After a meeting between the SEC presidents on Thursday, the SEC will be moving to a 10-game conference-only schedule for football. The season will start on Sept. 26, and the SEC Championship is set for Dec. 19.
Auburn and North Carolina will not be meeting in Atlanta this year as one of the marquee matchups in the 2020 Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game series.
Rising sophomore Owen Pappoe is someone who, if he continues to improve upon his freshman campaign, could become a star linebacker in the SEC, making him the linebacker X-Factor.
On July 20, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced they are postponing all fall sports with a plan to play in the spring. With this development, Auburn will be hard-pressed to find a replacement for their Week 1 matchup against Alcorn State. Here are six potential options for a new Week 1 opponent.
Signing with Auburn as a 4-star recruit out of Birmingham in 2018, expectations were high for Coynis Miller Jr. Through two seasons, he’s combined for nine total tackles. The defensive line is wide open for the taking, and the uber-talented Miller is the defensive line X-Factor for 2020.
After losing Arryn Siposs to the NFL draft, Auburn has found his replacement in a similar spot. Oscar Chapman, from the same Prokick Australia program as Siposs, announced his decision to accept a blue shirt scholarship on Tuesday.
Auburn will have to scramble to find a replacement opponent for Week 1 of the football season after the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced on Monday that they are postponing fall sports to the spring.
This week, K.J. Britt finds himself on another award watch list, earning a spot on the Butkus Award watch list. The award is given to the best linebacker in college football.
While he's been impacted by knee injuries in both high school and college, Auburn's Austin Troxell could be primed for a starting spot on an offensive line that is replacing four starters, making him the offensive line X-Factor.
The Plainsman wanted to continue providing our readers content similar to Media Days; to prepare our readers if there is a football season, we interviewed other SEC sports editors and their staff. For Friday, we spoke with James Ogletree, the former sports editor of The Crimson White, along with the current sports editor, Alexander Plant, to check in on Auburn's in-state rival, Alabama.
At 6-foot-2, 298 pounds, Jeremiah Pegues is an intriguing prospect at tight end for Auburn. While he may be rostered as a tight end, Pegues has experience at defensive end and wildcat quarterback, helping to make Pegues the tight end X-Factor.
The Plainsman wanted to continue providing our readers content similar to Media Days; to prepare our readers if there is a football season, we interviewed other SEC sports editors and their staff. For Thursday, we spoke with Hannah Underwood of The Battalion, Collin Speicher and Michael Sauls from The Daily Gamecock and Drew Watzke from The Arkansas Traveler.
Auburn's Seth Williams, who many believe could be Auburn's next 1,000-yard receiver, has been named to the preseason watch list for the Biletnikoff Award.
Running back D.J. Williams was named to the Doak Walker Award watch list on Wednesday. The Doak Walker Award is presented annually to the nation’s best running back.
Auburn wide receiver Zach Farrar has entered the transfer portal. While at running back, Auburn saw Malik Miller leave the program on Tuesday.
Emily Carosone is back in orange and blue. The former All-American softball player will be returning to Auburn as an assistant coach for the program, the team announced Wednesday.
The Plainsman wanted to continue providing our readers content similar to Media Days; to prepare our readers if there is a football season, we interviewed other SEC sports editors and their staff. For Wednesday, we spoke with James Minzesheimer of The Daily Mississippian, Ryan Schumpert from The Daily Beacon and Lydia Palmer from The Reflector.
On Tuesday the SEC announced that all volleyball, soccer and cross country competitions were postponed through August 31.
On Monday, the Davey O'Brien Foundation announced that the rising sophomore made the Davey O'Brien Award watch list. Nix is one of only eight sophomores to make the list.
