Auburn's Hugh Freeze is an offensive-oriented head coach, but because of that, he certainly knows great defense when he sees it and game plans against it, and he puts the Oklahoma defense this season in that exalted category.
Auburn will make its first trip to Norman, Oklahoma, this weekend to face 11th-ranked Oklahoma in the SEC conference opener for both teams.
Freeze admittedly scared of Sooners' defense
What just a few years ago was an outright liability for Oklahoma football has been rebuilt and reengineered into what is now the strength of the team, and it couldn't come at a better time with the Sooners now in their second season in the SEC, a league that for years has been dominated by big, physical defensive lines and outstanding all-around defense.