AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn welcomed Alex Golesh with its traditional Tiger Walk and a pep rally Monday. The school's new football coach wanted to get right to work.

“We’re going to be explosive on offense,” Golesh said at his introductory news conference. “We’re going to play really fast. We’re going to challenge teams in every imaginable way. We’re going to run the freaking ball. People around here like running the football, and I can respect it.”

Golesh is widely regarded as one of the sharpest offensive minds in the college game, and he's tasked with increasing the production of a unit that ended the regular season 80th in the nation in total offense and 75th in scoring.

The 41-year-old was hired on Sunday , four weeks after the firing of Hugh Freeze , who was 15-19 overall and 6-

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