Auburn Football All-Access Podcast

In the short span of mere weeks, Gus Malzahn’s Auburn Tigers have vaulted from hoping to salvage a respectable 2016 season after two tough early losses, to suddenly contending for the SEC West Division title.  Rarely do college football seasons run their course without the entirely unexpected jolt of major upsets, and such was the … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 136, Nov. 7, 2016 →

As Auburn prepares to host the surprisingly capable Vanderbilt Commodores this Saturday, momentum is surging, as the first College Football Playoff rankings landed the Tigers in the 9th spot with the SEC West race still very much undecided. Gus Malzahn has been clear this week that the sole focus of his staff and team is … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 135, Nov. 4, 2016 →

On a perfect Saturday night for college football in Oxford’s Vaught-Hemingway stadium, the Ole Miss Rebel Black Bears and Auburn Tigers put on a show for those fans who are partial to blowing out the scoreboard bulbs.  Behind the nearly indefensible aerial attack of Ole Miss’s Chad Kelly (at least in the first half) and the … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 134, Oct. 31, 2016 →

In what could be classified as the understatement of the 2016 football season thus far for the Auburn Tigers, what a difference one month makes.  Embattled and feeling major heat on the seat in September, Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn has suddenly hit on almost all the right answers in the past two SEC West … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 133, Oct. 25, 2016 →

Fresh off a very impressive 38-14 road annihilation of the Mississippi State Bulldogs, Gus Malzahn’s Auburn Tigers benefited from a much needed open date last weekend.  Meanwhile, Auburn’s next opponent, the Arkansas Razorbacks, will come to Jordan-Hare to take on the Tigers for what will be Bert Bielema’s team’s seventh consecutive week of play without … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 132, Oct. 20, 2016 →

Having thoroughly dominated Dan Mullen’s Mississippi State Bulldogs 38-14, Gus Malzahn now has the luxury of an open date to get back to full strength and add some wrinkles for the visiting Arkansas Razorbacks on October 22nd. Is this now 23rd ranked Auburn team suddenly a force for SEC West opponents to deal with, or … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 131, Oct. 11, 2016 →

Go ahead and call the Auburn Tigers’ first road trip of 2016 to Starkville to take on Dan Mullen’s Mississippi State Bulldogs a must win.  While no one game would typically in and of itself determine a head coach’s standing with his employer, nor the decision to retain him the following season, Gus Malzahn well knows … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 130, Oct. 7, 2016 →

Join cohosts Coach John Ray and Doug Dean as they analyze the apparent progress made by the Auburn offense against an undermanned Louisiana-Monroe team in a 58-7 Auburn rout in which the Auburn offense rang up 688 total yards. As Auburn sits at 3-2 heading into its first 2016 road test in Starkville, Mississippi, the … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 129, Oct. 3, 2016 →

Going into the September 24th Auburn vs LSU matchup, pundits jokingly dubbed it a “loser leaves town” matchup between embattled head coaches Gus Malzahn and Les Miles. After Auburn managed to serve up a relentless defensive effort and six Daniel Carlson field goals to win the game, the game label would prove to be no … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 128, Sep 26, 2016 →

Despite much of the typical lustre missing from this Auburn vs LSU game week with Gus Malzahn’s faulty two-loss start to the 2016 season, the game shapes up as very big indeed on several fronts.  LSU remains in contention for the SEC West, with only a nonconference loss to Wisconsin.  Auburn is mathematically still contending, … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 127, Sep. 22, 2016 →

Coach John Ray and Doug Dean discuss the impact of Auburn’s tough loss to the Texas A&M Aggies, a game in which the offense again failed to show any real coherence, identity, or results in a game that was winnable deep into the second half. Where does Gus Malzahn head at this critical juncture, sitting … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 126, Sep. 19, 2016 →

Coming into the 2016 season, it is stating the obvious to observe that both Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin and Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn were feeling the temperature rise on the proverbial coaching “hot seat”.  This dynamic only adds to the intrigue in the matchup between the Aggies and Tigers this Saturday night in … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 125, Sep. 15, 2016 →

What a difference one week makes in a team’s performance, as amid sharply negative reactions from his own Auburn fan base about his offensive strategy against Clemson, Gus Malzahn fielded an Auburn offense against Arkansas State Saturday night in Jordan-Hare that exploded for 706 total yards. In doing so, Malzahn certainly appeared to have fully resolved … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 124, Sep. 12, 2016 →

As podcast cohost Coach John Ray put it, Arkansas State is the ideal opponent for the situation that Gus Malzahn finds himself and his Auburn team in coming off the disappointing loss to Clemson, a game which was very winnable with any semblance of a productive offense. Join Coach Ray and Doug Dean as they … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 123, Sep. 9, 2016 →

Gus Malzahn’s Auburn Tigers can be encouraged by taking the # 2 nationally ranked Clemson Tigers to the wire in a 19-13 defensive oriented game.  However, programs are not built on moral victories, and the degree of confusion and ineffective production on the Auburn offense was troubling to even the casual Auburn fan despite it being … Continue reading Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 122, Sep. 6, 2016 →