Its alot of words without saying much beyond discussing Hugh's golf game. And par for the course for a dumb writing like Goodman. Copied relevant parts below
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This is a personal challenge to Hugh Freeze.
If Auburn’s football coach can beat me in a round of golf, then I’ll wash and wax the cars of every receiver on the Tigers’ roster.
Even the freshmen.
Even the walk-ons.
Let’s make it an 18-hole competition, coach vs. columnist.
Straight up. No handicaps. No gimmies.
That might put me at a disadvantage, considering Freeze regularly shoots in the 70s, but there’s just one catch to even the odds.
Freeze has to play with my trusty dumpster clubs.
As the story goes, I wasn’t very good at golf until I found some free clubs in a dumpster. Amazingly, I’m still not any good, but I at least have vintage clubs made of copper and wood.
I was walking my dog one day, and there they were, propped up beside a dumpster of an apartment complex in Cahaba Heights. They’re beautiful, they were PGA tour-grade for their time and they’re just waiting for Hugh to give them a try.
My dumpster clubs are famous. Everyone loves them. I even used them once in a pro-am. They’re from the 1950s. I did the research. The bag even has a two-wood.
If Freeze can shoot under 80 with my dumpster clubs, then we’ll know Auburn might have a problem on its hands.
Freeze is catching heat from Auburn fans for playing 10 rounds of golf in the month of June while at the same time losing some recruits who were committed for the class of 2026. Here’s the thing about that, though. Those are just the rounds of golf that Freeze recorded for his official USGA handicap.
What about the rounds he didn’t log into the app?
Hopefully Freeze had a chance to play a few more.
I’m not in the business of defending Freeze, but maybe this time the guy deserves a break. Freeze has worked himself sick recruiting football players for Auburn over the past couple years. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in February. Seems like a little golf in June might be just what the doctor ordered.
All football coaches play golf in June, or at least the smart ones.
Raising money is the name of the game these days. Look at it this way. The more rounds of golf that Freeze plays with donors, the better chance Auburn has at outspending Alabama and Georgia for quarterback recruits.
And let’s be real. Everyone else can be purchased out of the transfer portal.
Auburn’s 2025 transfer class was ranked No.6 nationally. Combine that with Freeze’s solid core of returning players, and Auburn should be in the hunt for a spot in the College Football Playoff. Freeze has been sandbagging this offseason, but the Tigers are in line for a breakout season and he knows it.
Quarterback Jackson Arnold is underrated and Freeze will be flush with options at receiver. This will be the most talented Auburn team in years, and the Tigers get Alabama and Georgia at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Auburn had five wins in 2024 and six in Freeze’s first season. This time, 10 or 11 wins shouldn’t be out of the question.
And it’s not like Freeze is slacking off on the recruiting trail.
Auburn landed a four-star quarterback recruit on Thursday. Peyton Falzone flipped his commitment from Penn State to the Tigers one day after those silly message-board rumors about Freeze resigning as Auburn’s coach.
Auburn is currently ranked 77th nationally with its projected 2026 recruiting class, but crootin’ isn’t what it used to be. Players can begin receiving paychecks from schools on July 1. How will the new economics of the SEC affect roster management from one year to the next? It’s anyone’s guess now that each school has $20.5 million to share with their athletes.
Does it really matter how many times a coach calls recruits? Deliver the bag on time. That’s the new motto in the SEC.
And it’s not like Freeze is the SEC’s new Steve Spurrier.
Spurrier has great golf stories.
This being conspiracy theory season in college football, there’s an SEC X-file about the Head Ball Coach taking the job at South Carolina just so he could be a member of Augusta National.
Spurrier once told me that the best hole-in-one of his life came on a long par-3 at a course in Gainesville. But Spur-Dog couldn’t celebrate or report the ace because he was supposed to be out recruiting.
In his prime, Spurrier was an incredible amateur golfer. He’s now 80 years old and his hands aren’t what they used to be. But just this past April, Spurrier and Freeze teamed up to finish third in the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge, a charity golf tournament for college coaches. Freeze raised $17,500 for the Global Orphan Project.
As for Freeze’s current golf game, it’s probably a good sign for Auburn football that its coach was trying to get his handicap back down during the NCAA’s recruiting “quiet period.” From May 29 to June 22, coaches couldn’t be on the road. The recruiting dead period started on June 23 and runs through July 31.
Swing away, Freeze. I’m ready when you are.
Freeze’s handicap is around 7.6. That’s about three strokes above where he has been in the past. If Freeze were a scratch golfer going into his third season on The Plains, then wouldn’t you be a little more worried?
Freeze’s golf game is getting worse at Auburn, not better.
Now’s my chance.
The dumpster clubs are waiting.
