Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze might be repeating the same old mistake that derailed his success at AU last season.
When the former Tigers QB Payton Thorne botched a handoff versus Georgia last season, Freeze threw him under the bus, humiliating him in front of the media. Thorne left Freeze's squad after the season, leaving the Tigers in search of a new QB. Oklahoma transfer Jackson Arnold stepped in just at the right time, earning Freeze's confidence to make him the starting QB right away.
But that was in the offseason. With their first game of 2025 against Baylor just around the corner, Freeze seems to be second-guessing his confidence in Arnold.