Hugh Freeze comments on Auburn’s QB situation after Week 2 loss
Hugh Freeze and the Auburn Tigers have a quarterback situation on their hands, as do other teams in the SEC, now just a couple of games into the season.
There was some intrigue surrounding starting signal-caller Payton Thorne heading into the season, but that doesn’t necessarily seem to be the case anymore, as Thorne has sputtered at times throughout the first pair of contests into 2024.
During Wednesday’s SEC coaches teleconference, Freeze fielded questions about the position and the decision he may be ultimately forced to make, saying that he both wakes up and goes to bed thinking about it when asked if he had given thoughts to the possible benefit of allowing Hank Brown to have more playing time early on in the season.
"I wake up thinking about it, I go to bed thinking about it," Hugh Freeze said when asked if he's given thought to the possible benefits of getting Hank Brown some playtime early in the season.
— Ainslie Lee (@ainslielee_) September 11, 2024
Hugh Freeze on Auburn's QB situation: "There's a very, very short leash on us playing as poorly as we did at that position."
— Ainslie Lee (@ainslielee_) September 11, 2024
More from Hugh Freeze on the QB situation: "I am Payton's biggest fan because I've chosen to believe in him. There are plays he should get right, and there are ones that aren't his fault."
— Justin Hokanson (@_JHokanson) September 11, 2024
Thorne has some fixing to do after he finished out the 21-14 Week 2 upset loss to the California Golden Bears 14-for-27 passing with 1 touchdown and a hard to ignore 4 interceptions that were largely on him.
If Thorne is able to redeem himself in Week 3 as the Tigers go up against the New Mexico Lobos will be something to watch, even with it coming against a lesser opponent. It’s hard to say Cal wasn’t originally deemed that too, though.
Thorne is a terrible QB.
Not what you said after week 1 was it donvenevzuela…nice to see you having another intelligent conversation with yourself, by the way. Kinda hard to find qualified Auburn grads to share IQ worthy she/her discord with on this thread at times, yes?
Oh look, the stalker is back. How cute.
At least try to come up with original material.
There you go kicking the skunk again Humper! Couldn’t help yourself, could you? No golf today, huh?
StLGator you and humper rape any farm animals today?
Kick a skunk…lol. That’s perfect.
Well here we go, Ron…new material. Crank up the Lynyrd Skinner, think we figured out that smell that surrounds you donnieboi
For what it’s worth, I feel your pain Ron. As a matter of fact, I may be feeling it again this coming Saturday, if the Gator OL plays to its form so far this season.
Napier was forced to take his Rembrandt out of his closet last week and Gator Nation got to see it in its full splendor. Now, he insists on putting it back in his closet and throwing Mertz, who impersonates a statue pretty well, out there vs. A&M’s pass rush, behind that sieve of an OL. What could possibly go wrong?
Not a recipe for success, but hey, it could be another great “life lesson” for this Gator squad. As if they need more pain right now.
There seems to be many similarities between Mertz and Thorne, unfortunately.
But, the season is still young. So have hope. It ain’t over till it’s over.
It’s really simple Mutt. Mertz is a good, not great, pocket passer. If the Gator OL can give him a clean pocket, he’ll do well.
If not, bring in Lagway. He can run around, avoid the rush and throw on the run.
“For what it’s worth, I feel your pain Ron.”
What pain? You’re the one with herpes not me, skank.
And you know this how? Oh that’s right, creepy guy hanging out in the men’s locker room at the gym, never mind
I do believe I just hurt Ronnie’s feelings.
It’s a truly weak person that can only respond to a humorous challenge with insults. Everyone else who reads this thread is laughing at you fool.
You fool…nailed it again STL. We now have the ronmexico theme song, crank up the Lynyrd Skinner.
Ooh oooh that smell, can’t you smell that smell…
LMAO!!! Absolute gold there Humper!
He’s not a “terrible” QB. He’s just not a very good QB and in the SEC you can win without a “great” QB, but you can’t win with a mediocre one who’s further hampered by an OC who doesn’t understand that for a guy like Thorne to be successful, he needs to have a powerful running game.
Very Deep Ronnie Tijuana. Take a few more tokes of that Mexican gold. You are on a roll. Get snarky Ronnie Tijuana.
I can’t believe AUB lost to Cal, at HOME.
If that can’t light a fire under them, nothing will.