9/29/22 Auburn Articles

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Redshirt report: Which Auburn freshmen are straddling the 4-game fence?

Nathan King

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Auburn burned only two redshirts from its 14-man freshman class last year: running back Jarquez Hunter and tight end Landen King, both of whom became relied-upon members of the offense by season’s end.

It’s safe to assume that number will at least double this year for the Tigers.

As Auburn enters its fifth game of the season against LSU on Saturday night (6 p.m. CST, ESPN), a few true freshmen are straddling the four-game fence, and their usage moving forward will determine whether they head into the 2023 season with their redshirt still intact.

In 2018, the NCAA ruled that players can play in up to four games while maintaining a standard redshirt. The mandate has allowed inexperienced players to receive valuable playing time — even if just in garbage time against overmatched opponents — instead of riding the bench and only participating in practice all season.

Properly managing redshirts, particularly from a freshman class, can create both added depth, along with a peek into what the future could hold for a program at various position groups. Mismanagement, however, can lead to a sticky situation — like when four-star running back Asa Martin transferred from Auburn after the Tigers’ staff accidentally burned his redshirt by putting him in a fifth game on special teams.

Ten Auburn freshmen burned their redshirts in Gus Malzahn’s final season, then that number dropped significantly in Year 1 under Bryan Harsin. With Harsin’s first full recruiting class, though, more youngsters are being utilized early in the season — and could be moving forward into SEC play.

“They’ve made an impact,” Harsin said of his true freshmen last week. “They came here to play. We’re not at that four-game mark yet, but we’re getting there. Some of those young guys are going to go. Some of the young guys that haven’t played as much … we’re still evaluating those things. But for the most part, we expect them to play. ... What it says about those young players is that they’ve done a good job of getting themselves ready to be reliable and guys we can count on. They’re learning as they go; the experience factor is the biggest thing. But they work hard and prepare well.”

Auburn hasn’t dipped too far into its reserves on either line of scrimmage, but a few skill positions on both sides of the ball — particularly receiver and defensive back — have seen new faces earn spots in the rotation and receive snaps in every game. The running-back rotation has also clearly landed on a true freshman as its No. 3 ball-carrier, which shouldn’t change moving forward.

Here’s what the participation has looked like for Auburn’s true freshmen one-third of the way through the regular season. Keep an eye on the names near the top in Game 5 against LSU — if they see the field at all for a fifth game, they’ll be sophomores in 2023 instead of redshirt freshmen.

• RB Damari Alston: 4 games

• WR Omari Kelly: 4 games

• WR Camden Brown: 4 games

• CB J.D. Rhym: 4 games

• TE Micah Riley-Ducker: 2 games

• WR Jay Fair: 2 games

• QB Holden Geriner: 1 game

• LB Robert Woodyard: 1 game

• DB Austin Ausberry: 1 game

• S Caleb Wooden: 1 game

• OG E.J. Harris: 0 games

• DT Enyce Sledge: 0 games

• K Alex McPherson: 0 games

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Five things to know about the LSU Tigers

JD McCarthy

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The series between Auburn andhttp://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com has seen some wild games. There have been earthquakes, five-interception games, and a building burning down in the background, just to name a few.

The two Tigers will once again face off on Saturday and there is a chance Hurricane Ian could be affecting the game in Jordan-Hare Stadium. The game is set to start at 6 p.m. CT and will be on ESPN.

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This will be the first time the programs have faced off since Brian Kelly took over LSU and both programs are sitting at 3-1 overall and 1-0 in SEC play. However, they have gotten there in a different way. Auburn was blown out by Penn State and was gifted a win by Missouri last week.

Meanwhile, LSU lost a close game to FSU in Week 1 and since then has outscored their opponents 134 to 33 and came back to beat Mississippi State. Here are five things to know about the LSU Tigers ahead of Saturday’s game.

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LSU has not left the state of Louisiana this season and this will be Brian Kelly’s first time coaching on the road since he took over the program this offseason. They opened the season in the Superdome in New Orleans against FSU and then returned home for three straight home games.

