In short time, Chad Baker-Mazara has blossomed into an
#Auburn
fan favorite.
But the charismatic forward couldn’t have made it this far without a year in junior college — a route he never expected to take, but one that changed him for the better.
“I'd never give up that route.…
Cadillac says being the first Black man to coach in the Iron Bowl "almost broke me down last night."
"We — African-Americans — don't dream about being the head coach, to be honest with you."
Cadillac, with tears in his eyes: "This process made me a better person. Better husband, father, friend. It's just powerful what you can do whenever you get people serving, believing."
Two changes on this week's
#Auburn
depth chart:
• Alex McPherson officially listed as the starting kicker.
• QB TJ Finley is no longer on the depth chart.
Some professional news — I'm excited to say that, beginning tomorrow, I'll be the Auburn Athletics beat writer for
@OANow
. I’m so excited for this opportunity, and am looking forward to being back in the SEC!
On Saturday, the Carlson kicking dynasty at
#Auburn
effectively comes to an end — nine years spanning more than 600 kickoffs and nearly 900 points.
It'll be a full-circle ending, too.
On a grandfather's love, and an in-state rivalry turning interfamily:
Just got word that
#Auburn
football’s equipment truck has arrived at the team hotel for this weekend’s game against Cal.
The truck took off from Auburn on Sunday afternoon and made stops in Maumelle, Ark., Albuquerque, N.M., and Barstow, Calif., before arriving.
It’s 36 hours…
News:
#Auburn
baseball is unveiling its statute of Frank Thomas on April 8, 2023, the same day as a series finale against Texas A&M at Plainsman Park.
@AUBlog
:
Cadillac confesses "we threw some 2004 Auburn plays in there" tonight, saying Jarquez Hunter's TD pass was drawn up from Caddy's 2004 TD pass against UGA.
Texas A&M HC Jimbo Fisher: "Auburn's a very good job, an outstanding job. ... It's always got great tradition, great history and it's a great place."
Fisher was AU's QB coach from 1993-98.
Cadillac Williams is nixing
#Auburn
's player of the week accolades.
"With NIL and everything that's going on, the game is so individualized right now. ... I'm sticking to the team aspect of it."
Robby Ashford and Sonny DiChiara have been two of the biggest names in
#Auburn
sports this year. Four years ago, they built a bond playing baseball together at Hoover High School.
Story:
Ever wondered what it takes to get a college football team from one end of the country to the other?
Many within
#Auburn
's athletics department have been planning for this weekend's trip to Cal for more than a year. I spoke to the them about what mapping out this journey looked…
#Auburn
LB Eugene Asante calls today’s SEC weekly honor a surreal moment. Notes his father’s death when he first arrived to the program two Februarys ago.
“As a young man in this world, you need your father. It was a hard thing losing him, because he was my best friend.”
Says…
Each
#Auburn
position group adopted a family for Thanksgiving, Hugh Freeze says.
That means going out and buying groceries for a family to have a full Thanksgiving meal.
Freeze says he's hopeful that program can expand in some way in the future.
#Auburn
LB Eugene Asante just sat down to speak with the media.
Before getting asked a question, he picks up the stat sheet.
"Y'all seen this yet?" He points to Jalen McLeod's statline.
"SEC Defensive Player of the Week. No question."
The fact the SEC Network studio is mocking the refs for all of the monitor reviews in that first half says it all…. It has to get better, it won’t though.
Tank Bigsby comes to the podium wearing a Def Leppard t-shirt. Is asked "What's your favorite song by the Def Leppard?"
Tank: "Nah, I don't even know who this is."
NEW | I’m gainfully employed.
I’ve accepted a position with the
@ArkansasOnline
sports desk, and starting next week, I’ll be covering
#ArPreps
, Central Arkansas football and more for the ADG. Couldn’t be more psyched to get started.
#Auburn
C Dylan Cardwell's pitch for his own SEC Network show is an NBA on TNT-type setup with him, Wendell Green Jr., Jaylin Williams and Chris Moore.
"Mostly it'd just be us picking on Wen, because he's short."
(Also,) I've got professional news: Next month, I'll be moving to Cape Cod for the summer and covering the Cape Cod Baseball League as an intern for the
@capecodtimes
. I'm incredibly eager for the opportunity, and I can't wait to get started!
First it's men's basketball and now it's football.
Hugh Freeze and
#Auburn
land four-star QB Walker White (
@Walker_White5
), the third commit of the 2024 class.
Story:
Cadillac says candidly "It's no promises. I don't know if we gonna win a ballgame or not," but
"One thing that's gonna make me happy is we play good football, hard
#Auburn
football. And that is honestly what I wanna get these kids to do."
#Auburn
HC Bruce Pearl says the reason his team won was because Tennessee didn't make a basket in the final six minutes.
"Zep Jasper had a lot to do with that."
