HUGE: Deuce Knight LEAVING shows Alex Golesh is CLOSER to reversing the culture

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🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Auburn Tigers fans witness a dramatic culture shift as Deuce Knight exits and the transfer portal shakes the roster. Is this the reset the program desperately needs, or cause for concern? Zac Blackerby and Darrell Dapprich break down how perceptions around player departures—like Deuce Knight and Cam Coleman—signal evolving expectations for Auburn football. Social media reactions, NIL influences, and behind-the-scenes agent dynamics come to light, raising questions about loyalty, fit, and the future under Hugh Freeze. Key discussions spotlight potential replacements, including USF’s Byrum Brown and Keshaun Singleton, plus the impact of transfer targets like Oklahoma State’s Grant Seagren. With Auburn targeting fresh talent and hoping for instant impact, Zac Blackerby and Darrell Dapprich debate if a new winning culture is finally around the corner. Can Auburn reload and rise, or does the turmoil signal deeper challenges ahead?

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0:00.0	Deuce Knight leaving. I think we're seeing a culture shift happen before our very eyes.
0:12.5	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers. Part of the Locked on
0:19.0	Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:23.0	The pivot, the pivot that we have seen from the Auburn football program and the fan base
0:29.8	in just the last 48 hours has been pretty dramatic.
0:34.8	Yes, welcome on into Lockdown, Auburn, your daily Auburn Tigers podcast. I'm your host, Zach Blackerby. And thank you so much for making Lockdown Auburn, your first listen every single day. Daryl Daprich, Montgomery Radio Legend, hanging out with us today. What's the plan for Friday when the portal opens? We tackle that. Is everything okay with the Auburn football program and the mass
0:54.8	exodus we're seeing via the portal? And Auburn might be in the mix for some guys. We discuss
0:59.9	all that on today's show. Deuce night leaving that news broke about two hours after or two
1:05.9	hours prior to us recording this and having this conversation. They're also still sitting with us
1:10.1	still somewhat raw.
1:12.0	But the overall reaction to Deuce leaving from the fan base dramatically different
1:17.8	from when Cam Coleman left just about 24 hours prior.
1:22.2	And I think with all of the stories and some of the reports and some of the former players speaking out about
1:29.1	what's happening culturally within the Auburn football program.
1:33.9	I think a lot of Auburn fans are like, you know what, get all that crap out of here.
1:38.9	Get that type of mentality that's only won 10 games over the last two years.
1:44.5	It's okay to press restart.
1:46.7	Because look, most of us ask for change.
1:50.1	And we're getting it.
1:51.6	We're getting it.
1:52.7	So I think the way folks responded to Deuce Knight's News versus Cam Coleman's,
1:57.1	I don't want to say it's refreshing, but it certainly is eye opening.
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