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Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 121, Sep. 2, 2016

September 2, 2016UncategorizedDeaneagle5

With college football at last underway, a Labor Day weekend of arguably unprecedented huge opening weekend games looms. The Saturday night matchup between two Tigers, Auburn vs. # 2 nationally ranked Clemson, is difficult to read due to numerous unknowns on the Clemson defense and Auburn offense.

Coach John Ray delivers a digital “live” version of his sought after Coach’s Corner scouting report on Auburn’s opponent who must enter a difficult night Jordan-Hare environment and try to to match their over the top preseason hype.

Fire up this Auburn Football All-Access podcast and you’ll enter the game with above average football IQ for this big matchup that will shape the direction of the four team college football playoff!

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Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 120, August 29, 2016

August 29, 2016UncategorizedDeaneagle5

With college football opening game week having blissfully arrived, Coach John Ray and Doug Dean bring special guest Stan White on to discuss the somewhat larger than life opening game pitting the Auburn Tigers against the # 2 preseason nationally ranked Clemson Tigers in Jordan-Hare stadium this Saturday night, September 3rd.

As the Auburn Football Network color analyst, and a close observer of Auburn football, White brings a crisp, insightful perspective to the key elements of this early season big game, along with a look back at his own huge game start as a redshirt freshman in 1990 against the # 5 ranked Tennessee Volunteers which ended in a 26-26 tie.

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Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 119, Aug. 26, 2016

August 26, 2016UncategorizedDeaneagle5

News broke the night of Thursday, August 25th, of Coach Gus Malzahn’s somewhat expected naming of Sean White as starting quarterback for the Auburn vs Clemson opener, which is just eight days away. Most observers fully expected White to get the nod given such a pressurized opening game, but with a likely planned in-game changeup in JUCO transfer John Franklin III.

Join Coach Ray and Doug Dean as they discuss this first critical 2016 season move by Gus Malzahn, how it figures strategically in the Clemson game, as well as other dynamics with Auburn’s Fall camp preparations in their efforts to knock off the # 2 ranked Clemson Tigers on the night of September 3rd in Jordan-Hare Stadium.
NEXT UP Episode 120, Aug. 29, 2016: Special guest, Auburn Network color analyst Stan White. Show with Stan should publish by Monday night, Aug. 29th.

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Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 118, August 15, 2016

August 15, 2016UncategorizedDeaneagle5

With Fall Camp winding down and the September 3rd opener versus the # 2 ranked Clemson Tigers dead ahead, Coach Gus Malzahn is working feverishly to put the right formula in place to return to 2013 and 2014 offensive form.

With the dismissal of Jovon Robinson, one of the key riddles to solve is exactly how to allocate the ground game touches among the running backs.

As luck would have it, two of the running backs on the 2016 depth chart who may BOTH figure big in 2016 played for then Madison Academy (Huntsville, AL) head coach Eric Cohu. Join Coach John Ray and Doug Dean as they interview Coach Cohu about the elite physical, mental, and personal traits that Kerryon Johnson and Malik Miller bring to the table. Coach Cohu also gives insight into why his former offensive tackle, 6′ 7″ 285 lb. Austin Troxell, who committed to join teammates Miller and Johnson at Auburn in 2017, was so highly recruited by scores of big time programs.

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Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 117, August 9, 2016

August 9, 2016UncategorizedDeaneagle5

If it’s August, every football fan in America has a strong opinion as to which college football teams are going to rise up, and either live up to the preseason hype, or shock the world coming from out of nowhere to have a monster season. But football preseason forecasting guru Phil Steele boasts a No. 1 overall ranking in the Stassel rating system among the many preseason magazines over the past 18 seasons! As such, when Phil Steele talks, people {should} listen.

Join Coach John Ray and Doug Dean as they welcome special guest Phil Steele for his highly data-driven, deep dive analysis of the national contenders, the SEC West and East, and of particular interest to Auburn fans, his analysis of the Clemson Tigers who will invade Jordan-Hare stadium in the season opener on September 3rd.

