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Hugh Freeze Makes Pointless Claim After Auburn Loses to Arkansas
Auburn Tigers freshman quarterback Hank Brown threw three interceptions and was benched for incumbent senior starter Payton Thorne in a day marred by offensive inefficiency in Saturday’s 24-14 home loss to the Arkansas Razorbacks.
For Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman, it was a much-needed win to move to 3-1 on the season and momentarily cool his hot seat. For Auburn, it was a game that raised even further questions about the state of the roster, and more specifically, the quarterback position.
Despite the poor showing on Saturday in front of a sellout home crowd at Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn coach Hugh Freeze couldn’t help but make a pointless claim in his weekly Monday night coach’s show Tiger Talk, where he discussed Arkansas as an opponent.
“I mean no offense whatsoever to Arkansas or to Cal,” Freeze said. “I love Sam Pittman and I hope he wins the rest of his games, but I’m telling you the hard truth is [if] we play them nine more times, we’d beat them nine times, and that’s what’s hard to take.”
“And it’s hard for our fans, I’m sure, and it’s certainly hard for us.”
Hugh Freeze: “I love Sam Pittman and I hope he wins the rest of his games, but I’m telling you the hard truth is we play [Arkansas] nine more times, we’d beat them nine times. And that’s what’s hard to take.”
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) September 24, 2024
It’s certainly appearing less and less likely that Auburn is going bowling in Freeze’s second season on the job. Auburn is now 2-2 on the season and hosts No. 21 Oklahoma this weekend, followed by two road trips to No. 2 Georgia and No. 11 Missouri. No. 24 Texas A&M and No. 4 Alabama await in late November.
With five ranked opponents left, as well as Kentucky, Vanderbilt and UL Monroe, the road for the Tigers won’t be easy. In the SEC, coaches generally aren’t afforded the luxury of time, so Freeze will need to come up with some answers quickly to get the season turned around.
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Mike Wickline covers state politics, and he has covered the state Legislature for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since November 2000. He previously spent several years covering the Idaho Legislature for the Lewiston Morning Tribune.
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John Brummett’s career in news began when he was in high school, as a part-time reporter for the Arkansas Democrat. He moved to the Arkansas Gazette in 1977.
He wrote a political column for the Gazette from 1986 to 1990. He was an editor for the Arkansas Times from 1990 to 1992.
In 1994, his book, “High Wire: From the Back Roads to the Beltway, the Education of Bill Clinton,” was published by Hyperion of New York City. He became a columnist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in 1994. In 2000, he signed a deal with Donrey Media Group, now known as Stephens Media, and wrote for them for 11 years.
He rejoined Democrat-Gazette as a columnist on Oct. 24, 2011.
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas basketball sophomore Karter Knox is probable to play against South Carolina, according to the SEC Availability Report released on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
John Calipari said Knox suffered a hip pointer injury during the No. 17 Razorbacks (12-4, 2-1 SEC) 95-73 loss to Auburn over the weekend. Arkansas returns to action against the Gamecocks on Wednesday, Jan. 14.
Calipari said he didn’t know the exact moment when Knox was hurt against Auburn, but it occurred during the first period as Knox did not play after halftime. He finished the night with zero points in seven minutes.
During his weekly radio show on Monday, Jan. 12, Calipari confirmed Knox had not practiced since the loss to Auburn.
This is not the first time Knox has dealt with an injury this season. He missed the opening game of the year with a toe sprain. The second-year guard is averaging 8.6 points and five rebounds while shooting a team-best 43.5% from 3-point range.
If Knox can play, he would get the chance to go against his older brother for the first time in their respective college careers. Kobe Knox is a redshirt senior at South Carolina after transferring from South Florida before the season.
If something changes before tipoff and Karter is sidelined, one of Billy Richmond III or Meleek Thomas will start against the Gamecocks.
Richmond would be a seamless replacement on the defensive end, although he is not as good of an outside shooter. Richmond is averaging 8.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists.
Thomas would be the aggressive pick on offense. The five-star freshman is Arkansas’ second-leading scorer with 15.4 points per game.
The biggest question is whether Calipari would go deeper into his bench to replace Knox in Arkansas’ eight-man rotation. Isaiah Sealy has been the Hogs’ ninth man this season, but he’s only averaging 8.9 minutes and has appeared in four games since the beginning of December.
Jackson Fuller covers Arkansas football, basketball and baseball for the Southwest Times Record, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at jfuller@usatodayco.com or follow him @jacksonfuller16 on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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