On September 21st, The Auburn Tigers (2-2, 0-1) found themselves losing to the Arkansas Razorbacks (3-1, 1-0) at home by a score of 24-14.
Following the game, Tigers’ veteran quarterback Payton Thorne took accountability for the loss.
“We just weren’t good enough on offense,” Thorne said (h/t Auburn Tigers’ on SI’s Daniel Locke). “I thought our defense played well enough to win for sure. I thought they played their tails off, and we weren’t good enough on offense at the end of the day.”
In addition to owning the loss, Thorne is committed to guiding redshirt freshman Hank Brown — blocking out any noise that he may come across.
“It’s not easy,” Thorne said. “He’s (Brown) a young guy, second year. I’m going to be talking to him about staying off his phone, quite honestly. There’s going to be a lot of stuff out there, and that’s not important. What’s important is he watches the film, and we watch film together.”
Thorne and Brown seem to get along which will be important moving forward for head coach Hugh Freeze.
“We’re both going to come in and go to work,” Thorne said. “Take all the steps that we normally do throughout the week. I want to put my best foot forward and do everything I can.”
Freeze already shared his feelings regarding the loss, but the only thing they can do is to keep pushing and practice, practice, practice.
Practice always makes perfect, as they say.
