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Auburn football has a lot going for them so far in the 2024-25 season, and it appears that they now have Nick Saban in their corner. Riding the wave of a 1-0 record, senior quarterback Payton Thorne is embracing the leadership role he finds himself in, and he has the offense looking sharp. The Tigers […]

The California football program got off to a 1-0 start in their first season in the ACC last week, securing a 31-13 win over FCS walkover UC Davis in their home opener last week, but the win came with a price. Star running back Jaydn Ott left the game last Saturday in the 3rd quarter […]

Auburn looks to build off a dominant Week 1 win when it hosts ACC foe California at Jordan-Hare Stadium. It is time to continue our college football odds series with a California-Auburn prediction and pick. The Tigers did not hold back in a 73-3 win against Alabama A&M, with Hugh Freeze’s squad putting up a […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with an Alabama A&M-Auburn prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Alabama A&M-Auburn. This season at Auburn will be a verdict on quarterback Payton Thorne. It might not be a total verdict on coach Hugh Freeze, but it will reflect on Freeze for better […]

Second-year Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze made a name for himself after he rattled off a couple of wins over former Alabama coach Nick Saban when he was at Ole Miss. With Saban now retired, Freeze and Auburn are set up to become one of the elite teams in the SEC once again. It usually […]

TJ Finley is getting ready to play his fifth season of college football, and he will be with his fourth team this year. Finley is now with the Western Kentucky football team, but he started his career at LSU in 2020. He then played for Auburn football for two seasons, and then he was with […]

There has been a lot of good recruiting news for the Michigan football team this summer, but the Wolverines did take an unfortunate hit on Friday. Four-star defensive lineman Nate Marshall had been committed to Michigan since April, but he flipped to Auburn football on Friday. Marshall took an official visit to the Tigers back […]

As people are putting the final touches on their predictions for the upcoming Auburn football season, one has to wonder how different this iteration of the team is compared to last season. Tigers quarterback Hank Brown, who was just announced as the backup to starter Payton Thorne, spoke to 247 Sports and was candid in […]

Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze drew some criticism for claiming that he should have four wins, not two, against former Alabama football coach Nick Saban. Freeze had said recently that he, between his stints at Auburn and Ole Miss, should have a 4-2 record against Saban, who retired in January. Offered to expand on […]

After losing the Music City Bow against Maryland in 2023, Auburn football hopes to make a big statement in the SEC. They already got Hugh Freeze’s system tested out and are likely going to make a big leap in terms of improvement. A lot of the college football fans and Tigers faithful believe this would […]

This is a landmark year for USC football, as the former Pac-12 program prepares for its first season in the Big Ten Conference. But make no mistake, this is also a critically important campaign for Lincoln Riley. The Trojans head coach is under enormous pressure to definitively bring this team back to elite status. While […]

Whenever a new college football year approaches, fans and people within the sport usually have high expectations for what the Auburn football team can accomplish this upcoming season. Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze spoke to the media after the first practice of fall camp for the team and touched on what the two keys are […]

As a freshman at Carrollton High School, quarterback Julian Lewis had one of the greatest seasons in Georgia high school football history, leading Carrollton to the state championship game in 2022 while throwing for over 4,000 yards and 48 touchdowns. A year later, after losing in the state title game the year prior despite throwing […]

With a new-look SEC coming in the 2024 season from conference expansion, Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze is looking to make a big jump in his second season on the Plains. Last season, the Tigers finished 6-7, losing their last three games, which included defeats to New Mexico State, Alabama in the Iron Bowl, […]

The Auburn football team hasn’t had a ton of success on the football field in recent years, but they are recruiting at an elite level right now. Hugh Freeze is about to enter his second year as the head coach of the Tigers, and he has one of the best 2025 recruiting classes right now. […]

Losing a four-star recruit is never an easy thing to stomach, yet the feeling is one that Alabama football and its coaching staff led by new head coach Kalen DeBoer must deal with. Defensive lineman Antonio Coleman, an in-state star from Saraland, flipped to rival Auburn football. The Tigers coaching staff, with Hugh Freeze in […]

Anyone who has been paying close attention to the recruiting battles that could end up defining the next handful of college football seasons knows that the Ohio State Buckeyes are seemingly a major player for every high profile recruit in the country. The Buckeyes boast the 3rd-ranked class in 2024 and a top-ranked haul in […]

The Auburn Tigers football program is one of the most storied in college football, known for its rich history of success, including numerous conference championships, national titles, and a tradition of producing some of the greatest players in the sport. Before Auburn football kicks off for the 2024 season, we decided to rank the top […]

Last season wasn’t a very good one for Hugh Freeze and the Auburn football team. The Tigers finished the regular season with a 6-6 record, and then went on to lose 31-13 against Maryland in the Music City Bowl to finish 6-7. It wasn’t a good year for Auburn, and Freeze thinks some of the […]

Auburn football fans will never forget the greatness of Cam Newton. Years before his underwhelming stint with the New England Patriots, “Super Cam” helped the Tigers shock the world and win the 2010 National Championship, using his dazzling dual-threat abilities to embarrass defenses. Former Auburn coach Gus Malzahn still has high praise for his former […]

