Alex Golesh wins weekly national award following victory over Georgia
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Alex Golesh earned a signature victory in his first season at Auburn on Saturday by beating then-No. 1 Georgia, in Athens, on a last-second field goal.
It doesn’t get any better than that, specifically for a first-year SEC head coach, but Golesh and the Tigers were up to the task and then some in Week 7 in the 27-24 victory. Auburn improved to 4-2 overall and 2-2 in the SEC with the titanic victory, and Golesh was at the center of it.
Two days after winning the biggest game of his short Auburn coaching career, Alex Golesh won again on Monday. This time, it was a reward for that Georgia win, as Golesh captured the Bear Bryant National Coach of the Week honor.
Auburn didn’t turn the ball over all afternoon against that savage Dawgs defense, and the Tigers didn’t flinch after falling behind 14-0 in the first quarter against what was then the No. 1 team in the country, on the road, on national TV. Golesh’s team was resilient and opportunistic, and he celebrated afterward like he should have.
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On Monday, he can celebrate again with this award, while of course starting preparation for a Week 8 home matchup against another ranked team in No. 18 LSU (noon ET, ABC).
With Golesh and Auburn riding high suddenly after beating Georgia, the next challenge awaits back on the Plains against LSU. Here is what the Kalshi market is currently saying about Auburn’s chances to keep rolling and take down another ranked team in Week 8:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
