Auburn Sports Network announces additions to football coverage

Two key members of Auburn’s 2004 undefeated team are now key members of Auburn’s gameday coverage.

The 2023 Auburn football season is upon us. With it, comes changes to how fans listen to gameday coverage. Auburn Sports Network announced this week that there will be an addition to its crew, while one member is set to take on a new role.

[autotag]Jason Campbell[/autotag], who played quarterback for Auburn from 2001-04, is moving into the color analyst seat for the 2023 season. Campbell joined the Auburn Sports Network in 2016 as an analyst for pregame and halftime coverage. He takes over for [autotag]Stan White[/autotag], who stepped aside after serving in the role since 2001.

“I would like to thank God for this amazing opportunity to continue doing something I enjoy and love,” Campbell said of the change. “I appreciate the Auburn Sports Network team and Stan for their immediate confidence in me as I move into the analyst role.  I know I have incredibly big shoes to fill.  It has been a privilege watching and learning from Stan during our time in the booth together.  Auburn Family, I look forward to sharing great memories with you alongside the Voice of the Tigers, Andy Burcham, this fall.”

As for new additions, the Auburn Sports Network is welcoming former Auburn linebacker [autotag]Will Herring[/autotag] to the crew. Herring will share sideline reporter duties with [autotag]Ronnie Brown[/autotag] this season.

With Herring’s addition, it solidifies that three key members of Auburn’s 2004 undefeated season will now be a part of Auburn Sports Network’s coverage.

[autotag]Andy Burcham[/autotag] remains the voice of Auburn Football, while [autotag]Paul Ellen[/autotag] and [autotag]Brad Law[/autotag] remain with the network in their usual capacities. Ellen will host the pregame, halftime, and postgame show, while Law will be a vital part of pregame and postgame coverage.

Auburn Sports Network announced a change to its flagship station over the summer. Local Auburn fans, as well as fans who choose to listen to the game while on campus, can listen to Auburn Sports Network’s coverage of each game on Wings 94.3.

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Auburn sports broadcasts will move to new radio home beginning this fall

Local Auburn fans will have to tune into another station to listen to Auburn Sports Network broadcasts this season.

Since 2016, local Auburn fans have listened to Auburn Sports Network broadcasts on the Tiger Communications family of stations.

Beginning this fall, those same fans will have to turn the dial to listen to Auburn football, basketball, and baseball games.

Justin Lee of Opelika-Auburn News reported Friday that local radio company Auburn Network has acquired the rights to Auburn Sports Network broadcasts for the next five years. Because of this, football and men’s basketball games will be broadcasted on Wings 94.3 in Auburn. Women’s basketball and baseball games will now call AU100 home (100.3 on the FM dial).

The change does not affect broadcast assignments, as [autotag]Andy Burcham[/autotag] will remain the voice of Auburn football, men’s basketball, and baseball. In fact, Burcham will be a regular guest on Auburn Network’s sports talk station, ESPN 106.7.

This change will affect local softball broadcasts as well. Auburn softball broadcasts will move back to their original home, WEGL 91.1, with Brit Bowen and JJ Jackson remaining the primary play-by-play talent.

The first Auburn Sports Network production will begin in August with the first edition of Tiger Talk, with the first Auburn football broadcast coming on Sept. 2.

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Jason Campbell tabbed as next color analyst for Auburn Sports Network’s football coverage

Campbell takes over for fellow former Auburn QB Stan White, who held the title for 22 years.

For just the third time since 1980, Auburn will have a new voice in the booth to serve as the color analyst for football broadcasts on the Auburn Sports Network.

[autotag]Jason Campbell[/autotag], who played quarterback for the Tigers from 2001-04, has been named the next analyst for Auburn Sports Network’s football coverage. He takes over for Stan White, another former Auburn quarterback who served in the role since 2001.

“I would like to thank God for this amazing opportunity to continue doing something I enjoy and love,” Campbell said in a press release. “I appreciate the Auburn Sports Network team and Stan for their immediate confidence in me as I move into the analyst role.  I know I have incredibly big shoes to fill.  It has been a privilege watching and learning from Stan during our time in the booth together.  Auburn Family, I look forward to sharing great memories with you alongside the Voice of the Tigers, Andy Burcham, this fall.”

Campbell has been a member of the Auburn Sports Network since 2016, where he had the role of pregame and halftime show analyst.

The voice of the Auburn Tigers, [autotag]Andy Burcham[/autotag], shared his appreciation for White’s dedication to the network for over two decades and says that he is excited to get to work alongside Campbell in his new role.

“(Campbell) was the overwhelming choice to replace Stan in the booth. He continues the tradition of outstanding quarterbacks who have moved into the booth, including Pat Sullivan, Charlie Trotman, and Stan White. I look forward to working alongside Jason starting with the A-Day game.”

