Auburn receives broad endorsement from current king of college football

Kirby Smart, the current king of college football coming off two straight College Football Playoff Championships, endorsed Auburn football and the rest of the SEC after his Bulldogs’ 22-month undefeated streak barely survived a September 30 trip to Jordan-Hare Stadium.

“I personally think every SEC team should be ranked,” Smart said (h/t On3). “I can guarantee you there are some teams that don’t want to play them that are ranked. I mean, I don’t — I literally have no idea what you’re referencing because every team we play in the SEC is good enough to beat us and whether they’re ranked or not, I could care less. I’m trying to be more physical than them and outscore ’em. And that’s the only thing I’m concerned with, not their ranking.”

It’s hard not to link Smart’s comments to AU after the 27-20 victory that needed to be sealed by UGA on the Dawgs’ second-to-last possession after a legendary performance from Brock Bowers, who amassed 157 receiving yards and took the game-winning touchdown to the house.

Auburn football HC Hugh Freeze: ‘Didn’t do a good job’ of guarding Brock Bowers

Bowers was truly the story of Week 5, and Freeze acknowledged both his dominance and the Auburn football defense’s poor performance trying to contain the future NFL draft first-round selection.

“(No. 19’s) a handful, and we didn’t do a great job guarding him,” Freeze prefaced before saying, “I’m sure it wasn’t him every time, but it was him a large majority of the time when the game was on the line, and it was hard to get pressure on them with just four.”

Moving forward, the Tigers won’t be facing any receiving threat as dangerous, though there will be talented receiving corps from LSU, Ole Miss, and Alabama that will be far from a walk in the park themselves.