Hugh Freeze, Auburn's offense and Jackson Arnold had their opportunities to shed off the underperformer label on Saturday as DJ Durkin's defense kept the Tigers in the game against Texas A&M.
Unfortunately for Freeze and Arnold, it went about as well as it did last week in Norman, Okla., as Auburn dropped to the Aggies 16-10 in what was a winnable game for the Tigers.
Auburn fans and media members piled on with how the result played out:
If we had ANY OFFENSE. ANY OFFENSE. We would be 5-0 right now.
— Cam Coleman Fan (@BigBarnerBrand) September 27, 2025
almost halfway through Year 3 under Hugh Freeze, an offensive-minded head coach, Auburn just finished a game with 155 yards of total offense — the fewest in a game for the program in eight seasons
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) September 27, 2025
an offensive EPA of -21.4, and yet you still had chances to win
unbelievably bad pic.twitter.com/keeoIYbLl6
Offensive “guru” with 1 total yard in the 4th quarter.
— Tyler Winfrey 🦅 (@Tylerwinfrey25) September 27, 2025
Year 3 and nothing has changed.
He’s gotta go.
today: Auburn's running backs combined for eight carries
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) September 27, 2025
and half of them happened when there was 15-plus yards left to gain
only four handoffs on 23 first-down plays https://t.co/QJqz7lemuv
The offense needs to apologize to the defense. This is ridiculous.
— Bossy🅿️ants Barnhard 🦚✈️🤙👵🏻 (@Leishac) September 27, 2025
Back to back weeks, this defense has given Auburn the chance to win with a final drive, and this offense in those opportunities has 0 first downs, -7 yards, and 2 points for the defense.
— Kurt Cobarner 9x 🏆 (@KurtCobarner) September 27, 2025
He's a great recruiter. He's an abysmal coach.
— Zack Webster (@ZackWeb95) September 27, 2025
Talent means nothing without coaching.
Get him out of here. https://t.co/1hVs40p0R3
No excuses from Freeze man, your team is undisciplined & you call the plays.. you got all the talent you could ask for.. just bad
— Chandler Wooten (@ItsMeWootang) September 27, 2025
Hugh Freeze and Jackson Arnold when it comes to the sport of football pic.twitter.com/IBfdXT2uCd
— Jordan (@ayeJLyons) September 27, 2025
No awareness. No presence. No confidence.
— Brian Stultz (@brianjstultz) September 27, 2025
That is how I would describe Jackson Arnold right now.
Jackson Arnold masterclass 🙌 pic.twitter.com/lOiF3K9guj
— Old Row Sports (@OldRowSports) September 27, 2025
Jackson Arnold with the game on the line pic.twitter.com/qLwjSAWjp4
— Grant (@Gr4nts) September 27, 2025
What Jackson Arnold’s pocket presence looks like pic.twitter.com/CyW2jn25HE
— HornSports (@HornSports) September 27, 2025