SEC Media Days: Cole Cubelic on Alex Golesh, Byrum Brown’s SEC Readiness, and Auburn’s Offensive Line Prospects

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**Ike Jones** (2:35)
We are back once again, friends, right here live from SEC Media Days, 2026, Ike Jones today talking to Cole Cubelic, outstanding analyst here. Cole, so far, what have been your impressions? Just let's just talk Tampa and SEC Media Days in general, before we specifically dive into the Auburn Tigers.

**Cole Cubelic** (2:56)
Are we in Tampa?
I mean, everybody, my wife saw the view outside and she's like, that's great. Y'all are on the water. I was like, maybe, I don't know. Like I go to the hotel and I go here, right? We obsess about where this event is, but then we're just trapped in wherever it is.

**Ike Jones** (3:10)
You don't really get a chance to explore the city or anything like that for sure.

**Cole Cubelic** (3:14)
But it's been great.

**Ike Jones** (3:14)
It really is a nice view despite the fact that we have it blocked with our banner here, but it's a nice view out there on the water. Just don't get a chance to go out and do any of that stuff. Exactly. All right, so Auburn head coach Alex Golesh has had an opportunity to go up there, and he spoke to the media yesterday.
Impressions of what you heard from him, anything stand out? What are your thoughts so far on what you've gotten from Alex Golesh?

**Cole Cubelic** (3:37)
I just think the confidence more than anything else, and I think a lot of that comes with familiarity of the defensive coordinator. They've worked together, they know each other, and DJ was at Auburn. And Alex was actually really honest with us earlier that they had some rough conversations early on. Like, they butted heads a little bit about personnel, about ideas, scheme. Not that he's trying to take anything away from him, or DJ's trying to take away from him, it's just practice time, how to manage certain things, how to talk to guys. But 100% on the same page when it comes to finding ways to win football games.
And I think, too, the guys that he brought with them, there's so much intricate detail that goes into that offense that a large portion of their roster already knows and has, that that puts them ahead of the curve. But it was also cool to hear him talk about, you know, we had to go back and also understand, like, there's 30% of our roster that's never done any of this.