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LSU’s offense struggled to start the season but as they have been playing faster they have started to look more comfortable. Jayden Daniels is able to connect with his receivers better and can use his legs to take advantage of a defense that is not fully prepared for the play.

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It was not pretty to start the season but the Tiger’s defense has started to round into form. They are led by edge rusher BJ Ojulari who has 10 tackles and 1.5 sacks in two games this season. Defensive end Sai’vion Jones is also capable of getting after the quarterback and should not be taken lightly, he leads them with 2.5 sacks.

Auburn’s offensive line has struggled this season and this will be the most talented group they have faced this season.

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Just like Auburn, LSU entered the season with questions about the offensive line but they have been able to address them.

Those answers have come from two true freshmen. Will Campbell, a former five-star recruit, quickly won the left tackle spot and Emery Jones has emerged as the starter at right tackle. The two have solidified the line and will be a good challenge for Auburn’s pass rushers.

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Daniels coming to LSU from Arizona State was a surprise during the offseason but he has started to show why they were excited to get him.

He has been extremely efficient in the passing game, completing 72.9% of his passes for 835 yards and six touchdowns, and has yet to throw an interception. He is also a threat in the run game, his 315 rushing yards lead the team.

Auburn’s defense will need to be ready for him to get both designed carries and to tuck the ball and run if none of his receivers are open.

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Auburn starting safety, Louisiana native could return against LSU

Nathan King

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Auburn could have a starting defensive back — and Louisiana native — return to its ranks against a talented LSU receiving corps this weekend.

Safety Donovan Kaufman is "day-to-day" after missing last Saturday's SEC-opening win over Missouri with a minor injury, Bryan Harsin said Wednesday on the SEC coaches teleconference.

"He just wasn't able to go last week," Harsin said. "He tried to work through and just wasn't able to get the reps during the week of practice that he needed to. So he's day-to-day."

Harsin did sound optimistic that Kaufman will be back against LSU (6 p.m. CST, ESPN) in Auburn's first division game of the season: "I'd expect him to be ready to go, barring any setbacks. He should be OK."

Redshirt sophomore Cayden Bridges started in Kaufman's place and ultimately made the game-winning play, falling on a Missouri fumble in the end zone for a touchback in overtime.

In the first three games of the season, Kaufman amassed 12 tackles and broke up two passes. He was targeted three times in coverage and allowed only one reception.

A former Vanderbilt transfer who played high-school ball at Archbishop Rummel in Metairie, Louisiana, Kaufman was ninth on Auburn's defense with 33 tackles last season, and one was one of seven Tigers to log an interception on the year when snagged one in a road loss against South Carolina.

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On offense, Auburn received a sour injury update this week, when Harsin announced starting center Tate Johnson will miss six-to-eight weeks after sustaining an elbow injury against Missouri.

Harsin also called starting quarterback T.J. Finley "day-to-day" on Wednesday, after Finley missed the Missouri game with a shoulder injury.

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What to make of Auburn freshman QB Holden Geriner’s brief college debut

Published: Sep. 28, 2022, 9:02 a.m.

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A month ago, Holden Geriner was fourth on Auburn’s quarterback depth chart and seemingly bound for a redshirt season.

Funny how quickly circumstances can change.

Now the former four-star freshman is listed as the team’s backup quarterback heading into the teeth of SEC play, thanks to a shoulder injury to starter T.J. Finley and season-ending shoulder surgery for former Texas A&M transfer Zach Calzada. He’s fresh off his college debut, albeit a truncated one, last week against Missouri and is ready if his name is called as Auburn prepares to host rival LSU this weekend.

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“Just to see the progress he’s made, too, from the time I got here until now, it’s just been great,” said fellow quarterback Robby Ashford, who is currently listed as QB1. “He’s a student of the game. He loves it, and I really love how he came in as a freshman, he had three older guys in front of him, but he didn’t use that as an opportunity to be down and stuff. He’s used that as an opportunity to grow and learn from all of us, and at the same time, we learn from him because he’s smart.”

