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The Southeastern Conference on Monday announced the scheduled time and viewing information for the 2020 Iron Bowl. The University of Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers are set to play the annual game at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, November 28. The contest will be televised as the SEC Game of the Week on CBS.

USA Today on Thursday released its annual preseason men’s basketball poll ahead of the 2020-2021 season, and there has already been outcry that Bruce Pearl’s Auburn Tigers were snubbed. The poll named Baylor as the nation’s top team, followed by Gonzaga, Villanova, Virginia and Kansas. Three SEC teams were ranked: Kentucky at No. 9, Tennessee […]

7. USPS whistleblower says he never recanted as media declares he did A saga has been brewing in Pennsylvania as a postal worker alleged, then reportedly recanted, then declared he never recanted an accusation that the postmaster in Erie, PA, had workers backdate ballots so they would have appeared to be mailed and received before […]

The Auburn Tigers at Mississippi State Bulldogs football game initially planned for Saturday, November 14, has been rescheduled to December 12 after an unknown number of Mississippi State players contracted COVID-19. The Southeastern Conference made the news official with a tweet on Monday afternoon, in which the conference described the game as being “tentatively rescheduled […]

Tommy Tuberville has joked that he is the reason the University of Alabama Crimson Tide hired head coach Nick Saban, but on Tuesday it was Tuberville who was hired for a new job by the people of Alabama. The former Auburn University head football coach is now Alabama’s junior senator-elect following his rout of U.S. […]

Auburn earned its fourth win of the season by blowing out the LSU Tigers. The game got off to a bit of a slow start as neither offense was able to get much going in the first quarter. However, the Auburn defense set the tone for the rest of the contest in the second quarter […]

Auburn dominates LSU, wins 48-11

This was the performance that everyone associated with Auburn football needed. Head coach Gus Malzahn had lost three consecutive games to LSU, and Auburn fans would have been furious if this week was another loss to the Bayou Bengals. The Tigers’ players needed to win this game to build confidence and to give themselves an […]

A smart guy said something silly this week. ESPN’s David Pollack used his network’s college football podcast to announce his belief that Jaylen Waddle’s season-ending injury was fatal to the Crimson Tide’s national championship run. “I think it’s over for Bama,” Pollack said. “I think if you’re just talking about winning a national title, I […]

What to watch: Auburn vs. LSU edition

This week, Auburn takes on the defending national champion LSU Tigers (2-2). However, this year’s version of the Bayou Bengals looks much different than last year’s juggernaut. Coming into the season, LSU knew that it had to replace its offensive and defensive coordinator along with over 15 starters that left for the NFL or graduated. […]

Auburn earned a much needed SEC win on the road at Ole Miss in Week Five. The Tigers’ offense put together its most effective and efficient effort of the season. Auburn’s defense struggled to stop the Rebels’ rushing attack, but did manage to intercept two passes. Meanwhile, the special teams units for Auburn had two […]

Auburn downs Ole Miss 35-28 in Oxford

Well, it wasn’t dominant or pretty, but Auburn traveled to Ole Miss and came away with a much needed victory. There is still plenty of room for improvement from the Tigers, but it will be much easier for the coaches and players to make that happen with a 3-2 record instead of the 2-3 record […]

What to watch: Auburn vs. Ole Miss edition

Auburn travels to Oxford, MS, this week to take on the Ole Miss Rebels (1-3). Ole Miss’ season has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride in the early going. New Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin has brought excitement and a high powered offense that was averaging well over 40 points per game after […]

Auburn scored nine points in its first two possessions versus South Carolina. On those two drives, the Tigers amassed 138 yards and were effective running and passing the football. Conversely, the South Carolina Gamecocks had a grand total of negative 12 yards and two punts after their first two offensive possessions. Midway through the first […]

Auburn started off strongly against South Carolina, but the offense and defense both sputtered out in the second half. The Tigers lost 30-22 to the Gamecocks after going up 9-0 early in the game. Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn started his post-game press conference by saying, “It was a disappointing loss, but I am proud […]

South Carolina takes down Auburn, 30-22

The flight home from Columbia, SC, to Auburn is going to feel much longer than 65 minutes today. After Auburn jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead (because of a missed two point conversion attempt), the Tigers slowly but surely watched the scoreboard change to as much as an 11 point deficit in the fourth […]

In a world that has been turned upside down by a global pandemic, a pair of Alabama cities have been ranked in 2020 among the 100 best places to live in the United States: Huntsville and Auburn. For the past seven years, Livability.com has released a data-driven list of the “Top 100 Best Places to […]

The steady stream of customers who walked into Pannie-George’s Kitchen in Montgomery for a late lunch were all greeted with a friendly smile and an immediate offer to help. Noticeable was the youthfulness of those working. There’s a 17-year-old prepping food, a 16-year-old washing tables and sweeping, another 16-year-old frying chicken, and a college sophomore and high […]

Auburn travels to Columbia, South Carolina, today looking for its third win of the season. The Tigers will face off against the Gamecocks, who are coached by two-time Auburn assistant coach Will Muschamp. South Carolina lost to Top 25 teams in each of its first two contests, before blasting Vanderbilt 41-7 in Week 3 to […]

After a chaotic final few minutes, Auburn emerged victorious 30-28 over Arkansas in Jordan-Hare Stadium. The beginning of the game was a bit of a slog as remnants of Hurricane Delta moved through East Alabama, dumping several inches of rain along the way. In the first half especially, the weather conditions made it difficult for […]

College football power rankings: Bama holds steady; Gators fall out

The slow-motion reveal of a college football season is well underway. It has been more than six weeks since some teams have taken the field, and we have learned a little more about those teams with the passing of each Saturday. It has become obvious which players took their offseason development seriously (see: Mac Jones) […]

Auburn sneaks past Arkansas 30-28

The Auburn Tigers escaped a wet Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday night with a tight win over the Arkansas Razorbacks. Auburn opened up the game with an early 17-0 lead, and looked good doing it. After struggling against Kentucky and Georgia, the Tigers’ rushing attack finally came alive. Early on, the Tigers’ defense was forcing the Razorbacks […]

What to watch: Auburn vs. Arkansas edition

The matchup between Auburn and Arkansas was already interesting because of both Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn’s and offensive coordinator Chad Morris’ history with the University of Arkansas. Both men coached for the Razorbacks, with Chad Morris being in Fayetteville as Arkansas’ head coach as recently as December. To say that Razorback fans want to […]

It is easy to make assumptions about what we think is going to happen based on what we have seen before. This action has a name — it is called availability. The idea is that something is easily available for us to envision based on that prior experience – even if circumstances are different. People […]

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 […]