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Episode 496: Thermometry
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Episode 496: Thermometry

Justin and Dan talk Auburn football's cold spell in recruiting, CFB26 and Johni Broome before taking a brief summer break from the podcast.
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NOTE: The Auburn Observer podcast is about to take a quick summer break. The next episode will be a premium one for subscribers on either July 3 or July 4.

Justin and Dan run down some of the latest news involving Auburn football and Auburn basketball in this freewheeling offseason episode. Topics include:

  • Auburn football losing three commitments in less than two weeks

  • why the Tigers might have cooled off on the recruiting trail

  • how Auburn can’t sell early playing time and “potential” anymore

  • the very different situation Hugh Freeze and his staff are about to find themselves in this fall, barring a big summer surge on the trail

  • the increasing importance of getting it right on offense — specifically at quarterback — this fall

  • the Auburn University Marching Band getting a prominent spot in CFB26

  • a look back at CFB25 and what we’re hoping from the new game

  • a discussion of whether CFB video games can create new fans in this day and age

  • Johni Broome’s stock in this week’s NBA Draft

  • Jabari Smith being teammates with Kevin Durant in Houston, at least for now

  • Dylan Cardwell’s growing NBA hype

  • a reader-suggested Top Four of favorite recent Auburn basketball dunks

  • another reader-suggested Top Four of Auburn athletes we wished we could have seen in different sports

  • Dan’s Top Four of favorite non-Auburn college football quarterbacks

  • The New York Times’ ballot of the top 10 movies of the 21st Century

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