Posts by Zack Shaw
The game of football is a grind. Even good teams must endure the physical punishment, monotony of schedule, and weight of expectations that the gridiron provides. All of those things are true of teams that are in the midst of losing seasons as well, but there is no thrill of victory or hope of fulfilling […]
Auburn got off to a horrific start, mounted a furious comeback, and ultimately fell short of victory in head coach Cadillac Williams’ first outing leading the Tigers. To begin the game, Mississippi State put 17 points on the board before Auburn amassed 25 yards of total offense. Bulldogs’ quarterback Will Rogers was slicing and dicing […]
Last Monday, Auburn University President Chris Roberts published a press release announcing a change in leadership for the football program. That proclamation officially ended Bryan Harsin’s tumultuous tenure as head football coach for the Tigers. The decision was not terribly surprising to most observers of the Auburn football program, but the press release itself did […]
The first quarter of the Ole Miss vs. Auburn game could not have gone much worse for the Tigers. Auburn fans have become accustomed to seeing the Tigers struggle, but the first 15 minutes in Oxford were as bad a performance in recent memory. The defense was unable to keep the Rebels from moving the […]
Auburn travels to Ole Miss today for their second consecutive SEC road game in 2022. The Tigers are coming off a lopsided loss to Georgia, while the Rebels are 6-0 and ranked No. 9 in the country. Auburn football’s season, and potentially its leadership, is teetering on the edge of a cliff and needs a […]
Many words could be said, but few do the job in this case. Georgia is a much better football team than Auburn right now. A rivalry that stretches back to before 1900 is currently incredibly one-sided without much indication that it will change soon. The Georgia Bulldogs got off to a slow start today, but […]
This weekend, Auburn travels to Athens, Ga., to take on the Bulldogs in “The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.” Unfortunately for Auburn, this matchup has not been all that much of a rivalry for the better part of two decades. The Tigers have struggled against Georgia in general since the early 2000s and have not won […]
The game could not have started much better for Auburn. The Tigers received the ball first and put together a six play touchdown drive that concluded with a 53-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Robby Ashford to receiver Ja’Varrius Johnson. Auburn’s defense would go on to force LSU to punt each of the first five possessions […]
Tonight, Auburn hosts LSU in a critical SEC West matchup at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn tends to be known for strange plays and unusual occurrences, and no series has been weirder than this one. From “earthquakes”, to fires, to firings of coaches directly after the game, both schools in the spate Auburn vs. LSU games have […]
In what was possibly the strangest Auburn football game in decades, if not ever, the home team Tigers left Jordan-Hare Stadium with a 17-14 overtime win. Auburn managed to jump out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter behind a sledgehammering Tank Bigsby performance and Robby Ashford’s ability to sprint and scramble for sizeable […]
The Auburn Tigers need a win. Bad. Last week Auburn lost by 29 points at home to a Penn State team that is talented, but not expected to contend for conference or national championships. The embarrassing loss reignited flames of discontent that had been dampened by many due to hopes of an improved season. It […]
The Auburn Tigers began their season facing one FCS opponent and followed that up by taking on a Group of 5 squad. Mercer and San Jose State were both greatly overmatched in the talent department, even though the Spartans gave Auburn a competitive game. Today, Auburn begins the stretch of games against against much stronger […]
On a Saturday filled with mid-majors taking out Power 5 programs, the first two quarters in Jordan-Hare Stadium had Auburn on track to become the next casualty. The end of the first half found the home team trailing the visiting Spartans by a field goal on the scoreboard and by a truckload in the confidence […]
Tonight, Auburn plays host to the San Jose State Spartans from the Mountain West Conference. The Spartans make their way down South as sizeable underdogs. But they are 1-0 on the season and victorious the last time they took on an SEC foe – Arkansas in 2019. Auburn will certainly have the edge in overall […]
Although it was delayed for about an hour and a half by weather, Auburn earned its first victory of the season Saturday night in Jordan-Hare Stadium. It was certainly not a perfect performance, where the Tigers dominated from wire to wire, but there was plenty to like in the 42-16 win. Plenty of Auburn Tigers […]
There may not be a program in the country that needs its first game to arrive more quickly than the Auburn Tigers. An offseason marked with internal investigations, coaching turnover, a quarterback competition, and an overall drama level that is high even for Auburn standards has finally ended. Now, the coaches and players in the […]
Pride. How much does the 2021 Auburn Tigers football team have? Because at this point in the season, that is what is left to play for. Auburn has lost three consecutive games SEC games, its starting quarterback and any good vibes that were present at the end of October. It is at this point that […]
Life comes at you fast. The 2021 Auburn football team has learned that truth if they were not aware already. Just a few short weeks ago, the Tigers were coming off back-to-back wins against ranked SEC opponents with control of their own destiny. The last two games have left Auburn beaten up, likely a bit […]
Auburn’s loss last week to Texas A&M was really disappointing. With that being said, a loss to a talented team on the road happens even to good teams with some regularity. What happened today versus Mississippi State is devastating for this Tiger football team. Blowing a 25-point lead at home to a team that has […]
Today, the 17th-ranked Auburn Tigers take on SEC West foe Mississippi State in Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Tigers and Bulldogs both lost last week but in very different fashions. Auburn eventually fell to Texas A&M by 17 points in their last contest, while Mississippi State missed a last-second field goal that could have forced overtime versus […]
In modern football, it is virtually impossible to lose a game by three scores if your defense does not allow a touchdown. Auburn made it look very easy in College Station today. Any momentum that Auburn had built after beating back-to-back top 25-ranked, SEC western division opponents came to a grinding halt Saturday against Texas […]
The Auburn Tigers travel to College Station, TX, to take on the 14th-ranked Texas A&M for a critical SEC West showdown. Auburn will try to build off last week’s win against Ole Miss, while the Aggies are fresh off a bye week. Since Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2012, the series between the Aggies […]
That game was a tale of two halves. Auburn and Ole Miss both had great success moving the ball in the first half. Auburn scored four touchdowns and Ole Miss scored two touchdowns and a field goal in the first two quarters, making it 28-17 at intermission. Something happened at half time that boosted each […]
Tonight, Auburn faces off against Ole Miss at home in a battle of top 25 ranked, SEC West division opponents. This game is the first time that both Auburn and Ole Miss have been ranked when playing at Jordan-Hare Stadium in the history of the series. Ole Miss enters the contest with a 6-1 record […]

