LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Auburn coach Hugh Freeze arrived well ahead of the Tigers' Southeastern Conference game against Kentucky on Saturday night and was on the sidelines before kickoff after not flying with the team on Friday because of an illness. An ESPN report said Freeze didn't travel after falling ill on Friday.
An Auburn football spokesman confirmed that the coach experienced nausea described as a “24 hour bug" but flew to Lexington on Saturday morning and was with the team as it conducted its pregame Tiger Walk into Kroger Field several hours before the scheduled 7:45 p.m. ET kickoff.
Freeze went through his normal pregame routine, the spokesman added, and even took pictures on the field. The Tigers (2-5, 0-4) sought to end a four-game losing streak and salvage fading bowl prospects. Auburn has won nine straight trips to Lexington dating back to 1966 and faces a Wildcats team (3-4, 1-4) trying to get back to .
500 after losing consecutive SEC games against No. 25 Vanderbilt and at Florida . AP college football: https://apnews.
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