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247sports.com #PMARSHONAU: Sunday reflections from Auburn and beyond Phillip Marshall 7-9 minutes Isn’t it time to give Auburn people some hope? I guess I am repeating myself, but Auburn people need some relief. They need to see something that says things are moving in a hopeful direction. When will that happen? When will Auburn move on from head coach Bryan Harsin? I don’t know him well, but from what I know, I have plenty of respect for first-year president Chris Roberts. I feel certain he has a plan. But if it takes two months for that plan to be known, the angst will be off the charts. I heard at one time it could happen after a loss to Georgia. Maybe it will, but I heard nothing on Saturday night to indicate that. I heard it could be after Ole Miss. I heard it could be after Arkansas. There is concern in some quarters that it won’t happen until the end of the season. I have also heard that nothing will happen until a new athletics director is named. One of those is probably true. Which one? That would be sheer speculation on my part. For what it’s worth, which isn’t much, it is my feeling that the speculation and turmoil are only going to grow as time goes by. Auburn people want to know something and deserve to know something. Heck, Auburn players and coaches deserve to know something. Maybe I’m ill-informed, but if it is going to happen eventually, I see no reason to wait. There is a reason other programs have already made decisions. Three of those programs won games with interim coaches Saturday. College football is extremely important to legions of Auburn people. Those people buy expensive tickets, buy Auburn gear, stay in Auburn hotels, eat in Auburn restaurants, patronize Auburn bars and even pay to tailgate. Some of them donate large sums of money. Even many of those who aren’t wealthy donate money. They love Auburn, and they love Auburn football. Few of those people are optimistic about this season. They have no reason to be. They are also losing optimism about the future. What they desperately want and need is hope. So far, they have gotten nothing. On a practical note, Auburn needs to be ready to name a coach days if not hours after the Iron Bowl. Signing day is on Dec. 16. Another lost recruiting year would be disastrous. Winnable games ahead for Auburn Each of Auburn’s next five SEC games are winnable. They are also losable. The Tigers aren’t going to win them all, but they could win some of them. You have to wonder if players will be able to keep the kind of edge it takes to do that. Second-half woes continue Other than being a really good play by Jarquez Hunter, I didn’t see Auburn’s lone touchdown against Georgia as meaning much. The score was 35-3. Auburn’s field goal came when the offense couldn’t make a first down after a fumble recovery at the Georgia 19. The bottom line is that Auburn’s second-half woes continued unabated. Injuries plague SEC quarterbacks Injuries to quarterbacks, particularly in the West Division, have been epidemic in the SEC. On Saturday, Auburn played without T.J. Finley and has lost Zach Calzada for the season. Alabama played without Bryce Young. Kentucky played without Will Levis, Texas A&M played without Max Johnson. Arkansas played without KJ Jefferson. Alabama turned Texas A&M away at the 2-yard line to avoid an upset. All the others lost. What is it about Georgia? Auburn has beaten Nick Saban and Alabama five times, more than any other SEC program. So why is it that Auburn has won just three of the last 18 against Georgia? Many of those Georgia teams have been really good, but not all. The 2006 Georgia team had lost four games when it routed No. 5 Auburn 37-15 at Jordan-Hare. In 2016, Kirby Smart's first season, Georgia was not a good team. Auburn was good enough it ended up in the Sugar Bowl. Yet, Georgia won 13-7 in Athens. In 2014, another four-loss Georgia team beat Auburn by the shocking score of 34-7. It honestly makes no sense. The most dominant team in college football hasn't been able to dominate Auburn to that extent. Nobody has but Georgia, and there is no real explanation. About the transfer portal The transfer portal is not a long-term answer to building a program, but it is going to be extremely important for Auburn after this season. To be competitive in 2023, Auburn is going to need immediate help on the offensive line, the defensive line, at linebacker and perhaps at quarterback. Getting that help requires high levels of evaluating and recruiting potential transfers. Can Auburn find enough? That remains to be seen. A down year in the SEC? Is this the weakest the SEC has been in a while? Alabama is really good. So is Georgia, though I don’t believe at the level of last season’s national championship team. Tennessee seems to be really good. I don’t see another SEC team that is anything special. Auburn will try to extend streaks at Ole Miss Could Auburn spring an upset at unbeaten Ole Miss next Saturday? It could. Auburn has won six straight over Ole Miss and 11 of the last 13. It has won four straight at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Do I expect Auburn to extend those streaks? Not really. The truth is Auburn has yet to have an impressive showing against anybody this season. The road proved particularly harrowing at Georgia for quarterback Robby Ashford. So, I wouldn’t pick the Tigers to win, but I would not be shocked if they did. Random thoughts * If Bryce Young doesn’t play or even if he does, Tennessee has its best chance in a long, long time to beat Alabama in Knoxville next Saturday. 1COMMENTS * Hiring coaches is a huge challenge in the current landscape. Oklahoma was excited to call Brent Venables home. They’re not so excited now. I believe there is a good bit of discomfort about Brian Kelly at LSU. Whether it’s a head coach or an assistant, every coaching hire is a roll of the dice. Success one place doesn’t automatically translate to success at another. * I am mystified why there is not more apparent effort to scheme ways to get Tank Bigsby the ball with room to run. It seems like his only opportunities are inside runs, and most of the time he doesn’t even have a chance to get started. * Speaking of running backs, I thought last season that Jarquez Hunter was a decent running back who had good games against lesser opponents. Now, I am convinced he has a chance to be a really special player. Until next time … ">247Sports

