Auburn head coach Alex Golesh makes 'Iron Bowl' a spring priority
"It ain't important unless you make it important." Alex Golesh is already emphasizing the 'Iron Bowl' during spring practice.
Auburn head football coach Alex Golesh is already understanding the importance of the twelfth game of the season. During spring practice, Auburn has had a period labeled "Iron Bowl". Auburn has not won in college football's best rivalry since 2019, when they won 48-45.
During the period, Auburn is playing Dixieland Delight over the loudspeakers during contact drills. On Friday, Golesh was asked about the period during his press conference recapping Thursday night's scrimmage under the lights at Jordan Hare Stadium. "It ain't important unless you make it important", Golesh said.
"If I've gotten any message from the Auburn family, it's the fact that that game is really, really important. Well, if it's important to them, then it's certainly important to me. " While the Iron Bowl is very important to everyone involved, how the team plays in the 11 games before will dictate how that game goes in late November.
It is refreshing to see Golesh not give the topic the typical coach speak. Most other coaches would say it is as important as any other game, and the next game is the most important. Not this coach, though.