It's the beginning of a new era on the Plains with Alex Golesh taking over as the Auburn Tigers' head football coach, but the problems of the past are still lingering.
The Auburn football program was never able to find success on the field under former head coach Hugh Freeze despite bringing in incredible talent from the high school ranks and transfer portal. Many people believe that the root of the problem for Freeze was that he never got the quarterback position right.
Instead of bringing in a proven QB from the portal, Freeze chose to run it back with Payton Thorne for a second year, and then brought in Jackson Arnold, who was coming off a rough season that included several games spent on the bench.