⚡ CFB Dashboard

- Defense: Fair catching a football inside the 10 yard line is a fundamental no no in football.

- Defense: Picked up Woodyard out of the portal in CFB27.

- Auburn QB Byrum Brown threw three interceptions against Baylor, two on deep attempts. Alex Golesh and OC Joel Gordon accepted responsibility for not putting him in better situations on those downfield shots. The report says the staff remains confident in Brown; a cleaner Southern Miss game would still be a different test from SEC defenses. - Auburn guards Jacob Strand and Cole Skinner were injured late against Baylor, with Kail Ellis and Jack Leyrer replacing them during the go-ahead touchdown drive. Golesh called the interior line disappointing. The writer expects more guard rotation against Southern Miss, but gives no confirmed starter change or final availability ruling for Strand or Skinner. - Golesh described Auburn DEs Da'Shawn Womack and Chris Murray as day-to-day with minor injuries. The writer expects Auburn not to push their Southern Miss reps and suggests more work for Darrion Smith, especially if Joe Phillips remains sidelined after missing Week 1. Those workload and replacement expectations are not confirmed absences or assignments. - Auburn's defense played 99 snaps against Baylor; Eric Winters made the decisive tackle on his 91st, and CBs Rayshawn Pleasant and Andre Jordan Jr. each exceeded 90. The preview sees Southern Miss as an opportunity to develop reserves and reduce that burden before Florida. It does not report a set snap cap or promised substitution timetable.

- Auburn rushed for 130 net yards against Baylor; the article notes the total would exceed 160 without Byrum Brown's sack losses. Of 41 official rushing attempts, including sacks, 25 gained three yards or less. The writer identifies better interior-line push as a priority against Southern Miss, not a reported lineup or scheme change. - Auburn held Baylor to 7-of-22 on third down but allowed 4-of-6 fourth-down conversions. The preview identifies finishing defensive possessions as an area needing improvement against Southern Miss; the strong overall third-down rate did not prevent Baylor from extending drives. - The Auburn preview credits Baylor's quick passing for limiting pressure and faults Auburn's defensive backs for excessive cushion and free releases. The writer recommends tighter receiver challenges to help rushers arrive without heavy blitzing. This is film-based analysis and a recommendation, not an announced defensive adjustment. - The Auburn writer criticizes fielding a punt inside the Tigers' own five-yard line and attempting a fake punt inside the opponent's 35 against Baylor. Neither was described as decisive in that win, but the preview flags special-teams decision-making as a concern before tougher games.

- Pick/market: The offense as a whole was ineffective.

- QB: 16 points with the offense having three turnovers is very solid.

- QB/DB: they all show up in the box score with no comment about the circumstances.

- Defense: Hopefullly we have worked on press man coverage and quick hits to the WRs.

- LB: That LB from jc hart school would be nice (I ain’t gonna try to spell that ****)

- DB: He gave up 1 catch on 4 targets....and was top 5 in yards allowed in coverage at CB at a P4 as a freshman.

- LB: As active as life is in the portal, I suppose we'll be seeing more of this in the future, that being players with AU ties trying to come back to haunt us.

- Pick/market: It may get worse before it gets better.

- Auburn's defense played roughly 100 snaps in its previous game according to the panel, which highlighted Eric Winters making a play on his 91st snap as evidence of the unit's conditioning under a heavy workload. - Auburn faces another potential endurance test against Southern Miss, whose offense the panel described as run-oriented with a large offensive line and tempo intended to wear down the defense.

- Defense: On that last defensive stand…

- WR/LB: Agreed but I think we have spent several years saying its coming or using the its just one game line.

- WR/DB: Winters made a heck of a play on the game saving tackle, reacted in real time to the ball going to the boundary and his speed through the tackle is the only way we...

- DL: I thought that there was a few PIs that were not called on either team that were not called during the game - some were pretty obvious.

- DL: Actually, we did sub a good bit on defense.

- LB: The floater over the LB to convert the crucial 3rd down was an awesome play.

- QB/DB: Sigler had 5 QB pressures on Lagway, Atkins, Jared Smith and Kaleb Harris 3 each...(5 players each had 1)...

- Defense: his two incredible sideline catches with blanket coverage on him.

- Defense: Lmaoo no it is a pretty simple personal adjustment and scheme adjustment like super easy and can guarantee you if you asked any “elite” DC they would be scratching there head on the situational...

- Offense: What I'm hating is some of these off-sides calls.

- DB: It’s all going to be personnel and matchup driven depending on the opponent, but from the people I’ve spoken with, it feels like Champ and Sly (for better or worse) are going to be...

- QB: In my defense, I didn’t read any of the replies to this thread.

- Defense: I don't care about the score, but I would like if it doesn't look like the defense knows what's coming before the snap.

- Defense: I thought he really showed up on the goal line when they gave it to Pendergrass twice Here’s a great shot of him from the WE+ video on X.

- QB/LB: We got beat in the middle of the field- coverage by safety:nickels was not great.

- QB/RB: Sean McVay and the Rams actually run a fair amount of choice routes.

- QB/DB: I don't know if you watched the ESPN Unlimited version of the game.

- DB: CB Reggie Bush II on catching an interception and watching the defense make as many plays as they did on Saturday against Auburn: "I want to see everyone make a play.

- DL: Could it be that the other team has some really good players and really good coaching as well.

- Injury: How to correctly put it, if Auburn's defense hadn't hurt Lagway by hitting him and forcing a fumble.

- QB/LB: That QB did not really have a great game against Alcorn State.

