The Top Button Podcast | Alex Golesh Addresses Auburn’s Most GLARING Defensive Weakness

The Auburn Daily Network · Sep 30, 2026 · 22m

Auburn’s defense has been really good in stretches, but there’s one glaring weakness Alex Golesh knows has to get fixed: getting off the field on fourth down. Opponents have consistently found ways to extend drives, but is Auburn’s fourth-down problem entirely bad defense—or has some situational bad luck made the numbers look even worse? Golesh called it a “huge point of emphasis” after Vanderbilt converted all three of its fourth-and-1 opportunities plus a fourth-and-3.

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