Hugh Freeze will coach his first game as the Auburn football coach against UMass at Jordan-Hare.
Hugh Freeze might've gotten hired by Auburn athletic director John Cohen as the 31st head football coach in the Tigers' 129-year history as a program on November 28, 2022, but his actual first day on the job is Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium when Auburn hosts UMass to open the 2023 season.
Head football coach Hugh Freeze of the Auburn Tigers during the second half of their game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Neville Arena on January 07, 2023, in Auburn, Alabama. Freeze will coach his first game as the Auburn football coach against UMass at Jordan-Hare.Freeze came through on his promise to start in the trenches to field a team capable of competing in the Southeastern Conference. The Tigers struggled to run the ball effectively last season and languished in pass protection.
"I'm cautiously optimistic that we're going to have a decent offensive line," Freeze said after spring football."In this league, you can have a decent one and still look bad sometimes because the defensive lines are so talented. But there's no question in my mind we've made improvements from last year to this year."
"It's important to him, and he is constantly studying, and I sure hope that translates into his decision-making come Saturday now that we are not just running stuff against our defense," Freeze said."Now you honestly get the game plan and say, 'Now Payton, I would expect you see this and get it right.' He takes great pride in that, so I think that is the most impressive thing. He wants to have the middle part of the game plan totally down.
's dispute with Spectrum Cable can watch the 3:30 ET kickoff from Jordan-Hare Stadium on ESPN with Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison and Stormy Buonantony calling the action.UMass defeated New Mexico State last weekend in Week 0 action. The win is a confidence booster for head coach Dan Brown's squad.
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