- Auburn quarterback Byrum Brown threw three interceptions and took six sacks against Baylor while struggling to push the ball downfield, although he improved late and delivered the final touchdown drive. - Auburn's interior offensive line allowed substantial penetration and 81% of the team's rushing yards came after contact, contrasting with more positive tackle reviews and Stanton Ramil's reported No. 2 PFF grade among Week 1 right tackles. - Auburn receiver Keshaun Singleton showed established timing with Brown on comeback routes and repeatedly fought for extra yards, leading both reviewers to identify him as a dependable target despite the offense failing to finish several productive drives. - Auburn edge defender Da'Shawn Womack played little in the second half because of injury after a strong start, adding context to the reviewers' concern about limited pressure against Baylor's quick passing game without establishing his next-game availability. - Auburn used a reverse to Bryce Cain to exploit a Baylor defense concentrated inside against the run and set up its first touchdown, finding an offensive role for his speed after he moved between positions during camp.

- Auburn safety Eric Winters recorded 11 tackles and two tackles for loss against Baylor, adding a forced fumble that ended Baylor's opening possession. - Winters stopped tight end Matthew Klopfenstein short of the goal line on Baylor's late two-point attempt to preserve Auburn's 17-16 win, saying he recognized the action from the team's preparation.

- Injury: both shoulders just took LIVE contact for the first time since surgery.

- DL/LB: If you execute the protection or blocking scheme against it correctly it can open up big holes.

- QB/DL: For the first game with a brand new defensive line and corners I thought they played pretty well.

- Coaching: If there's one thing Auburn doesn't have early this season, as compared to so many of the program's recent teams, it's a short leash at quarterback.

- Injury: Head coach Dave Aranda on safety Micah Gifford filling in for an injured Jacob Redding against Auburn and getting an interception⤵️ "Micah is somebody where you put a goal in front of him, he's...

- Defense: Not 3rd down completely 7/22 is a really good stop rate- but 3rd and long was not good.

- QB/LB: The big plays were mostly scheme issues, not mistakes by the secondary.

- Defense: news: Auburn S Eric Winters has been named the SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week after he had 11 tackles (9 solo), 2 TFL, a forced fumble and the game-winning goal-line stop against Baylor

- Defense: Auburn HC Alex Golesh said Baylor's fourth-down success was due to a lack of "situational awareness," especially in terms of leverage and coverage "That was a huge emphasis...

- QB: folks like yourself made the same kind of comments about Nick(can't throw a lick...

- QB/DL: My takeaways: 1) Womack sure had a big per capita impact.

- QB/OL: QB C+ 74% completion will win games but taking sacks will get you beat.

- Defense: No,2 bad arsed defensive linemen and 3 equally bad arsed olinemen,might have to add a mill or 2 for that to happen

- Pick/market: Lol that’s 12th out of 12 in the Big 12, not all of college football hahahah.

- QB/RB: I like Andy but we need to make a change in the booth for football.

- Offense: He tried mixing things up, I’d say one at least 3 of those long conversions they just had the better play call, those were some situations the offense goes to the playbook and runs...

- Pick/market: ATLANTA, Ga.--Nothing went as planned on Saturday in Mercedes-Benz.

- Pick/market: ATLANTA — Auburn knows it has plenty to work on, but the Tigers entered the win column all the same after a chaotic afternoon in Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

- Auburn quarterback Byrum Brown threw three interceptions against Baylor, but he led the decisive fourth-quarter drive by going 4-for-4 for 49 yards and adding 13 rushing yards before an 11-yard touchdown run. - Center Cole Best said Auburn still trusts Brown fully and noted some interceptions also involved protection and communication issues that need fixing. - Alex Golesh said he blamed himself as much as Brown because Auburn tried to force the ball downfield after drives stalled between midfield and the 40. - Keshaun Singleton was Brown's top target with seven catches for 89 yards, continuing the trust from their USF connection. - Brown said the close win showed Auburn's complementary football because the defense kept providing stops until the offense could capitalize.

- QB/TE: Watch the replay…D was confused and QB made a bad throw.

- Pick/market: 2010 had 4 senior returning starters on the offensive line and an all American on the defensive line

- QB/OL: We got our cupcake next week and we hopefully will beat them handidly.

- QB: In one of the articles on this site a while back, our OC or Golesh one said that Brown was the best college QB they had seen.

- OL: I can’t tell any difference in our offensive or defensive schemes from last year…or in our offensive line play.

- Auburn rotated a lot of defensive backs in the Baylor opener, leaving the secondary depth chart as an ongoing film-room question. - Auburn showed red-zone growth by finishing two ground-game touchdowns, a point the hosts contrasted with recent seasons when finishing drives was a concern. - The offense still struggled to sustain possessions because mistakes, sacks, and negative plays repeatedly interrupted drives.

- Auburn played without two edge rushers while the defense had to handle 99 snaps, adding context to the front's late-game stress against Baylor. - Joe Phillips was already unavailable, and Jacob Strand stayed down longer than other injured players, though the postgame tone suggested the staff thought he would probably be okay. - Auburn's defensive front and overall defense still forced enough negative plays to keep the Tigers in the game despite Baylor sustaining late drives.

- Auburn coaches said the offense probably forced too much once it crossed midfield, contributing to stalled drives on Baylor's side of the field. - The hosts framed Joe Clanderman's debut as defensive coordinator as a mixed first data point because Auburn survived, but Baylor still drove late and converted multiple fourth downs. - Auburn's sideline response was a positive coaching signal, with the full team huddling and staying engaged before Byron Brown led the late go-ahead touchdown drive.

- Defense: there's a fourth-down mistake from Auburn's defense to give Baylor a first down

- OL: through one quarter, Auburn's two biggest question marks heading into the season — offensive line and pass coverage — have definitely lived up to those concerns

- QB: armchair defensive coordinating here, but rushing three against a clearly hobbled quarterback is strange to me