It seems like coach Jeff Lebo has been rebuilding the program at Auburn with the same five or six players for the last decade or so.

That's exaggerating, but not by much.

Three seniors who were part of Lebo's first full-year recruiting class—Korvotney Barber, Rasheem Barrett and Quantez Robertson—form the nucleus for the Tigers this season.

They are joined by key returnees Lucas Hargrove and DeWayne Reed, who are only juniors but seem like they have been around for years, too.

There would have been another familiar name, Josh Dollard, prominently in that group, too, but Dollard, who sat out last season for medical reasons, was dismissed from the team during the summer.

But with the experience returning, so, too, do some of the problems ...More