The Auburn Express

With a 24-team playoff coming and the SEC Championship Game going away, will teams start resting starters at the end of the season? The Mid-Week Rapport crew asks whether a team already locked into the playoff, like Georgia against Georgia Tech, would sit banged-up players, and what that means for rivalry games such as the Iron Bowl and the Egg Bowl. They imagine a 2010 Aubur...

Ike Jones previews Friday night's first major road test for Auburn Women's Basketball as Larry Vickers and the unbeaten Tigers (3-0) travel to Lubbock to face the Texas Tech Lady Raiders (2-0). Diving into Bart Torvik analytics and early-season trends, Ike breaks down how Auburn can neutralize Texas Tech's towering 7-foot-1 center Stephanie Okechukwu, why cutting down on unfo...

Ike Jones breaks down Friday night's heavyweight non-conference showdown inside Neville Arena as the Auburn Tigers look for payback against Tommy Lloyd and the No. 12 Arizona Wildcats. Using Bart Torvik analytics and film study, Ike dives into how Auburn's frontcourt depth 9featuring Owen Freeman, Bukky Oboye, and Narcisse Ngoy) can contain Arizona's downhill attack without f...

The Mid-Week Rapport crew answers your super chats, starting with whether the Tennessee game was winnable and why eight wins remains the low bar for this Auburn team. They walk through the two camps of fans who disagreed with that standard and ask which of Auburn's losses anyone should be happy with. Then the big news: the SEC Championship Game is going away after this season...

Mississippi State is reportedly ready to pay Kamario Taylor $7 million, and the Mid-Week Rapport crew explains why Auburn should not chase a quarterback at that price. A $7 million quarterback should be the difference between making the playoff and winning it, not the player asked to carry a team with a weak offensive line. They point to UCF quarterback Alonza Barnett as proo...