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ADAM COLE Auburn’s 27-21 loss to No. 19 Oklahoma over the weekend wasn’t the sort of defeat that draws many positives.
People are also reading… However, there were some positives to pull from it. In some ways, it was the most complete performance Auburn has had through five games. But an incredibly noticeable positive was something that had been preached all through the offseason — that the Tigers had freshmen who could contribute.
“You start to see that we’re recruiting kids that can make a difference,” Hugh Freeze said Monday. “That can run and that can tackle. I mean, we hadn’t run a quarterback down that can scramble in a while, and here goes Riddick in the game. He doesn’t know half of what to do, really, with every call right now. But when you’re an athlete, you’re an athlete.
Auburn’s defense had a slew of freshmen make significant contributions, with linebacker Demarcus Riddick playing a spy role for the Tigers and containing Oklahoma quarterback Michael Hawkins, who ran for 69 yards on 14 attempts. Defensive lineman Malik Blocton also got his first career start.
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