Brian Stultz

Auburn

Staff Writer at Auburn Sports

Staff Writer at @AuburnRivals. @TheFWAA @USBWA member. Auburn alum. DMs open. Been told I golf from wrong side of ball.

Articles

Tilly hoping third time's a charm

1 week ago | auburn.rivals.com | Brian Stultz

Butch Thompson knows that if he needs a pitcher to eat up innings for Auburn this season, he can turn to Cam Tilly. The sophomore right-hander has appeared in 14 games, 12 of them from the bullpen, while allowing 17 runs over 32 innings and striking out 41. On Thursday, Tilly will get another shot at the starting role, his third in a row, as the Tigers host South Carolina and look to build on a series win at Tennessee last weekend.
Koivun better than last year? Listen to his coach

1 week ago | auburn.rivals.com | Brian Stultz

At the 7:17 mark of the video, Jackson Koivun shyly introduces himself before Brendan Valdes starts listing all of the awards his teammate won last season as a freshman. "Nicklaus, Hogan, Haskins, First Team All-American, Mickelson Award, First Team All-SEC, SEC Player of the Year, SEC Freshmen Team ... Am I missing anything?" Valdes states. Koivun's massive first year at Auburn, capped by the program's first team national title, has been hailed as one of the best in college golf.
Top-seed Tigers look to repeat

2 weeks ago | auburn.rivals.com | Brian Stultz

AUBURN | The expectations have been there all season long for Auburn's men's golf team. Coming off the program's first national title last year, nothing less than a repeat would be satisfactory. For Nick Clinard's squad, the friendly confines of the Auburn University Club await as the Tigers host a regional starting May 12.
STULTZ: Rambling on Pearl's rebuild, being a bat boy

3 weeks ago | auburn.rivals.com | Brian Stultz

There was some speculation that the 2024-25 season would be Bruce Pearl's last run at a national title. The head coach put together a roster full of talented veterans who were talented enough to get Auburn over that hump and win it all. The Tigers came close. But as it turns out, that was far from Pearl's last ride. He and his staff have put together another monster of a roster that will have them in the top 10 next preseason and give them the talent, size and shooting to get back to the Final Four.
Tigers outduel Tech

3 weeks ago | auburn.rivals.com | Brian Stultz

AUBURN | No. 11 Auburn used a combination of four pitches, led by Christian Chatterton, to keep Georgia Tech's bat in check as the Tigers defeated the No. 21 Yellow Jackets, 1-0, in Plainsman Park on Tuesday evening. The Tigers' lone run came after they loaded the bases in the bottom of the second with no outs after three straight walks to start the frame. Eric Guevera and Chris Rembert struck out, but Cooper McMurray worked a walk to drive in Lucas Steele to make it 1-0.
Top 5: Seniors after spring practice

3 weeks ago | auburn.rivals.com | Brian Stultz

For players like Brandon Frazier and Jeremiah Wright, their time at Auburn has seen almost everything possible: small crowds due to COVID-19, a coaching change from Gus Malzahn to Bryan Harsin, close calls against Georgia and Alabama, and another coaching change, this time to Hugh Freeze. With the extra year of eligibility granted due to the 2020 shortened season, Frazier and Wright are here for yet another year as they try to get the program turned around and win their first bowl game as Tigers.
Top 5: Juniors after spring practice

3 weeks ago | auburn.rivals.com | Brian Stultz

It might be hard to believe, but players like Keldric Faulk, Kayin Lee and Jeremiah Cobb are not young bucks anymore but veterans for Auburn. Part of Hugh Freeze's first signing class, these guys have two years of college football under their belt, with many playing significant snaps last season in their second year. Now, leaders for the Tigers are the players who bought into Freeze's system when he first arrived, wanting to help turn the program around. They will have their shot in 2025.
Top 5: Sophomores after spring practice

4 weeks ago | auburn.rivals.com | Brian Stultz

In his first full year of recruiting, Hugh Freeze brought in one of the most talented signing classes in Auburn history in 2024. There were top names everywhere, including Cam Coleman, a bonafide starter from the first day he arrived on campus. With a year under their belt, this class is set to be the players that help turn this program around with the help of an improved roster full of veterans and newcomers.
Top 5: True freshmen after spring practice

1 month ago | auburn.rivals.com | Brian Stultz

No group on a college football team should be more appreciative of the early signing period, allowing them to enroll in January and participate in all of spring practice and summer workouts. It means the difference between arriving in a program and learning everything a month before the season or having a full eight months to get your head around everything that comes with playing at the highest level of college athletics.
Transfers after spring practice

1 month ago | bvmsports.com | Brian Stultz

The transfer portal has its problems, but for teams with critical needs at certain positions, it has become the best way to find those guys who can come in and be reliable and productive immediately. For Hugh Freeze, the biggest question was at quarterback with Payton Thorne graduating and a bonafide starter needed in the worst way. He seemingly found that in Jackson Arnold while Deuce Knight works his way into college game.