Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze was essentially, in a roundabout way, asked what the hell happened Saturday after the Tigers suffered what some are calling the worst loss in Auburn football history.
The New Mexico State Aggies were supposed to come to Auburn, collect nothing but their $1.8 million check for playing the game, and get out of town.
So to echo the third question Freeze fielded in his post-game press conference Saturday night: What the hell happened? Was it a lack of execution? A lack of effort?
Freeze learned firsthand that Kill and the Aggies were capable of administering black eyes.
Freeze learned firsthand that Kill and the Aggies were capable of administering black eyes.
On the heels of Auburn’s offense tallying 517 yards of offense against Arkansas last week, the Tigers only mustered 213 against the Aggies. And perhaps the most glaring part of that was Auburn’s inability to run the football on Saturday.
But Hunter wasn’t the only one to struggle Saturday nightAs an offense, the Tigers rushed for just 65 yards against the Aggies – the fewest rushing yards of any game this season. The previous low was 136 yards against Cal in Week 2.
the penalties that kept killing ourselves with that,” Freeze said. “And them controlling the clock, so give them credit for that.”