Campbell will become the second member of Auburn’s 2004 SEC Championship team to be a part of Auburn Football’s play-by-play coverage, joining sideline reporter [autotag]Ronnie Brown[/autotag], who was also a first-round selection in the 2005 NFL Draft.

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WATCH: The Voice of the Auburn Tigers calls the final out of the Corvallis Regional

Here’s how the final out of Auburn’s College World Series-clinching win sounded from the Voice of the Auburn Tigers

“The Tigers dogpile in Corvallis!”

Auburn Baseball clinched their second trip to the College World Series in their last three chances on Monday night, as they fought off the No. 3 Oregon State Beavers, 4-3 in game three of the Corvallis Super Regional at Goss Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

Following a two-run home run by Oregon State’s Justin Boyd that trimmed Auburn’s lead to one run in the 7th inning, Auburn head coach [autotag]Butch Thompson[/autotag] elected to call on [autotag]Blake Burkhalter[/autotag] out of the bullpen to close the game.

Burkhalter, the SEC’s leader in saves, would strike out five batters over 2.2 innings to grab his 15th save of the season with none being bigger than the final out of the game, where he struck out Garrett Forrester on a full count to put the game on ice.

Here’s how the final out of the Corvallis Regional sounded from the Voice of the Auburn Tigers, Andy Burcham, on the Auburn Sports Network.

Auburn was the final team to earn their way into the College World Series, and will continue their journey to a national championship on Saturday against fellow SEC-foe, Ole Miss. The Tigers meet the Rebels at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska at 6 p.m. CDT.

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25 Bold and Downright Insane Predictions for the Auburn, SEC Football Season

The 2020 college football season is already going to be weird so let’s predict some bold and insane things that could happen.

It is already going to be a weird season of college football, so let’s just go ahead and get crazy. Mascot-on-mascot violence? Sure. Coaches losing their minds? Absolutely. Gary Danielson not mentioning Alabama during a SEC on CBS broadcast? Well, we aren’t at that point yet, but I say we celebrate the upcoming season with a look at some things that could possibly but hardly likely to come true in 2020.

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Yes, it is that time again for some wackiness so let’s go ahead and list 25 bold and, some would say, downright insane predictions for both the Auburn and SEC football season. Ready? Ready.

  1. Bo Nix will release his much awaited debut rap album titled “Nix’in and Fix’in It.” He will forget to thank his five offensive lineman for their contributions to the album, especially the song “Blocking is Only For The Strong,” resulting in Nix being sacked a record 25 times against LSU.
  2. Also mad about not being included on Nix’s album, Seth Williams will start tipping passes into the air or, as they sometimes call it, the “Georgia secondary method.”
  3. Gus Malzahn will refuse to come out of his dressing room after accidentally being told that his beloved Dubble Bubble gum has been replaced with a cheaper knockoff.
  4. Auburn’s running backs will have no leg strength after doing nothing but leg lifts for six hours after new offensive line coach Jack Bicknell Jr. insults “those puny calves that look like a baby.” Also, in this scenario, Bicknell talks like Hans and Franz from the old Saturday Night Live skit. Look it up, kids.
  5. In a moment of whimsy, Nick Saban will go for the lighter blonde hair coloring instead of the darker version … errr, not that he colors his hair or anything. All natural. 
  6. Struggling to put away Kentucky in Jordan-Hare Stadium, Malzahn will employ the secret Jared Harper package at quarterback with the actual Harper taking the snaps. The Wildcats will immediately melt down as the Tigers win by 28.
  7. Anthony Schwartz, feeling unchallenged in track, will challenge a live cheetah to a 100-yard dash. Sensing a predator in the area, the eagles will circle the stadium and attack the cheetah at precisely the same time, resulting in the worst massacre on the field since Brodie Croyle visited in 2006.
  8. Sensing the job security that usually comes with winning a national title, Ed Orgeron will decide to coach via Zoom from a remote island that will be undisclosed. It will turn out that he is actually just bathing in Mike the Tiger’s habitat. 
  9. Following the first victory of the season, Chad Morris will be seen hyperventilating beneath the stadium, overwhelmed by the accomplishment of winning a SEC game.
  10. The season ticket holders in Section 13 will sign a petition asking for the name of the section to be changed as 13 is an unlucky number. Auburn officials will perform the ultimate troll by renaming it Section 2020.
  11. In a moment of hysteria, Associate Athletic Director/Communications Kirk Sampson will announce that he and only he will be answering the media’s questions following games. He will then spend 15 minutes rambling about deep dish pizza. 
  12. Mike Leach and Lane Kiffin, forgetting that the Egg Bowl was to be played the next day, have to hire a private charter plane to get back to Mississippi from Key West where they were last seen closing down Flying Monkeys.
  13. Anders Carlson will mock Alabama by kicking field goals barefooted and blindfolded while drinking a cup of hot tea.
  14. Charles Barkley will show up in President Jay Gogue’s box and accidentally call him Dr. Leath. In a moment of irony, it will be Barkley that is thrown out a plate glass window.
  15. Texas A&M’s “12th Man” will be down to nine after three fall ill from a case of preseason hype. The only cure is a mixture of disappointing losses and telling Texas that its song sounds like hell.
  16. Dan Mullen will suddenly retire and take the job he was born to have: a salesman at a Mercedes dealership in South Florida. He WILL sell you on the platinum package, just a deal between you and him.
  17. Patrick Nix will break the record for most shots of a dad in the crowd, formerly held by Archie Manning.
  18. Tired of Auburn settling for a field goal after reaching the red zone, The Voice of the Auburn Tigers Andy Burcham will release a tirade that includes such dirty words as “shucks” and “dang.” 
  19. Listening to Gary Danielson call a game for the first time, Tua Tagovailoa will think, “Man, that man needs to shut up about me.”
  20. Smoke Monday will return an interception for a touchdown and then disappear into a literal cloud of smoke, landing him the starring role in the sequel to The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.
  21. Georgia will once again fail to win its first national title since 1980. This is neither bold or insane.
  22. Will Muschamp will finally snap for good, interrupting a game by punting the ball into the stands, sacking his own quarterback and escaping the scene via one of the cabooses parked outside the stadium. 
  23. Big Kat Bryant will be forced to change his name after Carole Baskin mistakes him for competition and orders a hit on him. Not that she would ever do that. (Wink! Wink!) Wow. Tiger King feels so long ago.
  24. The 2010 National Championship team will be welcomed back at halftime of the LSU game. Pete Thamel will immediately write that the ceremony is an insult to the game of football, nay, the entire world.
  25. Auburn fans will take a loss in measure, seeing that it is only a game and won’t flood message boards and radio call-in shows with “Gus needs to be fired and now!” rants and will definitely not spread rumors about Bob Stoops hiring a realtor in the area because a friend who knows a friend’s brother’s cousin heard it over drinks at The Hound. Nope. That won’t happen at all.

