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February 12, 2026
Inside the Auburn Tigers The Tigers reeled in one of the SEC's top portal classes (with nearly 40 incoming transfers) . . . Defensive linemen Keldric Faulk, Keyron Crawford and Bobby Jamison-Travis will be joined by offensive linemen Connor Lew, Dillon Wade and Jeremiah Wright in Indianapolis on Feb. 23 . . . "This is Auburn, right? You can win here, and you can win a national title. It's a great place . . . "I talk to my players all the time about it, but here at Auburn you've got to be different . . . No one's expecting anything massive right away, but winning the SEC opener for the first time since 2022 would be a big lift-off moment . . . "Dallas played really well for us last year and he got better and better as the year went on . . . "He's easily the best running quarterback that I've ever seen . . . This year's squad of Tigers seems to lack a true leader . . . Auburn will travel up to Fayetteville to take No. 21 Arkansas. That game will be broadcast on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. CDT on Saturday . . . "He T'd me up and he said I cussed at him. I was mic'd up tonight, so maybe I gotta check the feed . . . Steven Pearl decided in the second half that the Tigers' best chance to win was without their leading scorer . . . The gamechanger for Auburn's offense ultimately came down to finishing 29% on its layup attempts . . . Jović has undoubtedly made the largest strides thus far this year of any Tiger, as he is currently averaging 6.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Those numbers don't exactly jump off the page at you, but as he is becoming increasingly more acclimated to the American style of basketball, he has drastically improved in all aspects of the game . . . The pressure on Vanderbilt will only intensify on the road, where Vanderbilt has not won at Auburn since 2016 . . . The Tigers host No. 19 Vanderbilt and the Commodores' tremendous offense under second-year coach Mark Byington, which has the team at 19-4 overall and one of the analytical darlings of the sport . . . Vanderbilt ranks 14th in the country averaging 88.9 points per game . . . The good news is that this Auburn team should be able to swing the bat . . . The No. 9 Auburn Tigers will begin the 2026 season with a three-game series against Youngstown State, starting Friday at Plainsman Park in Auburn and concluding Sunday. Auburn baseball revealed game times and television details for the series on Monday . . . Auburn's most decorated Olympian, Coventry helped the Tigers win NCAA championships in 2003 and 2004 . . . He has already earned his PGA Tour card, but decided he wanted to return for his junior year at Auburn to finish his degree and chase another championship. In this era of chasing money, Koivun decided to chase history instead . . . Auburn entered the final frame of the 7th inning tied with the Nittany Lions, 3-3, and began the inning by putting its first three hitters on base. With the bases loaded, McKaela Walker hit a dribbler to Penn State shortstop Kaylie Walters . . . Auburn's biggest win of the weekend came during its first game on Saturday, as it soundly beat No. 9 Clemson, 10-5 . . . Fans for the Parker McCollum Concert, Auburn baseball and Auburn softball games are encouraged to park in the following lots for their respective events . . . Under head coach Robb Taylor, Auburn improved to 17-6 on the season, including a 10-0 record since the beginning of 2026 . . . |
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