Auburn is still working hard on a couple of players that might flip at the last minute. There might be a surprise on signing day. There usually are.

The nice thing about Auburn is you can replace good players with good players. We were lucky enough to do that.

Academics are the No. 1 thing. It's the first thing we tell players when they come to Auburn. They are here to get a degree first and foremost. Once they understand that, they understand that football is second.

We saw how hard it is a couple years ago. Unlucky bounce, and they win.

That Auburn game was embarrassing. We had a lot of fussing going on with defensive players. We were arguing about assignments and not playing together. We looked bad on national television.

It's hard to flip it, but it's the playoffs. You're always flipping the switch come playoff time.