ALERT: The SEC HAS to Draw the Line | Why Professional Players Shouldn’t Return to College | Auburn Podcast
The Auburn Express
September 11, 2026
The SEC has to draw the line somewhere, and this college eligibility fight might be exactly where it needs to happen.
Speakers Rufi Thorpe, Mike G, Ike Jones, Curtis Garner
TopicsFootballSportsBasketball
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Mike G (2:12)
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Ike Jones (2:53)
Wardang Eagle says, Any word on Womack's health status? I think he's still day to day. And honestly, I don't know that if he's not 70%, they're probably not going to play him. Like there's no reason to have to play him versus him.
Mike G (3:06)
Yeah. Goal is said Monday, there were a few guys that were day to day. Womack was on that list. So we have not received any update there. I expect him to continue to be day to day. But like you said, you don't need to unrest him.
Ike Jones (3:22)
Let's see. Let's freaking goalish. Nice. Started to feel it at the end of last year. Do you guys feel like the officiating has been more fair since letting Coach Hugh Freeze go?
I mean, it's only been one game. So I don't know.
Mike G (3:39)
Are you insinuating that there was a bias against Hugh Freeze because it was Hugh Freeze?
Ike Jones (3:46)
I think that is what he's insinuating or he or she's talking the same thing now.
Mike G (3:50)
That's interesting.
Ike Jones (3:55)
So I don't know. I don't know that there's some sort of bias versus Hugh Freeze. I do know he got screwed quite a bit by the officials last year.
Mike G (4:04)
You can't dispute it.
Ike Jones (4:06)
Yeah.
Mike G (4:07)
But he had his shortcomings, but what happened in that Oklahoma game was tragic.
Ike Jones (4:12)
Oklahoma and Georgia specifically are just like, bro, what are you doing?
Mike G (4:16)
They took points off the board and put points on the board in the same game for Oklahoma. A game Auburn lost by one score, by the way.
Because that fumble recovery was, that was a touchdown.
Ike Jones (4:30)
Yeah, it was.
Mike G (4:31)
That play to the sideline was illegal.
It was illegal. So those two things can be true at the same time.
Ike Jones (4:45)
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