The Auburn Express

WARNING: Auburn football cannot take this version of its first quarter offense on the road to Tennessee. The Tigers are winning games, but the slow starts are becoming impossible to ignore. Auburn has repeatedly struggled to establish offensive rhythm early. The opening scripts are not producing points, the running game has become predictable, and the offense too often seems to wait for Byrum Brow...

Auburn football has a Byrum Brown question that needs an answer: Is Auburn getting enough out of one of the most dynamic running quarterbacks in college football? Alex Golesh was asked directly about using Byrum Brown more intentionally in the quarterback run game, and his answer makes it clear that Auburn is walking a fine line. Brown has the ability to create explosive plays with his legs, but A...

WARNING: Auburn football is 3 and 1, but the Tigers cannot allow winning close games to hide what is happening offensively. This offense has no rhythm. The conversation about Auburn's running backs is getting louder. Should Jeremiah Cobb get more carries? Should another back become RB1? Is Byrum Brown actually Auburn's most dangerous runner? Those questions are worth discussing, but they might be...

ALERT: Auburn football has a problem that is becoming impossible to ignore. The offensive line has to get better. Auburn found a way to beat Vanderbilt and move to 3 and 1, but the Tigers are entering a brutal stretch of SEC football with an offense that still has major issues in both the running and passing games. The rushing attack needs more diversity. Auburn continues to hammer between the tac...

WARNING: Auburn football found a way to beat Vanderbilt, but there is one issue that simply cannot continue if this offense is going to reach its potential. The running game has to get fixed. Jeremiah Cobb finished the Vanderbilt game averaging 7.3 yards per carry on only eight attempts according to the numbers discussed in this episode. Byrum Brown averaged 5.7 yards per carry and continued to sh...

ALERT: Auburn football is heading into a huge road matchup against Tennessee, and the biggest question is still sitting right in front of Alex Golesh. Can this offensive line get things figured out before facing one of the toughest defensive fronts Auburn has seen this season? Coming out of the Vanderbilt game, there were some legitimate positives. Pass protection took a noticeable step forward, a...

WR Coach Kodi Burns gives his thoughts going into the matchup against Tennessee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Head Coach Alex Golesh addresses the media ahead of his return to Tennessee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ALERT: Auburn football is heading into an October stretch that could define the entire 2026 season. The Tigers got through September at 3 and 1, but now everything changes. Auburn travels to Tennessee, gets a bye week, travels to Georgia, returns home to face LSU and then closes October on the road against Ole Miss. Three road games. Four SEC opponents. Very little room for error. How does Auburn...

ALERT: Auburn football got the win against Vanderbilt, and while it certainly was not pretty, the Tigers bought themselves something incredibly important heading into October: another week of hope. Auburn is 3 and 1, has finally won an SEC game at Jordan Hare Stadium for the first time in two years, and now has an opportunity to build on it. But nobody should confuse winning with having everything...

BREAKING: Auburn football found a way to get it done against Vanderbilt, and right now, that might be the most important thing for Alex Golesh and the Tigers. Was it pretty? Absolutely not. Was it the brand of football Auburn ultimately wants to play? Not even close. But Auburn needed to find a way to win an SEC football game at Jordan Hare Stadium, and that is exactly what happened. The Tigers ar...

Auburn football got the win over Vanderbilt, but now the Tigers have to take their show on the road against Tennessee, and this matchup is going to demand a much better performance on both sides of the football. The first challenge is Tennessee true freshman quarterback Faizon Brandon. Tennessee officially lists Brandon at 6 foot 4 and 225 pounds, and he brings enough mobility to punish a defense...

Auburn Football found a way to finish. That might be the biggest takeaway after Auburn's 21 to 15 victory over Vanderbilt. It wasn't always pretty. There are still plenty of questions about this offense, and the schedule is about to get much tougher. But Auburn is 3 and 1, the Vanderbilt losing streak is over, and the Tigers finished a football game that felt like the type of game Auburn might hav...

Auburn Football got the win over Vanderbilt, but there are still some major questions about what this offense is trying to become under Alex Golesh. Auburn walked out of Jordan Hare Stadium with a 21 to 15 victory and improved to 3 and 1 on the season. That matters. After five consecutive losing seasons, nobody should overlook the importance of finding ways to win football games, even when everyth...

Auburn Football finally got back into the win column at Jordan-Hare Stadium, beating Vanderbilt 21 to 15 and moving to 3 and 1 on the season. The Tigers snapped Vanderbilt’s two game winning streak in the series and picked up an important SEC victory, but this Auburn vs Vanderbilt postgame reaction is about much more than the final score. There were positives. Auburn’s defense responded after a di...

Head Alex Golesh addresses the media after the Vanderbilt game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Auburn football has reached a critical point in the season, and the matchup against Vanderbilt feels like a game the Tigers simply cannot afford to let slip away. After the loss to Florida, the pressure surrounding Auburn has changed dramatically. This Vanderbilt game already mattered, but now it feels like a legitimate must win before Auburn enters a brutal stretch of SEC football. What happens i...

Auburn football has some serious questions to answer heading into its matchup with Vanderbilt, and the biggest concerns start in the trenches. After what happened against Florida, Auburn has to find a way to get its running game going while getting much better play from the offensive line. The bigger question is whether those issues can actually be fixed during the season or whether Auburn will ha...

Auburn Football faces a critical showdown at home with Vandy. Will is be 2-2 or 3-1 for the Tigers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Auburn football has to get Jeremiah Cobb the football more. It really might be that simple. After going back through the film, Auburn’s offensive performance against Florida was not quite as disastrous as it initially felt watching the game live. There were mistakes. There were missed opportunities. There were communication issues between Byrum Brown and his receivers. And yes, Auburn’s offensive...

Auburn football has a HUGE opportunity against Vanderbilt, and this matchup could come down to one thing: Can the Commodores stop Auburn’s rushing attack? Auburn and Vanderbilt enter this SEC matchup with questions that still need answers. Vanderbilt has made the move to freshman quarterback Jared Curtis, while Auburn is looking for more consistency from Byrum Brown and an offense that has shown f...

Auburn football has reached a critical point early in the season. After a frustrating home loss to Florida, the Tigers return to Jordan Hare Stadium for an SEC matchup against Vanderbilt that feels about as close to a must win game as Auburn can have this early in the year. The biggest question is simple: What does Auburn have to do differently to get this season moving in the right direction? It...

Auburn football has reached a critical point early in the season. After a frustrating home loss to Florida, the Tigers return to Jordan Hare Stadium for an SEC matchup against Vanderbilt that feels about as close to a must win game as Auburn can have this early in the year. The biggest question is simple: What does Auburn have to do differently to get this season moving in the right direction? It...

Auburn football has reached a pivotal week of the season. After the loss to Florida exposed problems on both sides of the football, Auburn now has to figure out what can actually be fixed before Vanderbilt comes to Jordan Hare Stadium. Offensively, everything starts with Byrum Brown and the offensive line. Brown was sacked seven times against Florida, and several of those sacks weren't simply the...

Auburn football has problems on offense, but almost everything keeps coming back to one position group: the offensive line. Auburn has to find five guys who can consistently create movement in the running game and give Byrum Brown enough time to operate. If that means giving younger offensive linemen opportunities, then it might be time to find out what those players can do. The current formula is...