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Locked On Auburn -  Daily Podcast On Auburn Tigers Football & Basketball

CRUCIAL: Auburn's turnover situation CAN'T ruin another football season

Locked On Auburn - Daily Podcast On Auburn Tigers Football & Basketball

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Turnovers could make or break Auburn Tigers football's season opener against Baylor. Will Hugh Freeze's emphasis on ball security pay off for the Tigers? Zac Blackerby and Ben Taylor dissect Auburn's turnover woes from last season, analyzing how improved ball protection could lead to more wins. The duo explores potential strategies against Baylor's defense, led by coach Dave Aranda, and debates the impact of players like Peyton Thorne and Cam Coleman. With RG3 set to call the game, questions arise about objectivity in the broadcast booth. Tune in for expert predictions on Auburn's turnover battle and insights into how this crucial opener could shape the Tigers' entire season.

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0:00.0

Friday night season opener could come down to one thing.

0:03.5

And that thing could be turnovers.

0:11.1

You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.

0:16.1

Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.

0:21.1

Yes, welcome on into Locked on Auburn,

0:23.8

your daily Auburn Tigers podcast.

0:26.8

I'm your host, Zach Black,

0:27.7

Bean, thank you so much for making Lockdown,

0:28.6

Auburn, your first listen every single day.

0:30.6

Bonus edition of the show with the Ben Taylor of Auburn

0:34.3

Obelago this morning.

0:35.2

He's the man over at the Auburn Network family of stations. Turnovers. Ben, it's been something that Hugh Freeze has asked about earlier in the week, and it's been something that Auburn fans have talked about really since Hugh Freeze got here and not in a good way. And when you look at what Auburn did last year, when you talk about just where they stood in the conference and in all of college football, but specifically in the SEC, they were last in the SEC in turnover margin with minus 0.75 turnovers per game as far as what they're giving up.

1:05.8

So almost losing the turnover battle by a full turnover every single game.

1:10.5

That's not great. That's not great that's not

1:12.4

great and you know the big 12 as a whole not really too active one way or the other enforcing

1:18.9

turnovers are kind of benefiting from that baler um their margin was plus point four six so

1:26.4

they were okay they they won the turnover battle more than they lost it.

1:30.9

But that to me is it. And Hugh Freeze talked about Jackson Arnold's decision making and driving

1:36.1

home the importance of drives need to end in a kick, whether you're putting it, kicking a point

1:41.8

after or a field goal. And to me, that could make or break this.

1:46.9

Yeah, I told you when we were talking about some of the things, I said, what are we not being told?

1:51.7

Because even last year, leading into the season, you talked about it, like in some of the pressures.

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