WOW: Hugh Freeze DECLARES Auburn Football should be in the Playoffs discussion

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🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Auburn Tigers football aims for playoff contention under Hugh Freeze. Is a College Football Playoff berth within reach for the Tigers this season? Host Zac Blackerby and guest Darrell Dapprich analyze Freeze's bold statements at SEC media days, exploring the coach's high expectations for Auburn's roster. The discussion covers potential offensive strategy shifts, including increased use of 4-receiver sets and the impact on tight end usage. Key players like Cam Coleman and Eric Singleton take center stage as the hosts debate optimal lineup configurations. Offensive line developments and depth chart predictions round out the conversation, with insights on Mason Murphy's potential at right tackle. The hosts also examine Freeze's coaching trajectory and set expectations for Auburn's improvement timeline. Tune in to hear why this season could be the "demarcation line" for Freeze's tenure at Auburn and what it means for the Tigers' future.

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0:00.0	Q-free set it multiple times. The expectations for Auburn football, the college football playoffs.
0:10.6	You are Locked-on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.
0:15.6	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:20.7	Yes, welcome on into Locked-on Auburn, your daily Auburn Tigers podcast.
0:24.7	I'm your host, Zach Blackerbyan.
0:25.7	Thank you so much for making Lockdown, Auburn, your first listen every single day.
0:28.9	Or maybe your second listen, this is a reaction show as Hugh Freeze just got done talking
0:34.0	here at SEC Media Days.
0:35.9	Zach Blackerby, Daryl Daprich here with you.
0:38.1	He said several things and we'll touch on one of the things that I actually think
0:41.8	is pretty important from a depth chart standpoint.
0:43.3	We'll touch on that later.
0:44.1	But the overarching theme that he kept referring to, some of it, he went out of his way
0:48.6	to bring it up.
0:49.5	Some of it was just kind of, it made sense to answer the question. But he said multiple times he expects Auburn to be in the discussion at the end of the season when you talk about the college football playoff.
0:59.6	He is not shying away from expectations.
1:02.1	Yeah, he is not running and hiding.
1:04.3	He feels that strongly about this roster.
1:07.7	Yes.
1:08.4	And it is actually basking in it, is loving it, is, is embracing it and saying,
1:14.7	this is where we are, we're proclaiming it.
1:17.2	We expect to be in the college football playoff conversation.
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