Instant analysis: Auburn handed most-lopsided loss to Georgia since 2012 Updated: Oct. 08, 2022, 8:18 p.m.|Published: Oct. 08, 2022, 6:00 p.m. 6-8 minutes The stands at Sanford Stadium started to empty out early in the fourth quarter Saturday evening, as many of Georgia’s fans wandered off into the twilight, looking to get an early start on the night’s festivities. Three days earlier, Auburn offensive lineman Brandon Council confidently said the team’s goal was “to go in there like a SWAT team, in and out and quiet the noise, and beat their behinds and get out.” Unfortunately for the Tigers, and for Council, this wasn’t quite what they had in mind. The din between the hedges petered out with about 11 minutes to go in The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry, but not because Auburn was accomplishing its mission. It was because Georgia was thoroughly demolishing its cross-division rival. The final score when all was said and done: Georgia 42, Auburn 10 — the most-lopsided result in the series since the Bulldogs’ 38-0 win in 2012. It was the latest setback for Auburn in the longstanding rivalry, as Georgia has won six straight in the series and eight in a row in Athens, Ga. It was also the latest deflating loss for Auburn under second-year coach Bryan Harsin, as the program continues on the downward trajectory that began last November. Auburn (3-3, 1-2 SEC) is now just 9-10 under Harsin. The Tigers have lost nine of their 13 games against Power 5 competition since Harsin took over, and they’re now just 1-6 in their last seven SEC games under the beleaguered coach. The latest setback between the hedges exhibited many of the familiar woes that have plagued the team since the end of last October — including an inability to finish drives and an offense that continues to trudge through the second half of games. Here are AL.com’s key takeaways from Saturday’s blowout between the hedges: An early gamble doesn’t pay off For the second game in a row, Auburn attempted an ill-fated trick play that proved costly. A week removed from Koy Moore’s interception on a failed wide receiver pass against LSU, Auburn got bold — albeit seemingly misguided — with its play-calling late in the first quarter against Georgia. At the end of a scoreless opening period that saw the two teams combine for five punts and a missed field goal, Auburn faced fourth-and-6 from its own 34-yard line. The Tigers’ punt team took the field, but instead of a fourth punt of the afternoon from Oscar Chapman, Auburn ran a fake. Auburn snapped the ball to tight end John Samuel Shenker, who was lined up as the up-back on the play, and he attempted to pick up the first down but was stopped 4 yards short of the line to gain. The turnover on downs set up Georgia’s offense at the Auburn 36-yard line, and the Bulldogs did not take long to take advantage of the short field. Georgia put together a seven-play scoring drive that was capped by a 1-yard touchdown run by Kenny McInstosh to put the Bulldogs in front, 7-0, with 11:42 to go in the first half. The thwarted fake punt, in a game that to that point was a defensive tug-o-war, shifted the afternoon to Georgia’s favor. The Bulldogs went into halftime with a 14-0 lead, scoring a second touchdown on a short field thanks to an Auburn special teams mishap — this time giving up a big punt return to Ladd McConkey that gave Georgia the ball at the Auburn 31-yard line. Three plays later, the Bulldogs were in the end zone. Offense still looking for answers Auburn’s best offense for much of its time between the hedges came when plays broke down and Robby Ashford had to rely on his leg to make something happen. That’s less than ideal, especially on the road against your rival. Two of Auburn’s three biggest plays in the first half were third-down scrambles by Ashford for 15 and 17 yards. Three of Auburn’s four third-down conversions in the first half were thanks to runs by Ashford, who also converted a third-and-6 on the Tigers’ opening possession. Of course, Ashford’s running ability was a double-edged sword for Auburn. Along with the big plays, he also committed the team’s lone first-half turnover on a run — fumbling the ball on a third-down keeper, untouched. Georgia recovered, as Auburn’s best drive of the first half was stopped dead in its tracks. Even when Auburn was gifted a short field, it couldn’t capitalize. Colby Wooden recovered a fumble at the Georgia 19-yard line on the Bulldogs’ first possession of the third quarter, setting up the Tigers in the red zone. Auburn mustered just 7 yards before settling for a 29-yard Anders Carlson field goal that cut Georgia’s lead to 14-3 early in the second half. Auburn’s lone touchdown came early in the fourth quarter, with the game well in hand for Georgia. Ashford found Jarquez Hunter for a 62-yard touchdown pass. Hunter did most of the heavy lifting, spinning through three would-be tacklers near midfield and racing down the sideline for the touchdown. The Tigers finished the game with 258 total yards of offense: 93 rushing yards and 165 passing, as Ashford completed just 13-of-38 passes on the day. Defense can’t stop the run Auburn’s defense did its best to keep Georgia in check in the first half, only giving up a pair of touchdowns on short fields, but as the game wore on, the Bulldogs imposed their will — particularly on the ground. Auburn gave up 292 rushing yards to Georgia, which averaged 7.5 yards per carry and scored six touchdowns on the ground Saturday. It was the most rushing touchdowns Auburn has surrendered in a game since Johnny Manziel’s Texas A&M scored six against the Tigers in 2012. It’s the most yards per carry allowed by Auburn in a game since Leonard Fournette’s LSU team averaged 8.56 yards per carry in the teams’ 2015 meeting in Death Valley. It was a well-distributed effort by the Bulldogs, too. Branson Robinson led the way with 98 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries. Daijun Edwards had 83 yards and three touchdowns on 12 attempts. Stetson Bennett had 64 yards and a touchdown on three carries, including a 64-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter that stretched Georgia’s lead to 28-3. Kenny McIntosh added 38 yards and a touchdown. Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Instant Impressions: Georgia 42, Auburn 10 Nathan King 6-7 minutes ATHENS, Georgia — It was Bryan Harsin's first trip to Athens as the Tigers' head coach, but the result — and offensive performance — sure looked a lot like plenty of other Auburn games over the past decade between the hedges. Auburn hung around with the defending national champs before things melted down in the second half, with Georgia handling its rival at home yet again, 42-10, in what was Auburn's largest margin of defeat in the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry since 2012 (38-0). Here are Auburn Undercover's immediate takeaways from Auburn's eighth straight loss in Athens. Disastrous fourth downs serve as turning point It didn’t take long for Auburn’s defense to settle into a groove in Athens. Georgia had some success running the ball, sure, but tight coverage and a few tackles for loss allowed the Tigers to force four punts in the first half, including a trio of three-and-outs. And the Bulldogs had trouble when facing long fields early. But a pair of disastrous fourth downs put the Tigers’ defense on its heels — and both led directly to short, easy touchdown drives for Georgia. On a fourth-and-6 from Auburn’s own 36-yard line at the end of the first quarter, Bryan Harsin called a fake punt, snapping directly to the upback, John Samuel Shenker. Georgia snuffed it out, though, and the Bulldogs took over with their best field position of the game to that point. The Bulldogs went to their ground game and scored seven plays later. Auburn went three-and-out the following drive after a common third down Saturday for the Tigers: Robby Ashford scrambling out of the pocket and having to throw the ball away. Oscar Chapman’s punt was then returned 38 yards by Ladd McConkey, setting Georgia up at Auburn’s 31-yard line. It only took three plays by an increasingly confident Georgia run game to find the end zone again. In what was a defensive battle, Georgia scored 14 points in 2:57 — and were set up inside the opposing 40-yard line both times. Strong start can’t last forever for Auburn defense The Tigers were still cooking defensively, when they weren’t backed up in their own territory, out of halftime. Colby Wooden fell on a fumble when Stetson Bennett was strip-sacked, setting Auburn’s offense in the red zone — an opportunity with which the Tigers settled for a field goal. The next drive, though, it was clear the dam was starting to leak. Georgia went 81 yards in 10 plays for its first sustained offensive success of the game. At the start of the fourth quarter, the dam shattered entirely, with Bennett ripping off a 64-yard touchdown run to put Georgia up 28-3. The Bulldogs went 63 yards in six plays for another touchdown on the following drive, then went 65 yards in 11 plays to hang 42 — the most points scored by Georgia on Auburn since a 45-7 loss for the Tigers in 2011. Georgia ran for 295 yards. Its 8.0 yards per carry are the most against an Auburn defense since LSU had 8.6 in 2015. It was the first game in which Auburn allowed six rushing touchdowns since a 63-21 loss to Texas A&M in 2012. Georgia’s dreaded ‘third-down packages’ Auburn center Brandon Council made some buzz this week when he claimed his unit could “demolish” Georgia’s defensive front because of its relatively thin depth. There was a caveat, though, issued by Council: if Auburn could keep Georgia out of its “third-down packages.” And Auburn was unable to do that with any consistency. Ashford’s propensity to work from outside the pocket — this time against maybe the fastest crop of linebackers and defensive linemen he’ll see all season — meant Auburn needed to avoid as many must-pass situations as possible by finding success on first and second down. Instead, four of Auburn’s first seven third downs were from 10 yards out or farther, and Auburn faced an average third-down distance of 8.1 yards. Penalties certainly hurt that cause. Auburn was penalized 10 times, tied for the most in the Harsin era — and seven of those were either false starts or holding that came on either first or second down. Offensive-line injuries could have also been a hindrance. Starting right guard Alec Jackson and right tackle Austin Troxell were both replaced in the second half by Keiondre Jones and Brenden Coffey, respectively, due to injury. Ashford still converted three third downs with his legs — and he would have had another, but midway through the second quarter, he fumbled the ball untouched on a scramble across Georgia’s 40-yard line, killing off Auburn’s best drive of the game to that point. Ashford had four straight completions for 40 yards to get Auburn across midfield for the first time in the game. Auburn went 5-of-17 on third down, including 1-of-6 in the second half. More offensive woes in Athens Auburn broke a couple Athens droughts Saturday afternoon, though its overall offensive performance still left plenty to be desired. With Jarquez Hunter's tackle-breaking, 62-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter, this year's Auburn team became to first to score in double digits in a road game against Georgia since a 31-24 loss. As a result, Ashford also became the first Auburn quarterback to throw a touchdown pass in Sanford Stadium since that game. Before Hunter's touchdown, though, Auburn's first 12 drives featured eight punts, a turnover on downs on the fake punt, Ashford's fumble, the end of the first half and Carlson's field goal. 6COMMENTS For the game, Ashford finished just 13-of-38 passing (34%) for 165 yards and a touchdown. Preseason first team All-SEC running back Tank Bigsby had just 19 yards on 10 carries, good for the lowest yards-per-rush average (1.9) of his entire career. Auburn Undercover will update this story. Check back for additional information.

