Auburn’s, that remains to be seen, but he will be a winner somewhere. It’s almost inevitable, given the fight, the determination and the drive he’s instilled in an outmanned Auburn team this season. And while Auburn may or may not have found itself a coach on Saturday in a slugfest loss to No. 9 Ole Miss on the road, It may very well have gained a quarterback. As the Tigers refuse to give up without a fight despite the losses piling up this season, the will to compete was personified best by quarterback Robby Ashford on Saturday. The redshirt freshman struggled mightily in his first few series, which included an interception that led to an Ole Miss touchdown. He was overexcited for the big SEC start, hoping to bounce back after a dismal showing against then No. 2 Georgia. Harsin saw this, it appeared, and understood that his starting QB needed to sit for a series and settle down. So, he yanked the young signal-caller, a move that might have worked the opposite way had he not been given an opportunity that afternoon to made amends. Confidence is often fragile in young players. After one series with T.J. Finley under center, which resulted in another turnover, Harsin reinserted Ashford, a move that may end up proving to change the course of the program both for Ashford and for Harsin. That’s because Ashford looked like a seasoned veteran after that and Auburn fought valiantly to the end on Saturday. Whether or not Ashford would have reentered if Finley had driven the Tigers down the field, only Harsin knows, but it’s clear that Ashford is QB1 moving forward, and his brief respite for that one series accomplished what Harsin had hoped. Ashford was a different quarterback after that. He didn’t bring the Tigers a victory, but he did everything in his power to do so. He doesn’t play defense, but what he does is generate some much-needed offense. Ashford spread the wealth in a passing game that didn’t break records but kept the chains moving and kept the Ole Miss defense somewhat off balance. He completed passes to 7 receivers, connecting for gains of 46, 32, 23 and 19 yards (all of those to different pass catchers). For the game, Ashford completed 8 or 17 passes for 140 yards. He threw two interceptions, which must be addressed, but for the most part he moved the offense consistently. In many games 34 points would be enough to put a mark in the win column. He also added 35 rushing yards, including a 22-yard scamper, and scored 2 running touchdowns. Statistically, he wasn’t impressive. In leading the team up and down the field, that’s where he looked like he belonged. Auburn’s unwavering fight and team effort is what made Harsin look like he belonged on the sidelines. His never-quit attitude is reflected in this team. That’s certainly not the issue. Now, bringing talent to the Plains is what will make Auburn relevant again. Can Harsin do that? It remains to be seen. What also remains to be seen is if Harsin be given that opportunity. It appears as though Auburn will make that decision after it brings in a new athletics director. That, too, remains to be seen.

Despite struggles, Tigers continue to fight Jason Caldwell 4 minutes It would have been easy to just roll over. Already with three losses on the season and the hopes of making it to Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game long gone, the Auburn Tigers could have packed it in when Ole Miss took an early 21-0 lead on Saturday. But that didn’t happen. Despite losing 48-34, Bryan Harsin’s team kept battling until the final whistle. Now 3-4 on the season and dropping three consecutive games in league play, Auburn finds itself with two weeks to think about things before getting back on the field against the Arkansas Razorbacks. While rest and rehab are two of the most needed things for a banged-up Auburn squad, Harsin said one thing he knows he’ll get from this team is effort. “These guys fight,” the second-year coach said. “That's one thing. They come back, and they'll come back in on Sunday, and they lock in. They pay attention. They want to win. They all want to win. I don't think that's ever been anything that I haven't felt from our players. They want to win. You know, it's how we do it. It's all the things that we have to do to be winners leading up to a game. That's really when it comes down to. “You know, those guys, they care about their performance, they care about their team. They care about what's going on, and I appreciate them. You want to be around anybody — it doesn't matter what profession you're in — you want to be around people that care. I mean, those guys show up every day, give a crap, and they repeat. I mean, it's really how they operate.” It was a very forgettable day for the Auburn defense after giving up what felt like a mile of rushing yards to Ole Miss. Already without Eku Leota, the Tigers were a wounded bunch on Saturday with Marcus Harris getting banged up early, Colby Wooden late and others like Derick Hall shaken up at times as well. Even though it wasn’t going like they had hoped, Hall said the ultimate job for everyone on this team is just to keep playing hard. “I think this team is very resilient, as I have mentioned multiple times,” Hall said. “Guys really love the game of football so it’s no surprise to me. We just have to keep building off that. We’re moving in the right direction and starting to play as a team and we’re starting to put points on the board. We have to get stops for those guys when they go out and score and give them the ball back. It’s something we have to continue to work on.” 13COMMENTS As the losses begin to mount, the job only gets tougher for Harsin, the players and the staff the rest of the way. With some very difficult games still ahead, Hall said this week is an important one for this team to get ready for the home stretch as it tries to build some momentum. “The biggest thing is just being available every Saturday,” Hall said of the injury issues. “You just have to be good and healthy for four hours. Everything else you can deal with. That’s my motto throughout the week. Guys are banged up and things happen, but the biggest thing is being available for four hours on a Saturday. This bye week is definitely going to help us mentally and physically just to get a chance to relax and go home and get away. It will be beneficial for us. It has really been a strain.”

