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July 12, 2020
SB Nation Before spring practice was canceled, Mark-Antony Richards was said to be healthy and ready to practice . . . For college football to happen in 2020, COVID-19 cases must drop significantly over the next three weeks . . . UMass can fund a decent chunk of its football program by scheduling at least one big guarantee game a year. Auburn is that game this year . . . The SEC is taking its time but commissioner Greg Sankey says his concern level is "high to very high" about the future of the 2020 college season . . . Four-star safety Kamren Kinchens, out of Miami Northwestern, had the Tigers among his finalists heading into his decision day, but the top-300 recruit opted to stay home and committed to Miami on Saturday . . . "In the middle of a pandemic, we're doing everything conceivable to keep our student-athletes safe . . . In short, Auburn doesn't know if it's playing football this fall, and it doesn't know when it will know either . . . On Thursday, the SEC commissioner said the conference is working on "the best path forward related to fall sports . . . Two-Minute Drill: Auburn in the 2020 SEC football race . . . The Big Ten's move is the first by a Power 5 conference amid the talk of the coronavirus pandemic and includes all fall sports, including college football . . . Having Morris to work with should help unlock some of that with the Tigers expected to become a more wide open offense that utilizes the RPO much more than Auburn did a season ago. That's what Nix has done his entire life so it should be an easy transition for him to adapt to Morris' style of play . . . The 5-foot-11, 197-pound Banks was offered by SEC powers Auburn and Tennessee late last month. Pirates' head coach Tim Carter thinks it will be just the start of Banks' recruitment . . . Peters, who was a safety in high school, helped the Tigers at that position as a sophomore and will head into his senior season with a significant amount of experience at both the nickel and safety spots . . . "I talk to (secondary coach Wesley McGriff) almost every day . . . Nick Davis, who coached Hamm at Spalding High School in Griffin, Ga., shared the grief with a young man who had been more than just another football player to him . . . All it takes is one bad outbreak from a party to derail a college football program's season . . . The 6-foot, 185-pound senior narrowed his college choices to six on Wednesday . . . What Auburn is getting back is one of the country's top hitters last season before college baseball was shut down because of the Covid-19 outbreak . . . Taking a visit to the campus along with his father sealed the deal for the talented sophomore-to-be, but he said the first indication that Auburn was different came from assistant Karl Nonemaker . . . Pitching for 5-Star National as the program won its third straight World Wood Bat national title, Nelson was named the Most Valuable Pitcher of the tournament after going 1-0 in two appearances with 13 strikeouts . . . Burcham talks about getting adjusted to calling games at home, his first game in Arlington, Texas when Auburn played Oregon, and much more in our latest installment of the video series with Auburn's play-by-play voice . . . The former Auburn All-American wrote on his Instagram account on Thursday that he had a larger goal than his paycheck in the 2020 season . . . It's been two years since the three competed together, but Spencer said it's not hard to believe they'd get the chance to reunite after all this time . . . The biggest change came in the household with the Burchams becoming the legal guardians of Joshua Bramblett . . . |
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