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Hate Auburn When You Can
This week should have been about delighting in beating Alabama in the regular season for the first time in nearly two decades. Or it should've been about driving in our trucks to get ready to flatten Auburn. Instead, yesterday we got the depressing but predictable news that the College Football Playoff will expand again next year to 24 teams.
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FSU newcomer makes an early statement against Auburn
Florida State guard Kam Taylor needed only one preseason exhibition to provide an early glimpse of why his name could become increasingly interesting in NBA draft conversations this season. The 6-foot-7 junior led the Seminoles with 19 points in an 82-71 victory over the Auburn Tigers on Wednesday night at the Ballin’ in Boutwell event in Birmingham. Taylor added four rebounds and an assist while shooting 4-of-8 from the field and a perfect 10-of-10 from the free-throw line, helping FSU overcome a five-point halftime deficit by outscoring Auburn 50-34 over the final 20 minutes. The stat line was impressive. The way Taylor produced it might have been even more encouraging. Taylor consistently applied pressure at the rim, earned trips to the free-throw line and flashed the combination of size, speed and explosiveness that has generated considerable excitement inside the program. His biggest moment came on a thunderous second-half poster dunk over Auburn’s 7-foot-1 Bukky Oboye, easily one of the highlights of Florida State’s preseason opener. Worth watching again … and again … and again. 😤 @kamerontaylor23 pic.twitter.com/LFFftvLGcz — Florida State Men’s Basketball (@FSUHoops) October 15, 2026 That athleticism is hardly a surprise to FSU head coach Luke Loucks. “Kam Taylor
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Auburn holds off UCF in a back-and-forth battle in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Auburn women’s basketball opened its exhibition schedule with a gritty 65-59 victory over UCF on Wednesday at Boutwell Auditorium. The Tigers led 24-6 after the first quarter before holding off a second-half comeback by the Knights to win 65-59. Auburn set the tone from the opening tip, jumping out to a dominant 10-0 run by controlling the fast break and offensive glass. Junior guard Ja’Mia Harris set the pace early for the Tigers, scoring eight of the team's first 10 points while pulling down two early rebounds.
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ESPN predicts winner of Auburn vs Georgia
The Auburn Tigers will face an uphill battle on Saturday when they travel to play the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs . Auburn is coming off a bye week, and Georgia had an emotional 20-17 road victory over No. 7 Alabama in Week 6. The Tigers are a heavy underdog against the Bulldogs. According to the ESPN Matchup Predictor , Auburn has a 9.7% chance of winning against Georgia. Another element of this game is the rivalry. Auburn versus Georgia is the oldest rivalry in the South with 130 total meetings. Georgia leads the series all-time 66-56-8 and has won nine straight meetings. Auburn last defeated Georgia 40-17 during the 2017 regular season. The winning streak started for the Bulldogs that same season in the SEC Championship when they won 28-7. A lot will have to go right for Auburn to pull off the upset on Saturday. Being careful with the football has to be at the top of the list. Auburn quarterback Byrum Brown has turned the football over with seven interceptions this season. For context, he threw seven interceptions for the entire 2025 season with South Florida. The Tigers will also need to slow down Georgia's run game. The
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Brookstone keeps the Broocelli Jug with win over Columbus rival Pacelli
The Brookstone Cougars (4-5, 2-0) defeated St. Anne Pacelli (5-3, 1-1) 39-31 in the Battle of the Broocelli Jug, and the Cougars won the jug for the third year in a row. Brookstone got the ball first, but senior running back Dillon Terry fumbled, and Pacelli senior safety Uriah Mazyck returned the recovery for a touchdown to put the Vikings up 7-0. Later in the first quarter, the Cougars produced a long drive, thanks senior quarterback Broughton Branch’s big run and Terry’s 12-yard touchdown to tie the game 7-7. At the start of the second quarter, the Vikings converted on a fourth down, but Brookstone got a fourth-down stop while Pacelli was about to score. The Cougars then moved the ball as Branch connected on a wheel route to Terry for Terry’s second touchdown of the game to put Brookstone up 14-7. Pacelli responded on the next possession with senior quarterback Matthew Alexich moving the ball down the field in the air and on the ground with senior running back DJ Colvin. Colvin scored on an 8-yard run, and Mazyck scored the two-point conversion on a direct snap to push Pacelli ahead 15-14 at halftime. Pacelli received the ball to
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Georgia Injury Report: Starter now unlikely to play vs. Auburn
Thursday night’s SEC Availability Report revealed that Georgia safety KJ Bolden is likely out for the Bulldogs clash with Auburn on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN). He’s now listed as doubtful after appearing as questionable on Wednesday’s report. Junior offensive lineman Marcus Harrison is no longer listed on the report. He was questionable on Wednesday. Georgia has already ruled out junior wideout Isiah Canion, sophomore wideout Thomas Blackshear, junior running back Chauncey Bowens, junior EDGE Amaris Williams and freshman defensive back Tyriq Green. Bolden came off the field slowly late in...
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TV channel, commentators set for Georgia vs. Auburn game
The No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs host the unranked Auburn Tigers in Week 7 of the 2026 college football season. Auburn is coming off a bye week while Georgia just earned an emotional 20-17 road win over the Alabama Crimson Tide . Georgia can't afford to have a let down against Auburn and Georgia coach Kirby Smart has made it clear that he wants UGA focusing on the Tigers. "They have a lot of talent," coach Smart said about Auburn. "They've got good football players, and it's any given Saturday in this conference, as we see every week. "It will be an extremely physical game. They're coming off an off week, and we're coming off a really tough physical game. It will be really important that the mindset and the approach to the game is right because they want to make it physical the way they play." The ESPN commentators for the Georgia-Auburn game are Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst), and Taylor McGregor (sideline). The game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 17 and will be televised on ESPN. Georgia (6-0, 4-0 SEC) is looking to win a 10th consecutive game over Auburn (3-2, 1-2 SEC), who
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At 92, Cecil Calhoun still walks the course that shaped his legacy
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Cecil Calhoun's golf seat stick left small indentations in the putting green as he moved around to watch the action Monday at the Country Club of Columbus. Calhoun was using it more as a walker, but I doubt whether he even needed the assistance. To those in Columbus, the second largest town by population in Georgia, Calhoun is a legend. Now 92 years old, he graduated from Columbus High School in 1952, played on the LSU men's golf team and won a national championship in 1955 before serving his country as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force. And this week, the lifetime member at the Country Club of Columbus was waltzing around the putting green, bouncing between watching the groups on the 12th and 18th greens while taking in tee shots from the first and 10th, too. All of these shots are ones Calhoun has hit thousands of times, though he can't quite guess just how many rounds he has accumulated over his life. He has been playing here neatly a century, and this week he watched as his home course hosted the 2026 Haskins Intercollegiate, a premier women's college golf event, for the first time.