Auburn’s offense changed overnight, and one big Hugh Freeze critic noticed

Bo Wallace became a star under Hugh Freeze at Ole Miss from 2012-14, throwing for 9,534 yards and 62 touchdowns as the Rebels became a contender in the SEC West.

The former quarterback has also spent some time over the last three years criticizing his former coach in rants on Twitter that spanned several posts.

After Freeze was fired as Auburn's head coach on Sunday, the Tigers went out and had their best offensive display of the season, putting up 563 total yards in the 45-38 overtime loss to No. 16 Vanderbilt in Nashville.

Wallace took the opportunity to wish another former coach of his, Derrick Nix, congratulations on Auburn's explosive offense on Saturday.

Nix served as Auburn's offensive coordinator since rejoining Freeze in 2024, much to the chagrin of current Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin. In that time, the Tigers had struggled to find their footing on the offensive side of the ball, especially this season in SEC play. In the Tigers' first six conference games, they have 15 points per game. On Saturday, they put up 38, including 20 in the first half.

Nix deserves all the credit for keeping a wounded offense together, especially in the days following the firing of their head coach. The Tigers showed a spark that they hadn't shown since the season-opening win against Baylor, and Ashton Daniels, who sat behind Jackson Arnold for most of the season, proved that he was a capable quarterback.

But after several years of criticizing Freeze, including posting on Twitter, "We’re approaching the point that he’s thrown so many QBs under the bus, that maybe no one wants to play for him?? His offense helped me tremendously put numbers up when I blew my shoulder out," you have to wonder if his appreciate of what Nix did was more of an in-your-face to the former Auburn head coach.

We might never know the truth, but Wallace remains an interesting follow on the social media app during football season.