Recap of a Wonderful Weekend for Auburn Athletics
Auburn Athletics
For the first time since 1976… Auburn baseball swept Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The Tigers outscored the Tide 44–10 in the series and put an exclamation mark on the weekend with a 20–5 victory—which included an 11-run eighth inning—in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader.
Auburn now sits with a .500 record in the conference, which, considering the strength of the SEC, is actually fairly good and only one game back from the top of the division. However, the road gets much tougher beginning this weekend. The Tigers must travel to Gainesville to face the top ranked Florida Gators before coming back home to face Vanderbilt.
The realistic goal for Butch Thompson’s squad would be to get three wins across the next two weekends. That will keep this team in the hunt during the last stretch of the season.
Equestrian won its second national title in three years… on Saturday, topping Georgia 10–5. It was Auburn’s fifth title in the sport.
The Tigers have won titles in equestrian in 2006, 2011, 2013, 2016 and now, 2018. The last nonequestrian Auburn national title was football in 2010.
Softball quickly turned things around on Saturday… after a disappointing 10-inning loss in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader against Arkansas. Auburn was down 2–0 early in the second game, but rallied back with a two-run home run from catcher Courtney Shea and a single from infielder Kendall Veach that drove in two runs to win the game 4–2.
Auburn travels to College Station this weekend for a series against No. 9 Texas A&M.
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Auburn Equestrian National Champs Again!
The Auburn Equestrian team won its fifth National Championship Saturday. The Tigers did it by dominating rival Georgia 10–5. It was the program’s second National Collegiate Equestrian Association Championship title in the last three years. Caitlin Boyle was named the Most Outstanding Performer for the championship in Fences... Read Full Story
Defensive Superlatives?
It's going to be tough for any offense to run the ball with 10 defenders in the box (Photo by Acid Reign) War Eagle, everybody! It is time now for a post-spring look at the Auburn defense. It is hard not to be excited about this year's prospects after a dominant A-Day performance. The top two units started on A-Day, hold... Read Full Story
Midweek Ramblings From The Plains
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Another Offensive Juggernaut?
War Eagle, everybody! Spring football practice is over, and it's time to start looking ahead. I think coming out of A-Day, offense is where most of the real questions lie about this year's Auburn football team. We will start the long haul till September with some speculation about the offense.
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A Cold, Wet A-Day
Anders Carlson was the A-Day MVP (All photos by Acid Reign) War Eagle, everybody! It's time now for the Acid Reign Report on Auburn's 2018 A-Day game. It was with some trepidation that I suited up and drove down this year to cover this scrimmage. The weather forecast did not look promising, and the day actually turned ou... Read Full Story
A Brisk A-Day!
A-Day open thread.(Photo by Acid Reign.) War Eagle, everybody! It's Auburn football game day once again! It's A-Day on the Plains. This game will be televised on the SEC Network channels. The game starts at 3:00 PM Central Daylight Time. It's a great opportunity for us Tiger fans to see what this year's team looks like a... Read Full Story
Five Burning Questions for A-Day.
A day of great fun!(Photo by Acid Reign) Each year I do this sort of post before A-Day, and each year the questions tend to be pretty similar. I'll be in Jordan-Hare Stadium again Saturday with a camera in one hand and a roster in the other. The game kicks off at 3:00 PM and will be televised on the SEC Network. The pund... Read Full Story
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After suffering the sweep by LSU, Auburn softball bounced back to win the series against Alabama. Up next was Kentucky, which swept LSU, the team that swept Auburn just two weeks before. Sweeps are something new to softball fans who just started following the Tigers in the last few years. Auburn swept the Wildcats 3–1, 1–0,... Read Full Story
Auburn Baseball Stumbles Again
For the second day in a row, it was an error that led to an Auburn loss.Heading into the fifth, neither Auburn nor Mizzou had recorded a single hit. That changed when Mizzou RF Trey Harris stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded in the top half of the inning. After an error and two walks loaded the bases, Harris dug in wi... Read Full Story
Corrections are the Name of the Game This Week
Sizing up the team (Photo by Acid Reign) War Eagle, everybody! It's hard to believe we are just a little over one week from Auburn's annual A-Day game. Auburn finally concluded its first scrimmage last weekend and looks at working on corrections this week. There will be another scrimmage this Saturday, followed by ... Read Full Story
Auburn Wins Another Iron Bowl of Baseball
Auburn and Alabama have been playing in Montgomery’s Capital City Classic since 2009. In those nine years, the Tigers are 8–1 against the Tide. Last night Auburn won its fourth straight in this game while handing Alabama its seventh straight loss overall and extending the Tigers' record to 9–1 in the series. The 5–2 vict... Read Full Story
Tuesday Ramblings From The Plains
Auburn athletics lost a legend over the weekend when Hall of Famer Mel Rosen passed away. The nationally respected coach was Mr. Track and Field to several generations of athletes. To say he was a legend doesn't adequately describe what he meant to the sport. His 1992 Olympic team won 20 medals and broke or set five Olympic rec... Read Full Story
Monday Musings: Vote of Confidence
As I said last week... I believe Bruce Pearl's future at Auburn is secure for the time being. Last week, AD Allen Greene appeared on an episode of "Tiger Talk", an in-house podcast, giving his support of the head basketball coach. The podcast was posted on the athletic department's official website and can be heard here.“The ... Read Full Story
Tigers Go Back to Work!
Spring drills resume after a break(Photo by Acid Reign) War Eagle, everybody! Auburn returned to the practice field this week and will work towards A-Day in a little more than 2 weeks. Word out of practice Tuesday was that the Tigers looked a little rusty, and coaches weren't terribly pleased. I'm guessing that the... Read Full Story
Auburn Baseball Has to Keep Attacking
In this day of 24/7 media coverage many coaches have become adept at coach speak. So it's refreshing whenever you hear a coach tell it like it is. No excuses, no sugar coating, just plain truth talk. That's what Auburn baseball Coach Butch Thompson did after his team suffered its first midweek loss of the season at Georgia Tech ... Read Full Story
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