Auburn's Hugh Freeze receives support for scrimmage game to end spring practice

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Auburn head football coach Hugh Freeze wants to shake things up in his first year of coaching on the Plains. 

Instead of ending spring practice with the traditional spring game, Freeze wants to scrimmage another school. 

Head coach Hugh Freeze of the Tigers during their game against the Georgia Bulldogs at Neville Arena on Feb. 1, 2023, in Auburn, Alabama. ( Michael Chang/Getty Images)

"Alabama can play Troy and we play UAB or vice versa, or whoever, I don’t care. Alabama State or whoever," Freeze said Monday, according to the Montgomery Advertiser. "People will come see that. 

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"And you’re decreasing your injury possibilities by 50%," Freeze said. "And coaches are smart enough to control – we’re not going to hit each other's quarterbacks, we practice that way. If you want to put a blue jersey or a different jersey that (means) don’t take (that player) to the ground, we can do that. I just think it would be great for the sport."

Freeze said his scrimmage idea has been one he’s held for years but has never caught on throughout the sport. 

Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze during the Arkansas Razorbacks game at Neville Arena on Jan. 7, 2023, in Auburn, Alabama. (Michael Chang/Getty Images)

"I guess I’m the only one that’s kind of interested in it," he said. "But to me, it makes too much sense not to do it."

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But there may be some traction to his idea after all. 

UAB head coach Trent Dilfer loves the idea, saying Freeze is onto something. 

"Pretty, pretty, pretty please," Dilfer said. "Yes, yes, of course. Hugh's right. Whether