Warning to the gloomers: Compared to most pundits, Steele is actually fairly bullish on the Auburn Tigers as one of his “undervalued” 2016 teams.

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Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 116, August 4, 2016

August 4, 2016UncategorizedDeaneagle5

If there is validity to the axiom that there is no such thing as “bad PR”, Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn started Fall football camp with a bang in the stunning dismissal of would-be starting running back Jovon Robinson.

Join Coach John Ray and Doug Dean as they break down the actual impact of the loss of a workhorse back like Robinson, and what direction Malzahn and his staff are likely to head to ensure that offensive production does not suffer as a result.

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Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 115, July 27, 2016

July 27, 2016UncategorizedDeaneagle5

As the August 3rd start of 2016 Fall Camp approaches next week for Auburn head football Coach Gus Malzahn, there are no shortage of issues that are thick in the summer air in the minds of Auburn fans. Cohosts Coach John Ray and Doug Dean tackle those areas of importance for Malzahn to make 2016 a memorable season, and they also cover the recruiting front which delivered good news to the Loveliest Village in recent days with the commitment of dual threat QB Tray Bishop and Auburn legacy athlete Stephen Davis, Jr., son of Auburn great RB Stephen Davis.

Coach Ray and Dean also tackle the somewhat stunning development on the rules and player safety front recently to consider eliminating the kickoff in college football.

Pull up a chair and enjoy the lively banter!

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Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 114, July 19, 2016

July 19, 2016UncategorizedDeaneagle5

There are few football coaching resumes in Alabama that boast the remarkable run of 45 years that retired Troy University head football coach Larry Blakeney can claim, with accolades too numerous to mention.

Coach Blakeney has a distinct Auburn football pedigree as well, having been the first sophomore QB to be named a starter by Coach Ralph “Shug” Jordan, and coached under Pat Dye in some of Auburn’s most successful seasons.

Join Coach John Ray and Doug Dean as they pick Coach Blakeney’s formidable football brain on a wide array of subjects from the state of offensive football in Division I today, areas he expects Gus Malzahn to work to solve in 2016, and what tactics he found effective in red zone scoring, an area that Malzahn will look to address in his offensive turnaround.

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Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 113, July 10, 2016

July 10, 2016UncategorizedDeaneagle5

As August inches to within days, not weeks, Fall Camp brings hugely important questions for Auburn Coach Gus Malzahn on both sides of the ball, particularly on offense.

Coach John Ray and Doug Dean welcome Coach Hunter Adams, who brings to the discussion both in-depth coaching knowledge as well as observation from Auburn Spring practices. Join the podcast for a fairly high IQ analysis of what will likely be the style of defense and strategy new defensive coordinator Kevin Steele deploys with an impressive, deep roster of defenders.

The show will also break down where defensive coordinators most caused Malzahn’s offense such disruption in 2015, and how the offensive staff can adjust to counter this for greater production in 2016.

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Auburn Football All-Access Podcast, Episode 112, June 27, 2016

June 27, 2016UncategorizedDeaneagle5

When summer arrives in the deep south, the minds of all inhabitants move immediately to the imminent college football season, sweltering heat be damned.

Auburn head football coach Gus Malzahn enters the 2016 football season with a very upbeat vibe that probably starts with what most anticipate to be one of the deepest, most talented defenses Auburn has fielded in years. But Malzahn also enters the season with equal question marks – at least among fans and pundits – as to whether he can diagnose and correct the problems which have caused the recently anemic offense by Malzahn standards. As a result, it’s the “tale of two cities” for a coach who will have his back to the wall in 2016 with pressure to win on what some analysts consider the toughest schedule in Division I football, opening with the Fighting Dabo’s of Clemson on September 3rd in Jordan-Hare.

Join Coach John Ray and Doug Dean as they are back in the saddle for an early summer deep dive into the inner workings of the Auburn roster. They also discuss breaking news on the recruiting front with the commitment of Kicker Anders Carlson and new Auburn signee and Baylor expatriate 4-star RB Kameron Martin, who will be eligible to play this Fall for the Tigers and could well prove to be a small missing link in the backfield.

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