Football

COLUMN | Is Tank Bigsby back to being a tank?

By Larry Robinson | Photo Editor | November 5

Auburn’s offensive line is almost where it needs to be to get Bigsby to at least 75 yards a game — he’s just gotta get back to his old self again.

Harris shining in new light with Tigers

By Larry Robinson | Photo Editor | November 5

“He's just a dog on the field man, really explosive,” Pappoe said. “He had his highlight tape pinned on his Twitter profile and as soon as I watched it I was like ‘Oh yeah, we need this guy.”

Owen Pappoe: 'It's great to be back'

By Kristen Carr | Sports Writer | November 4

“It is what it is," said Owen Pappoe. "You can’t ponder on it too much. There’s nothing I can do to go back and change it, even though I wish I could. But all that matters is that I’m back now and I’m just looking forward to getting better and picking up where I left off."

Nick Brahms on Tank Bigsby's energy on offense

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Reporter | November 4

“Tank is a big energy guy for us," said Auburn center Nick Brahms. "Whenever Tank gets fired up, the offensive line gets fired up."

Page 8 | Bo Nix: ‘There’s just nothing like it’

By Kristen Carr | Sports Writer | November 3

Writer-of-the-week Larry Robinson joins the show as Auburn triumphs over Top Ten Ole Miss.

Auburn ranked No. 13 in first College Football Playoff rankings

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Reporter | November 2

Auburn has been ranked No. 13 in the nation in the first College Football Playoff Top 25 rankings.

Auburn looking to clean up special teams mistakes

By Callie Stanford | Sports Writer | November 2

“For whatever reason, Ole Miss was kicking our butt or we just sucked at some of the stuff we were doing,” Harsin said.

McClain and Wooden named to SEC weekly award list

By Jacob Waters | Sports Reporter | November 1

Zakoby McClain and Colby Wooden were awarded on Monday for their performances after a 31-20 win against Ole Miss.

Auburn ranked No. 12 in newest AP Poll

By Larry Robinson | Photo Editor | October 31

Auburn football is ranked as a top-15 team in the nation for the first time this season with the newest release of the AP Poll on Sunday.

Kickoff time for Auburn versus Texas A&M set

By Caleb Jones | Sports Editor | October 31

Auburn and Texas A&M will kickoff at 2:30 p.m. CST on Saturday.

Auburn corrals upset over No. 10 Ole Miss

By Caleb Jones | Sports Editor | October 31

Bo Nix accounted for three touchdowns and Auburn’s offense out-performed a highly-praised Ole Miss team with a 31-20 victory, extending the Tigers’ win streak over the Rebels to six in a row.

Heisman Watch: How Auburn has fared against highly-rated quarterbacks

By Nic Young | Sports Writer | October 30

Auburn will compete against a 'frontrunner for Heisman' with Matt Corral. We've taken a look into the past at previous Heisman-candidate quarterbacks the Tigers have faced.

Plainsman Picks: Ole Miss

By Sports Staff | October 30

Our sports staff has mustered up our opinions and predictions for this weekend's contest. Here are our predictions about what will happen on the field, thrown out into the open.

Behind Enemy Bylines: No. 10 Ole Miss

By Caleb Jones | Sports Editor | October 30

Before Ole Miss and Auburn take the stage in a Top 20 showdown on Saturday, The Plainsman reached out to Ruby Draayer, the assistant sports editor of The Daily Mississipian, to talk about the upcoming matchup.

Players to watch, keys to victory versus Ole Miss

By Dylan Fox | Sports Writer | October 29

Set for a nighttime matchup in Jordan-Hare, here are the players who could have the biggest impacts on Saturday, and the goals of both teams in order to take home a victory.

Roger McCreary has a non-traditional game day meal

By Larry Robinson | Photo Editor | October 28

Roger McCreary is continuing this tradition of eating baked beans as a pregame meal into his extra year.

Nix's legs an 'extra weapon' for Auburn's offense

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Reporter | October 28

“I just know it provides an extra weapon at the end of a game when I can throw and run,” Nix said.

Film Room: Arkansas

By Logan Glover | Sports Writer and Daniel Schmidt | Sports Writer | October 28

Coming off a loss to Georgia at home. A bounce back against ranked Arkansas is just what the doctor ordered. This was head coach Bryan Harsin's first win at Auburn versus a ranked opponent and breaks a six-game losing streak against ranked opponents for the Tigers.

Wooden ready to take on Ole Miss after bye week

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Reporter | October 27

Auburn played seven straight weeks of football games before its bye week. Defensive end Colby Wooden said it couldn’t have come at a better time.

Freshman tight end Landen King has potential 'through the roof'

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Reporter | October 27

“The potential that he has, I believe, is through the roof,” Council said. “He is going to be a great player here at Auburn. He is going to be a good leader for this team.”