Jason Caldwell's Monday morning quarterback column Jason Caldwell 3-4 minutes Assessing Auburn through seven games It’s tough to figure out this Auburn team, even after more than half of the regular season is in the books. I fully expected this offense to struggle with key pieces gone from last year, and that has definitely been the case. I did think the Tigers would be able to run the football better, but everyone underestimated the loss of Nick Brahms in the preseason and what it would mean for Auburn’s offensive line. Throw in a second injury to Tate Johnson and it has created some big issues up front. The good news is that more injuries led to Jeremiah Wright getting a shot, which looks like it’s something the Tigers can build on. The inability to run the football consistently has only added to the issues Auburn has had at the quarterback position. Too many turnovers and a poor completion percentage have the Tigers 115th nationally in QB rating as a team. Virginia, Indiana, Colorado and Iowa are the only Power5 teams in the country lower than Auburn. Defensively, the story has continued to be the lack of depth up front for the Tigers. With the loss of Eku Leota, it was only made things worse the last two weeks and the results have been brutal to watch with Georgia and Ole Miss combining for 740 yards and 9 touchdowns in the last two weeks. I vividly remember sitting in the Superdome in New Orleans following the 1988 season and being shocked when Sammie Smith ran for over 100 yards against the Auburn defense in that loss to the Seminoles. That thought ran through my mind as Ole Miss was running all over the Tigers on Saturday to the tune of 448 yards on 69 carries. Heading into the bye week, Auburn’s run defense is now 119th or worse in every statistical category in the country. I don’t care if your offense is the best in the country, it’s hard to win when you can’t stop teams from running the football. Currently, Auburn is allowing 204.43 yards per game (120th), 4.85 yards per attempt (119th), 19 touchdowns (126th), and 1,431 yards (122nd). If you had told me in my lifetime that I would ever see those types of numbers for an Auburn defense I would have told you it was impossible. This group is already tied for the most touchdowns allowed on the ground in a full season since 2015. Against Power 5 teams, Auburn is giving up 260 yards rushing a game. Unless that gets shored up in a big way this season is very unlikely to get much better. 25COMMENTS Great Scott I’m not sure what he’s going to do after this season because my guess is that NFL teams are going to be intrigued by his skill set, but junior college transfer Keionte Scott has shown some really good things in seven games for the Tigers this season. With 33 tackles Scott has the ability to come up and make plays in the box from his nickel position. That’s a big deal for a defense to have that type of player in the secondary. His emergence along with Oregon transfer D.J. James has given this Auburn pass defense a big boost in the 2022 season. ">247Sports

i remember was it bostic{?} who had to calm terry down in the tunnel because he was so nervous his whole body was shacking. he said that was why they won all their games because no one wanted to let coach down because he could get almost sick with worry. well it was reala close to that. i hope i got the right running back.................lol

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go to youtube and search for stattiger and you should find all his stuff. i think he is trying to build his own show or something? i am not positive of that but he posts all kids of stuff as well as posting old games etc.................

i am not so sure it is the players but coaching. i think the boise boys are in over their head. and i get sick of the coaches saying all year long the kids need to get better over and over. well after a while it is not the kids or even just the kids as much as i believe it is also in coaching.why can he not tell the public the coaching needs to be better as well? everyone seems to hate our oline coach but a couple of mods say he was handcuffed and not allowed to coach the line as it should be and that all this will be made public when hars leaves.

For the record i am waiting as well.

