WHAT GUS SAID
All of this from Al.com
-- Opening remarks: Summarizes Braden Smith, Tray Matthews and Daniel Carlson as the team's players reps.
-- Recaps last year: "We started out, we had some major adversity." Proud of how team "rebounded." "We had some key injuries late, we kind of limped home."
-- "Probably the biggest question mark for our team right now is who's going to be our starting punter."
-- Says the team is "hungry, and they got something to prove." Last time he felt this way was 2013.
-- On Jarrett Stidham: "The biggest comfort for me right now is we got quality depth at the quarterback position." Praises Stidham's leadership, praises Sean White's abilities. "We've got two of the better quarterbacks I feel like."
-- On "catching up" with Alabama: "Obviously they're on the top, they've won it the last three years. The No. 1 recruiting class every year." Says Auburn has "high expectations" and has goal to win SEC Championship, "to do that, you got to beat Alabama."
-- On Malik Miller: He's gotten bigger and faster.
-- Expects to see more odd-front than even-front defenses this year
-- On Braden Smith: Says he's come a long way as a leader
-- On linebackers: Says Deshaun Davis and Tre' Williams were big part of why defense turned around
-- On quarterbacks: While the two will battle through fall camp, Malzahn said the team will avoid a situation like last season, when the competition bled into the start of the season and included an ill-fated and chaotic three-man quarterback rotation during a season-opening loss to Clemson.
"It will be earlier than last year," Malzahn said. "There's no doubt."
-- Says Marlon Davidson will be called up to be "impact player'
-- On SEC East talk, "I like the way it is right now." Says it was all blown out of proportion.
-- On Kevin Steele: Says he should've been "right in the middle" of the conversation for the Broyles award for what he did in turning around the Auburn defense last season.
-- On Casey Dunn & Wilson Bell: "Both of them will have a chance to really help us." Says Wilson Bell is a "mountain of a man." Casey Dunn was "a phenomenal player" at JSU.
-- On playing Clemson: Says team is "sick" about loss from last year, teams have history
-- "We're going to throw it quite a bit more."
-- On Hugh Freeze: "Hugh is one of my good friends in this business, he's one of the good guys in college football."