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September 18, 2017
Aside from the banner win on the gridiron Saturday afternoon, there was quite a bit to write home about from this weekend on the Plains, starting with the hire of new softball head coach Mickey Dean from James Madison.

Watch an exclusive interview with @deanAU_TigersSB as he is officially introduced as the new coach of the Tigers on Sunday.#WarEagle http://pic.twitter.com/YQZORA0ffM

— Auburn Softball (@AuburnSoftball) September 17, 2017

Dean averaged nearly 50 wins per year in his five seasons at JMU, and seems to be pretty confident that he’ll be able to continue the success we’ve been accustomed to on the Plains!

"We want to take that excitement and run with it." @BoJackson fan @deanAU_TigersSB introduced as @AuburnSoftball HC http://bit.ly/2w2Ryoz

— Jeff Shearer (@jeff_shearer) September 18, 2017

On the other diamond, Auburn made a hire to replace departed pitching coach Brad Bohannon, who traitorized himself to go lead the program across the state. In his place, we’ve now got an old head coach with a ton of experience.

.@MGMAdvertiser BLOG: Auburn baseball hires fmr. Baylor head coach Steve Smith as new pitching coach - http://bit.ly/2f5lNnV http://pic.twitter.com/69tNwsuHHb

— Matthew Stevens (@matthewcstevens) September 15, 2017

Back on the football field, Jarrett Stidham found a rhythm on Saturday afternoon, completing 32-37 passes for better than 300 yards in the win over Mercer. It was a pretty historic performance for the Auburn quarterback.

"We were able to spread it out pretty well."

» @Jarrett_Stidham#WarEaglehttp://bit.ly/2f4HIvB

— Auburn Football (@AuburnFootball) September 17, 2017

He also completed 18 straight passes, setting an Auburn record in the process, beating Stan White’s mark of 16 straight from 1993.
As for Auburn’s biggest injury question, Darius James was carted off the field in the first half on Saturday, but he seems to be fine, to everyone’s relief.

Darius James is "fine" after being carted off with a neck injury against Mercer today, according to Gus Malzahn http://bit.ly/2w3izZ3 http://pic.twitter.com/MBPO3culhu

— Tom Green (@Tomas_Verde) September 17, 2017

In the NFL, it was good to see one former Tiger get back to a successful role in the league -- Cody Parkey is now with the Dolphins and he made his presence felt in his first game with the team.

Cody Parkey. Game Winner.#FinsUp http://pic.twitter.com/Av19D5bXGC

— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) September 17, 2017

Stick around tomorrow for the rest of our NFL results, and as always, there will be more coming from this past weekend as we close the book on Mercer and look ahead to the SEC opener against Missouri this coming Saturday. War Eagle.


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