After the bye week, Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze returned to the podium to field questions from the media ahead of his team’s trip to No. 20 LSU on Saturday.
Freeze hit on several topics ahead of the game, such as finding ways to keep the momentum going following a solid showing against No. 1 Georgia on Sept. 30. Freeze says that he hopes that [autotag]Payton Thorne[/autotag]’s performance in the upset bid can keep him going into the final seven games of the season.
“We are trying hard to build upon that. I thought he made some really good throws. When you are playing in this league the DBs are in position. You do not find many where you are running wide open. You’ll have a few of those from time to time in blown coverages, but there are going to be some contested catches. There were nine incompletions and I think six of them could have gone either way. I am certainly not saying they were total drops, but there are chances for us to make plays to put us in the position to get points or convert the chains to keep our defense off the field. We are going to have to start making our share of those. The balls were in the right spot, some were really good throws. I think there is something to build upon there. I wish you could see the film. We had Rivaldo (Fairweather) wide open for a touchdown if we had set the protection right.”
Here’s a rundown of everything Freeze said ahead of Saturday’s game in Baton Rouge.