Following the SEC Media Days 2023 appearance of Hugh Freeze in Nashville, the Auburn football program is seeing sunny skies ahead of the Oxford, Mississippi native’s first season on the Plains — this after being “left for dead” in 2022 according to Rivals’ Brian Stultz.
“Yes, it’s a new era for Auburn football as Freeze and his staff attempt to rebuild what was basically left for dead,” Stultz wrote. “All of the controversy about his hire is gone; only the results matter when the Tigers take the field on September 2 against UMass. While a black cloud foreshadowed last season, the sunny skies of Tuesday morning showed what was possible for this program.