Hugh Freeze After Auburn Beat Baylor 38-24: 'A Thrill for Our Team, Our Fans'

The Auburn Tigers had contributions from all three phases in a 38-24 win over the Baylor Bears

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00:00All right, oh man, just a thrill, thrilled for our fans, our team,

00:07everybody that's in the Auburn family.

00:10Once again, they prove how much they love our football team and university,

00:14the way they traveled and showed up here in Waco,

00:17and our band set up in the heat for hours.

00:21I was worried about them passing out.

00:23I told one of our assistant ADs that let's ship them some water up there,

00:28but just thankful for our Auburn fans.

00:30They travel and support us so well, and we're grateful we could find a way to win

00:37against what I think is a very gritty, mature football team in Baylor,

00:41and I hope they have a great year.

00:43I like Dave Arenda a lot, and I thought their kids were gritty.

00:48But when it was on the line, I mean, our offensive line leaned on them,

00:52and we had that drive, the last one to put it away.

00:55It was a 12-play drive for 75 yards that ate up about seven minutes and 16 seconds, I think.

01:02And then when we have to get a first down to win the game, again, they found a way to do it.

01:07I thought Jackson played really solid and didn't force hardly anything

01:11and just took what they gave us.

01:13And they were determined not to let us throw it down the field.

01:17They played two high safeties the entire night pretty much, and thus the rushing.

01:23I mean, after that first drive, we had eight consecutive drives of seven-plus plays.

01:28And really, I think Jackson would probably agree, the two that we didn't score points on,

01:34we kind of shot ourselves in the foot, and they got us with a blitz,

01:38and then we got a holding penalty that killed a drive.

01:41But I thought it was a solid, solid effort and just thankful we're 1-0

01:47against what I think is a pretty good football team.