Auburn Tigers CFB Betting
When Hugh Freeze was hired as the new head coach of the Auburn Tigers two years ago, all seemed possible. Freeze was coming off a successful tenure as head coach of the Liberty Flames, where he made that program one of the best in the group of Five. Previously, Freeze won big for a minute as the HC of the Ole Miss Rebels before having to resign in disgrace over personal misconduct. Auburn was coming off a poor fit with Bryan Harsin, an odd choice from Boise State that had little chance of succeeding. High expectations came with Freeze. However, two seasons without a bowl have put Freeze on the hot seat.
Auburn Tigers 2024 Season Recap
Auburn was a major betting on college football using crypto disappointment in 2024. Head coach Hugh Freeze faces a bowl-or-bust season in 2024.
Last game, the Auburn Tigers lost 28-14 against the Alabama Crimson Tide as 11.5-point road dogs. The game went under the total of 51. Auburn has a record of 5-7 straight up, 6-6 against the spread, and 5-7 over/under the total. Auburn ranks 33rd for total offense, 32nd for passing, 63rd for rushing and 70th for scoring. Defensively, they rank 32nd overall, 56th against the pass, 29th against the rush, and 32nd for points allowed. Also, Auburn ranks 118th for fewest turnovers lost and 93rd for takeaways.
Repeatedly failing to capitalize on multiple turnovers and convert in the red zone is systemic to the entire Hugh Freeze football operation. So are the same old excuses that have invariably spilled from the Auburn Tigers head coach this season.
"It could have been a different game, for sure," Freeze lamented post-game about Auburn's missed chances in the first half. "The difference in the game was their third-down conversions... their ability to stay on the field and us not being able to score touchdowns in the red zone."
By losing 28-14 in the Iron Bowl, the Tigers' faint hopes of extending the season were finally extinguished in a collective whine and a whimper, with Bama converting on 12 of their 18 third-down attempts.
If Tigers fans were to really search their souls, extending the 2024 season would only prolong the misery caused by dreadful coaching and on-field execution.
The more cynical amongst us might venture to suggest that when Freeze immediately shifted the program's emphasis onto recruitment and working the portal, he was hell-bent on self-preservation.
"We have one top-10 class , and hopefully we can land another next week," Freeze declared on Saturday. "We have to go back and try to finish it, then hit the portal to make sure we aren't feeling this way next year."
That's not to say that his general overview is incorrect; this current incarnation of the Tigers is lacking in far too many areas to compete with Alabama truly and a host of other stronger programs just yet.
While most would agree with that assessment, Freeze's baffling decision to abandon the previous transfer portal and ride with a quite clearly out-of-his-depth Payton Thorne as his starting quarterback was stunning incompetence on the head coach's part.
The truth is, Thorne was put in a hopeless position by a head coach who either seriously misjudged his skill set or had the hubris to believe he could get miracles out of him. Or both.
Thorne's abject inability to read the game in the most crucial situations was something that red-flagged so badly that running the offense through him became utterly mad.
When he took over, Freeze inherited a talent-poor roster. There's no question he's improving the personnel. But he must improve quarterback play and in-game decision-making in 2025 if he wants to see 2026.
2024 Auburn Tigers Football Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
| Aug 31 |
vs. Alabama A&M |
W 73-3 |
1-0 |
| Sep 7 |
vs. California |
L 14-21 |
1-1 |
| Sep 14 |
vs. New Mexico |
W 45-19 |
2-1 |
| Sep 21 |
vs. Arkansas |
L 14-24 |
2-2 |
| Sep 28 |
vs. Oklahoma |
L 21-27 |
2-3 |
| Oct 5 |
at Georgia |
L 13-31 |
2-4 |
| Oct 12 |
OFF |
| Oct 19 |
at Missouri |
L 17-21 |
2-5 |
| Oct 26 |
at Kentucky |
W 24-10 |
3-5 |
| Nov 2 |
vs. Vanderbilt |
L 7-17 |
3-6 |
| Nov 9 |
OFF |
| Nov 16 |
vs. ULM |
W 48-14 |
4-6 |
| Nov 23 |
vs. Texas A&M |
W 43-41 |
5-6 |
| Nov 30 |
at Alabama |
L 14-28 |
5-7 |
The Auburn Tigers made more news in the offseason than in the 2021 campaign. After a hot start, new head coach Bryan Harsin saw his team fade down the stretch to finish 6-7. Worst of all, clock mismanagement cost War Eagle a win in the Iron Bowl against Alabama. That led to a poor recruiting class, at least by Auburn and SEC standards.
Auburn has long been known for its meddlesome boosters. And in spring 2022, those big money donors had a bellyful of Harsin. While Harsin was out of the country on vacation, the Auburn boosters circulated stories on social media that he was having an affair with a young female staffer. They even circulated pictures of the woman. It was all fabricated. But Harsin did not make it to the end of 2022.
Now Hugh Freeze, who was fired at Ole Miss for contacting hookers on his burner phone while thumping his Bible on Twitter, is in his second season. To his credit, Freeze is a highly regarded football mind and strong recruiter.
Despite a strong and proud football history, the Auburn Tigers have always played in the state's shadow of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Auburn has two claimed and four unclaimed national championships. The Tigers have won the SEC championship 16 times. They have boasted three Heisman Trophy winners and 31 consensus All-Americans.
Head coaches Ralph Jordan and Pat Dye are Auburn legends. Jordan won a national championship, as did Gene Chizik. Tommy Tuberville and Gus Malzahn are other Auburn coaches that found success on the Plains.
Cam Newton, Pat Sullivan, Bo Jackson, and Terry Beasley are among the legendary Auburn players that have worn the blue and orange.
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