blaming this cold weather on all of y’all who decided to go ahead and decorate for Christmas

just how much better was Auburn’s offense vs. Vanderbilt? - it was by far the Tigers’ best passing and rushing performance in SEC play this year - their best offensive EPA in a game since 2014! - most first downs since 2002! - career days for Cam Coleman *and* Eric Singleton Jr.

tonight’s episode of THE CHAIR COMPANY

new Auburn Observer podcast is up, free and available for everyone on all platforms

just reenacted this with the person at the hotel desk

Observations: Vanderbilt 45, Auburn 38 (OT) - turns out getting the ball to your best players is… good? - Vanderbilt adjusted and hit Auburn’s defense where it hurts - the penalties were back to being real killers - no moral victories, but there are legit chances for real ones

because now I know @celebrityhottub.bsky.social sees these: Auburn scored more points in the first half against Vanderbilt than it did in seven of its final nine SEC games under Hugh Freeze

Vanderbilt’s press box meal is the new standard

have to say, Tulane beating Memphis on the road after plenty of folks were convinced the classic coaching candidate thumping was coming tonight is #NotBad

the fine folks at Zapp’s have done it again

Observations: Auburn 95, Merrimack 57 - a surge on defense… from an unlikely source - when the offense locks in, look out - a historic rebounding performance comes with an asterisk - Keyshawn Hall is an equal-opportunity bucket-getter - Nerd Stats - Rotation Charts - QOTN

✌️ Observations from Auburn basketball’s home win over Merrimack coming to subscribers at 6 a.m. CT perhaps a mailbag on Saturday morning before we get to Vanderbilt for football? join us, we’re putting out a ton of stuff for $6/month or $60/year auburnobserver.com

had to stop ourselves from making this a two-hour episode out for Observer subscribers this morning auburnobserver.com

Observations: Auburn 95, Bethune-Cookman 90 (OT) - the defense took a step back from last week - the K in KO stands for Klutch - Auburn needs Murph to get (and stay) healthy - hope you bought that SWA stock - the offense left a lot out there but still got enough - and much more

the Braves hired WHO

Auburn AD John Cohen spoke for more than 20 minutes Monday about the search for a new head football coach here's everything we heard from him, including... - what qualities he's looking for in a hire - timelines - this market - “I am the committee.” - why he doesn't want to be "patient" or "close"

one of my favorite traditions every year — here’s a list of real opponents that Division I men’s basketball teams are playing tonight: - Widener - West Coast Baptist - SUNY Cobeskill - Huston Tillotson - Washington Adventist - DeSales - NVU-Johnson - and, as always, Life Pacific

happy opening day of college basketball season here’s our preview of the start of the Steven Pearl Era tonight: Auburn vs. Bethune-Cookman - perimeter D will be tested again - rare matchup where AU will have more size - time to let it fly - my player to watch: SF Elyjah Freeman

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now up at The Auburn Observer: let's do an Auburn head coach candidates list, with a twist If the Tigers hire a coach like they have in the past, who might they target? who is the Pat Dye of this cycle? the Gus Malzahn? the Tommy Tuberville? the Gene Chizik? the Hugh Freeze?

news: Auburn has fired Hugh Freeze ———— his last great season came, arguably, a decade ago he further regressed in the specific on-field areas that Auburn hired him for in the first place so Auburn shouldn't look to the past again for his replacement a new piece for subscribers at The Observer:

after his 34th game as Auburn’s head coach — one in which his offense did not score a single touchdown against the second-worst defense in the SEC — Hugh Freeze said he wished he could ask for more patience Gene Chizik only got 25 games after he won a national championship

they’re calling the hogs in happy valley as dabo swinney and his boys have put the big ten on notice down in the swamp

the leadership in the SEC is more concerned with shilling for Disney than fixing its officiating sleep tight

SMU beat Miami because it’s simply the more Atlantic Coast team

something I’ve tried to do more when analyzing games is looking at what a team’s ceiling is — what it’s proven to look like when things are going well in college sports, week-to-week performance is gonna be tough to predict for most but what have you shown the ability to do? that matters

current YouTube TV multiview has two Big Ten games, Iowa State and Army-Air Force on now have a strange urge to go to Culver’s

beautiful tribute to the 2025 Atlanta Braves by the 2025 Toronto Blue Jays in that 9th inning

Ernie Clement with the -400 IQ at-bat

this is an unbelievable jinx, even by your usual standards

going @zrau.bsky.social mode tonight (picking up Texas Roadhouse)

The ESPN-YouTube dispute is a reminder that we need to return to the glory days of college football broadcasts: Ivy League games on PBS

watching people react to the latest YouTube TV/ESPN saga

Observations: Auburn 100, Memphis 71 - that was much more like it on defense - close enough: welcome back, “Auburn Fast” - Filip Jović definitely looked more comfortable - Ke’Shawn Murphy did more than expected - Rotation Charts - Nerd Stats - Quote of the Night

now Atlanta-bound for tonight’s exhibition between Auburn and Memphis at State Farm Arena because of the late game tonight and the night kickoff for football, we’re pushing the mailbag back to Saturday morning shoot me your Auburn football and basketball questions for it here

@jasonkirk.fyi good to be back to infinite, Coach

today at The Observer: a 1-on-1 interview with Auburn basketball offensive coordinator Mike Burgomaster we talk play-calling, the rise of analytics, adapting the offense to a new roster, why he sets such a hard non-conference schedule, what has kept him at Auburn for a decade and so much more

Trey Yesavage’s first start this season came against the Jupiter Hammerheads

attempting to make gumbo for the first time

this week’s Stretch 4 as Auburn wraps up preseason play on Thursday vs. Memphis in Atlanta: - what should Auburn expect from Memphis? - with Ke’Shawn Murphy limited, the frontcourt will have to adapt - meet international big man Filip Jović - confidence is key for Kaden Magwood

know it did well last night, but the Dodgers having a shaky bullpen is a lot like that stretch when Alabama didn’t roster a good kicker

listen to @brianmfloyd.bsky.social: the cheesy chili crisp white beans have an all-time ratio between stupid good flavor and stupid easy preparation

you ever wake up and think you’ve been asleep for most of the night, only to discover it’s been less than an hour well, guess who slept through the last two innings

every FOX show looks fake

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why did both third base coaches start thinking they were 2021 NLCS Ron Washington all of a sudden

the Jays made Vladdy do all that running to take the lead and then gave the greatest baseball player to ever live something middle-middle