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On today’s Locked On Auburn, Zac Blackerby talks about a new transfer portal target as well as the new NIL bill that was signed. He is joined by John Nabors of Locked On Razorbacks to talk about Desi Sills.
You can hear the full podcast below.
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New Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin could be a quarterback whisperer
December 23, 2020
The Auburn Tigers made moves in the College Football world when they announced the hire of Bryan Harsin from Boise State.
On the daily Locked On Auburn podcast, Zac Blackerby, Michael Pappas, and Lance Dawe discussed the news. Pappas pointed out the ridiculous improvement that quarterbacks saw at Boise State while Harsin was the head coach. The improvement that was most noticeable was from Denver Broncos quarterback Brett Rypien. His numbers shot up over his college career.
Pappas: The other thing that I guess I wanted to look at was the run with Brett Rypien at Boise State. In the four years that he played, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, he went from 3,353 and 20 touchdowns in 2015, 2646 yards and threw for 24 touchdowns in 2016, in 2017 he was on pace to have higher numbers before he got hurt and ended up with 2,877 yards and threw for 16 touchdowns, and then in 2018, he had 3,700 yards and thirt
On Sunday, Auburn fired their head football coach, Gus Malzahn.
On the daily Locked On Auburn podcast, Zac Blackerby and Michael Pappas discussed how Malzahn made the program relevant and what several critics say is incorrect.
Pappas: One of the complaints that people love to throw out there is that Gus has made Auburn irrelevant, nationally irrelevant. Did your Sunday NFL Football watching experience get interrupted so that you could get informed live on national television that Auburn’s head coach had been fired?
Pappas: Was every national football writer making stories and tweeting about how Auburn had fired their head coach and who it might be that replaces him?