Auburn's Hugh Freeze will be tasked with finding a healthy balance between winning a big-time football game and winning some big-time recruiting battles on Saturday. And he'll have to do both with the golden standard of both wars on the opposing sideline.
But even then, the offensive troubles that night likely weren’t a result of play-calling, but rather the result of Auburn’s offense giving up four turnovers – of which each felt to come during a promising drive down field.
Was that the result of the offensive line? The quarterbacks not getting rid of the ball quick enough? Receivers not getting open? Play-calling? Simply being outmanned by a defensive line full of blue chips?But for Freeze, whose background lies heavily in piloting explosive offenses, watching the Tigers’ offense total just 200 yards, 56 passing yards and never finding the end zone was hard to do and not step in.
“I think Monty and them are doing a great job right now trying to correct the issues we all see,” Freeze said Monday, adding that he and Montgomery had met a number of times between Saturday’s loss at Texas A&M and Freeze’s press conference Monday.One of the things written on Freeze’s complaint card this week was Montgomery’s decision to abandon the run-pass option scheme that had proven successful for the Tigers the week prior.
“I’m hungrier than ever to move forward and get better, and we will. Some of that’s going to help in recruiting, but in the meantime, you’ve got to get the ones you have better.”Kirby Smart and the top-ranked Georgia BulldogsObviously, an upset over the two-time defending national champion Bulldogs would likely send a sold-out crowd rushing onto Pat Dye Field. That’s what a win over Georgia would mean for Auburn now in its current state.
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