Everyone wants to talk about Alabama, Georgia, Texas, LSU and whoever else the national media decided is supposed to be good.
That’s fine.
Let them.
Because while everybody else is looking somewhere else, Auburn is coming.
And it starts Saturday in Atlanta against Baylor.
NO BULLSHIT COACH
Auburn hired Alex Golesh.
And from everything we have seen so far, he brings a no bullshit mentality with him.
You know the type. There’s one still in this conference and one who retired. I’m not naming them. You already know.
Golesh isn’t walking into Auburn without experience. He built an exciting offense at South Florida, and now he’s bringing that system and several familiar players with him to the Plains.
Most importantly:
Byrum Brown.
But before we get into Brown, there’s something else I loved.
They asked Golesh if he plays golf.
“No. I coach football.”
HAHA.
After the Freeze era, THAT IS SO DAMN REFRESHING.
I don’t need my head coach trying to become the next celebrity golfer.
I want a football coach.
I want someone obsessed with football.
I want someone who is pissed off when Auburn doesn’t play well.
That’s the impression Golesh is giving Auburn fans.
No bullshit. Just football.
NOBODY IS PUTTING RESPECT ON BYRUM BROWN’S NAME
This one blows my mind.
How are more people not talking about Byrum Brown?
When the transfer portal was going crazy, Brown wasn’t getting the same national attention as some of the other quarterbacks.
Why?
Because Golesh already knew what he had.
He already had his quarterback.
Brown knows Golesh’s system.
He doesn’t have to walk into Auburn and spend the offseason trying to learn an entirely new offense.
He’s already played in it.
He already knows what Golesh wants.
And that could be HUGE.
Brown is also a legitimate dual threat quarterback.
He can make plays with his arm.
He can make plays with his legs.
And physically, he has the size and athletic ability to create problems for SEC defenses.
Now, do I think he’s going to be the GOAT of Auburn quarterbacks?
NO.
Let’s calm down.
What Cam Newton did at Auburn is almost impossible to duplicate.
But does Byrum Brown have a chance to be great?
Absolutely.
And if Golesh can get Brown comfortable in this offense, Auburn could have something that has been missing for a while:
A quarterback who can scare defenses on every single play.
COBB WILL RUN THE DAMN BALL
Jeremiah Cobb.
Where is the attention?
Seriously.
I would put Cobb in the conversation for the top three running backs in the SEC, and somehow we are not hearing enough about him from the college football personalities.
Cobb enters his senior season after finally getting a real workload in 2025.
And he took advantage of it.
969 rushing yards.
175 carries.
5.5 yards per carry.
Now he’s coming into an offense run by Alex Golesh.
You know what Golesh wants?
TO RUN THE DAMN BALL.
That should excite Auburn fans.
Cobb has already shown he can carry the load.
Now imagine giving him 20 plus carries in an offense that is committed to establishing the run.
If Auburn can run the football consistently, it changes everything for Byrum Brown.
Defenses can’t just sit back and worry about Brown throwing it.
They have to worry about Cobb.
Then Brown pulls it.
Then Brown keeps it.
Then Auburn hits you over the top.
That’s how you make a defense miserable.
XAVIER “BUST YOUR SHIT” ATKINS
We have a stacked linebacker room.
But Xavier Atkins?
He takes it to another level.
And most people forget where he came from. Two years ago this dude was at LSU with three tackles to his name. THREE. He transfers to Auburn and immediately leads the entire SEC in tackles for loss.
Let me run it back for the people in the cheap seats.
First Team All-American.
First Team All-SEC.
84 tackles.
17 tackles for loss.
9 sacks.
Two forced fumbles.
A fumble recovery.
And a 73 yard interception return against Texas A&M, because why not.
Those 17 tackles for loss led the SEC. Nobody in this conference had more.
Now he’s coming into 2026 as a Preseason First Team All-SEC selection and a Butkus Award watch list player.
This dude is a problem.
He’s not just a guy who racks up tackles.
He makes plays behind the line of scrimmage.
He gets after the quarterback.
He creates negative plays.
He changes possessions.
HE IS A GAME CHANGER.
And if you come across the middle against Xavier Atkins?
HE WILL BUST YOUR SHIT.
THESE COLLEGE FOOTBALL MEDIA HEADS CAN EAT SHIT
Now my favorite part.
The SEC media picked Auburn to finish 12th in the 16 team conference.
TWELFTH.
Look, I understand preseason predictions.
I really do.
New coach.
New system.
New quarterback.
Questions everywhere.
Fine.
But 12th?
That’s where I start laughing.
And then you have the national media.
COUGH. COUGH. BRANDON WALKER. COUGH.
I don’t care what any of them think.
Auburn doesn’t have to prove anything in August.
They prove it on Saturdays.
SO HERE IT IS. 10 AND 2. AND WE TAKE TUSCALOOSA.
I’m putting it in writing.
Auburn finishes 10 and 2.
And I’ll tell you exactly where the two losses come from.
Athens. And Oxford.
Georgia on October 17th. Ole Miss on Halloween.
Both on the road. Both ugly. Both the kind of loss that has every talking head in America writing the same column.
“Auburn can’t win on the road.”
“Auburn folds in big environments.”
“Auburn is exactly who we thought they were.”
They’re going to say it for six straight weeks.
And then November 28th happens.
Bryant-Denny Stadium.
The Iron Bowl. In Tuscaloosa. Where every single person in this country has already decided Auburn is going to roll over one more time.
That’s the game.
Cobb runs the damn ball. Brown makes them account for him on every snap. Atkins lives in their backfield.
And Auburn walks out of Tuscaloosa with it.
10 and 2.
Iron Bowl winners on their field.
And a ticket punched to the College Football Playoff.
Write it down.
WAR DAMN EAGLE.
-Cock
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