AUBURN — Could this be the weekend Auburn football finally turns the corner under Hugh Freeze ?

As it stands, things feel far from fine on the Plains. The Tigers have lost two consecutive games to open SEC play, with both defeats coming on the road against top-10 teams; by a combined 13 points, no less.

The difference in those results was Auburn 's offense, which sputtered for eight quarters against No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 5 Texas A&M . The same problems of the past two seasons continued rearing their head, now in Year 3 of the Freeze era.

However, Auburn's circumstance could bode well. It's coming off an open week and heading into home matchup, under the lights of Jordan-Hare Stadium , against No. 9 Georgia on Saturday, Oct. 11. ( 6:30 p.m. CT, ABC ) The Tigers are a 3.5

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