NICE: College Football Expert Interested in Alex Golesh, Auburn Football This Offseason

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🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Auburn Tigers hit reset with Alex Golesh at the helm. Can Golesh reverse years of losing and spark real change on The Plains? Zac Blackerby and Spencer McLaughlin debate Auburn’s dramatic coaching transition, the aftermath of the Iron Bowl loss, and the surprising shift in fan sentiment. Transfer portal moves dominate the headlines, as key players depart and NIL investments promise a new era. Byrum Brown emerges as the favorite for Auburn’s starting quarterback, bringing his dynamic dual-threat skills from South Florida. The hosts break down the challenges of reshaping roster contracts, rebuilding culture, and the crucial recruitment of Deuce Knight for future seasons. If Golesh succeeds, could Auburn threaten the SEC’s elite in 2027? The countdown to the transfer portal opening and Auburn’s next steps set the stage for a high-stakes offseason.

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0:00.0	Our national college football expert wanted to know more about Alex Golish and the Auburn Tigers.
0:10.8	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.
0:15.8	Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.
0:20.7	Yes, welcome on in to Locked on Auburn, Your Daily Auburn Tigers podcast.
0:25.4	I'm your host, Zach Blackerby, and thank you so much for making Lockdown Auburn,
0:28.0	your first listen every single day.
0:30.7	About a week ago, recording a conversation with Lockdown College Football's Spencer McLaughlin.
0:36.7	This was part of his show that he actually dropped on Christmas. Don't think it's really dated. We talked kind of more big picture than Transfer Portal. But wanted to share that segment with you. So here's our conversation with Spencer.
0:49.8	It's the early days of the Alex Golish era in Auburn. So we have Zach Blackerby of Locked on Auburn, who I think is the most knowledgeable Auburn podcaster out there. Maybe I'm biased. Maybe I have to say that. Yeah, maybe I have to say that because he's my boss and he made me and he said that I'd be fired if I didn't. It is the largest Auburn podcast for what that's worth. Yeah, for for what that that is indeed worth.
1:13.6	So early days of the new tenure there in Auburn, good impression so far.
1:20.5	Yeah, I think it's definitely a shock to the system.
1:23.6	I think it might be too early to tell how great that could be.
1:30.2	But definitely it's very different than Hugh Fries, which I think is good.
1:36.2	But until, you know, until this portal window happens, like we can't really tell what the
1:40.9	magnitude of it is, right?
1:43.1	Like a few days after Alex Golish gets hired,
1:46.0	we hear, okay, he's going to have 30 million on top of RevShare for NIL to build out
1:52.5	the roster, which should mean you're competitive, right? Especially when you look at what he did
1:57.1	at South Florida with scheme and all of that. I like what he's able to do with that.
2:02.6	So then the question is, okay, he's taking over a roster, Spencer, that was vastly overpaid.
2:09.5	I called it Auburn paying the suck tax for the last few years.
2:13.2	We sucked, so we had to pay players more to stay.
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