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re: Is Auburn going to a bowl game this year?
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:01 pm to War Eagle 777
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:01 pm to War Eagle 777
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Maybe we could use the bowls to have a NIT for football
As if they're being paid by the year.
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Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:02 pm to RandySavage
Declined a Birmingham Bowl invite.
Bummer
Bummer
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:21 pm to Drank
Why would we decline a bowl game? Seems like a great chance for a new head coach to get some extra practices with his players. Especially when it would have been right up the road. Lame af but that's Auburn these days.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:35 pm to RandySavage
No benefit playing the bowl with all the coaching turnover. We don’t want to keep guys in the building that are out and the new coaches don’t have time to install shite.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:35 pm to RandySavage
Too many holes to fill & players to recruit and retain. Staff to hire. Systems to install
This post was edited on 12/7/25 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:37 pm to AUX3
How is there no benefit to having our coaches get on the field with the players and evaluate what they can do? Yes, obviously it wouldn't be a full evaluation or installing a full offense but it's better than nothing. You come in talking a big game about all you do is ball and then don't want to play when you have the chance?
This post was edited on 12/7/25 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:48 pm to RandySavage
We would have played a gimme game and learned 1st hand what the new coaches thought of our current players.
Mistake.
Mistake.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:55 pm to SECdragonmaster
No. We need our coaches building the team and not playing a meaningless game
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:04 pm to RandySavage
Risk/reward
With so much changing between now and next year (players opting opt, transferring, new staff), could you put anything meaningful on the field or do anything really constructive with two weeks to prepare?
With a minimal, at best, upside, there's also the risk of one (or more) players suffering a catastrophic injury.
With so much changing between now and next year (players opting opt, transferring, new staff), could you put anything meaningful on the field or do anything really constructive with two weeks to prepare?
With a minimal, at best, upside, there's also the risk of one (or more) players suffering a catastrophic injury.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:04 pm to HailToTheChiz
They should get an FCS team to play in it.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:07 pm to RandySavage
Terrible idea. Not worth it. Yes there could be some benefit but a meaningless game with a half a roster he will see next year isn’t as important as building the new roster and staff
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:07 pm to HailToTheChiz
I would’ve wanted a bowl game in this same scenario 5 years ago. I don’t now
Between seniors and transfers, this 5-7 team is mostly going to be gone by August, if not sooner. The current staff isn’t filled, and they’re not going to have a meaningful installation between now and whenever a shitty bowl game would be.
If they don’t know who sucks already they’re not going to be convinced by an extra few practices and lousy December game.
Between seniors and transfers, this 5-7 team is mostly going to be gone by August, if not sooner. The current staff isn’t filled, and they’re not going to have a meaningful installation between now and whenever a shitty bowl game would be.
If they don’t know who sucks already they’re not going to be convinced by an extra few practices and lousy December game.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:15 pm to auburnnyc94
It's two weeks, practicing doesn't prohibit building a staff (that's mostly complete) and a roster in any way whatsoever.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:31 pm to RandySavage
Nah, they film every practice and every game. These coaches have a lot of film to watch. Nobody gets a ‘makeup test’. The kids that want to stay and play better hope they showed good on tape in practice and games. In particular, effort.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:35 pm to RandySavage
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It's two weeks, practicing doesn't prohibit building a staff (that's mostly complete) and a roster in any way whatsoever.
There is going to be significant roster turnover regardless of what any Auburn fan wants to hear, which means that most of the practice time will have been useless since you are coaching players that wont be here next season. So you are talking about taking a skeleton roster and trying to install a completely new offense in ~2 weeks, with what payoff? You risk losing the game and getting bad press for no real reward.
There is a greater than zero possibility that none of the QB's on the roster are even here next season. Arnold is obviously already gone, but don't be surprised if both Daniels and Deuce are gone too.
Furthermore, the players have more or less already checked out on this season and have gone back home. I'm sure you'll say that its Golesh's job to call them back, but most of these kids are done with this season and have no interest in playing in some lame Bowl game.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:36 pm to AUX3
Except it's almost impossible to evaluate anyone on offense because of how inept the coaching was. We should have played the game period. You have a chance to come in and show, not just talk about, changing the culture from the jump. Take it.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:38 pm to metafour
They ones that don't want to be here, f em. Take the ones that want to play, find out who your leaders are
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:03 pm to RandySavage
Wayyy to much work to do to be dealing with preparations for a meaningless game.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:06 pm to tilco
Poor football team. Almost had to play a football game in Birmingham
Posted on 12/7/25 at 10:13 pm to RandySavage
You do not build culture by scripting red zone packages for the Birmingham Bowl. You just burn time… some of the guys who will take those snaps are gone anyways. The ones who matter already have twelve games of tape.
And you act like there is no downside. That is naive. You throw Ashton or Deuce into a half installed system on two weeks of prep and they get exposed on TV even though all they really need was an offseason learning it. Or you try to run the Golesh system and get smashed 38 to 0 and suddenly everyone from fans to boosters to recruits are suspect of the new regime right off the bat
And you act like there is no downside. That is naive. You throw Ashton or Deuce into a half installed system on two weeks of prep and they get exposed on TV even though all they really need was an offseason learning it. Or you try to run the Golesh system and get smashed 38 to 0 and suddenly everyone from fans to boosters to recruits are suspect of the new regime right off the bat
This post was edited on 12/7/25 at 10:14 pm
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