Despite uncertainty around Thorne’s performance in practice earlier this week, head coach Hugh Freeze was confident that Thorne would be ready to go on Wednesday. “Not as far along as I’d hoped with the shoulder,” Freeze said on Thorne’s status on Wednesday. “He thinks he’s going to be fine, but he was not ready to play yesterday for sure.”

A big part of the team’s struggles has been quarterback play. QB Payton Thorne was benched and reinserted as the starter and has now been dealing with a shoulder injury. The QB suffered the injury against Vanderbilt, but recently told reporters that he probably could have played last week if necessary.

Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze continues with the multiple-play-caller strategy which has failed him all season long.