Andy Burcham talks Bruce Pearl, remembers Rod Bramblett in interview

The Voice of the Auburn Tigers talks about basketball’s rise under Bruce Pearl and his late radio partner Rod Bramblett.

Andy Burcham sat down with Jason Caldwell of Inside the Auburn Tigers for a six-part interview. The two discuss Bruce Pearl’s success and remember the late Rod Bramblett.

What “it” factor does Burcham see in Pearl?

Burcham says,

“For one thing it’s authentic. His enthusiasm, his love for his players, his love for Tennessee when he was there, southern Indiana you know when he won a national championship there, and his love for Auburn is unique and authentic”

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Burcham also describes Pearl as being a tough coach who gains the respect of his players. Coach Pearl has made his mission statement at Auburn known and his players understand the biggest goal is to get better.

“His love for them is not just as basketball players at Auburn.”

Burcham uses Anfernee McLemore as an example. McLemore’s fiancee gave birth to his son right after the South Alabama game. Pearl helped arrange for McLemore to fly back to Auburn with AD Allen Greene so that he could get back quicker.

In the last three years, Pearl has taken Auburn basketball to three consecutive 25-win seasons, a regular season SEC championship, an SEC Tournament championship and a Final Four appearance. Auburn basketball was a complete mess when Bruce Pearl arrived. Burcham describes the transformation as “one of the more remarkable stories in Auburn athletic history.”

Remembering Rod Bramblett:

Bramblett passed away right before Auburn baseball played Georgia Tech in the NCAA Regionals. Burcham was not in the broadcast booth. When the Tigers punched their ticket to their first Super Regional since 1999, Burcham knew he had to go. This was history.

They would face off against North Carolina, a team who had never lost in a Super Regional.

The Tigers forced the Tar Heels to a three game series. In the final game Auburn scored 13 runs in the first inning. Burcham remembers thinking, “don’t let this team be the team that blows a 13 run lead.”

Auburn held on and advanced to the College World Series for the first time since 1997. As the last pitch was thrown Burcham remained seated in the broadcast booth. Usually at this moment he’d be down on the field for post game coverage while Rod stayed in the booth to begin the post game show.

Baseball was what bonded the two together. Rod was all he could think about in that moment. In the two minutes between the last pitch and the post game show Burcham recalls, “I got really emotional. I had time to get emotional and gather my senses and then send it down to Paul.”

And when the Tigers finally made it to Omaha Burcham recalls telling Kirk Sampson, “Rod would love this.”

He sure would have.