Dari Nowkhah: 'Auburn can surprise people'

SEC Network's Dari Nowkhah joined the Locked On Auburn Podcast to discuss his thoughts on Auburn's upcoming season and the hiring of Hugh Freeze.

Here are Nowkhah's thoughts on these two subjects, "Auburn can surprise people. I'm, I'm, I'm a huge fan of the hire, to be honest with you. I'm a fan of Hugh Freeze. I, I, we've seen him turn programs around. He's obviously now he's able to do it in a way that is more, is accepted, is okay, is, is not going to hear from the Infractions Committee like he did at Ole Miss. This is going to be; I think, one of the more fun stories of this season. It's a project. There's no question about that, but I think the right guy is in charge of fixing that project, and he's not going to back down from Alabama. He's not going to worry about Nick Saban. Um, no, I, I, I love the hire. It made all the sense in the world."

I love hearing someone who covers the SEC as a whole high on Auburn's upside for the 2023 season.

Nowkhah believes Auburn can surprise some people in the college football world this season, and Tiger fans feel the same way.

Hearing more and more positivity about Auburn from SEC Media Days has to make fans excited about the upcoming football season.

SEC Media Days is being hosted this year in Nashville, Tennessee for the very first time.

Auburn Daily is here covering Media Days all week long. You can catch updates, quotes, predictions and more here on auburndaily.com.

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The Tigers kick off the 2023 season on September 2nd at home vs UMass at 2 p.m. CT on ESPN.

Here's a look at the entire 2023 schedule:

Sept. 2nd vs UMass

Sept. 9th at California

Sept. 16th vs Samford

Sept. 23rd at Texas A&M

Sept. 30th vs Georgia

Oct. 14th at LSU

Oct. 21st vs Ole Miss

Oct. 28th vs Mississippi State

Nov. 4th at Vanderbilt

Nov. 11th at Arkansas

Nov. 18th vs New Mexico State

Nov. 25th vs Alabama

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