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The OG Kickoff w/ Connor and Will

The biggest SEC upsets of 2025, Justin Hokanson on Auburn's new national titles, Hugh Freeze & Jackson Arnold

The OG Kickoff w/ Connor and Will

Connor O'Gara

News, Sports, Sports News, Football

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

It's a great time to predict some upsets. The guys do that with the biggest SEC upsets of 2025, and how that would impact conversations in college football. On3's Justin Hokanson joined the show to discuss an eventful month at Auburn, including why the Tigers claimed 4 new national titles, Hugh Freeze's play-calling and what to expect from Jackson Arnold. The guys close with some housekeeping on the in-season schedule.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, what's going on?

0:07.6

This is the Started On South podcast.

0:09.4

I am Connor O'Gera.

0:11.1

Will, good to be talking to you on a Thursday.

0:14.8

Have you claimed any national titles today?

0:17.6

I mean, I feel like every day we claim the championship of life, right?

0:21.0

Every day we claim the championship of that day. So I'm one another day, you know.

0:26.1

Butch Jones claiming champions of life probably got clowned more than what Auburn did.

0:33.7

That's what Tennessee should do next. They should just hang up life.

0:38.1

Just a little throwback.

0:41.4

Tennessee is searching for ways right now in which it could upset its fan base even more after,

0:46.9

oh, just throwing on additional money to season tickets, oh, just changing apparel companies

0:53.1

and instantly making any sort of Nike

0:55.1

Tennessee gear look dated. Like, what else could Tennessee do to upset it? Oh, it's put champions of life. Will, that's the worst idea you've ever had. Yep. Yep. Though I think we just need to get it more and more ridiculous over time. And my ultimate goal would be getting Bamba to take banners down. So I think if we all just claim different title years, then over time, someone's just going to go, stop.

1:14.5

This is enough. By the way, we will have full context of that situation from the man who broke that news, Justin Hockinson. He is coming up in a little bit. We're going to talk about all those claim national championships, everything to hugh freeze play calling jackson

1:28.5

arnold whatnot we dig into all of it with justin hokinson who covers auburn better than anybody

1:33.2

four on three so we will actually have a real discussion about that we have done you take a discount

1:37.8

to cover the auburn beat because it's so dang interesting no no i wouldn't will if you're a beat report i mean think about what people in you know

1:46.8

arkansas are doing right now just looking forward to the season looking at their guys transfer

1:50.3

over each week is a fun new adventure it really is it really is and um i have often thought about

1:58.3

what my life would be like if i had taken a beat reporting job, which is what I thought

2:02.4

was going to, I was going to do after I left Nebraska. And I thought that was going to be my next step.

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