The Auburn Express

The Auburn Express is an Auburn sports show built on conversations between two people, with host Mike G at the center. He opens with a familiar call, 'Turn us on, turn us up, we'll turn it out,' and then turns to a friend and one focused question. In these conversations those friends include Phillip Dukes, Jacob Cohen, Kyle Rush and Cesar Walker. Football and basketball both get covered. With Dukes, the question is what fans can expect from Auburn's first spring game under Alex Golesh, and what Byrum Brown needs to show on Saturday. That talk drifts, usefully, into the transfer portal. Coaches leave for the next opportunity, the argument goes, while players were long held to their first decision, and a coaching change now opens a 30-day window for them to move without penalty. Auburn has been through a few coaches in recent years, and the hope voiced on the show is that the cycle stops with Golesh. The Cesar Walker conversation belongs to a video series on Auburn's wide receiver room. It asks whether Bryce Cain and Chas Nimrod can both star from the slot, then widens to the tight ends, the H-back role and Jake Johnson, who came over from North Carolina. Four-receiver sets and split-out tight ends get real attention. The recruiting check-in with Kyle Rush looks at where Auburn stands in April of Alex Golesh's first offseason and revisits NIL spending and a bet on whether collective deals would count toward a cap. Even there, the conversation stops to give John Cohen a fair hearing. Basketball gets its own spotlight when Mike G and Jacob Cohen talk through Tahaad Pettiford's return, including a report on what his father said about other offers. Titles such as 'BREAKING: Bukky Oboye commits to Auburn from the Transfer Portal' and 'Sebastian Williams-Adams is RETURNING to Auburn Basketball' show how closely the show tracks who arrives and who stays. The tone is friendly and frank. Mike G speaks to an audience on YouTube as well as in podcast feeds. Closings pull that audience into the debate, asking whether Cain and Nimrod can each clear 50 receptions and asking for Super Thanks support. Then comes the sign-off: 'War Eagle.' The slot receiver conversation is a good first listen, because it shows how far into the depth chart the show will go. Expect sponsor breaks along the way.