Auburn Might Not Win an SEC Game in 2024
I know it may sound ridiculous, but on paper there is a chance that Auburn might not an SEC game in 2024. They struggle mightily against Arkansas at home, and honestly the Hogs should have won by more points. The QB play continues to be absolutely atrocious and looking at their remaining SEC games, there is no give me games on the schedule.
With how the season has started on the Plains this was a bad year to no longer have Mississippi State on the yearly schedule. It is crazy to think that in their first four games of the season at home, and this was the easy part of the schedule, they are sitting at 2-2. At least the Tigers made sure that their non-Power 4 games were against very bad teams.
Looking at the remaining SEC games it is going to be a long season in Lee County, and by the look of things it will only get uglier from here. The one bright spot for Auburn is they get another home game in Week 5 against a humbled OU team. It will be interesting to see how both teams respond from tough home losses, but from a Sooner perspective playing Auburn after Tennessee is a very welcomed site. Even Vanderbilt is much improved and if things continue to go south for Hugh Freeze's team who knows how that game will go. Based on what I've seen from both teams to start the season, I'd put my money on the Commodores.
Hank Brown in this second start of his young career was terrible against an improved Hogs team, but that may be one of the worst defenses they see for the rest of the season. No matter how bad his play was against Arkansas you'd think Hugh Freeze would stick with him as Payton Thorne again showed bringing him in from the transfer portal was a huge mistake.
It is only year two in the Freeze tenure, but if things continue along this path for the rest of the season patience will be running thin real soon amongst the decision makers. The excitement of the recruiting wins will start to lose their shine if results on the field don't improve especially if Auburn isn't competitive against rivals Georgia and Alabama.