collegeandmagnolia.com GAME RECAP: #2 Georgia 42, Auburn 10 JackCondon@CollegeAndMag 5-6 minutes Georgia didn’t even play that well and Auburn had absolutely no shot in this one. The Bulldogs looked half asleep for the majority of the game and still never were threatened as the Tiger offense managed little movement and the defense wore down. Robby Ashford had an awful game, with a fumble and a 30% completion percentage, and the run game went absolutely nowhere. While Auburn’s defense played well, eventually they’re just on the field too long. What’s most important about this game is that it puts Auburn at 3-3 overall, 1-2 in SEC play, and the Tigers will travel to Ole Miss next week for the last game before the bye. With the Tigers dropping to .500, there’s likely good evidence to get rid of Bryan Harsin after this game like many have surmised. After what we saw today, it needs to happen. The team committed a slew of penalties, they looked unprepared, the coaching decisions were questionable at best, and the talent level hasn’t been improved at all since Harsin came in. It’s time for Auburn to move on. GAME RECAP The beginning of this game saw both offenses falter when faced with either defense. Auburn punted on its first three drives, with Robby Ashford unable to muster much through the air, while Georgia played tepidly as well. The Bulldogs punted on their opening two drives before they missed a lengthy field goal on their third drive. Auburn started to get a little bold on the fourth drive, resulting in a questionable decision by Bryan Harsin to go for it on fourth down with a fake punt from Auburn’s own 34. It failed, giving Georgia an extremely short field. It took just a few plays before the Bulldogs broke the scoreless tie with a 1-yard Kenny McIntosh touchdown with 11:42 left in the first half. On Auburn’s next drive, they were forced to punt again, and Ladd McConkey returned the kick 38 yards to give the Bulldogs another short field. Just three plays later, Daijun Edwards busted in from a yard out to increase the lead to 14-0 with 8:45 left in the half. Auburn’s next drive began at its own 23-yard line, and the Tigers moved into Georgia territory before Robby Ashford fumbled on his way to a first down. Thankfully, the Tiger defense forced two more punts to end the half, but the offense couldn’t do anything, and the first thirty minutes ended 14-0 in favor of Georgia. After the intermission, Colby Wooden got the play of the day thus far for the Tigers. He sacked Stetson Bennett, forced a fumble, and recovered it to put the Tigers in scoring position. They notched a short Anders Carlson field goal to scratch the scorebook and pull Auburn within a 14-3 deficit. Georgia answered, though, and went on an 81-yard drive to add another touchdown run from Edwards. Midway through the third quarter, the Bulldogs had pulled ahead 21-3. After alternating punts, Auburn got the ball at the end of the third quarter and Ashford was nearly picked off on first down, but the drive resulted in yet another punt. We went to the final period with Georgia in great field position and in possession of a 21-3 lead. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Stetson Bennett scampered 64 yards for a touchdown to put Georgia on top 28-3, and effectively end the game. Georgia tacked on another score on Edwards’ third touchdown of the day after a 63-yard drive to go up 35-3, but Auburn finally answered with something of their own. Robby Ashford found Jarquez Hunter out of the backfield, and Hunter broke through three Georgia defenders to take it down the left sideline for a 62-yard touchdown. Auburn had cut the lead to 35-10 with 9:51 remaining in the game. It didn’t matter, because Georgia took the touchdown right back with another 11-play, 65-yard drive that culminated in a 15-yard Branson Robinson touchdown. Georgia led 42-10, and forced a quick three-and-out from Auburn. The following drive allowed them to drain the clock and end this pitiful affair. PLAY OF THE GAME We’re giving you both of the good ones. PLAYER OF THE GAME You can pick one. It’s just really hard at this point. The offensive line was as bad as they’ve been, Robby Ashford was frazzled and only completed 30% of his passes. Neither tailback did much thanks to the line, and the receivers were trying to catch wildly errant passes all game. Defensively, maybe someone up front can have this honor, but this truly was the game you have to use as evidence to get rid of the head coach. We’ll go with Jarquez Hunter for that touchdown. UP NEXT It’s an 11 AM showdown with Ole Miss and Auburn’s next head coach next weekend in Oxford.