The Auburn football program is going through a challenging time amid news of Brian Battie’s status after he was tragically shot on Saturday morning. Battie is reportedly in critical condition after the incident. Head coach Hugh Freeze gave another critical update on Battie on Monday afternoon. “Auburn family. Please continue to pray for Brian Battie. […]

It’s a tragic day for Auburn football and the Battie family as reports indicate that both Brian and his brother Tommie are victims of a horrific shooting. The incident is still under investigation but there were multiple victims involved in the shooting. News broke on Saturday morning claiming that current Auburn football running back, Brian […]

The college football spring transfer portal cycle is now officially closed. There are still some top players on the board, but there will be no more subtractions by teams until the winter cycle begins in December. That means for teams like the Miami football team, it’s only about addition from here on out. As with […]

The beginning of the 2024 college football season is underway as spring games are in progress. Spring practices and games offer a glimpse of what’s to come in the ensuing season but don’t fully reveal a team’s composition, leaving a position like starting quarterback undetermined for some teams. This uncertainty could stem from several factors. […]

Cam Newton had a tremendous career with the Auburn football program before he made it to the NFL. He played for the Tigers in 2010 and led them to a national championship. Before Newton played for Auburn, he started his career at Florida before playing JUCO in 2009. Dan Mullen was the head coach of […]

The 2024 season will be Hugh Freeze’s second year on the Plains as Auburn football’s head coach. The Tigers finished 6-7 in 2023, failing to win their last game in the Music City Bowl. That record also gave the Tigers their fourth consecutive season finishing unranked. Freeze will look to increase the Tigers’ win total […]

Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze is putting together his staff for the 2024 season, and he just added an experienced SEC defensive coordinator in DJ Durkin. “Hugh Freeze is hiring DJ Durkin to be @AuburnFootball’s DC, sources tell ESPN,” Pete Thamel reported on Tuesday. “It will be Durkin’s fourth different stint as a DC in […]

Taking over a college football program in the first year is never easy because the entire reason for a new head coach being hired is that things weren’t working with the predecessor. But with a new head coach comes new optimism under new leadership. And no one brought more optimism to a program than Deion […]

Hugh Freeze’s Auburn football coaching staff is undergoing quite a transformation this offseason. Offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery and defensive coordinator Ron Roberts are both out, while Tigers legend Cadillac Williams also recently resigned. Freeze brought in Colorado’s Charles Kelly to be a co-defensive coordinator, and now he has his man to replace Montgomery as the […]

Auburn football has announced the signing of Charles Kelly as the team’s newest defensive coordinator, via X. Kelly was the DC for the Colorado Buffaloes last season after an extensive career across the country. He’s spent time with some of the most notable programs in the nation, including Florida State, Alabama, and Tennessee. Kelly was […]

Auburn football running backs coach Cadillac Williams has resigned from the program, per Matt Zenitz at 247Sports. Williams has been with the team since 2019, serving as their interim head coach for the 2022 season. He also spent time as a player in the Plains in the early 2000’s, before being drafted in the first […]

Alabama football legend Nick Saban’s retirement as head coach has caught everyone by surprise, including his former rivals. Among them is Guz Malzahn, who used to match wits Saban during his time in the SEC as head coach of Auburn football. Malzahn, upon learning of Saban’s decision to call it quits, took to social media […]

Auburn football is reportedly firing offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery, Bruce Feldman of The Athletic reports. The decision by Auburn to fire Montgomery follows a disappointing 2023 season for the Tigers. Hugh Freeze and Auburn are clearly looking for a change after just one season with Montgomery. Auburn expects to play a competitive brand of football […]

The College Football Playoff National Championship is less than a week away. While the college football world awaits for that momentous matchup featuring two future Big Ten conference opponents in the Michigan Wolverines and the Washington Huskies, the transfer portal continues to pop and make headlines. Over 3,000 players have entered the transfer portal and […]

Bowl Season heads to Nashville as Auburn faces Maryland at the Music City Bowl. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Music City Bowl Auburn-Maryland prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Music City Bowl began in 1998, playing one year at Vanderbilt Stadium as they waited for Nissan Stadium to be […]

Grayson McCall has now, along with a ton of other high prospect names across college football, entered his name into the transfer portal, leaving Coastal Carolina football, according to CBS Sports. The portal is set to reopen on Dec. 4. McCall will be entering his fifth year of eligibility as a graduate transfer, playing five […]

The Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn is considered by many to be the greatest rivalry in college football. The game has produced countless big moments and crazy outcomes. The best known is the “Kick Six,” but there have been a number of other incredible Iron Bowl games as well. You can almost always count […]

In an Iron Bowl showdown against Auburn, Jalen Milroe etched his name into the annals of Alabama football history with a once-in-a-lifetime performance that has kept Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide in the College Football Playoff hunt. The quarterback’s heroics on the field, particularly during a breathtaking fourth-and-goal play from the 31-yard line, may have sparked […]

The Auburn football program is no stranger to losing to Alabama football — even in late-game situations or at home or in both scenarios. But the Tigers’ most recent loss to the Crimson Tide is one of the most unbelievable. Jalen Milroe threw a shocking touchdown on 4th-and-goal from the 31-yard-line in the final minute […]