Justin Ferguson

Auburn gets a win this week

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it’s the mailbag, Auburn vs. Florida edition - Auburn’s Roster vs. Florida’s Roster - Aaron Philo vs. JHS at Night - Alex Golesh vs. Jon Sumrall - Auburn vs. Old Rivals - five favorite Auburn vs. Florida moment - Me vs. Throwing a Shirt Out all of that and a lot more, let’s go:

downright hateful touchdown drive there by the Bills

once again, it's an SEC opener for Auburn — and the biggest question mark heading in is the offensive line now on The Observer: a deep dive into what the Tigers might do up front against the Gators, including the latest buzz on freshman Wilson Zierer and the big numbers to know

it’s time for mailbag questions it’s Auburn-Florida week for the first time in forever, and it’s the first big home game of a new era for the Tigers send me any and all questions about this matchup and this team here we’ll answer them Friday morning

Auburn has had an elite run defense each of the last two seasons, and it looks like it might have another one Florida has one of nation's best running backs in Jadan Baugh, and its new offense creates so much off the attention he demands something's gotta give Saturday in JHS

got mad when the Braves went down 3-0 and decided to watch the new Lanterns episode instead they were leading when we turned it back, so the moral of this story is pouting works

with Auburn hosting its first big game of the season this weekend, we’ve unlocked this episode and made it free for everyone any Florida fans coming to town, here’s our dining guide to the Loveliest Village

now up at The Observer: some final thoughts from Auburn's 2-0 start — and what they all could mean as they open SEC play with Florida on Saturday - best-case scenario at EDGE - a deeper dive into the OL rotation - Jeremiah Koger 📈 - an elite run D - *very* high standards on O

still insane that Saturday will be the first time this place has hosted Florida in 15 years

Josh Allen

Observations: Auburn 43, USM 8 - what made Alex Golesh “want to throw up” - some actual movement up front — in more ways than one - that was much more like it from Byrum Brown - front six on defense are off to an incredible start - pass defense took a step in the right direction

Auburn just entered Jordan-Hare Stadium a little more than two hours before the start of tonight's home opener vs. Southern Miss gonna be spending most of my time posting updates about this game in our subscribers-only live chat at The Observer come hang

rank Tulsa #ranktulsa

at a tailgate, and this is the first time I’ve sat outside and not feeling like I’m dying from the heat in like five months

YOUR. ATLANTA. BRAVES.

at an Iron Bowl

inside this week’s Observer mailbag: - how valuable was Week 1 for Auburn? - is Auburn just cursed on offense? - what can we really learn about the OL in Week 2? - Byrum Brown as a runner - Alex Golesh’s aggressiveness - secret clocks - my No. 1 place I haven’t visited yet

finally listening to the new Chat Pile

@peterberkes.bsky.social you’re my Serie A expert, what’s the good word on Como because I’m enjoying their UCL work right now

watched exactly one play from Patriots-Seahawks, and it was the funniest interception I've seen in a long time thank you, Shield

mailbag time once again send me all of your Auburn questions before this Week 2 home opener against Southern Miss we’ll answer them Friday morning at The Observer

the question I get asked the most is some variation of this: “I am coming to Auburn for a game, so where should I eat?” behold, our fourth annual podcast episode of area restaurant recommendations this year’s Grubserver features subscribers’ ballots of their ideal food weekend on the Plains:

did you know that, against Baylor, Auburn… - had 3 WRs have 4+ catches and 40+ yards vs. a P4 opponent for the first time since beating LSU in 2020? - converted 7 third downs through the air vs. a P4 opponent for the first time since the 2017 Iron Bowl? not a bad debut at all

Auburn has “a ton to clean up” from its Week 1 escape against Baylor, but these are the three biggest areas for improvement: - the interior OL play - everything that went into Byrum Brown’s 3 INTs - coverage issues, especially when you can get off the field it’s Film Room time:

SMU is playing bad football on accident and it’s costing them the game FSU is playing bad football on purpose and it’s keeping them in the game

why did that one dude on the desk for this FSU-SMU game sound like he thinks Bane is gonna show up and implode the field if they play

saw people grilling today and decided to do some bulgogi

Florida State to the stadium lights:

we got a TON of stuff from Auburn HC Alex Golesh, OC Joel Gordon and DC DJ Durkin today it’s also Labor Day afternoon and a lot of y’all are doing better things than reading newsletters so I’ll drop a pretty hefty one at The Observer on Tuesday morning auburnobserver.com

Ole Miss needed to go for 2, but some teams will never learn

Andy was part of one of my all-time favorite bands and just an awesome pro wrestler to watch RIP to the big man, this one hurts

Observations: Auburn 17, Baylor 16 - when he wasn’t doing too much, Byrum Brown got it done - the defense did its job more often than not, but… - Auburn *has* to be better up front moving forward - there’s some real star power that’s ready to shine

✌️ 4,000+ words of Observations from a wild start to the Alex Golesh era for Auburn football coming to subscribers at 6 a.m. CT more to come over the next couple of days, too — including a full recap podcast on Monday morning y’all come join us: auburnobserver.com

Season 14 for me, Season 7 for The Observer

every time Bryce Harper gets out — he went 0-4 in a Braves win tonight, btw — I just smile and think of @stevengodfrey.bsky.social

THE OPE NER

inside the Week 1 mailbag: - where might Baylor have an edge on Auburn? - the run/pass balance - predicting Byrum Brown’s stat line - DJ Durkin’s blitz rate - how rare is the Tigers’ continuity in Year 1? - could this be like 2009? - why you aren’t stupid to believe in this team