Geriner was the first player in the 2022 class to commit to Auburn under Bryan Harsin, pledging to the Tigers a little more than a month after Harsin took over as head coach and nearly a full year before he could sign his letter of intent. Harsin has been high on Geriner ever since, noting the young quarterback’s trajectory has continued to rise since his commitment during his junior year of high school.

While Geriner fit the mold of a prototypical Harsin quarterback, the freshman was always going to have an uphill climb to see the field this season. He arrived on campus as part of a revamped quarterback room that returned Finley and, at the time, Dematrius Davis, while welcoming in a pair of transfers in Ashford and Calzada. He was ostensibly fifth in the pecking order, and even after Davis’ transfer early in the spring, it was apparent early on that the gap between Geriner and the more experienced quarterbacks in the room (Finley started eight games during his first two college seasons, Calzada started 10 at Texas A&M last year, and Ashford was entering his third year of college development) meant the true freshman was likely headed toward a redshirt year.

That changed as SEC play got underway, with Finley ruled out for the Missouri game and Calzada opting for season-ending surgery. Suddenly, Ashford was thrust into the starting role and Geriner the backup. Auburn’s gameplan for Missouri focused on Ashford running the show, though it was expected Geriner would get to see the field in some capacity. He received more meaningful reps in practice and prepared as though he was going to make his collegiate debut.

“I thought he was really good last week; I thought his preparation — and here’s a guy you walk in the building Monday and he’s sitting in the coaches offices studying film,” Harsin said. “So, he has those qualities. The execution piece, playing that position, the experience, all of that stuff’s going to come, but as far as his ability, his approach, his attitude, what you want in a guy that’s going to prepare to play that position, he’s got it.”

Geriner’s opportunity came unexpectedly in the third quarter of Auburn’s 17-14 overtime win, when Ashford exited the game after experiencing what he described as a “stinger” while attempting to block downfield for wide receiver Koy Moore. Ashford went to the medical tent on the sideline to get checked out, requiring Harsin to turn to the freshman to make his college debut.

It was hardly a star-turning moment for Geriner, who was on the field for two possessions in the third quarter. His first play was a handoff to tight end John Samuel Shenker, who lost 5 yards. His second snap saw him attempt a backward pass that went down as a fumble and a loss of 11 yards. His first actual career pass attempt gained no yards on third down, as Auburn was forced to punt after the offense crossed midfield prior to Ashford’s injury.

Though Ashford was back on the sideline with his helmet on and ready to reenter the game following that series, Harsin opted to give Geriner one more opportunity on Auburn’s ensuing drive. He converted a third down — Auburn’s only third-down conversion of the second half — with an 8-yard pass to Shenker, but that was all the offense could muster, as Geriner was sacked on the following third down.

Geriner’s final line in his college debut: 2-of-3 passing for 8 yards, and two carries for minus-17 yards.

“It didn’t look that productive when he was out there, but he came off the sideline and really for him it was just settle in and play ball,” Harsin said. “But you can imagine running out there, right? You can practice a certain way, you can do all these things, you can have a great demeanor, but when you run on the field it doesn’t matter who you are; when it’s your first time, the juices are flowing. He’s only going to get better for it.”

Geriner’s first action, albeit in a tough situation, left plenty to be desired, but so did Auburn’s collective offensive effort in an ugly win against Missouri. With Finley’s status for Saturday’s game against his former team, LSU, still very much up in the air, Geriner will again prepare as if he’s going to see the field — just in case anything was to happen to Ashford.

If his name is called again Saturday, Auburn is confident the freshman has the tools to succeed.

“For him to be so young and just the knowledge and the wisdom he has, to be so smart as a true freshman is great,” Ashford said. “He throws a great ball. I’d probably say he throws the best ball in the room. I think he probably throws the prettiest ball in the room…. (No.) 12′s gonna be a great one, (No.) 12′s gonna be a really good one here, and I’m excited to see what the future holds for him.”

Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

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Auburn Opponent Preview: LSU defense

Jason Caldwell

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Currently ranked 12th nationally in total defense, allowing just 257.8 yards per game this season, the LSU Tigers come into Saturday’s 6 p.m. CDT football game at Jordan-Hare Stadium off a dominating performance against overmatched New Mexico last weekend at Tiger Stadium. Giving up just 14.3 points per game, good enough for 16th in the country, LSU is led by a strong front seven on defense that will test a struggling Auburn offensive line more than anyone to this point in the 2022 season.

For the LSU defense everything starts with pass rusher BJ Ojulari. With 10 tackles and one and a half sacks this season, Ojulari enters Saturday’s game with 12.5 sacks and 19 tackles for a loss in his career. He’s the starter at the jack position for the Bengal Tigers and one of four players who will see time 

In addition to Ojulari, LSU has Sai’vion Jones, Harold Perkins and Desmond Little, all guys who can get after the quarterback. Jones leads the team with two and a half sacks while the true freshman Perkins leads LSU with 21 tackles and also has one and a half sacks. For the season LSU’s defense has 11 sacks.

At defensive end veteran Ali Gaye is a strong presence for LSU’s defense along with massive true freshman Quency Wiggins. Gaye has seven tackles and one sack this season. A junior college transfer, Gaye has five and a half sacks and 13.5 tackles for a loss in 18 career games in Baton Rouge.

In the middle Missouri transfer Mekhi Wingo has earned a starting spot at LSU after earning freshman All-SEC honors a year ago. He’s joined in the starting lineup by veteran Jaquelin Roy. Roy has started just four career games, but has accumulated 59 total tackles, four sacks and 11.5 tackles for a loss in his career. Depth comes from true freshmen Tygee Hill and Fitzgerald West along with sophomore Jacobian Guillory 

At linebacker junior Mike Jones, Jr. and sophomore Greg Penn III are the leaders for the LSU defense, but expect to see the versatile Perkins early and often in one of the two spots as well. Jones and Penn have combined for 28 tackles this season while Perkins is on track to be one of the top freshmen defenders in the Southeastern Conference this year.

In the secondary LSU will be full strength for the first time this season after getting nickel Jay Ward back following an injury that kept him out last week. LSU will also get Arkansas transfer safety Joe Foucha on the field for the first time after he had to sit out the first four games. A fifth-year senior who transferred in this year, Foucha started 33 games for the Razorbacks and had 231 tackles and five interceptions while at Arkansas.

Fellow transfers Jarrick Bernard-Converse (Oklahoma State), Colby Richardson (McNeese) and Greg Brooks (Arkansas) add to the new-look LSU secondary that has played well to this point. 

LSU projected defensive depth chart: 

JACK 18 BJ Ojulari 6-3 250 Jr.-2L

35 Sai’vion Jones 6-6 250 So.-1L

40 Harold Perkins Jr. 6-2 220 Fr.-HS

8 Desmond Little 6-5 230 Jr.-1L

DT 92 Mekhi Wingo 6-0 295 So.-TR

95 Tygee Hill 6-3 300 Fr.-HS

68 Fitzgerald West Jr. 6-3 322 Fr.-HS

DT 99 Jaquelin Roy 6-4 315 Jr.-2L

90 Jacobian Guillory 6-2 315 So.-1L

DE 11 Ali Gaye 6-6 265 5Sr.-2L

93 Quency Wiggins 6-5 275 Fr.-HS

LB 6 Mike Jones Jr. 6-1 230 Jr.-1L

23 Micah Baskerville 6-1 228 5Sr.-4L

25 Kolbe Fields 6-0 218 Fr.-TR

LB 30 Greg Penn III 6-2 238 So.-1L

40 Harold Perkins Jr. 6-2 220 Fr.-HS

33 West Weeks 6-2 238 So.-TR

NICK 5 Jay Ward 6-2 188 Sr.-3L

15 Sage Ryan 5-11 203 RFr.-1L

CB 22 Colby Richardson 6-1 190 Sr.-TR

1 Sevyn Banks 6-2 205 Sr.-TR

27 Laterrance Welch 6-2 187 Fr.-HS

S 3 Greg Brooks Jr. 5-10 187 Sr.-TR

-OR- 15 Sage Ryan 5-11 203 RFr.-1L

S 13 Joe Foucha 5-11 208 Sr.-TR

-OR- 15 Sage Ryan 5-11 203 RFr.-1L

CB 24 J. Bernard-Converse 6-1 205 Sr.-TR

-OR- 2 Mekhi Garner 6-2 217 Jr.-TR

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29 J. Davis-Robinson 5-11 185 Fr.-HS

