Episode 494: The States of the Programs

Justin and Dan take a look at the previous school year for each of Auburn’s varsity sports — with more time going to their areas of expertise — and project where the programs stand before the next campaign. Topics include:

* Auburn’s back-to-back top-five finishes in men’s track and a pair of event national titles

* Jackson Koivun’s weekend at the U.S. Open and the continued success for Auburn golf

* the work that Butch Thompson and Auburn baseball did to get back to contention

* a solid debut season for the Malveauxs and Auburn softball

* looking at Larry Vickers and the job ahead of him with women’s basketball

* the 2024-25 season and Johni Broome in the GOAT discussions for the men’s basketball program

* how Tahaad Pettiford’s return feels like the biggest offseason win in a long time

* why you should buy the potential of both gymnastics and volleyball next season

* the new coach in charge of Auburn soccer and why it was a major hire

* the backwards-ness of Auburn football’s rebuild under Hugh Freeze so far

* where the Tigers have to put it all together this fall on the gridiron

* how Jackson Arnold stacks up to the rest of the transfer quarterbacks in this cycle

* a Top Four of sports Justin and Dan would like to see Auburn add, including two that aren’t Division I offerings… as of right now

* a Top Four of comfort rewatch movies

* M&M lore

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