Sharon Kennedy: All hail the Great Orange Jesus Sharon Kennedy Fri, October 7, 2022 at 11:15 PM It took 18 months for the public to learn that at least one House Republican called Donald Trump the “Orange Jesus” after witnessing the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol. I’m not being blasphemous. That really is how the unnamed person referred to the former president when his disciples attempted an unsuccessful coup. Liz Cheney recently reiterated the dubious title, and we learned what many white evangelists suspected: That Trump is anointed by God. Reza Aslan, author and religious scholar, is a former Christian evangelist who is now a practicing Muslim. A few years ago he argued that Trumpism had become a cult for fundamentalists who believe God destined Trump to become a warrior and fight on behalf of evangelical beliefs. They consider him a “salvific character.” Salvific power is defined as “power of the Lord.” Aslan further suggested that “someone who exhibits every trademark of a cult leader should terrify both sides of the political spectrum.” An eight-minute video of Aslan on Big Think, a multi-media website, will give listeners a brief idea of why he believes Trump hypnotized evangelical church-goers. A lot of it has to do with money. Listen to TV preachers and one of the first things they’ll tell you is that if you tithe, God will make you rich. It’s all part of the “blab it and grab it, name it and claim it” crowd. I’m well acquainted with their belief that God wants you rich. In this skewed way of thinking, the richer you are, the more anointed by God you are. Trump’s claims of enormous wealth greatly influenced the likes of Pat Robertson who kissed the ring of Trump and encouraged his followers to do likewise. Two years ago, Big Think reported: “While Jesus taught humility (Philippians 2:7), Trump is braggadocios. While Jesus taught us not to covet earthly possessions (Matthew 6:19), Trump built his reputation on worldly riches. While Jesus taught his followers to love your enemies (Matthew 5:44), Trump tweets vitriol at his opposition.” If these Biblical references are accurate, the obvious question is why does anyone believe Jesus — a god-incarnate man — would put the former president on a par with him? The answer is simple. If Trump is God’s chosen one to lead us out of the muck and mire created by the Democratic Party, then all his sins are automatically forgiven via divine intervention. And don’t forget Pat Robertson had a dream wherein he saw Trump sitting at the right hand of God. Pat’s word is akin to God’s by people who believe his teachings. Sharon Kennedy, a local columnist who is often featured in the Sault News and Cheboygan Daily Tribune. Anyone who thinks we’re not heading for a freakish form of government based on a combination of fascism and theocracy hasn’t been paying close attention to Trump rallies wherein he compares himself to Jesus. That’s one side of the Trump coin. The other side was created by traditional Republicans who simply hate Democrats and will do whatever it takes to convince constituents to vote red. These people are not religious fanatics. Many have no church affiliation. They love Trump because he exemplifies the image of a strong man who gets things done, owes allegiance to no one and thumbs his nose at Democrats. I own a print of the Holy Family that belonged to my maternal German-Austrian grandmother. It’s the only picture I’ve seen of Jesus as a child with curly, blond hair. I suppose I could accept a blonde Jesus, but an Orange one? Never. — To contact Sharon Kennedy, send her an email at authorsharonkennedy.com. Kennedy's new book, "View from the SideRoad: A Collection of Upper Peninsula Stories," is available from her or Amazon. This article originally appeared on The Sault News: Sharon Kennedy: All hail the Great Orange Jesus

so? i just picked the closest article i could get to because i am watching football.

