Well, this accidentally got emailed out this afternoon instead of Friday morning. Let’s all just act like you read this Friday instead of Thursday, OK?
RB Shaun Shivers (Todd Van Emst/Auburn Athletics)
…and we’re back.
The Aubserver Mailbag is back in its regular time slot, where it will be for the 2021 football season. I appreciate everyone’s patience over a rapidly changing fall camp schedule and everyone’s eagerness to ask questions for the return this week.
There’s no need for a long introduction. The Tigers open the Bryan Harsin Era on Saturday night with a home game against an Akron team that was, frankly, quite bad last year. It’s finally here. The game week that we’ve been talking about for 3/4 of a year has arrived.
This week, you asked about how much we can actually learn from Auburn vs. Akron, the early-season offensive strategy, some depth chart surprises, strange mascots, lunch recommendations, The Killers and — undoubtedly — the most surprising and mind-warping question I’ve …