NEEDED: Auburn MUST do something they haven't done ALL SEASON vs Kentucky

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Auburn Tigers football faces a critical crossroads as Hugh Freeze's job security hangs in the balance heading into the Kentucky matchup. Can a simplified, run-heavy offensive approach salvage the season? Zac Blackerby and Montgomery radio legend Darrell Dapprich break down Auburn's need to reduce quarterback dependency, advocating for 40 rushing attempts and conservative play-calling featuring Durell Robinson and Omar Mabson. The discussion examines troubling patterns in quarterback development under Freeze while analyzing Athletic Director John Cohen's conspicuous silence amid growing speculation. Key topics include offensive balance strategies, the eight-win threshold for coaching survival, and whether surrendering play-calling duties could save Freeze's tenure. Both hosts provide detailed game predictions against Mark Stoops' Wildcats, highlighting Eric Singleton's potential breakout performance and defensive dominance as Auburn's path to victory. Discover why this Kentucky game represents more than just another SEC matchup for the Auburn Tigers' future.

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0:00.0	The Auburn Tigers must do something they haven't really been able to do all season against Kentucky.
0:11.3	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.
0:16.3	Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.
0:39.2	Yes, welcome on into Locked on Auburn, your daily Auburn Tigers Podcast. I'm your host, Zach Blackerbie, and thank you so much for making Lockdown Auburn, your first listen every single day. We're dapping up with the Daryl-Daprich Montgomery Radio Legend hanging out with us as he does every single Friday. Who wins? We drop uh is he free safe if he wins this game we speculate pontificate on uh on some potential hypotheticals
0:47.2	outcomes all that good stuff but darrell alburn has to do something against kentucky that
0:53.8	i don't think they've done a super great job at throughout the season.
0:58.3	And that is the offensive game plan needs to make this offense be not about the quarterback.
1:05.9	Yes, I am pro QB change.
1:09.0	I think Ashton Daniel should be the guy moving forward. But it doesn't matter if it's Ashton, Jackson, or Deuce. It doesn't matter. This offense is good enough to where you can make it be not about the quarterback. And that's what I want to see. I want to see a heavier emphasis on the running game,
1:31.4	especially with Dorel Robinson coming back and Omar Mappson kind of getting his feet up under him. I think that makes a ton of sense. But also, take take take some of these reads away,
1:37.6	especially if it's Ashton, you're trying to bring him on, you know, since he got here late and all that stuff.
1:42.7	Do everything you can if you're Hugh Fries to do everything for the players.
1:46.7	Make this offense not about who's playing quarterback on Saturday.
1:50.2	Man, if I was in church, I'd say preach right now.
1:53.2	I'd give you a big amen.
1:55.2	I'm going to take that a little bit deeper.
1:57.0	Not only don't make this offense about the quarterback,
2:00.1	but I think because these are synonymous with each other,
2:04.7	let's quit making it about the head coach too,
2:06.8	and the play calling and his DNA and him saying at press conferences,
2:12.8	it went against every nature of my being to stop throwing it there.
2:17.7	And Jackson thinks like me.
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