religionnews.com 3 Jewish women file suit against Kentucky abortion bans on religious grounds 5-6 minutes (RNS) — Three Jewish women in Kentucky have filed a lawsuit arguing that their religious rights are being violated by a set of state laws that ban most abortions. The lawsuit, filed in Jefferson Circuit Court in Louisville, is the third such suit brought by Jewish organizations or individuals since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in their ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In all three suits — the first in Florida, the second in Indiana — the Jewish plaintiffs claim their state is infringing on their religious freedom by imposing a Christian understanding of when life begins. Under current Kentucky laws, life begins at the moment of fertilization. Another law bans abortion after six weeks when cardiac activity is first detected. Abortion will be on the ballot next month when Kentuckians decide the fate of a proposed constitutional amendment that would eliminate the right to abortion in the state. “There are a whole patchwork of laws, passed over the last 20 years,” said Ben Potash, one of the lawyers who filed the complaint. “They’re internally inconsistent and, put together, very vague.” Most Jews believe abortion is allowed, and in some cases, is even required. “Judaism has never defined life beginning at conception,” the suit said, adding that “millenia of commentary from Jewish scholars has reaffirmed Judaism’s commitment to reproductive rights.” RELATED: With Roe in peril, abortion rights advocates prepare appeals to religious liberty The women are not the first to challenge Kentucky’s abortion bans. The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood sued that state shortly after the Dobbs ruling was handed down. What’s distinct about the latest suit is that all three of the Jewish women require in-vitro fertilization to become pregnant but are afraid of beginning the procedure without greater clarity about what the law will permit them to do with excess frozen embryos. The suit claims that the women must spend exorbitant fees to keep their embryos frozen indefinitely, and they are unsure if they will face felony charges if they dispose of them. Further, because pregnancies resulting from infertility treatments have a higher rate of stillbirth, the women foresee the possibility of not wanting to carry their IVF pregnancies to term if the fetus is not viable. The law “does not impose clear standards, rules, or regulations regarding the potential experiences of potential birth givers with regards to their access to reproductive technology,” the suit claims. In this sense the Kentucky suit is about women who want to give birth, not women who want to abort, said Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, which is advising the women. “It’s a scary time to be pregnant,” said Katz. “The state is telling them their life is not as valuable as the fetus. These women are saying, A: That’s against our religious tradition, and B, ‘You owe us with being less vague about what this will look like so we can start our families.’” The suit, filed Thursday (Oct. 6), repurposes a legal tactic successfully used by conservative Christian groups in recent years. In June, a Jewish congregation in Florida filed suit arguing the state’s 15-week abortion ban — signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis — prohibits Jewish women practicing their faith free of government intrusion. In September, a group called Hoosier Jews for Choice sued, claiming, among other things, that the Indiana law banning abortion violated the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The NCJW is supporting and advising Jews in all three states where the abortion restrictions are being challenged in court. The women claim the abortion ban also violates Kentucky’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. That law states that government “shall not substantially burden a person’s freedom of religion” unless it proves a compelling interest and uses “the least restrictive means” to do so. “If you’re Jewish, you’re having a very narrowly defined idea of when life begins imposed on you that is incongruent with our religious beliefs of when life begins,” said Lisa Sobel, 38, one of the women in the lawsuit. She said she met the other plaintiffs, Jessica Kalb and Sarah Barton, through Louisville’s Jewish community. All three require IVF treatments to have children. “When Dobbs came down,” said Sobel, referring to Dobbs v. Jackson, the landmark Supreme Court case that struck down a constitutional right to abortion, “we didn’t know what to do.”

this is why i do not like republican policy. lets load up the rich and corps who do not need what they get since they are celebrating record profits and help more little people like was intended if you are going to help people in government. again...........sue me

Oregon's Bo Nix appears on updated list of Heisman Trophy contenders Jarrid Denney•07/06/22 3-4 minutes Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK Oregon’s quarterback competition is far from settled, but one signal-caller within the program is already receiving some Heisman Trophy buzz. This week, Vegas Insider released its updated 2022 Heisman Trophy odds. That list included Oregon’s Bo Nix, who transferred into the program during the offseason after three seasons at Auburn. Vegas Insider lists Nix’s odds of capturing the award at +5000, which leaves him tied with a large cluster of players for the 20th best odds in the nation. The list of players with odds of +5000 or greater is as follows: C.J. Stroud – Ohio State: +200 Bryce Young – Alabama: +350 Caleb Williams – USC: +800 Bijan Robinson – Texas: +1600 Quinn Ewers – Texas: +2000 TreVeyon Henderson – Ohio State: +2000 D.J. Uiagalelei – Clemson: +2000 Anthony Richardson – Florida: +2000 JT Daniels – West Virginia: +2500 Kedon Slovis – Pittsburgh: +2500 Jaxson Dart – Ole Miss: +2500 Tyler Van Dyke – Miami: +2500 Braelon Allen – Wisconsin: +3000 Will Anderson Jr. – Alabama: +3000 Sam Hartman – Wake Forest: +3000 Spencer Rattler – South Carolina: +3000 Jahmyr Gibbs – Alabama: +3000 Dillon Gabriel – Oklahoma: +3000 Jaxon Smith-Njigba – Ohio State: +3000 Bo Nix – Oregon: +5000 Hendon Hooker – Tennessee: +5000 Max Johnson – Texas A&M: +5000 J.J. McCarthy – Michigan: +5000 Travis Dye – USC: +5000 Cameron Ward – Washington State: +5000 Tank Bigsby – Auburn: +5000 Aiden O’Connell – Purdue: +5000 Further down the list, Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell was tabbed at +20000. This season, Nix will reunite with Oregon offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham, who served as OC during Nix’s most successful season at Auburn. During their lone season together in 2019, Nix was named was named the SEC freshman of the year after throwing for 2,524 yards and scoring 23 total touchdowns. Last season, Nix played 10 games and threw 11 touchdowns and three interceptions while passing at a 61 percent clip. He suffered a season-ending ankle injury in November that required surgery. During Oregon’s spring game, Nix had the best day of the Ducks’ three scholarship quarterbacks and threw for 230 yards and three touchdowns on 8-of-15 passing while also throwing one interception. Throughout spring ball, Dillingham was adamant that the program’s quarterback competition will continue into fall camp. Following the April 25 spring game, he said the coaching staff does not have a date in mind for when it plans to name a starter in the fall. With Nix, Jay Butterfield, and Ty Thompson all in the mix, Dillingham did provide context after the scrimmage on what each player needs to do in order to improve. “There are specific goals,” Dillingham said. “Ty, we’re trying to bring his eyes with his feet more. Bo, we’re trying to not make a bad play worse. Jay, all we’re trying to do is get his drops down a little bit quicker so he can get the ball out a little faster. “I think they all have an individual goal they can grow off of, and I think they can take that into the summer and they can try to improve and try to grow.”