Williams: "I'm so proud of my guys. ... My message to those guys was 'Not gonna take this as a loss yet.' We didn't complete the mission yet. We lost, but there's so many, so many life lessons that these kids are going to learn."
Bruce Pearl, on Tiger Talk, says he's told his freshmen — Chance Westry, Yohan Traore and Tre Donaldson — that "You're not a freshman anymore."
"If we're gonna be the team we're trying to be," he says, "those guys have got to start stepping up."
Programming note:
#Auburn
has announced there will be no media interviews with players this week. First time all season players won't be made available for a game week.
“Since I've been knowing Plankton, dude just got one goal, man: get that Krabby Patty formula. ... We got to get that Plankton mentality every game. We got to get that formula every game.”
On Jaylin Simpson's newfound mentality, which he got from none other than Sheldon J.…
FINAL | No. 17
#Auburn
5, USC 3
Tigers, Will Cannon stave off the Trojans after they get the go-ahead runner on.
John Armstrong, who threw two pitches, gets the win. Cannon gets the save.
Record is 4-1.
Plainsman Park is playing "Che La Luna," Sonny D's walk-up song, and the few remaining fans erupt.
Sonny hears it as it fades out, runs out of the dugout and gives a thumbs up.
Marquis Daniels (
@marquis_daniels
) announced the creation of an endowed scholarship at
#Auburn
last week, in memory of his late wife and former women's hoops standout Shana Askew Daniels.
"I think that this is a prime example of who she was."
The Jungle is near capacity and doors have been open for 15 minutes.
Students still filing in and classes don’t start for another four days. Tipoff still over an hour out, too.
Crootin' News: 2025 four-star edge rushing prospect Jakaleb Faulk, the younger brother of
#Auburn
's Keldric Faulk, just announced his commitment to the Tigers.
Pulled an Alabama hat from his backpack before tossing it and picking up the AU hat at the end of the table. Solid…
Cam Coleman (
@CamColeman12
) is leaving Central-Phenix City with all the buzz in his corner. He'll head just up the road to
#Auburn
, arriving next month as a five-star piece in the offense's puzzle.
But back home, he'll always be remembered as a fun-loving state champion.
"He is…
5th-rder Sonny DiChiara inks w/
@Angels
for $172,500 (slot 148 = $383,200). Will go straight to Double-A.
@AuburnBaseball
1B, SEC co-player of year, hit .383/.549/.777 w/22 HR, 2nd in NCAA D-I in OBP & walks (68), 5th in OPS (1.326). Power & patience are his strong suits
@MLBDraft
#Auburn
pitcher Will Cannon decided not long ago to forgo his lone Division I opportunity and head to junior college in the hopes of getting to the SEC.
Now, he's pitching for the school up the road from his native Phenix City.
📰:
📸:
@AdamSparksPhoto
The day after the death of his son, the wheels began to spin for Mike Lutzenkirchen.
"It was God saying: 'What are you going to do with this?'"
Months later, the Lutzie 43 Foundation (
@lutzie43
) was created.
With a mission to "inspire people to make better decisions as drivers…
#Auburn
LB Eugene Asante paints in his spare time and likes to read, too.
He's currently reading NYT bestseller "Can't Hurt Me" by retired Navy Seal David Goggins.
From a fan question to Cadillac Williams asked by a student at Baumhower's: "I found it very exciting to wake up as a Black student on campus and have our head football coach look like me."
A few members of the
#Auburn
beat are still burning the midnight oil at Neville Arena.
But so is Tre Donaldson, who’s getting up shots a couple hours removed from a basketball game.
The ticket is officially punched, as
@NCAABaseball
announced that No. 13
#Auburn
will host a regional in this year's NCAA Tournament.
It's the first time in program history that Plainsman Park will host a regional in back-to-back seasons.
@AUBlog
:
This is Jinx. He would like to invite you aboard his boat. Won’t stop mentioning that he is the captain. Likes to bork at the other boats. 13/10 would help him steer
Merry Flipmas,
#Auburn
fans.
Five-star WR Cam Coleman has flipped his commitment from Texas A&M to the Tigers.
It’s the biggest win yet for Hugh Freeze & Co. on the recruiting trail.
Brian Neuner (
@Bnoon50
) needed some help on his newly bought farmland in 1996, so he tapped into a
#Mizzou
football summer jobs program.
Twenty-four years later, players are still working the land every summer, and finding time to fish and play, too.
Bruce Pearl's asked about
#Auburn
's NCAA Tournament résumé. He explains a bit, but ends his answer with this:
"A team that can come here and give them (Alabama) the best game that they've had all year? That's a pretty good team."
This room is basically being described as the vibe room. A player lounge for
#Auburn
.
Any guesses as to what the hanging white stripes represent? (There is a correct answer.)
Drinkwitz asked what he'd be doing if he wasn't coaching college football.
"According to a couple SEC memes, I'd probably be a bank president. So I'm sticking with that."