SNAP JUDGMENTS: Ole Miss 48, Auburn 34 JackCondon@CollegeAndMag 4-5 minutes MMMMM Auburn ran for more than 300 yards, had three pretty good quarters, and lost by two touchdowns. When the offense finally starts to figure it out a bit, the defense completely fails. Let’s just end this charade. All today proved to me is that there is plenty of talent on this team to be more competitive. These backs are really good. The OL can at least push someone around. To be honest, now we know why the coaching staff might have believed they could run the ball well this year, because this defense cannot stop the run. Especially with limited rotation and injuries. This team remains poorly coached. Turnovers against played a huge part. The surprise onside kick was embarrassing. This needs to be the end. It probably won’t be, but it needs to be. -James Jones -AU Chief A bad PI call was devastating but this game was lost due to this team being poorly coached. Special teams kickoff alignments exposing an onside kick that’s likely been there on film for weeks along with an undisciplined team that doesn’t fall on fumbled footballs laying on the ground or communicate in the secondary during motions is a team that hasn’t been prepared from the spring onward to play winning football. We have enough players to beat Ole Miss. We showed that today. But the work over the spring and summer on some basic level fundamentals was missing which proved enough to be the difference and swing this game. I don’t know when Bryan Harsin will be fired. I hope it’s early in the morning of Sunday October 16, 2022. The reality is that it may be a situation where this roster might have such a mass exodus to sit out until the portal opens that firing him now does more harm than good. Not that they’re doing more than the bare minimum now, but this Boise staff in Auburn might as well just punch the clock if he’s gone. The players could suffer for that. We’re not in the meetings…to see just how bad this is with him, and therefore can’t see how bad this might actually get without him. I’d still fire him tomorrow if I had my way. We need to get to work on naming the next AD in the next 7-14 days. We need to work on a consensus among stakeholders, including the new AD, on the next head coach. What we don’t have to do is reset a coaching market that is already ours for the taking. But I think the work behind the scenes makes it worth it to go ahead, pay this awful fit of a football coach his money, and we never speak of this horrific coaching tenure ever again as soon as possible. -Josh Black We are Isaac Okoro days away from the return of Auburn Basketball. -Will McLaughlin I spent all day at the State Fair of Texas. Had a fried charcuterie board and a deep fried Reese’s peanut butter cup topped with blue bell vanilla ice cream. 10/10 day. -Son of Crow Just sad at this point. Want more for these players. Guys like Derick Hall & Tank Bigsby who keep working their butts off trying to win football games. It just sucks. -AU Nerd I really enjoyed the All-22 view we got of Ole Miss rushing for 430 yards today, that was cool. But for real, after watching Tennessee just play balls out for 60 minutes, I literally only want to have fun watching football again. It shouldn’t be hard. It shouldn’t be difficult to do that, and we saw some things that suggest we have the dudes to play that way. We’re just deficient in a couple of key areas, namely the sideline. The bye week should be a good opportunity to make some changes, because we can’t get better until the problem is removed. -Jack Condon