the rich never pay their fair share and they tax folks who are struggling like hell to get from one pay check to the next. it makes me sick. just pay your damn taxes and be fair. we do not want this to be a commie nation we want it to be fair. repubs have never been fair...........

that is fine but do not throw seniors to the wolves. i imagine inflation hurts me way more than it does you. one reason i am diabetic 2 is because i had to eat a ton of garbage like baloney sammies to get by. i will admit my sweet tooth did not help. and you know you cats never gave bill any credit but he balanced the budget and we mostly all prospered under him. this is fact. my mom took fifteen grans and made a killing for the record.

google is your friend my friend. some of it is home cooking of course but yes. he tanked his first game and the lights came on. i doubt he wins it but just to have your named mentioned is huge. and can i say when i see your sweet smiling face i want to take you out,get you drunk, and take advantage of you bro...................

does miss state have better players than washington state? leech has shocked me to the point i wish we had gotten him. even his d seems to be playing better.

yes and we pretty much ran bo off and now he is a heisman candidate. see how that works? i want the best man for the job but i want it done right.

FACT. church enrollment is in decline. why is that? you always have the all the answers/ if someone is a christian and hurts their religion by their mouth and their actions i will call it out. you can blow all the hot air you want but you are very very wrong. i bash what the christians do and not just christians. i have many friends who are christian and while not perfect they do nothing to harm something sacred like you guys do. and here is another thing. you guys claim to be the christian side of politics right? and yet you guys vote in scum year after year.this is fact. trump. trying like hell to get walker. your side wants to do ANYTHING with gays from brain washing them to killing them. if you claim to be christian and bring the hate i will call you on it. if you push anything other than love i will call you on it. most of you hate dems and are now teaching in church dems are evil. so go try that crap on someone else. i am tired of repeating myself as well as having to explain where i come from instead of you distorting what i believe.

ronnie made it two terms i think? 73 to 77 was when i was in and i faied to mention we were brothers in arms i think at the same time. but i am also remembering he gave civil service workers one of the biggest raises ever but we ended up in the whole by forcing us to start paying for medicare. man my memory sucks. hell i take the best vitamins you can take which is gnc.

i am sure i have seen this before but hell i was as well. then raygun i believe. i used to smoke a joint in honor of rons war on drugs.

this was already posted in one of the auburn article threads.

si.com Five reasons Auburn football can beat Georgia Cooper Posey 3 minutes Home Auburn Daily Football Here are five reasons why the Tigers escape the Bulldogs with a win. Auburn is set to play the second-ranked team in the country this week. An Auburn win may not be as far-fetched as you think, but here is why. Is Georgia as good as we think? © Joshua L. Jones / USA TODAY NETWORK The Bulldogs have seemed to struggle over the last two weeks. Georgia's defense gave up almost 300 yards to Kent State two weeks ago allowing the Golden Flashes to score 22 points. Kent state is 1-3 for the season. In week two Kent State only scored three points against Oklahoma. Georgia is 5-0, but they almost were not. The bulldogs trailed against Missouri for most of the game leading us to think the Tigers were gonna upset the Bulldogs. Georgia pulled it out in the end but not before allowing Missouri to score 22 points. Georgia is turning the ball over © Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports Georgia's offense seems to have a turnover problem. Against Missouri Georgia fumbled the ball twice. Against Kent State Georgia fumbled twice and threw an interception. If Georgia's turnover trend continue this would give Auburn an advantage if they can win the turnover battle. Robby Ashford Eric Starling/Auburn Daily Although Auburn is coming off an SEC loss, there are some positive takeaways from the LSU loss. Auburn had 438 total yards against the Tigers and Ashford is to credit for 337 yards through the air. If Auburn is as explosive as last week, they will find themselves in scoring position against Georgia. Georgia's defensive line has not gotten home consistently this season © Joshua L. Jones / USA TODAY NETWORK Georgia is ranked 11th in the SEC for sacks. The Bulldogs' defense has only been able to scrape together 6.0 sacks. The only SEC team that has fewer sacks is South Carolina with four. Crazier things have happened before Shanna Lockwood-USA TODAY Sports Georgia is favored in this game by almost 30 points. When you look at that you think Auburn has no chance of winning. Luckily, Auburn has this way of winning not-winable games. Take a look at recent history, Auburn beat Georgia in 2013 on a game-winning hail mary pass that was tipped. The same year Auburn returned a missed field goal 100 yards to beat Alabama. Crazier things have happened before who is to say this can't happen? Engage with Auburn Daily on Socials! Join the Discord

