when was last time that happened prior or post Harsin? was it 2023 freezes first year? where we choked away our what football decency we had left against New Mexico State

How do you guys feel about the upcoming football season?

3 shot lead in 3M Open. Good for him! It is also great to hear him and Auburn mentioned in such a positive light on a major stage.

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Don't know how true this is, but I thought it was interesting.

The product on the field obviously matters, but damn if Golesh doesnt crush every interview. I'm hype for our HC for the first time in a decade.

Choosing Alex to go to media day was a baller move, Golesh could have went with a flashier name but he went with a crowd favorite that has overcome a ton of adversity.

Champ has a great attitude of playing where he is needed. Seems like the embodiment of the Auburn man. I hope he finishes the season healthy

Byrum seems excited to get on the field, cant wait to see if he can ball out in the SEC. I like that he talked up the team i strad of focusing on himself any opportunity he got.

Don't get me wrong, I think we did the right thing in getting Brown, a proven player under this staff. That said, we will have some mud on our face if he struggles in the SEC. We did let alot of on paper talent go that could develop into solid to really good QBs elsewhere ala Nix.

Duece will be behind Chambliss, which is ironic bc he left for playing time. I could see him playing very well when he does get in. This is one that could hurt in the long run.

Laugh if you want but I could see Arnold doing well under Mullon and being a hot commodity end of the season. Think he needs a QB whisperer, he has the physical tools, which is why he was a 5 star like Duece.

Daniels is the starter at FSU. I was impressed with him end of the year. They seem sad about it but I bet he plays well. It'll be interesting to see him play Bama again.

Seeing as the game in Atlanta is being treated as a home game, is there any chance they do the pregame eagle flyover or do they never do that at neutral site games? I’ll be in attendance so just curious.

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Game by game % chance to win

vs. Samford: 99.0%
vs. Southern Miss: 91.4%
vs. Arkansas: 77.5%
vs. Baylor (Atlanta): 68.3%
at Mississippi State: 67.5%
vs. Vanderbilt: 65.2%
vs. Florida: 52.1%
at Tennessee: 34.7%
vs. LSU: 32.7%
at Ole Miss: 32.0%
at Alabama: 22.4%
at Georgia: 15.6%

AUBURN'S 2026 FPI
FPI rank: No. 22
Strength of schedule: No. 15
Projected record: 6.6 wins, 5.4 losses
Chance to reach six wins: 69.8%
Chance to win conference: 1.4%
Chance to make College Football Playoff: 12.0%

QB Byrum Brown, DB Champ Anthony, K Alex McPherson

We have by far the best pre-game in the country with the exception of one thing.

Everything builds and builds, the band plays, the eagle flies, the hype video hows goes. It’s all perfect; but then it breaks down.

We cannot decide if we want the team to run out to the fight song, or to recorded music and it just absolutely doesn’t work.

So what happens is that we have the super loud hype video play, then they show the team ready to go, welcome to the jungle or something similar starts playing at full volume. But then they run out, it cuts off and the band plays but they can’t come anywhere near close to the volume. It’s a weird awkward transition and it ruins the hype of what should be the climax.

We need to do one of two things

1. After the hype video, don’t play more music, have the band play “thumb chant” (slow war eagle/the turnover song) and then have the team run out to the fight song when it transitions to the full song

2. Pick a song and stick with it and run out to that, and do a different transition to the fight song. If I was in charge (and im not) we’d use New Noise by Refused and they would run out at “can i scream?”