decaturdaily.com Column | Auburn may have grown up amid track meet Doug Segrest For the TimesDaily 4-5 minutes There would be no second-half disappearing act for Auburn Saturday. Instead, Auburn disappeared early. And suddenly, a bleak season was looking like a black hole. Ninth-ranked Ole Miss led Auburn 21-0 seconds into the second quarter, playing a dominating version of name-your-score. Hire the moving vans. Order the basketball tickets. Wait ‘til next year cause 2022 was toast. But then Robby Ashford, already benched once for a series after a dreadful start, scrambled long enough to find Koy Moore wide open for a 46-yard gain. Holes began to open for Tank Bigsby and Jarquez Hunter. And Ashford himself found the end zone on a short keeper. Auburn went on the road, a place it’s had so much success before, and put a scare in Lane Kiffin and Co. while the final result — Ole Miss 48, Auburn 34 — won’t soothe the wounds of a frustrating autumn on the Plains, it revealed something quite unexpected about this edition of the Tigers. It showed a coaching staff that can, indeed, adjust — in this case, against one of the greatest mismatch exploiters in college football. It showed a team that refused to quit even en route to the woodshed. It showed that while Auburn’s staring at the possibility of a second-straight losing season, this team hasn’t conceded a thing. And it came away from Oxford with much to build on. Start with Ashford, the Hoover High product and Oregon transfer. His first three drives ended with a pair of punts and a pick, prompting Bryan Harsin to pull him for a series. Exit Ashford, enter T.J. Finley for the first time since he was injured in the Penn State game. Finley floundered just as Ashford had, losing a fumble on a quarterback sack. Cue the merry-go-round. Ashford was back in. But, this time, things were different. Maybe the sideline view during Finley’s three plays provided a glimpse into the future. Or maybe it just ticked him off. There was evidence on the bench after the first touchdown, when Ashford and Bigsby started barking at each other. But the results were indisputable. After a season of seeing others grab their lunch money and run, Auburn was fighting back. The three-touchdown deficit began dissipating. Even as Kiffin pulled out the stops — a pair of fourth-down gambits and a successful onside kick — Auburn chipped away: 21-14, 28-17, 28-24, 38-31, 41-34. Ashford threw sparingly, but when he did, he was effective. Bigsby and Hunter were turning flashes of space into big gains, shedding Rebels tacklers along the way. Auburn’s defense managed to make Ole Miss’ biggest threat, receiver Jonathan Mingo, a no-show. But as the skies darkened, so did Auburn hopes. Because there was no answer for the Ole Miss running game. Three different backs cracked the century-mark and the Rebels gutted Auburn for 448 rushing yards on the day. Quinshon Judkins accomplished his feat with 6 minutes remaining in the game, finding a crease and exploding 41 yards untouched to put the game, finally, out of reach. For emphasis, Mother Nature followed with a nearby bolt of lightning to force a weather delay. Unlike the Braves and Dodgers, Auburn showed little ill effect from the long time off, driving near midfield. But the last gasp ended with an interception throw by Ashford, who was running for his life. For Auburn, an off week comes at an opportune time. The question now will be what fireworks follow. The expectation was that if Auburn makes a move, now would be the perfect time to let Harsin go. But after Auburn’s performance Saturday, it may be time to rethink that. Get Unlimited Access $3 for 3 Months Subscribe Now After the initial selected subscription period your subscription rate will auto renew at $12.00 per month.

i am pretty sure i saw that but i did not know it was them acting crazy. and supposedly a lot of stuff happened also and we are supposed to judge for ourselves. i would love to but hell i am partying and i do not want to spend all that time finding it.