What to Watch: Auburn faces major challenges vs. No. 2 Bulldogs Mark Murphy 5-6 minutes AUBURN, Alabama–Despite losing 15 players to the 2022 NFL Draft, Georgia still has plenty of talent for Auburn to contend with for the 127th football game between the Tigers and Bulldogs. When the Tigers arrive at Sanford Stadium on Saturday they will be facing an opponent ranked second nationally that features one of college football’s top-rated defensive units. Georgia’s offense has been much more potent than Auburn’s, scoring 39 points per game to 22.4 for the Tigers. Defensively is where the 2022 Bulldogs have been at their best. UGA is allowing just 10.8 points per contest, which is fourth nationally. The home team comes into the contest on a seven-game winning streak and the Bulldogs have won the last five matchups vs. the Tigers, including a 34-10 victory last season at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Kickoff is set for shortly after 2:30 p.m. CDT at Dooley Field where the teams square off. The game will be televised on CBS. Here are What to Watch keys for the visitors. * Last year’s national championship team led all FBS programs in defense. Despite returning just three starters from that group, Coach Kirby Smart’s 2022 team has allowed only four touchdowns, the fewest of any team in the SEC. Opponents are averaging just 264.4 yards per contest vs. the Bulldogs, who have allowed one rushing touchdown and 3.46 yards per rushing play. Georgia is third in the league in passing yards allowed per contest at 175.2 and the Bulldogs are third in passing efficiency behind Alabama and Kentucky. Auburn comes into contest ranked last in the SEC in passing efficiency offense. After having their best passing performance last week vs. LSU with 337 yards, a What to Watch key on Saturday will be can the Tigers consistently move the football through the air? * Georgia is plus one in turnover margin with the Bulldogs losing four fumbles while throwing just one interception. Auburn has lost four fumbles and thrown eight interceptions. Auburn has played just one game it finished on the plus side of this statistic. If this week’s game isn’t the second one the Tigers are going to be hard-pressed to pull off the upset. Including just four takeaways by the defense through five games, Auburn is ranked 129th nationally in turnover ratio. More turnovers for the Tigers on offense is a recipe for disaster between the hedges and is certainly a major What to Watch factor. * Missouri and LSU each produced below their average passing performances vs. the Auburn defense the past two weeks. Missouri completed 14-24 throws for 179 yards and one interception. Mizzou is averaging 206.2 passing per game. LSU is averaging 247.6 passing yards per game and hit just 10-26 throws for 85 yards vs. Auburn. Whether or not the Tigers can limit the opponent's passing attack for a third consecutive game is a What to Watch item. * The reshuffled interior of Auburn’s line for the LSU game seemed to stabilize that part of the offense. We should get a good idea if that is going to be a regular thing as the Tigers line up against a talented UGA defensive front. AU’s blocking performance where the big guys hang out is an important What to Watch factor for Saturday. * Auburn hasn’t played a road game since losing at South Carolina last November so this week’s contest will be Robby Ashford’s first start on the road. Look for Georgia’s defense to do everything it can to try to rattle the redshirt freshman. How he handles the challenge is a What to Watch biggie. Robby Ashford is expected to start on Saturday in what will be his first college road game. (Photo: Mike Cortez, Inside the Auburn Tigers, 247Sports) Featuring last year’s national championship game MVP at quarterback, Stetson Bennett, Georgia is throwing for 342.8 yards per game. Bennett is completing 69.5 percent of his passes and the Bulldogs have allowed just four sacks this year. Pressuring the quarterback is going to be a challenge, especially when one of Auburn’s best players in that role, Eku Leota, is out with an injury. How much time Bennett has to find his receivers is a What to Watch item. * On the subject of defending the pass the Bulldogs feature tight ends who are tall and talented. How the Tigers match up against 6-4, 230 All-American Brock Bowers and 6-7, 270 Darnell Washington, who is also a pro prospect, are What to Watch challenges for the visitors. How to Watch/Listen to Auburn at Georgia Game

Phillip's gameday musings: Week 6 Phillip Marshall 3-4 minutes * To this day, it remains as hostile as any atmosphere I have witnessed in an Auburn road football game. On Nov. 13, 1971, Auburn went to Athens to play Georgia. Auburn was 8-0. Georgia was 9-0. It was the latest in the season that two SEC teams had ever faced off. Auburn players and coaches had witnessed the hostility in the night before at the Holiday Inn, located not far from Georgia fraternity houses. Georgia students drove around the Hotel honking their horns. They got out of their cars and banged on doors late into the night. They did serious damage to the Alabama State Trooper’s car. As the Auburn players walked into the stadium that Saturday, more students were there to meet them. They “spilled” beer on them as they walked by. Walking at the rear beside offensive coordinator Gene Lorendo, quarterback Pat Sullivan surveyed the scene and laughed. You know the story. Sullivan threw four touchdown passes and locked up the Heisman Trophy. Terry Beasley caught two of them, one a 70-yarder on the first play after Auburn’s lead was cut to 21-20. Auburn won the game 35-20 . It will be hostile again today when the Tigers go back to Sanford Stadium, but the hoopla will be missing. Georgia is a stunning 29 ½ -point favorite. There will be no Pat Sullivans or Terry Beasleys wearing white. The 1971 game was my first Auburn-Georgia game as a reporter. I have not missed many since., * The more I have heard about Georgia this week, the more I have wondered if this game might be much closer than I previously expected. I picked Georgia to win 31-10, but I’m thinking I won’t be surprised if it’s closer than that. On the other hand, if Auburn turns the ball over multiple times, it could get ugly. * Another Auburn-Georgia memory: In 1965, I was 15 years old and listening on the radio. Auburn led 21-19 at Sanford Stadium. Georgia was on the verge of taking the lead with just more than four minutes left, but the Bulldogs fumbled and John Cochran recovered for Auburn on the one-foot line. Auburn held on to win the game. * Things keep getting worse for Texas A&M. Quarterback Max Johnson suffered a broken bone in his throwing hand in last Saturday’s loss at Mississippi State. He will not play against Alabama tonight and is potentially out for the season. * I have no doubt that Colby Wooden can play well on the edge for Auburn today. What I wonder is how Wooden’s replacements inside will fare. * The Auburn-Georgia rivalry has seen more than its share of upsets, both ways. What it has never seen, to my knowledge, is one team as a 29 ½-point favorite. 9COMMENTS * It has been 15 years and six games since Auburn scored more than one offensive touchdown in a game at Sanford Stadium. * Analytics took down another coach Friday night. Memphis scored to take a 26-7 lead and, for some reason, went for two. It was no good. Memphis tried to make up for it by going for two again. That failed, too. And Memphis staged a frantic rally to win 33-32. Kick those two extra points, and you probably win the game. ">247Sports

