Struggling Auburn looks to revive fading bowl prospects with game at Kentucky
Auburn looks to snap a four-game losing streak and revive its bowl prospects when it plays at Kentucky on Saturday.
Auburn looks to snap a four-game losing streak and revive its bowl prospects when it plays at Kentucky on Saturday.
“We seem to not make the right call as coaches or the right play from time to time in critical moments, and that’s kind of been the story the whole year,” said Auburn head football coach Hugh Freeze.
Auburn coach Hugh Freeze and Missouri counterpart Eli Drinkwitz got to know each other years ago through Gus Malzahn, who served as a mentor of sorts to both of them, and they have only grown closer now that they’re together in the SEC.
Auburn’s first road game of the season comes at No. 5 Georgia, a difficult place to win.
No. 21 Oklahoma rallied from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Auburn, 27-21.
Auburn and Oklahoma enter Saturday’s game at Jordan-Hare Stadium with issues at quarterback.
Auburn heads into SEC play by hosting Arkansas, hoping to show that they are better than the prediction that they’d finish 10th in the SEC.
“This is disappointing,” Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze said. “I had hoped we were further along. … You can’t turn the ball over five times and expect to beat anybody.”
Auburn is coming off a 73-3 win over FCS Alabama A&M, but gets a bigger test now versus California.
Auburn added seven newcomers to a wide receiver room that has struggled over the last several years, and they made their impact quickly in the season opener as the Tigers routed Alabama A&M 73-3.