INTERESTING: Auburn and Mizzou's PORTAL Relationship has been LOPSIDED

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🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Auburn Tigers shake up their roster, sending SEC-caliber players Horatio Fields, Robert Woodyard to the Missouri Tigers in a dramatic portal season. Are these moves setting the stage for Missouri’s defense to rebound, or will Auburn’s edge room remain a glaring weakness? Zac Blackerby and John Miller break down the real impact of these transfers, examining how Robert Woodyard might seamlessly replace Josiah Trotter and why Nate Johnson’s path from App State to Auburn raises eyebrows about depth and development. The battle shifts to basketball as Auburn visits Mizzou for a Tiger-vs-Tiger showdown. Keyshawn Hall drives Auburn’s offense with electric back-to-back 30-point games, but questions linger about defensive rim protection and Missouri’s ability to consistently score beyond the perimeter. The hosts weigh the odds, project high-scoring action, and speculate on which team will emerge as an SEC contender. Is Auburn’s offensive identity the difference-maker, or can Missouri’s renewed lineup steal a win at home?

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0:00.0	The Auburn Tigers head to Missouri for some basketball and a lot of back and forth in the portal between these two teams.
0:13.8	You are locked on college crossover.
0:16.8	Part of the Locked on podcast network.
0:20.4	Your team every day.
0:23.4	Yes, welcome on into the special crossover edition of Lockdown Auburn and Locked on Mizzou.
0:27.6	He's John Miller, host of Lockdown, Mizzou.
0:29.4	I'm Zach Blackerby, host of Lockdown, Auburn.
0:31.7	And thank you guys so much for making Lockdown Auburn, your first listen every single day.
0:37.1	We'll talk basketball, but I want to start with portal stuff, John,
0:41.7	because tists the season to be portaling.
0:45.8	You guys got three Auburn Tigers.
0:47.9	We have added Nate Johnson, the backup edge for, for Missou.
0:53.1	And if you don't mind, I want to say like i think you're really
0:57.6	going to like the guys you got what horatio fields yep robert woodyard kinsley lador
1:03.0	faustin i think all of those guys make a ton of sense to be scc players well that's fantastic
1:08.3	news it seemed to me that robert wood your junior in particular i you'll agree with me here, but about as good of a plug and play replacement as you could have there as an off ball linebacker for Josiah Trotter, who was an excellent player in the league. But boy, Woodier Jr. in particular in the Missouri game, I thought was tremendous too. So, yeah,
1:28.3	I think that's about as good a replacement as Missouri could have found, don't you? Yeah, I think so.
1:33.2	I think so. And a guy who is willing, a guy who has gotten better, a guy has been patient.
1:37.7	And then he just caught put in a situation where Auburn's linebacker room is really, really good.
1:43.3	Auburn's got a lot of questions about the roster. Linebacker is not one of them. And Auburn had a true freshman, Elijah Melendez, kind of emerged down the stretch there. And I think Woodard kind of felt him, breathe him behind him a little bit. And then obviously, Xavier Atkins was one of the best linebackers in the
2:01.4	SEC, heck, all of college football this past season. So he wants to go be the guy. I don't know if Missouri's setting him up to be the guy, linebacker or not, if he'll be one of the guys. I think he will for sure, be one of the two starters along with Nick Rodriguez, who played a A really good Gator Bowl is probably one of the few bright spots for Missouri in that game.
2:20.6	And it's interesting. starters along with Nick Rodriguez, who played a really good Gator Bowl, was probably one of the few
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