Former Duke QB Maalik Murphy has arrived for his Auburn visit. He threw for 2,933 yards and 26 TD’s last season.

Most of Auburn's staff was here to greet Maalik as he walked in the complex.

• Preston Howard is now an Auburn Tiger. More depth at TE.
• Which SEC program is trying to snipe Eric Singleton?
• Auburn >> Purdue
• Johni Broome is BACK ... like he never left.
• The SEC is tough. Nobody will go undefeated.

Thank you all for watching!

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Former Florida DE is headed to College Station. Visited Auburn last week.

for Christmas. Definitely fighting Shane Gillis in this video 😅

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Should be done soon. He’s already impressed enough that Auburn said hell yes

The Christmas Day NBA monopoly made Christmas the worst day for sports.

Welcome to our Maui Invitational game thread as No. 4 Auburn takes on No. 5 Iowa State at 8 p.m. CT on ESPNU. Here's the starters for AU: Denver Jones, Miles Kelly, Chad Baker-Mazara, Johni Broome and Dylan Cardwell.

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I know a lot of you hate this stuff but Coaches message all season (& pre-season) is to chase history. Being #1 isn't going to hurt this team. That isn't history. This team is going to remain hungry

The Auburn portion starts around 23 minutes and goes to the 36 minute mark. Spoiler alert: the hosts all agree we may be so good that we are an unstoppable juggernaut.

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And Bruce joined the show later for an interview.

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I'll write up a story here in a bit.

Rushing was brought to Auburn (as a general off-the-field assistant) by D.J. Durkin. The two coached together at Texas A&M during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Rushing was himself an NFL cornerback and has been coaching cornerbacks the whole time. He's replacing Josh Aldridge, who now is the defensive coordinator at East Carolina.

Though Aldridge coached OLB/EDGEs, Rushing will focus on nickels and SAM 'backers and Vontrell King-Williams will coach the entire defensive line.

This was Durkin's plan all along. This was his choice. And he's happy about it.

STORY

Tigers stay in the second spot as Tennessee holds on to the top-ranked position.

SEC teams in Coaches Poll

1. Tennessee
2. Auburn
5. Florida
6. Alabama
10. Kentucky
11. Oklahoma
13. Texas A&M
16. Ole Miss
19. Mississippi State

AP Poll

1. Tennessee
2. Auburn
5. Alabama
6. Florida
10. Kentucky
12. Oklahoma
13. Texas A&M
16. Ole Miss
19 Mississippi State
23. Arkansas

With time to kill on this Christmas evening, I'm doing final planning for a trip to Colorado in a month. Flying into Denver and driving straight to ABnB in Winter Park. But will drive back to Denver to fly out and will have almost full 1 day to do something. Anything worth seeing? Unique eating spots? Prefer hole in the wall type places. TIA

For those not familiar, it’s a Cajun invention - a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey. On top of that, this one is stuffed with andouille. It’s in the oven now - should be an experience.

Was thinking I needed a medium bodied red to accompany, but I’ve decided on a 2010 Kistler Pinot noir from mag.

Merry Christmas!

Wde

The single worst tool in the history of Christmas toy assembly.