Bo Nix came out and said what hoards of Auburn football fans were proudly professing two years ago ahead of the 2021 season: he’s having fun. Nix shockingly leaned into the infamous “dark horse” Twitter meme while speaking to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg in a piece published on April 19.
“Bo Nix didn’t want to leave Oregon with any regrets — he also is having too much fun playing college football,” Rittenberg wrote in his lede. Then Nix seemingly shaded the Plains in saying, “Winning is a lot of fun, and that’s what keeps you around.” He then described what he’s looking for from the 2023 college football season and beyond.
“My goal this year is to win a championship in some form or fashion,” Nix said to Rittenberg. “That will lead to other things. A team’s success is oftentimes more important for an individual’s success than they even realize.”
Bo Nix shades Auburn football in saying he ‘figured out’ college football is fun
Another shot was fired at Auburn football by Nix, whether knowingly or not, by his implication that he “figured out” college football was fun during his explanation of why he didn’t declare for the NFL draft following the 2022 season.
“The statement, ‘Be where your feet are,’ guys sometimes want more than they have and they don’t appreciate what they do have at the time,” Nix said. “At some point, I was kind of eager to go to the NFL, and then I figured out, you know, college football is fun. When you’re on a good team, when you’re around good coaches, when you’re around great teammates, a great university, you don’t really want to give that up because you don’t know if you’re going to have it this good anymore, like ever.”
Nix is having more fun in Oregon, which is a damn shame since Tiger fans were the ones putting it in his head. Come to think of it, maybe talking about having fun while Bryan Harsin was his head coach was just a reminder of what Nix was missing.