FIXED -- INTERESTING: Auburn Football's Crucial Battle Could be WAY Overhyped

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Are Auburn Tigers fans overhyping the pivotal showdown with Tennessee Volunteers? Zac Blackerby and Spencer McLaughlin break down Auburn’s tough 2024 football schedule, debating which matchups are more winnable than they appear. Can Byrum Brown’s experience at quarterback give the Tigers an edge, especially over unproven SEC rivals like Tennessee and Florida? The hosts debate the importance of beating Baylor and Florida early, analyze quarterback battles across the SEC, and weigh Auburn’s potential for a hot start leading into a daunting mid-season stretch against Georgia Bulldogs, LSU, and Ole Miss. Insights include the projected regression for Vanderbilt Commodores with a new true freshman QB and what an 8-4 finish would mean for the Hugh Freeze era on the Plains. Don’t miss this energetic breakdown—can Auburn shake up the SEC narrative this season?

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0:00.0	Is there a chance that Auburn's game against Tennessee is being a little overhight?
0:10.4	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.
0:15.4	Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.
0:20.3	Spencer McLaughlin of Lockdown College Football.
0:22.1	I'm Zach Blackerby of Locked on Auburn.
0:25.5	Several outlets saying Auburn has one of the toughest schedules in college football,
0:30.9	which is normal.
0:31.9	That's a pretty normal thing.
0:33.4	And a lot of that has to do with the teams that you play every year.
0:37.0	You're going to play Alabama and Georgia no matter what.
0:40.2	But I am curious when you look a little bit under the microscope here and go game by game,
0:46.5	which of these games from your perspective from the outside looking in?
0:49.6	Would you say, oh, yeah, that's winnable?
0:52.5	Because I think a lot of folks maybe out more outside of
0:56.0	Auburn sure some in Auburn is talking a game that isn't automatically you know
1:00.9	yeah it's like a tossed up game or it's like yeah this is going to come down to you know
1:05.3	coaching but one but but are you trying to get it one that people wouldn't expect me to say
1:10.7	is is potentially winnable?
1:14.8	Yeah, I guess.
1:16.1	I guess so.
1:17.0	Like Tennessee, for instance, would be one that I think a lot of folks are saying, yeah, that's probably a loss.
1:23.5	And I think there's questions for Tennessee.
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