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The Hard Truth About Auburn Football Right Now | Changes MUST BE Made FAST | Auburn Football Podcast

The Auburn Express

October 6, 2026

Auburn football has reached a critical point in the 2026 season, and the bye week could not have arrived at a better time. After a frustrating 24 to 14 loss against Tennessee, Alex Golesh and the Tigers have major questions to answer before traveling to Athens to face Georgia.

Speakers Kyle Rush, Mike G, Alex Golesh, Ike Jones

TopicsFootballSportsBasketball

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Mike G (2:51)

Auburn has got to get organized on this by a week, but what things do they need to look at, and where does their focus need to be? Welcome on in to The Auburn Express Power By The War Rapport. I'm your host, Mike G. Turn us on, turn us up. We'll turn it out. I'm here with my good friend, Kyle Rush from The Auburn Daily to talk a little Auburn football on a bye week Tuesday.

SPEAKER_2 (3:21)

Good old bye week.

Kyle Rush (3:22)

Good old bye weeks.

Mike G (3:25)

Just for everybody who's wondering, we're taking a bye week on fourth and four as well too. So you want to see us playing golf this Thursday, but we'll be back next week. And hint, hint, we might have a brand new course for you guys. Check it out. So we're having fun over there bringing you guys lots of original content. Please go support that content no matter what channel it's posted to. We collaborate often. They're our friends and we need you to go subscribe to them as well too on today's show. We're going to talk about where Auburn goes from here, what they need to accomplish and what changes they need to make. Guys, don't forget to like and subscribe to the channel. Your likes and subscribes help keep us the number one source of Auburn football content out there. Also, this show is brought to you in part by our friends at Kalshi. New War Report customers get $55 when you trade your first $25 on Kalshi.

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Let's talk about some things.

Let's do it. This was, it was funny, like we talked earlier today and it was like, oh man, if we did a fourth and four this week, some of the things we'd have to talk about are uncomfortable things for the fans, for the fan base, for the alumni, for the coaches and players that watch us. But we have to get into it. So I want to talk about what happened against Tennessee. This felt like a winnable game to me. And Auburn had a shot to win it. They had a lead, defense held Tennessee to three points. They forced Faison Brandon out of the game with negative nine yards of offense, Kyle.

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