MISSING OUT ON TIGHT END.
Freshman Brandon Frazier was not on the field for pre-game warmups. The 6-7, 270 is noted as a co-No. 2 tight end. Walk-on Flynn Driscoll, the brother of previous Tiger Jack Driscoll, warmed up.
— Mark Murphy.
AUBURN, ALABAMA– Its video game day at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn football will be hosting Kentucky in its season opener. (Photo: Jason Caldwell, 247Sports)” There were some that didnt test at all,” Auburn sports director Allen Greene said throughout a Monday talk via Zoom with an Auburn group in Birmingham. Of the anticipated starters, only junior center Nick Brahms has actually formerly begun a game at Auburn. Historically, Auburn coaches who have actually handled to last long enough been effective in their eighth seasons.
AUBURN, ALABAMA– Its game day at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn football will be hosting Kentucky in its season opener.
AUBURN IS COVID-19, QUARANTINE FREE
After 40 days of concerns, screening, more test, contact tracing and quarantining, Auburns football team is COVID-19 and quarantine free as it opens its season. Though some gamers have actually lost practice time, all are anticipated to be offered.
Its an impressive accomplishment, thinking about Auburns uncompromising method to following guidelines. The SEC has taken control of testing the past two weeks. Before that, it depended on private schools.
All-SEC linebacker K.J. Britt arrives at Jordan-Hare. (Photo: Jason Caldwell, 247Sports)” There were some that didnt test at all,” Auburn athletics director Allen Greene stated during a Monday talk by means of Zoom with an Auburn group in Birmingham.
” We were one of those schools that worked actually hard, indicating we evaluated more regularly than a lot of schools did and sat people out for the suitable quantity of time.”
In the end, it settled. There is no word on whether any Kentucky gamers will miss out on todays game.
AUBURN DEPTH CHART
BRAVE FORECASTERS
AUBURN NUMERICAL ROSTER
WHAT TO WATCH: AUBURN OFFENSE VS. KENTUCKY DEFENSE
WHAT TO WATCH: AUBURN DEFENSE VS, KENTUCKY OFFENSE
— Phillip Marshall and Jason Caldwell
BECAUSE OF INJURY, HARDY OUT
Due to the fact that of an undisclosed injury, freshman defensive take on Jay Hardy is not dressed out for todays video game. Hardy is using a boot. Freshmen Romello Height and Daniel Foster-Allen are likewise out due to the fact that of injuries. None are COVID-related.
— Phillip Marshall
IS AUBURNS OFFENSIVE LINE READY FOR PRIME TIME?
Has an offending line ever been seen as carefully as Auburns will be Saturday? Of the anticipated beginners, only junior center Nick Brahms has actually previously begun a video game at Auburn. That has actually been the subject of discussion considering that the start of preseason camp and in the past.
Guard Brandon Council is a graduate transfer who was a starter at Akron last season and has actually won appreciation throughout camp. Left guard Tayshawn Manning and left tackle Alec Jackson signed as defensive linemen and will get their first college football starts.
— Phillip Marshall
AN UNPRECEDENTED ATMOSPHERE AT JORDAN-HARE
Someplace around 18,000 fans, most of them trainees, will be allowed into Jordan-Hare Stadium today. With the aid of piped in crowd noise, it will be up to them to develop a homefield benefit. They can only do so much. They cant equate to the atmosphere created by 87,000.
— Phillip Marshall
QB BO NIX BEGINS YEAR 2 AS THE STARTER
Hell have to do it behind an offending line playing together for the first time. How reliable he is will have a substantial on who wins the game.
— Phillip Marshall
NEW STARTERS ON DEFENSE
Securities Jamien Sherwood and Smoke Monday, cornerback Jaylin Simpson and take on Colby Wooden are novice starters on defense, however only Wooden does not have experience. Sherwood and Monday got a substantial variety of snaps as real freshmen in 2018 and much more last season. Wooden and Simpson are redshirt freshmen who played handfuls of snaps last season, however both had monstrous camps.
— Phillip Marshall
WHO WILL BE THE PUNTER?
Will it be prodigal Tiger Aiden Marshall? He said both could punt in todays game. Marshall was the beginning punter in 2017, however left after being beat out by Arryn Siposs in 2018.
Auburns punting might be crucial. Ha averaged more than 44.8 backyards per punt last season and won the Ray Guy Award.
— Phillip Marshall
MALZAHN HONORING DYE
Gus Malzahn is wearing a “Pat Hat” and orange and blue tie, the favored game-day attire previous Auburn coach Pat Dye. The head coach of the Tigers from 1981-1992, the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium is called in the late coachs honor, who passed away this spring.
— Mark Murphy
WALK-ON QBS DRESSED?
Redshirt freshmen Trey Lindsey from Montgomery and true freshman Sawyer Pate from Albaster are on the gown team with the scholarship QBs.
— Mark Murphy
KENTUCKYS STARTING QUARTERBACK
Kentucky quan rterback Terry Wilson, lost for the season to a knee injury in the 3rd game last season, is back and healthy. As a sophomore in 2018, he started 13 video games. He became the first Kentucky quarterback to pass for more than 1,500 backyards and rush for more than 500 yards in the exact same season. Will he be rusty after going more than a year without playing?
— Phillip Marshall
8 SEASONS FOR MALZAHN
Historically, Auburn coaches who have managed to last long enough been successful in their eighth seasons. Malzahn begins eighth season today.
— Phillip Marshall
FIRST OF 10 SEC GAMES
No team has actually ever played 10 SEC games in one season. The intense roadway to an 11th SEC challenger in the national championship begins today. The case can be made that it will be the most intense test of endurance in the history of college football.
— Phillip Marshall
PRIMARILY STUDENTS.
While not all of the fans used white for the “all white” video game, the white is quite noticeable, especially with white shakers attended to the around 17,290 fans scattered throughout the arena.
— Mark Murphy.
