Auburn head coach [autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] is preparing for his first-ever Iron Bowl this Saturday and wishes that his morale was higher.
He led his team on a three-game SEC win streak before tripping up in a humiliating way last Saturday against New Mexico State, 31-10.
Freeze is still disappointed in the way last Saturday transpired, and hopes last week’s letdown does not spill over into the team’s most important game of the season. Has his team dropped the loss and moved on? Freeze is not ready to say just yet.
“I don’t think I’ll know that until after Tuesday’s practice, but Tuesday’s practice needs to be physical. It needs to set the tone on what this game is going to be like. You’re going to get punched in the mouth in this game, and you better be ready to respond. It’s going to be a physical test of your will and of you physically, also. So Tuesday needs to be physical. It can’t be that totally, but it needs to set that tone.”
Freeze offered his take on many other aspects of the New Mexico State game, as well as his plans to slow down Alabama this Saturday during his weekly press conference on Monday. Here’s everything that Freeze said ahead of the 88th Iron Bowl.