Struggling Auburn Tigers quarterback Payton Thorne is battling a sore shoulder, and Hugh Freeze may pounce on the opportunity to make a change.
Nobody hates injuries depleting their ranks more than a head coach, especially one who happens to be seriously under fire himself.head coach Hugh Freeze has been looking for a reason to turn the page on lackluster starting quarterback Payton Thorne for most of this failed campaign.
"Payton has played solid. Now he was not able to practice last week with his shoulder, and we'll see how this week goes with that and with others getting the reps and kind of go from there," Freeze admitted on Monday. While a large section of the Tigers faithful might be especially keen on forgetting all about the 2024 season, Freeze has probably worked out himself that self-preservation will rely on getting wins which may well keep his recruitment train on track.
"The second open week we actually got the other guys quite a bit of reps in the three practices we had," Freeze explained. "Then we had a little scrimmage to close it out. Offense versus defense, other guys that typically don't get reps, and offense won that scrimmage on a pass play from
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