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That SEC Football Podcast

Why Key Auburn Players Left & Alex Golesh's Next Move as Portal Opens? Mike Gittens Interview!

That SEC Football Podcast

Michael Bratton/SEC Mike

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4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Mike Gittens of The War Rapport joins That SEC Podcast to discuss Alex Golesh's first month on the job at Auburn and why so many key players have exited the program via the transfer portal first month of the Alex Golesh era (1:00), was Auburn’s roster turnover inevitable? (4:00), losing Cam Coleman to the transfer portal (7:00 ), Deuce Knight leaving via the portal (13:20), Auburn must rebuild both lines of scrimmage (18:15), best thing Golesh has done thus far? (21:00) Advertising inquiries: thatsecpodcast@gmail.com Interested in helping us grow the channel? Become an Official Cousin by signing up for a membership to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aQL-yFS2ZoSkUBeMfYesA/join PRIZEPICKS: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/ivHR/SEC promo code SEC play $5 get $50 instantly! We have t-shirts for sale! Check out our merchandise store featuring shirts, hoodies, stickers, coffee mugs, pillows, phone cases and more: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/thatsecpodcast?ref_id=19055 All show music comes via Nashville band Crimson Calamity; check out their work by clicking the link below: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29HGeJEcYHBJlyt4xIcLBw?si=GJoEOr0YSoeqWkrjhCc0Ug

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0:00.0

All right. Hey, it's been a busy time on the planes. So there's literally no one better to talk to than our buddy Mike G over at the war rapport. Mike, how you doing, man?

0:19.2

Good. Happy New Year, Mike. It's been definitely a busy time on

0:23.1

the planes here with Alex Golish starting his official era to Auburn football. We had to get

0:28.2

through this first part, Mike. Yes, month on the job for Alex Golish. What do you think

0:35.6

it's so far? I mean, let's wait, I'm not asking you to grade him or anything,

0:39.0

but is this kind of what you anticipated,

0:41.5

what happened with,

0:42.9

I mean, there's always transition when there's a new coach coming there.

0:46.7

But I know there's been some panic.

0:49.2

Are you panicked at all?

0:50.9

I don't know if panic is the word I would use to describe it.

0:53.3

But I definitely thought there

0:54.3

would be more retention, Mike. And here's the past that I'm giving Alex Golish that I think

1:01.1

that most fans need to understand is that there's a human nature to the exodus of players right now.

1:08.1

Number one, a lot of these players did not have a good experience at Auburn the last two

1:11.4

years with the last coaching staff.

1:13.5

And while that's not golish's fault, you know, Mike, I once, I used to leave in Phoenix,

1:20.8

I went to an I hop three times in a row and got food poisoning three times in a row.

1:27.0

Every time I see an eye hop, I'm like, my stomach kind of turns, right?

1:32.1

And you know, and the next I hops in another state and it's a different staff and it's not

1:36.7

their fault I got food poisoning, but my mind associates that feeling of food poisoning with

1:42.0

IHop. And Auburn is some of these kids, I hop.

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