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Rumors Swirled Of Prominent Coach's Firing Wednesday

Andrew Holleran

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AUBURN, AL - NOVEMBER 25: Daniel Carlson #38 of the Auburn Tigers lines up to kick a field goal during the second quarter against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Jordan Hare Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

The college football head coaching carousel is already getting pretty crazy this year.

We've already had some notable firings at Nebraska, Arizona State and Georgia Tech.

Wednesday, a rumored swirled about a major one in the SEC. It was started by a former Alabama quarterback.

“From my sources over there, Harsin’s already been told he’s done after this year,” McCarron said on The Ringer podcast “Slow News Day.”

However, according to AL.com's John Talty, the rumor is not accurate.

"However, sources close to the situation told AL.com that Harsin has not been informed that his job status is in peril, nor has he already been told he will be fired by the end of the season," he reported on Wednesday.

Harsin's job is believed to be in jeopardy, though it doesn't sound like anything is official yet.

Auburn is set to host LSU on Saturday night.

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Scarbinsky: Auburn doesn't like the messenger. But is AJ McCarron wrong?

Published: Sep. 29, 2022, 5:50 a.m.

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• Kevin Scarbinsky | Special to AL.com

Quick before Jake Coker’s sources reveal to him the identity of the next Auburn football coach. Name the lowest point to date of the 2022 Auburn football season.

A.) Getting dragged by Penn State in your own sandbox and mocked afterward by “SEC Shorts” for your “poor man’s white out.”

B.) Coming within inches of losing to Missouri, not once but twice, in a battle to be the frontrunner for SEC bottom feeder.

C.) Hearing AJ McCarron on the aptly named “Slow News Day” podcast call you “a middle-to-lower-tier SEC school.”

Judging by the rapid, rabid response of Auburn Twitter, nothing has left a mark on the Auburn family over the last month quite like getting tattooed by the former Alabama quarterback. And not just any former Alabama quarterback. Not one who starts in the NFL, like Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa or Mac Jones, or stars as an ESPN analyst, like Greg McElroy.

No, no, no. This dis came from McCarron, the last Alabama quarterback to play in two Iron Bowl defeats, whose storybook ending to an incredibly successful college career was erased by the Kick Six. As if the Auburn fan base weren’t already united in its belief that Bryan Harsin has to go, McCarron provided the perfect outlet for their frustrations.

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Hearing AJ McCarron on the aptly named “Slow News Day” podcast call you “a middle-to-lower-tier SEC school.”

That's actually being generous.

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The Bryan Harsin way: Boise State quarterback disciples recall Auburn football coach's style

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Bennett Durando, Montgomery Advertiser

Wed, September 28, 2022 at 9:04 PM·5 min read

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AUBURN — Bryan Harsin wanted them to coach him. It was his pop quiz, his accountability strategy. For years in Boise State’s Tuesday team meetings, he singled out players at random. Quarterbacks fell under the spotlight most.

“What are their fronts?” quarterback Jaylon Henderson remembers Harsin saying. “What do they do on third-and-medium? What is their top coverage on second-and-10?”

“If you were wrong,” Denver Broncos quarterback Brett Rypien says, “that obviously showed that you hadn't put in the time or effort to watch any film.”

Bryan Harsin wanted quarterbacks to draw plays. It was his first variation of the quiz, when he was a burgeoning offensive coordinator. “He wasn't afraid to throw a redshirt on the board and make you draw the play that we’re going to run on Saturday and teach us through it," says Kellen Moore, whose 50 wins are most by a quarterback in college football history. "At the time, it feels a little daunting.”