Instant Impressions: Ole Miss 48, Auburn 34 Nathan King 7-9 minutes OXFORD, Mississippi — Auburn found itself in one of the biggest run-game track meets in recent SEC history — and the Tigers kept up. But some early mistakes that led to a 21-0 second-quarter deficit were ultimately too much to overcome, as Auburn fell at No. 9 Ole Miss on Saturday afternoon, 48-34. The teams combined for 751 rushing yards in what was easily Auburn's best offensive performance of the season. Here are Auburn Undercover's immediate takeaways from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Turnover kick-starts big deficit Just like last week’s Georgia matchup, a strong defensive start kept things even in the early going against Ole Miss. The Tigers got two stops on their first two defensive series — a fourth-and-1 stop and a fumbled snap by the Rebels on third down. But also mirrored to last week’s Georgia loss was the fact that a short field gave the opposition a chance for an easier first scoring drive. Auburn committed its ninth turnover of the season when Robby Ashford sailed a pass over Tank Bigsby’s head on an attempted screen, and Rebels defensive back A.J. Finley dove for an interception to put Ole Miss in business at the Tigers’ 46-yard line. A 35-yard touchdown pass from Jaxson Dart to Dayton Wade came two plays later. Ashford then presented two more turnover-worthy plays on the next drive, when he fumbled for a 9-yard loss on first down, then threw into coverage for what was nearly an interception on third-and-long. Ole Miss mounted a 65-yard touchdown drive and went up 14-0. Ashford’s shaky start prompted Bryan Harsin to make a change and sub in T.J. Finley, who hadn’t played since he sustained a shoulder injury in Week 3 against Penn State. Things only got worse, though, when Finley was strip-sacked on third down, and Jared Ivey recovered at the Auburn 22-yard line. Ole Miss scored five plays later to go up 21-0 at the start of the second quarter, following the 12th fumble of the season by an Auburn quarterback. Second-quarter bounce-back Auburn could have folded, but with Ashford back in following the failed Finley try at quarterback, the Tigers went 75 yards for a touchdown, helped in large part by a 46-yard completion from Ashford to Koy Moore on third down. Auburn’s defense generated a swift three-and-out, and the Tigers found the end zone again, this time with a 48-yard run by Jarquez Hunter getting them down inside the 5. Bigsby scored for the first time since the Missouri game two plays later to make it 21-14. The Tigers nearly had another fourth-down stop on the Rebels’ next drive, but Zion Puckett was called for pass interference, plus an unsportsmanlike conduct on Auburn’s sideline was called, setting up Ole Miss for Zach Evans’ second touchdown of the game — this time through the air on a swing pass from Dart. Auburn had just under 3 minutes to get points before halftime, but Ashford went backwards 10 yards, tripping in the backfield on third down as he tried to change direction. It seemed Ole Miss could have added to its lead until Keionte Scott intercepted a tipped pass inside the Rebels’ 30-yard line. Anders Carlson added a 42-yard field goal as time expired to make for a 28-17 game at the break. Tigers’ best run-blocking this season Following Auburn’s second touchdown of the day on a short score from Bigsby, it had 124 rushing yards a few minutes into the second quarter. And that’s more than it had in any previous game against a Power Five opponent this year. With a shuffled offensive line due to injuries — Kameron Stutts moved over to right guard; Jeremiah Wright made his first career start at left guard; and Brenden Coffey in for the injured Austin Troxell at right tackle — the Tigers were able to buck their recent run-blocking struggles. With more holes at the line of scrimmage than their running backs are used to — and less yards after contact — Auburn totaled 301 rushing yards Saturday afternoon, its most against a Power Five opponent since it had 345 at Arkansas in 2017. Bigbsy's 179 yards are now the second-most of his career. Auburn’s tailbacks had 11 rushing plays that gained double-digit yardage, which more than doubled their total from the previous four Power Five games this season combined (five). On the third play out of halftime, Bigsby had a 50-yard gallop to clip the lead further, 28-24. Before Auburn had to pick up the pace, down 10 in the latter stages of the fourth quarter, Ashford had only attempted nine passes — though he was particularly effective on third downs. He was sacked twice, but when he put the ball in the air, he was 3-of-4 for 97 yards. On Auburn's last drive, though, he missed all three of his third-down throws. Kiffin rolls the dice, re-assigns the pressure The Rebels went 13 plays after Bigsby’s long touchdown run, but were still held out of the end zone and had to settle for a short field goal. But Lane Kiffin could sense momentum wafting over the Tigers’ sideline and rolled the dice. Ole Miss’ kickoff squad executed a surprise onside kick to perfection, and the Rebels ran their way 54 yards down the field in nine plays to retake a two-touchdown lead, 38-24. Auburn offense doesn't flinch The pressure had been re-assigned to Auburn, in danger of being down a couple scores heading into the fourth quarter. But Ashford and company continued to execute, this time buoyed by a 32-yard hookup from Ashford to tight end Luke Deal downfield to move the sticks on third down. Ashford found the end zone with an 11-yard scramble. The Rebels went down and added a field goal to push the lead to 10, then Bigsby instantly flipped the field with another 50-yard pickup. A false start on Bigsby made for an 11-yard third-and-goal, though, and the Tigers had settle for a chip-shot field goal. Ole Miss run game wins the day The Rebels entered the game with the No. 8 rushing offense in college football, so Auburn's defense had a difficult task ahead of it. Still, the Tigers' struggles defending the run continued from last week, when Georgia dictated the pace of the second half with 295 yards on the ground. Ole Miss ultimately won the day with a highly efficient ground game, pounding away to finish with 450 yards — the most allowed by Auburn in a game in more than 20 years. Sports Reference's game-by-game statistical data doesn't go past the 2000 season, and Ole Miss had the most against Auburn during that span. Dart only put the ball in the air 19 times, as the Rebels were ultimately able to put the game out of reach with their rushing attack. After Auburn kicked a field goal to make it 41-34 with under 11:10 left in the game, Ole Miss tacked on 75 more rushing yards, capped by a 41-yard touchdown run from Quinshon Judkins to go up 48-34. The Rebels' 450 rushing yards are their second-most against a current Power Five team in program history. The most? When they had 515 yards against Auburn in 1951. 7COMMENTS A lightning delay went into effect immediately following Judkins' touchdown, lasting approximately 45 minutes. The Tigers converted a pair of fourth downs on their side of the field but couldn't get the third, with Ashford getting intercepted by Deantre Prince. Auburn Undercover will update this story. Check back for additional information.