Auburn football coach Gus Malzahn spoke with the media for the last time before the first game of the season on the SEC weekly teleconference Wednesday.
The biggest news to come out of it — and it really wasn’t anything new from Tuesday’s session with the media — is that cornerback Jamel Dean is expected to play despite having a finger issue last week.
While Auburn and doesn’t release an official injury report, here’s what we’ve pieced together from coach comments and other reports for Game 1 against Washington (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC):
Expected to play
CB Jamel Dean: Malzahn said Tuesday that Dean “had a finger issue last week” but that he should be fine for the game against the Huskies.