@Uncle Baby Billy @Jeffrey Lee @FIG-JAM
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This is a personal challenge to Hugh Freeze.
If Auburn’s football coach can beat me in a round of golf, then I’ll wash and wax the cars of every receiver on the Tigers’ roster.
Even the freshmen.
Even the walk-ons.
Let’s make it an 18-hole competition, coach vs. columnist.
Straight up. No handicaps. No gimmies.
That might put me at a disadvantage, considering Freeze regularly shoots in the 70s, but there’s just one catch to even the odds.
Freeze has to play with my trusty dumpster clubs.
As the story goes, I wasn’t very good at golf until I found some free clubs in a dumpster. Amazingly, I’m still not any good, but I at least have vintage clubs made of copper and wood.
I was walking my dog one day, and there they were, propped up beside a dumpster of an apartment complex in Cahaba Heights. They’re beautiful, they were PGA tour-grade for their time and they’re just waiting for Hugh to give them a try.
My dumpster clubs are famous. Everyone loves them. I even used them once in a pro-am. They’re from the 1950s. I did the research. The bag even has a two-wood.
If Freeze can shoot under 80 with my dumpster clubs, then we’ll know Auburn might have a problem on its hands.
Freeze is catching heat from Auburn fans for playing 10 rounds of golf in the month of June while at the same time losing some recruits who were committed for the class of 2026. Here’s the thing about that, though. Those are just the rounds of golf that Freeze recorded for his official USGA handicap.
What about the rounds he didn’t log into the app?
Hopefully Freeze had a chance to play a few more.
I’m not in the business of defending Freeze, but maybe this time the guy deserves a break. Freeze has worked himself sick recruiting football players for Auburn over the past couple years. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in February. Seems like a little golf in June might be just what the doctor ordered.
All football coaches play golf in June, or at least the smart ones.
Raising money is the name of the game these days. Look at it this way. The more rounds of golf that Freeze plays with donors, the better chance Auburn has at outspending Alabama and Georgia for quarterback recruits.
And let’s be real. Everyone else can be purchased out of the transfer portal.
Auburn’s 2025 transfer class was ranked No.6 nationally. Combine that with Freeze’s solid core of returning players, and Auburn should be in the hunt for a spot in the College Football Playoff. Freeze has been sandbagging this offseason, but the Tigers are in line for a breakout season and he knows it.
Quarterback Jackson Arnold is underrated and Freeze will be flush with options at receiver. This will be the most talented Auburn team in years, and the Tigers get Alabama and Georgia at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Auburn had five wins in 2024 and six in Freeze’s first season. This time, 10 or 11 wins shouldn’t be out of the question.
And it’s not like Freeze is slacking off on the recruiting trail.
Auburn landed a four-star quarterback recruit on Thursday. Peyton Falzone flipped his commitment from Penn State to the Tigers one day after those silly message-board rumors about Freeze resigning as Auburn’s coach.
Auburn is currently ranked 77th nationally with its projected 2026 recruiting class, but crootin’ isn’t what it used to be. Players can begin receiving paychecks from schools on July 1. How will the new economics of the SEC affect roster management from one year to the next? It’s anyone’s guess now that each school has $20.5 million to share with their athletes.
Does it really matter how many times a coach calls recruits? Deliver the bag on time. That’s the new motto in the SEC.
And it’s not like Freeze is the SEC’s new Steve Spurrier.
Spurrier has great golf stories.
This being conspiracy theory season in college football, there’s an SEC X-file about the Head Ball Coach taking the job at South Carolina just so he could be a member of Augusta National.
Spurrier once told me that the best hole-in-one of his life came on a long par-3 at a course in Gainesville. But Spur-Dog couldn’t celebrate or report the ace because he was supposed to be out recruiting.
In his prime, Spurrier was an incredible amateur golfer. He’s now 80 years old and his hands aren’t what they used to be. But just this past April, Spurrier and Freeze teamed up to finish third in the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge, a charity golf tournament for college coaches. Freeze raised $17,500 for the Global Orphan Project.
As for Freeze’s current golf game, it’s probably a good sign for Auburn football that its coach was trying to get his handicap back down during the NCAA’s recruiting “quiet period.” From May 29 to June 22, coaches couldn’t be on the road. The recruiting dead period started on June 23 and runs through July 31.
Swing away, Freeze. I’m ready when you are.
Freeze’s handicap is around 7.6. That’s about three strokes above where he has been in the past. If Freeze were a scratch golfer going into his third season on The Plains, then wouldn’t you be a little more worried?
Freeze’s golf game is getting worse at Auburn, not better.
Now’s my chance.
The dumpster clubs are waiting.
@Uncle Baby Billy @Jeffrey Lee @FIG-JAM
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