A pectoral injury is expected to keep Prince Tega Wanogho out of Super Bowl LVIII, which would not only mean that the Kansas City Chiefs will be without a dog in the offensive trenches but also put an end to Auburn football’s run of winning Super Bowls in which at least one player was active.
With Wanogno unable to play, Auburn’s eight-year tradition of having an alumnus play in the Super Bowl will come to an end. “Wanogho is the only former Auburn player on the rosters of the Super Bowl LVIII teams,” AL.com’s Mark Inabinett began before stating. It is the Tigers’ longest streak ever.”
Regretfully, one man’s efforts have resulted in a decrease in the number of Plains players in the NFL in recent seasons.
Bryan Harsin ended Auburn’s football blue-chip ratio and indirectly contributed to the loss of the team’s Super Bowl streak.
During his two seasons as Auburn’s head coach, Bryan Harsin pulled in a total of eighteen four- and five-star recruits, crushing the university’s blue-chip ratio and creating a scarcity of NFL draft picks in 2022 and 2023. That story may change with Hugh Freeze’s sudden revival in recruiting, but even the head coach at the moment is lagging behind in the recruitment sector.
Lance Dawe of Auburn Daily even went so far as to describe Harsin’s two recruiting classes for 2021 and 2022 as lackluster.
“Recruiting was one of the more highlighted areas of disappointment for Tiger fans as they watched their two recruiting classes under Harsin become two of the most underwhelming the program has ever seen,” Dawe began, before stating, “Bryan Harsin failed in several ways during his time as head coach at Auburn.” Furthermore, reports that surfaced after his dismissal attest to the fact that Harsin had no real interest in recruiting. Strange, in light of the ‘Crootin Finger’ meme that emerged during his term.
Harsin added Idaho State to his Twitter/X bio, however he has subsequently canceled the account. Who knows what the native of Boise is doing these days besides coaching his quarterback son Davis?