Bryan Harsin wanted to run Auburn football his way. It hasn’t worked smoothly. His job is in jeopardy after 17 games. His detractors question how he climbed the career ladder from Mountain West to SEC in the first place. His most successful disciples attest he did it with tough-love coaching style and outside-the-box exercises. “It wasn't easy playing for him,” Rypien says. “I don't think anybody that played for him would say it was a walk in the park. But it was all worth it. Really the most influential coach I think I've ever had in my life.”

Bryan Harsin wanted Rypien to study New England’s red zone offense. It was the offseason before Rypien’s senior year. He had eyes on the NFL. Harsin assigned film study projects. Rypien presented his breakdowns to the coaching staff. He pitched kill plays based on his studies. Boise used them.

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Bryan Harsin wanted to conduct a psychological experiment. In 2008 he was still getting to know Moore. Seven-on-seven periods began one practice. “There’s no script,” Harsin told Moore. “You call it.” This wasn’t like the pop quizzes, though. He revealed afterward that he wanted to figure out which plays Moore felt most comfortable with.

Bryan Harsin wanted to teach beauty in simplicity. Another practice brought another surprise for Moore. Harsin called one of Boise State’s core plays, “Climb,” to start a two-minute drill. Moore threw to his running back. Next play: “Climb.” Moore spotted his slot receiver. Next play: “Climb.” Backside receiver. Same play, the whole drive. “It was a play we were going to run two or three times in a game," Moore says. "One of the coolest things ever from a player’s perspective, just how based off the defense and the reaction, every guy eventually got the ball."

Bryan Harsin wanted to reveal value in complexity. His pre-Auburn reputation? Pro-style trick play legend. "What we were doing at Boise was as complex if not more than what I was doing my first couple years in the NFL,” Rypien says. Practice moves at breakneck pace. “It was harder than the game,” Henderson says. “I think Harsin did that by design. I used to wake up and have a pit in my stomach going to practice like I was about to play in a game.”

Bryan Harsin wanted accountability off the field. He kept a bulletin board at Boise State with news clippings about college athlete arrests. “I’ll never forget,” Henderson says. “We called it the dumb--- board.” Every week a new article was posted.

Oct 30, 2021; Auburn, Alabama, USA; Auburn Tigers head coach Bryan Harsin watches his team warm up before the game against the Mississippi Rebels Jordan-Hare Stadium before. Mandatory Credit: John Reed-USA TODAY Sports

Bryan Harsin wanted his players to know the difference between eagles and tigers, even before Auburn hired him. Boise State's terminology for ball security was “eagle claw.” He singled out Henderson one day and asked for the phrase. “Tiger claw,” Henderson said confidently. Everybody laughed. He blushed. "I need to know my stuff," he thought.

Bryan Harsin wanted to be firm and flexible in quarterback competitions. He used two in 2017. Three in 2019. Before Rypien’s enthralling senior season, he got benched. “One of the hardest times in my football career,” he says. But every week Harsin told him and Montell Cozart the battle was renewed. He didn’t sugarcoat. “Whoever does their job the best is going to stay on the field,” Rypien remembers. “It's not rocket science.” That’s how Harsin treated 2019 when Henderson earned his chance as a juco transfer. It’s how he’s handling Auburn's delicate combination of injuries and poor production right now.

Bryan Harsin wanted to run Auburn football his way. The way he ran Boise State. It's not easy playing for him. This time, results haven’t shown. If the nationwide speculation is true, the end might be near. Was he in over his head? Did he adapt enough? Here’s one thing you should know about Bryan Harsin: He keeps believing in his way. When Moore, now the Dallas Cowboys’ offensive coordinator, visited Auburn practice for a day this offseason, he saw Harsin as a head coach up close for the first time. Moore chuckled as he sat in on the team meeting. Harsin asked position coaches to call on random players. Then he quizzed them, reviewing the plays Auburn practiced the previous day.

This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: The Bryan Harsin Way, from Boise State to Auburn football