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Report card: Grading Auburn's 23-9 loss at Mississippi State

By Sumner Martin | Sports Writer | October 8

Let’s hand out some grades from Saturday night.

Auburn falls to No. 21 in AP Poll

By Ben Key | Sports Writer | October 7

Auburn (4-2, 1-2 SEC) has dropped 13 spots in the AP poll after a 23-9 loss to Mississippi State (4-2, 1-2 SEC).  This places the Tigers behind No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Georgia, No. 13 LSU, No. 14 Florida and No. 18 Kentucky in the conference. They remain ahead of two other SEC teams, No. 22 Texas ...

'We didn’t play to the Auburn standard': Defense run over in loss at Miss State

By Sumner Martin | Sports Writer | October 7

Auburn’s defensive performance Saturday night will go down in the record books, but for all the wrong reasons. 

Offensive blunders bury Auburn in 23-9 loss at Mississippi State

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | October 6

 JaTarvious Whitlow was about to walk in for a touchdown. 

Live blog: No. 8 Auburn battles Mississippi State in Starkville

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | October 6

Follow along here as The Plainsman sports staff keeps you updated during No. 8 Auburn's first true road game of the season against Mississippi State. We'll keep you posted on scores, news, injuries and analysis.   Fourth quarter - 14:30 - Thomas is just shy of the first. Fourth-and-one. Third ...

Numbers never lie: Auburn's defense one of the best in country, offense not so much

By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter | October 5

Auburn has been electric on defense and nothing short of shaky on offense. 

Auburn to host SEC Nation for game against Tennessee

By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | October 5

While Auburn looks toward this weekend's matchup against Mississippi State. Plans have already been made for the Tigers next weekend because besides just hosting Tennessee, they'll also be hosting SEC Nation. SEC Network's version of College Gameday will be live from the Wellness Kitchen Green Space ...

Will Hastings out for the season following surgery, will redshirt

By Maxwell Gault | Sports Writer | October 5

One of Auburn's deep-threat receivers is out for the season. Will Hastings underwent knee surgery Thursday after a setback while recovering from an ACL tear he suffered during the off-season. Despite appearing in just one game this season, Hastings racked up 525 receiving yards in 2017 and was one of ...

Preview: Looking back while looking ahead to Mississippi State

By Tyler Roush | Assistant Sports Editor | October 5

Now 10 years removed from a 3-2 final, Auburn and Mississippi State meet again beneath a fog of cowbell. After a 7-28 loss to No. 13 Kentucky and an ensuing 6-13 home loss to No. 22 Florida, the Bulldogs host No. 8 Auburn on Saturday in remembrance of a game that seemingly set the sport back decades. With ...

Plainsman Mailbag: The problems with Auburn's offensive line, subpar Stidham

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | October 5

If Miss State comes out victorious Saturday and the offensive line continues to decline through the meat of conference play, it might be smart to build for the future.

Players to watch, keys to victory for No. 8 Auburn vs. Mississippi State

By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter | October 5

Auburn with one more loss is all but out of SEC title contention, while Mississippi State is looking to turn its season around after two straight losses. 

With top RB Whitlow in question, Auburn searching backfield for answers

By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | October 4

Gus Malzahn is expecting Kam Martin to be the lead guy if Whitlow cannot play. 

Behind Enemy Bylines: Diving into Auburn-Miss State with The Reflector

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | October 3

Ahead of No. 8 Auburn's first true road game of 2018 at Mississippi State, The Plainsman posed questions for Hunter Cloud, sports editor for The Reflector.

Auburn's Gus Malzahn is the SEC's third-highest paid coach

By Tyler Roush | Assistant Sports Editor | October 3

Auburn's Gus Malzahn is ranked as college football's fifth-highest paid head coach, USA Today's Wednesday report says. The sixth-year head coach will earn $6.7 million with up to $1.4 million in max bonuses in 2018, which ranks him as the SEC's third-highest paid coach behind Alabama's Nick Saban and ...

Gus Malzahn updates statuses of injured Whitlow, Driscoll, Wanogho

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | October 3

Malzahn said Tuesday the team's backups at the injured positions will receive added reps in practice this week in case they're needed against Miss State. 

Submit a question for the Week 6 Plainsman Mailbag

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | October 3

If you like defense, this one will be a good time. It may not be smart to take the over.

Auburn 'asking a whole lot' of freshman kicker Anders Carlson

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | October 2

"But we’ve been asking a whole lot of him. I think he’s an excellent kicker. I think you’ll see that the rest of the season, him being consistent. We just have to put him in positions to be a little more successful."

'That's what they came here for': Freshmen making early impact for Auburn defense

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | October 2

“We needed them; we told them in fall camp, we told them in the spring, to be honest with you, that we're going to need them somewhere down the season."