Auburn football has lost its third straight game to drop to 6-5 in year one of the Bryan Harsin with the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide coming to town next weekend for the 2021 regular-season finale.
After a 6-2 start that included road wins over Arkansas and LSU and a multi-score victory over Ole Miss, the sky was the limit for these Tigers. There were talks of a third straight Iron Bowl upset at Jordan-Hare Stadium, an SEC Championship appearance, and even a College Football Playoff appearance if ‘Auburn Jesus’ was about working miracles for this team.
He ain’t.
In fact, the miracles are happening against AU at this point, with South Carolina coming back from down multiple scores a week after Mississippi State engineered a comeback down 28-3.
The panic button is about to be pushed faster than the mute button by college football last night as Robert Griffin III’s commentary kept outdoing itself in cringe worthiness throughout the SC-AU broadcast.
Given all of the scrutiny Harsin has faced from the Alabama media (looking directly at you, AL.com) and the disastrous on-field results of late, could this worst case scenario season be a one-and-done for the first-year SEC/Power Five head coach on the Plains?
Well, a team from Harsin’s native Pacific Northwest that has been to the College Football Playoff and won a conference championship more recently than Auburn football could be interested in him, making it a legitimate possibility.
Washington could make a play for Auburn football head coach Bryan Harsin.
Following Jimmy Lake’s ouster from the Huskies program, the Seattle school has Harsin on its radar, at least according to a report from FootballScoop.
After spending seven years with his alma mater, Boise State, could he just be using Auburn as a springboard to a Power Five coaching job closer to home?
Probably not, considering he inherited a program that was late to the game for recruiting for the Class of 2021 and had said program rolling before injuries started mounting in the second half of the season.
When this year is said and done, there will be enough positives to look back on for this relationship to continue, like knocking off Heisman contender Matt Corral and Lane Kiffin’s Rebels and ending the losing drought in Death Valley that spanned 22 years.
But the whispers will only grow if the Tigers can’t end their losing slide against the Crimson Tide next Saturday.