After Auburn lost 10-3 to a Kentucky team that was on a 10-game SEC losing streak, it was obvious head coach Hugh Freeze’s time with the Tigers was over. He was just in his third season, but the program was foundering, with a 6-16 mark in SEC play. The offensive-minded head coach’s teams had been held to 17 points or less in 11 of those 22 games.
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Whether the job is considered on the level of the LSU and Florida vacancies or stacks up closer to Arkansas depends on who you ask. Gene Chizik did win a national title at Auburn within the last 20 years, but this program hasn’t won more than six games in a season since 2019.
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