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The Rundown is AuburnSports.com's potentially award-winning podcast featuring staffers Jay G. Tate, Bryan Matthews, Brian Stultz, Caleb Jones and intern Henry Patton. Go beyond the headlines and learn the whys and the hows behind Auburn's athletic exploits.
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene at VooDoo to discuss important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which today centers on several football comings and goings via the transfer portal. The DL has been solidified in a big way with the addition of three portal transfers. Might Auburn be able to…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene at VooDoo to discuss important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which primarily centers on the TRANSFER PORTAL opening again for football. Brenton Williams already is headed out. What will Auburn look to add this time? Looks like the emphasis will be on th…
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Jay G. Tate returns as host for a rare, unfiltered discussion with several Bunker legends who made the trip down to Orange Beach for the Bunker Beach Retreat. Bunker luminaries on the mic include our festival host @chip chip plus appearances from @NumberNineteen @NumberTwenty @WarTiger6 @Mobilealum @Hornacious ... with some yells and other re-direc…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene at VooDoo to discuss important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which primary deals with a NEW APPAREL PARTNERSHIP with NIKE! When does this start? What does this mean for the bottom line? The Guys also review an A-Day practice that B-Matt judged as the mo…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene at VooDoo to discuss important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which at this stage includes a spring football crescendo. There are only a few days left before A-Day! What have we learned? And which players have made the biggest impact so far? Lettuce discuss. The Guys …
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene at the (old) athletics complex to discuss important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which includes a crushing basketball defeat at the hands of Yale. First, though, we open with some chatter about Auburn's work so far in spring football. Caleb then jumps …
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene at Voodoo to discuss the important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which includes yet another SEC championship for Bruce Pearl. First, though, we open with some chatter from Auburn's second week of spring football practice and a pretty thorough recruiting…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene at Voodoo to discuss the important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which includes the first week of spring football and the end of Auburn's Under Armour era? Spring ball resumes Tuesday (today), so what will we be looking for? Quarterbacks, of course. It's always quart…
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Bryan Matthews and Jay G. Tate reconvene over the Internet to discuss the important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which includes the first week of spring football and exciting times for basketball. Auburn began spring ball last week before taking this week off for spring break. B-Matt says he's already hearing some good things about …
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene at VooDoo Wing Company to discuss the important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which includes the opening of spring football! (We all love football.) Who are some newcomers to watch? Who will win the QB1 job? Will we even get answers during the next six weeks? We disc…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene at VooDoo Wing Company to discuss the important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which today centers largely on the hire of Vontrall King-Williams as defensive line coach. He's been here, he's popular with players and Hugh Freeze trusts him? So why is The Bunker so skep…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene at VooDoo Wing Company to discuss the important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which today centers on the third Junior Day of the 2024 recruiting cycle. Auburn essntially split up its Junior Day into three separate sessions with an eye on getting each player more one-…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene at VooDoo Wing Company to discuss the important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which today centers on the hire of DJ Durkin onto the defensive staff. Auburn had four coaches leave this offseason. Now four have been hired — Durkin, Charles Kelly, Derrick Nix and Kent A…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene at VooDoo Wing Company to discuss the important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which today centers on the hire of assistant coach Derrick Nix and the pursuit of one more assistant coach. Will it be DJ Durkin? Will it be Chris Kiffin? ONLY TIME WILL TELL. Auburn's seco…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene at VooDoo Wing Company to discuss the important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which today centers on two surprise resignations and Hugh Freeze's effort (so far) to replace them. Auburn still needs at least a co-offensive coordinator and a co-defensive c…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones and Jay G. Tate reconvene at VooDoo Wing Company to discuss the important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which today centers on personnel comings and goings since the bowl game. Hugh Freeze has jettisoned both coordinators and now finds himself prepared to call plays again — after choosing to focus on recru…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones and Jay G. Tate reconvene over the Internet to discuss the important happenings in and around the Auburn program, which today centers on bowl prep and a memorable recruiting crescendo as the Early Signing Day hit. Auburn didn't lose any important recruits and in fact flipped one (DL Amaris Williams) from Florida. The Tig…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on what's expected to happen from an Auburn perspective on signing day Wednesday. We know it's going to be a day when Auburn consummates its first really good signing class in many years, but there still are some questio…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on BIG CHANGES underway on the football side of things. Four more Auburn players have entered the portal while several players from other schools have visited. One, wideout Robert Lewis from Georgia State, already has co…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on how the initial waves of Transfer Portal activity has affected the Tigers' football roster. Six players have declared their intention to transfer. Auburn has at least 10 offers out to other players, perhaps more by th…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the Tigers' stinging loss in the Iron Bowl. We're not here to re-litigate the fourth-quarter follies, but we go back through them briefly before taking a look at what comes next for this football program. It's time to take stock of…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the Tigers' troubling loss on the football field. New Mexico State? Twenty-one points? Seriously? Yeah, it happened. The Iron Bowl still will be played Saturday and Auburn can win the game. What will it take? A massive effort. Is t…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the Tigers extending their three-game win streak at Arkansas. What a performance! The Hogs were toast within five minutes and the home fans were beside themselves. It was a moment of exhiliration for Hugh Freeze, who finally saw hi…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the Tigers' second conference win at Vandy — and what it told us. The biggest thing is that Hugh Freeze is calling plays again! But how many plays? It's a secret. Brian Stultz thinks it's 50-60 percent. Freeze also sa…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the Tigers' first conference win of the season. The guys also discuss Hugh Freeze's mini rant from his Monday press conference addressing the misconception (at least from his perspective) that the offense wasn't suffi…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on what Hugh Freeze had to say after the stinging home loss to Ole Miss. The quarterback situation couldn't be a bigger mess, but Freeze seems dead-set on rotating both Payton Thorne and Robby Ashford. How does that make…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on what Hugh Freeze had to say after the 30-point loss at LSU. He seems genuinely shocked at how badly this offense is performing. Can this be solved? Well, maybe solved isn't the right word. Can this situation be improv…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on what Hugh Freeze had to say during his Monday press conference. Did he give us some ideas about what they'll be doing in Baton Rouge? HE DID. Freeze said he wants to shorten the game and limit LSU's possessions (and t…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the Tigers' home loss to No. 1 Georgia over the weekend. The offense actually made sense, which is surprising after the mess we saw at A&M, and ended up gaining 200+ yards on UGA. Payton Thorne looked like he understo…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the Tigers' loss at Texas A&M and the shockingly poor play from the offense. How in the world is Hugh Freeze going to create order from this level of chaos? It sure sounds like the Tigers are going to stick with Payto…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the Tigers' win over Samford and the state of the team heading into College Station. Quarterback Payton Thorne was at his very best against Samford. The transfer from Michigan State accounted for more than 400 yards a…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the Tigers' 14-10 win at Cal. What in the world was that. A win is a win, of course, but the Auburn masses were (and are) stupefied by the team's inability to make meaningful, in-game improvements from an offensive pe…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the Tigers' 59-14 victory over the UMass Minutemen. It's a fine margin of victory, but several elements of the game seemed to irk coach Hugh Freeze. We tend to agree with his fussiness, though we speak more about run defense and he…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the Tigers' official/unofficial depth chart and its personnel situation heading into the opener against UMass. The guys offer their views on a few depth-chart surprises plus some chatter about the quarterback position…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the second scrimmage and what it means going forward. The quarterback situation is settled with Payton Thorne in the top spot. Auburn's situation at tailback is deep and talented. The offensive line's run-block abilit…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the second week of fall camp — and the scrimmage that (finally) yielded some meaningful data. Several players have stood out so far this month: Jalen McLeod, Kam Stutts, Jaylin Simpson, Jayson Jones, Damari Alston to …
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Jay G. Tate, Brian Stultz and SPECIAL GUEST DLucky reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on the first week of fall (football) camp. The big news today was the return of both Jarquez Hunter and Caleb Wooden from suspension. What happens now? Will they play in the opener against UMass? B-…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Jay G. Tate and SPECIAL GUEST Russ47 reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on a hugely eventful week in football recruiting. The Tigers landed FOUR commits — three of them coveted high school recruits — in what could go down as a turning point in the program's fortunes. Hugh Freeze and …
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which reviews Media Days. The guys consider Hugh Freeze's first performance in Nashville as the Tigers' head coach and how his three, hand-picked player representatives performed as well. Bryan also delves into Freeze's statements about "alignment" and his appro…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which looks ahead to Media Days. There only one week away! Who will be representing the Tigers in Nashville? And why did Hugh Freeze pick those three guys? Auburn added a pair of impact commitments since our last show — both on the defensive side o…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which efforts to recap a busy month of recruiting. The Tigers have added a trio of commits during the past 10 days. This development moved Auburn into the Rivals Top 10 in terms of average stars per recruit. Not too shabby! Caleb prov…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses mostly of football recruiting. Hugh Freeze and his staff have brought so many highly ranked (and talented) players on campus during the past two weeks. Will this yield tangible dividends soon? Caleb and Bryan think so. B…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on some movement within in the world of SEC football — both here and across the league. Bryan is a big fan of the 2024 schedule, which will remain at eight games yet won't feature divisions. Auburn added another safety o…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on some potential, important changes to SEC football scheduling being discussed at Sandestin this week. It's all about the money, isn't it? Of course it is. Greg Sankey really wants to stiffen penalties for program that allow fans to …
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on some important additions to the football roster. In all, Auburn lost 20 players to the portal and added 20 players from the portal. Balance. Who are the newest additions? Can they help immediately? Caleb delves into The Phenix (Cit…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on personnel changes within the football program during the past two weeks. It's been busy. It's been (mostly) good news for Auburn. The guys also take a gander at some major portal targets still outstanding — players that could have …
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene (along with some esteemed Bunks) for a new edition of The Rundown, which opens with talk about the six football players who have visited the Plains recently. Of note, two quarterbacks (Nebraska's Casey Thompson and Michigan State's Payton Thorne) have garnered major i…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton, Brian Stultz and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which opens with talk about a generally slow — but potentially fast-finish — transfer portal for football. Auburn has played host to a few players and is expected to host a few more in short order. Let's discuss. On the basketball sid…
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Jay G. Tate returns as host for a rare, unfiltered discussion with several Bunker legends who made the trip down to Orange Beach for the Bunker Beach Retreat. Bunker luminaries on the mic include our festival host Chip Chip plus appearances from VooDoo Wing Company co-founder Michael D. (last name redacted), Number Nineteen, MobileAlum, Hornacious,…
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Bryan Matthews, Caleb Jones, Henry Patton and Jay G. Tate reconvene for a new edition of The Rundown, which focuses on a curiosuly slow start for all of college football in the transfer portal. Auburn only has three offers out so far. The talent hasn't been there ... but much time remains for bigger names to make their intentions known. On the bask…
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