There is a lot of work to be done on The Plains. Auburn was handed a brutal beatdown by the Georgia Bulldogs in the second week of the 2020 SEC football season. Some thought that playing the Bulldogs early in the season because of this year’s schedule shakeup might give Auburn and advantage because of […]

Staying at an elite level in any field for 14 years is a difficult task. Human nature gets in the way. Focus drifts. Energy wanes. Complacency sets in. Not for Nick Saban. Merely two games into his 14th season as Crimson Tide head coach, it appears Saban has assembled as good a team as any […]

There was a game between Auburn and Georgia in week 2, but it was not much of a competition. The Bulldogs established that they were the more physical team in the first quarter and never looked back, eventually winning 27-6. Athens continued to be a house of horrors for the Tigers as they have now […]

Alabama routed Texas A&M 52-24 in a game that showed why they may be the best team in the country. Fans got to see Crimson Tide quarterback Mac Jones have an exceptional game versus a quality opponent. Alabama head coach Nick Saban was asked after the game about how he thought his starting quarterback performed. […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide have been at the top of the SEC for the better part of the last decade, and they seem to be on track to spend the 20’s on top of the SEC again. This afternoon, Texas A&M will travel to Tuscaloosa in a top-15 matchup. Let’s look at three keys in […]

Optimism and hope still reign for many teams entering the second week of the SEC season. Week two is typically when teams see their biggest leaps in improvement. Nick Saban was predictably upset by some aspects of his team’s play in a dominant win over Missouri, a victory which some say showed the Tide is […]

It’s rivalry week. The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry makes its first appearance in a month other than November for the first time since 1936 today. Auburn has played Georgia more than any opponent in program history. Saturday’s game will be the 125th meeting between the two schools in a series that dates back to 1892. […]

Alabama looked dominant in their 38-19 win over Missouri last weekend, but everyone expected dominance against a weak Missouri team with a first-year head coach. On the flip side of that, Texas A&M looked worse than they have in years. If you didn’t see the headlines, Texas A&M narrowly defeated Vanderbilt 17-12 on Saturday. That […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The game day experience at the University of Alabama and Bryant-Denny Stadium will be different this football season in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. UA is implementing changes to comply with CDC, state of Alabama, NCAA and SEC health guidelines to keep fans safe while preventing the spread of coronavirus. A few highlights of […]

The University of South Alabama and Troy University on Tuesday announced that Saturday’s football game has been postponed. A release from South Alabama said the postponement was made, “Due to precautionary measures concerning the availability of student-athletes.” A separate release from Troy advised the decision was reached, “Due to South Alabama pausing its football workouts […]

Head coach Gus Malzahn is stressing the magnitude of the task ahead of Auburn’s matchup against Georgia this Saturday in Athens, GA. At Malzahn’s weekly press conference on Tuesday, he opened his remarks with high praise of the Bulldogs, who are led by former University of Alabama assistant coach Kirby Smart. Georgia won the contest […]

Auburn earned a hard-fought victory against the Kentucky Wildcats in week one. It was far from a dominant performance from beginning to end, but the Tigers gained a comfortable lead and control of the game in the fourth quarter. Early in the game, the visiting Wildcats brought the fight to Auburn, but the Tigers’ adjustments […]

Even Gary Danielson sounded good yesterday. That is how badly college football fans were craving a return to the field. The next several days will be about assessing what happened. We start with this week’s power rankings, which are determined by the combined votes of our experts. Their individual votes can be seen with an explanation […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide beat Missouri in its 2020 opening game, coasting to a 38-19 win. The Tide’s trip to Columbia mainly wielded dominance even though head coach Nick Saban will undoubtedly find a few things about which to be unhappy. Here are a three of our takeaways: Alabama is without peer in 2020. Saban’s […]

It was a strange day at Jordan Hare Stadium. There was no tail gaiting, no TigerWalk, no marching band on the field and only about 18,000 fans attendance. Gus Malzahn also ditched his traditional sweater vest and visor for a throwback Auburn hat and an orange and blue tie to honor the late Pat Dye. […]

Just in time for the University of Alabama football season, the Paul W. Bryant Museum is reopening to visitors. The museum, which closed in mid-March due to the coronavirus, is now Thursday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Alabama coach Nick Saban said his Crimson Tide football team is showing the right effort and intensity in practice, but it’s time to flip the switch and start finishing plays like they would in a game. “We haven’t played a game in a long time,” Saban said. “We’ve got to get out of practice mode and make […]

The Season of Sankey officially gets underway today. The SEC takes the field for the first time this fall as a result of conference commissioner Greg Sankey’s well-planned approach to playing football amid COVID-19 conditions. During the last two weeks, a parade of conferences have backtracked on plans to cancel their seasons and put in […]

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said he is happy game week has finally arrived, even though he knows his Auburn Tigers football team will be tested by the visiting Kentucky Wildcats. “It’s been a long time coming to get to this point,” Malzahn said. “We’re playing a really good Kentucky Wildcat team. When you look at them offensively, […]

Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops has done a really nice job of turning the Wildcats into a competitive football program at a place where basketball is king. Especially in Stoops’ two most recent seasons, Kentucky has exceeded expectations that anyone outside of Lexington would have had for the team. In 2018, the Wildcats managed to […]

Yellowhammer News announces the addition of Zack Shaw, contributing writer and former Auburn Tigers walk-on, to its college football coverage. Shaw will provide weekly analysis and updates throughout the Auburn Tigers’ 2020 season exclusively to Yellowhammer News. To help you get up to speed before the Tigers take the field on Saturday, check out Shaw’s […]

AUBURN, Ala. – While the Auburn Family looks forward to celebrating the return of football, officials are asking fans not to roll the two Auburn Oaks and nearby 10 descendant trees this season, and they are encouraging mask wearing and physical distancing during gameday celebrations. University Arborist Alex Hedgepath says that while the two Auburn […]

The University of South Alabama Jaguars will host the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Blazers on Thursday night at 6:30 in each team’s third game of the 2020 college football season. This will be the second-ever game at the Jaguars’ new Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile.

At long last, it is game week for the Auburn Tigers. Auburn and Kentucky will kick off this Saturday at 11:00 a.m. on the SEC Network. In advance of the contest, head coach Gus Malzahn released Auburn’s week one depth chart on Tuesday. A number of questions that Auburn fans may have are directly addressed […]