Hunter Yurachek knows about being called out by a former quarterback.
It was just last week that Clint Stoerner, favored former Arkansas signal-caller, blasted Yurachek's approach as Arkansas athletics director.
Nonetheless, Yurachek didn't say a word and yet said everything as Auburn coach Hugh Freeze has found himself embroiled in misery on the Plains.
Freeze was perceived to throw his qbs under the bus this weekend. Twice. In-game. Postgame.
He got blasted by his former Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace.
Monday, clearly seeking to show he still holds confidence in his Auburn Tigers, Freeze declared he believed his team would beat Arkansas "9 out of 10 times."
"We've got to get them to where the winning ways are happening on those critical downs," Freeze said Monday night on Tiger Talk.
"I mean no offense whatsoever to Arkansas or to Cal, I love Sam Pittman. I hope he wins the rest of his game. But I'm telling you, the hard truth is we play them nine more times we beat them nine times. And that's what's hard to take. And, it's hard for our fans, i'm sure, and it's certainly hard for us.
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— Arkansas Razorback Football (@RazorbackFB) September 24, 2024
"You get 460-something yards and we only had 50-something plays of offense because we turned it over five times. It's just, um, frustrating."
The Hogs and Tigers don't play again. Not this year. Maybe not next year in the SEC's 16-team super-league era. The two-game contract with Cal, which included a previous game on the West Coast, also is wrapped up.
Yurachek chimed in. After all, his Razorbacks coached by Sam Pittman led wire to wire in their win last Saturday at Auburn.
— Hunter Yurachek (@HunterYurachek) September 24, 2024
Auburn is the nation's No. 27 team in total offense through the season's opening four weeks, but its almost dead-last -- 131st -- in turnover margin at minus-10.
The Tigers have three-straight games upcoming against teams ranked in the top 21 of the AP Poll, including this weekend's home visit by No. 21 Oklahoma and then road games at No. 2 Georgia and No. 11 Missouri. After closing October at unranked Vanderbilt, the Tigers finally return home Nov. 2 against Vanderbilt.