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"I'm excited about spring practice starting tomorrow. I know we're starting a bit later than a lot, but that's for a couple of reasons. We felt like we needed to get physically stronger in the weight room, and Coach (Ryan) Russell has assured me we have. I really felt like we needed to get mentally tougher, and we've worked hard with these 6 a.m. workouts, really strained our guys and we feel like we have a good foundation going into spring practice."Our spring goals are pretty simple. Number one, I told our players today we've got to get our edge back. That's physically and mentally tougher, and we're going to be very physical during spring practice. We're going to have the pads on, and we're going to be getting after it with the basic fundamentals of football. We're going to stress discipline on the field, and that's a big part of what we're doing."Number two is player understanding of our base offense and defense; I think that's very critical. We want our guys when they leave spring to have a very good understanding of the responsibilities of our base offense and defense -- the reason being this summer, we want them to build upon things and not develop bad habits.

New Auburn coach Gus Malzahn laid out his spring practice goals as easy as you please Wednesday.One. Two. Three. Here we go toward the first day of spring practice on Wednesday.

Gus Malzahn is back in Auburn, and he's returned with an open mind. "Every position is wide open," he says on the eve of spring football practice

The University of Kentucky football team held spring practice No. 5 on Monday morning at the Nutter Field House. Head coach Mark Stoops and offensive coordinator Neal Brown met with the media after practice.

Emory Blake and his team-best 50 catches are gone. Auburn's top returning receiver had 14.Sound familiar? It does to new offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee.

Starting later than any other SEC team, Auburn figures to be all business when spring practice starts Wednesday

No matter how far from The Plains you roam, Auburn will always be a place you call home. There is a spirit, an intensity, a sense of belonging that is unmatched by even the most familiar of places.

Ellis Johnson is known as the man who plays five defensive backs almost all the time. But when Auburn's new defensive coordinator talks about how he plans to increase the Tigers' interception total, he starts by looking at the players up front.

Coaches Gus Malzahn and Rhett Lashlee know the two QBs from recruiting, and, in Kiehl Frazier's case, playing for them, too

"If you're not physical on the practice field, you're not going to be physical on Saturday," says the Auburn defensive coordinator

Kiehl Frazier. Tre Mason. Trovon Reed. Reese Dismukes. They know Gus Malzahn's offense. But the Tigers, overall, will start fresh in spring practice

"It's a system that is proven to win in the SEC and it has put a lot of guys in the NFL," says the Tigers' offensive coordinator

Fans interested in Kentucky football season tickets will be able to tour seat locations and purchase tickets at a satellite ticket office located at Gate 5 of Commonwealth Stadium in March and April, UK announced on Thursday. Season tickets currently available are corner/end zone seats in the lower level and upper level public seats.

Buddy McClinton didn't seem like a candidate to become one of the best defensive players in Auburn history. But the school's all-time interception leader became just that.

The University of Kentucky football team hit the practice fields for the second time in spring practice on Wednesday. UK head coach Mark Stoops and offensive coordinator Neal Brown talked about the practice afterwards.

New Auburn assistant coach Rodney Garner will need no introduction to two prominent members of the Tigers' defensive line when spring practice begins next week.

Spring practice starts next Wednesday, but the message has been clear in off-season workouts: "They've thrown a lot at us to see how we'll react, and we're reacting well right now."

The University of Alabama announced today that Coach Mal Moore will step down as athletics director, effective March 20, 2013, to become special assistant to President Judy Bonner.

A week before the start of spring football drills, several veteran Auburn players visited with the media Wednesday

Auburn's spring practice begins a week from today, but Jay Prosch already has a sense of what to expect when Gus Malzahn takes his team to the field for the first time.