Hugh Freeze spoke during the SEC teleconference Wednesday afternoon. Here's a summary...
** Disappointments that we have in close games have continued to occur, but proud of the team to continue to work hard and fight. ULM is a good team. Looking forward to the challenge Saturday.
** Have not been effective on 3rd downs. Have had other coaches work on 3rd and long plays going back to Ole Miss. It's presented to the whole staff. There are many reasons we're not effective on 3rd down.
** On current recruiting class: The vision is that we're going to build Auburn back through recruiting. The 2024 class came in and played and helped team right away and '25 class can do the same.
** Freeze said it would be an atrocity to no longer have walk-ons in college football programs. The thought of that occurring doesn't
** Payton Thorne is not as far along with the shoulder as Freeze had hoped. "He thinks he's going to be fine but was not ready to play yesterday, for sure."