This is the Auburn podcast, your daily Auburn Sports podcast. I am your host, Zach Blackerby.

And today in studio, I am joined by ESPN 1067's Painter Sharpless. What's up, bud?

Not too much.

Glad to be back on with you.

Yes, and just a quick programming note.

Of course, we're on iTunes and SoundCloud.

Stitcher is on the way.

But we have a new way to listen.

Thanks to the guys at V Sporto for wanting to carry the Auburn podcast.

And you can check that out at vSporto.com or you can download the app

and just download the War Eagle Sports Radio app. They've got a lot of really solid content

than this podcast. Yeah, I think you've done a good job of getting it out there and there's a lot

of different platforms. So, you know, that news that you're craving, especially the Auburn sports news, I feel like you've done a good job of making sure that

the people who want it can find it. We can satisfy any itch. That's what we do. That's what we do.

So we decided going into this podcast, we wanted to do Auburn Football Talk today,

wrap up the week with some football talk.

So we're going to do that. And you kind of asked me a question kind of candidly earlier today,

and I think it's a good topic. What are reasonable expectations for Jared Stidham?

Obviously, the returning quarterback, and that'll be a big story all offseason.

And I know a lot of people will focus on who's going to start an offensive line.

Who's going to, Auburn's running back is going to be. But I think the biggest story here is not the unknown. I know we're naturally drawn to things that we don't know and don't fully

understand. That's just human nature.

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