Hugh Freeze is not a fan of how Auburn’s Saturday scrimmage was officiated.

The new Auburn head coach complained about SEC officials following practice, saying they were “flag-happy” and called back a few “explosive” runs.

Football is back, baby!

For what it’s worth, Auburn averaged 7.5 penalties per game last season, the 4th most in the SEC. Obviously, that was under a completely different coaching staff.

As far as the actual scrimmage, Freeze noted that Jeremiah Cobb saw a lot of touches in the backfield, but that all of them ran the ball well. The Tigers will likely see big help from Cobb, Jarquez Hunter and Brian Battie in the backfield this upcoming season. Battie, unsurprisingly, was revealed to be Auburn’s kickoff returner for this season by Freeze Saturday.

Here’s a look at how Payton Thorne, Robby Ashford and Holden Geriner fared under center: