Cal and Hawaii actually kick the season off a week earlier on August 26, but that doesn’t really signify the start of the college football season for me.
As the season approaches we will start looking at several different aspects of Auburn football that will play a key role in the Tigers having a big season – or a bad one.
Last college football season Auburn was declared the favorites to win the SEC and the National Championship before the first game was played, but the defense failed to progress under Will Muschamp and Jeremy Johnson proved unreliable at quarterback.