This is an opinion column.

If we learned one thing from Alabama 27, Auburn 20, then it’s that Auburn needs a head coach.

What I mean by that is simple and straightforward. DJ Durkin isn’t the guy.

Thanks for helping out, but so long.

As interim coaches go on the Plains, let’s be honest. Cadillac was way better.

Durkin was fine in the way that a plastic house plant brightens up a room without windows. Looks the part for a day or two, but it’s not the real thing.

Auburn needs an oak tree. Durkin is a fake cactus.

Alabama is off to the SEC championship game after the 90th installment of the Iron Bowl, and Auburn finished the season 5-7 for the second straight year. Auburn fired former coach Hugh Freeze back at the beginning of November. What now?

Losing the Iron Bowl to finish off an

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