Auburn Tigers News: Derrick Nix on how to move forward, NCAA ends NLI program
In today's edition of Auburn Tigers News, Derrick Nix explains how the Tigers can move forward during this challenging season, and the NCAA ends the National Letter of Intent program
The 2024 season has not gone how the Auburn football program would have liked, but there is still plenty of football to be played. Despite continued errors and the feeling that Auburn just continues to beat itself, there are still positives to pull from this year's performances so far and it's clear the level of talent on the Plains is steadily rising.
Still, it's tough for a team to go 0-3 in conference play and only have two wins under its belt. For offensive coordinator Derrick Nix, the key is to lean on your teammates and keep pushing forward.
"It goes back to the offseason and the summer and the relationships," Nix said, per Auburn Undercover. "You tell the guys 'you see the hours we're putting in and you see the work we're putting in at practice every day and you know what your brother is doing and not doing. Trust that before you listen to any outside noise and know your brother is rolling up his sleeves and going to work.'
"That's what you have to lean on, your foundational beliefs. That's what we signed up for. For better or for worse. We're going to get it fixed. Just keep believing that. The first thing you have to believe in is the mission first. I think our guys believe. We just have to have some success."
NCAA ends the National Letter of Intent program
Since 1964, the National Letter of Intent program has been a huge part of high school recruiting, and meant that high school recruits could not sign into a binding financial agreement until the official signing day, which is February, or early signing day in December. Now, the NCAA has announced that the program will end, significantly changing a big part of the recruiting process.
"Similar recruiting rules tied to the National Letter of Intent will continue with the signing of school aid agreements," writes Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports. "They end a prospect’s recruitment. For instance, all communication with the signed prospect and family members must end, and the prospects are prohibited from signing more than one aid agreement prior to enrollment."
As has become typical in this day and change, more significant changes are coming to the world of college football.