Posts by Michael Brauner — Page 5
History is going to be made on The Plains. But we’ll all have to wait a while for it. On Thursday, the official social media account for Troy’s football program announced the Troy Trojans and Auburn Tigers are going to square off on the football field for the first time in history. The game will […]
College football is a special sport that brings fanbases together during what is the best time of the sporting calendar every fall, especially in this region of the country. Unlikely bonds and friendships are formed as iconic brands take the field and battle it out, but perhaps just as iconic and unlikely are bonds that […]
Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban, widely considered to be the best in the history of the sport, is the least surprising inductee in history to the College Football Hall of Fame this week. Ahead of the induction ceremony on Tuesday, Saban reflected on his life and career, from growing up in West […]
The Auburn Tigers are in the midst of beginning a new chapter led by head coach Alex Golesh — revered as one of the brightest, young offensive minds in the sport. With the arrival of Golesh, there is plenty of hope that the subpar program history is about to come to an end. Auburn may finally […]
The College Football Playoff field is set, and — as always — it did not come without controversy. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were left out of the field entirely in favor of the Alabama Crimson Tide and Miami Hurricanes. Fans and analysts across college football seem to have some strong thoughts on whether or not […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is headed back to the College Football Playoff. After much speculation following Alabama’s largely dominating loss to the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship on Saturday, many wondered whether or not the Tide could be left out of the playoff field entirely. Instead, Kalen DeBoer’s squad did not even drop a […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs are set to meet on Saturday afternoon in Atlanta for yet another SEC title game clash and the second meeting of the season between the two powerhouses. Of course, the Tide went into Athens for the first time in a decade early this season and were able to […]
The Jacksonville State Gamecocks will play for a Conference USA title on Friday night with an absolutely massive matchup in a rematch against Kennesaw State. It will be the Gamecocks’ attempt for a second straight conference title after winning last year before the departure of Rich Rodriguez, and new head coach Charles Kelly has them […]
College football has been through the wringer with so many drastic changes — from NIL to conference realignment — that seemingly even Kirk Herbstreit is losing faith. It’s safe to say that the sport we recognized even just a half-decade ago is completely different from the one fans see today. For the College Football Playoff, […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is headed to the SEC Championship this weekend, but over the course of the last week or so, much of the discourse surrounding the team has been about its head coach. Headed into the Iron Bowl, the noise surrounding Kalen DeBoer and him possibly being interested in the open job at Penn […]
College football has had incredible developments over the last several years, from NIL deals, to the expanded college football playoff and everything in between, so much so that it’s led to more government involvement in the sport than ever before. Not to mention, the transfer portal process became such an issue that President Donald J. […]
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville joked today that Lane Kiffin, LSU’s new head coach, did the same thing he did when he left Ole Miss for Auburn over two decades ago. “He left in a pine box,” Tuberville reported told Capitol Hill reporter Eric Garcia of the Independent. https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/1996312768702747046?s=20 In 1998, Tuberville famously told media at the […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide has moved up in the playoff rankings from No. 10 to No. 9 ahead of the SEC Championship game, which, on the surface, doesn’t seem like much but is actually a massive development. Given the Tide is entering Atlanta with two losses already, there was speculation as to whether a defeat […]
The Auburn Tigers shocked everyone on Sunday morning when news broke of their new head coaching hire, landing on South Florida’s Alex Golesh as the new man to lead their program coming off two disastrous eras since Gus Malzahn. Following the failures both of Bryan Harsin and Hugh Freeze, Tigers fans were fed up and […]
The Troy Trojans are on the cusp of getting right back to the top of the mountain in the Sun Belt Conference. After an impressive 8-4 regular season which included a 6-2 record in conference play, the Trojans won the conference’s West division to get back to the championship game where they will take on […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide earned its spot back in the SEC title game this past weekend with an Iron Bowl victory over Auburn to finish the regular season with 10 wins and just one loss in conference play. Waiting for them is another date with the Georgia Bulldogs, who obviously Alabama has had their number […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide has won its sixth consecutive Iron Bowl over the Auburn Tigers, and as has been the case just about every time the game is played at Jordan-Hare Stadium, it took everything the team had. Facing his first road Iron Bowl, head coach Kalen DeBoer was adamant about the fact that past […]
College GameDay has officially named a location for conference championship week. According to a video published by the program’s official social media channels, GameDay is headed to Atlanta for yet another SEC Championship showdown between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs. https://x.com/CollegeGameDay/status/1995138284859642113? It’s a rematch from one of the biggest games of the regular […]
On what was one of the wildest days college football fans have seen in a long time, the Auburn Tigers landed their new head coach on Sunday when they hired South Florida’s Alex Golesh as their new head of the program. Auburn landed Golesh in the middle of a hectic coaching carousel cycle, and they’re […]
The Auburn Tigers have themselves a new coach. Less than 12 hours after a heartbreaking Iron Bowl defeat to the Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn has announced its hiring of University of South Florida now former head coach Alex Golesh as the new man in charge of their program following the end of the Hugh Freeze […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is preparing to head into Jordan-Hare Stadium for an Iron Bowl matchup that, as always, has extremely high stakes. This time around though might mean even more than usual with Alabama’s season and playoff chances very much hanging in the balance in a place where they have struggled historically no matter […]
The Auburn Tigers earned a stress free victory over the Mercer Bears on Saturday afternoon at Jordan-Hare Stadium, but the biggest story of the day was far from the final score. In an effort to preserve the red shirt eligibility for next season of starting quarterback Ashton Daniels, who took over for Jackson Arnold several […]
The Pruitt family has football in the state of Alabama coursing through their veins. Former Alabama defensive coordinator and Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt has had the chance over the last couple of years to experience those roots again, and he’s done it with his father and legendary Plainview head coach Dale. Dale Pruitt has […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Alabama Crimson Tide is preparing to head into Jordan-Hare Stadium for the Iron Bowl with problems at the kicker position. It’s been a rough season on this front for Kalen DeBoer and company, and really a rough two years since having to replace Will Reichard. After […]

