Aubserver Mailbag 61: Verticality

This week: Walker Kessler's foul trouble, the Ole Miss matchup, Wendell Green Jr., offensive line, goofy sports takes, NFL playoffs and Paramore

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There’s a lot going on behind the scenes for Auburn football right now. Transfers are getting offers and planning visits to the Plains. Veterans are announcing their decisions to return. Recruiting for the 2022 class is hitting full speed again. Roster management is a 365-day game, and the Tigers are proving that.

But it’s basketball season, and Auburn might have the best team in America.

After a monumental road win over Alabama, the switch was fully flipped for this week’s Mailbag. The vast majority of the sports questions are about Bruce Pearl’s Tigers, and for good reason. We’ll get to a little bit of football, but this is a basketball ‘bag because, well, you guys are the ones who set the topics here.

This week, we focus on the sudden Walker Kessler foul issue, some lineup and depth discussion, a look ahead to a trap game at Ole Miss, and a couple of fun hypotheticals.

Let’s go.

It was obvious the Alabama gameplan was centered around fouling out Kessle…