Auburn vs. Georgia by the numbers Published: Oct. 08, 2022, 6:30 a.m. 6-7 minutes Auburn (3-2, 1-1) at No. 2 Georgia (5-0, 2-0) 2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday (CBS) Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia 1 Major-college football rivalry will have been contested more than Auburn and Georgia after the Tigers and Bulldogs square off on Saturday for the 127th time. Minnesota and Wisconsin have met 131 times. North Carolina and Virginia will square off for the 127th time on Nov. 5. Georgia leads the series with Auburn 62-56-8, but the Tigers are 18-16 in Athens. 3 Teams have a worse turnover margin than Auburn this season. With 12 turnovers and three takeaways, the Tigers are at minus-9. New Mexico State, Stanford and Temple are at minus-10. No other SEC team is worse than minus-6 in turnover margin, including South Carolina, which has lost 13 turnovers this season. MORE SEC FOOTBALL BY THE NUMBERS: · TOP 10 FOR WEEK 6 · TOP 10 FROM WEEK 5 4 Receptions are needed by John Samuel Shenker to set Auburn’s career record for tight ends. Cooper Wallace set the school mark with 63 receptions from 2002 through 2005. Wallace also holds the Auburn career record for receiving yards with 829. Shenker has 718 receiving yards. 4 Of Auburn’s past five SEC games have included a lead for the Tigers in the second half. Auburn lost all four. The one game among the five that the Tigers didn’t lead in the second half, they won. Auburn and Missouri were tied 14-14 at halftime on Sept. 24, and after neither team scored in the second half, Auburn posted a 17-14 overtime victory. 4 Consecutive victories for Georgia in the series when the Bulldogs are ranked and the Tigers are not. An unranked Auburn team most recently defeated a ranked Georgia squad on Nov. 13, 1999, when the Tigers scored a 38-21 win against the No. 14 Bulldogs. Georgia has a 14-3-1 record when playing as a ranked team against unranked Auburn. 5 Years since Auburn won on an SEC East team’s home field. Since a 51-14 victory at Missouri on Sept. 23, 2017, the Tigers have lost at Georgia in 2018, Florida in 2019, Georgia and South Carolina in 2020 and South Carolina in 2021. Auburn has a 46-35-1 overall record against the SEC East since the league divided into divisions in 1992. 6 Consecutive October games have been won by Georgia, the SEC’s longest current winning streak in the 10th month. 12 Third downs have been converted into first downs in the first quarter and 10 third downs have been converted into first downs in the remainder of the game by Auburn this season. The Tigers are 12-for-21 on third downs in the first quarter and 10-of-44 on third downs from the second quarter on. 13 Consecutive conference games have been won by Georgia. The Bulldogs have had one longer winning streak in SEC play. A 23-game streak across the 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983 seasons ended by a 13-7 loss to Auburn on Nov. 12, 1983. 14 Years since the loser of the Auburn-Georgia game had more rushing attempts than the winner. In 2008, the Tigers had 36 rushing attempts, but lost 17-13 to the Bulldogs, who had 33. In the 13 games since, the winning team has had the most rushing attempts 11 times and the teams had the same number of rushing attempts in the 2009 and 2019 games. 14 Auburn players have had more rushing yards than RB Tank Bigsby, who moved into 15th place on the school’s all-time list last week. With 2,259 rushing yards, Bigsby is 5 behind No. 14 James Joseph. 19 Consecutive games have featured at least 20 points for the Bulldogs, the longest such streak in school history. Since Georgia defeated Clemson 10-3 to kick off the 2021 season, the Bulldogs haven’t scored fewer than 24 points in any game, and last week’s 26-22 victory over Missouri set the school record. Georgia had an 18-game streak with at least 20 points in each across the 2012 and 2013 seasons, which was ended by a 24-19 loss to Nebraska in the Gator Bowl. The SEC record for consecutive games scoring at least 20 points is 40 by Alabama, a streak that ended in the Crimson Tide’s 33-18 loss to Georgia in the CFP national championship game on Jan. 10, 2022. Georgia’s current streak is the 15th-longest with at least 20 points in SEC history. 64 Years since the Auburn-Georgia series had a six-game winning streak, with the Bulldogs entering Saturday’s contest having won the past five meetings with the Tigers. Auburn won six in a row from 1953 through 1958. The only longer streak in the series lasted nine games, with Georgia winning annually from 1923 through 1931. 122 Consecutive games without being shut out for Auburn, the second-longest streak in school history. Auburn’s most recent shutout loss came 49-0 to Alabama on Nov. 17, 2012. Auburn’s record scoring streak lasted 149 games, starting with a 55-16 victory over Richmond on Oct. 4, 1980, and ending with a 17-0 loss to Alabama on Nov. 26, 1992. 322 Days since Auburn played on its opponent’s home field. Between losing 21-17 at South Carolina on Nov. 20 and Saturday’s game at Georgia, Auburn has played in six home games and the Birmingham Bowl. 337 Passing yards for Auburn QB Robby Ashford in last week’s 21-17 loss to LSU. Ashford completed 19-of-38 passes with two TDs and one interception against LSU. Entering last week’s game, Ashford had completed 27-of-47 passes for 372 yards with one TD and two interceptions in his college career. 349 Games have been played by Georgia since it was most recently shut out, the second-longest scoring streak in SEC history and the sixth-longest in major-college football history. The Bulldogs haven’t been blanked since losing to Alabama 31-0 on Sept. 30, 1995. 1,536 Passing yards for Georgia QB Stetson Bennett in 2022. No other Georgia player had had more passing yards five games into a season in this century than Bennett. FOR MORE OF AL.COM’S COVERAGE OF THE SEC, GO TO OUR SEC PAGE Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group.