Hugh Freeze on Jayden Daniels: 'I Don't Think You Can Stop Him'

Auburn's head coach praised the LSU signal-caller as he continues piecing together a historic season.

Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze understands the task at hand this weekend in Baton Rouge when his program steps foot in front of a rowdy Tiger Stadium crowd.

The Bayou Bengals' offense is rolling and Auburn will have a tall order when facing LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels. Freeze knows it. The SEC knows it. Everyone knows it.

Freeze didn't hold back when praising what Daniels has done through six games. Rather than give the cookie cutter answer, Freeze dove into just how phenomenal Daniels has been this year, giving him his flowers. 

The Praise: "I Don't Think You Can Stop Him"

“I don’t want to talk about game plans, but I don’t think you can stop him,” said on Monday. “There are just too many weapons around him and he’s too good. The key to this game is ‘Can we hold the field goals?’. Truthfully. Nobody has stopped him. He plays so effortlessly, literally runs forty-yard touchdowns and it looks like he’s jogging and yet no one is catching him. His balls are so accurate to those talented receivers.

“I just think it’s a hard task. To this point, and I haven’t watched future opponents so nobody use it for a bulletin board material, but to this point it’s the best offensive personnel I’ve seen in this league, to this point.”

Execution: Small Margin For Error

Auburn is coming off of a bye week where they had an extra week to game plan, prepare and get healthy ahead of a matchup against LSU in Baton Rouge. 

Now, as game week rolls on, Freeze is dialed in on execution. It's about the little things for the first-year Auburn coach and he's prepared to win the little battles on Saturday.

“The margin of error for us between winning and losing is small against teams that have a better roster in some spots, that we cannot afford those,” Freeze explained. “We have to look at everybody: coaches, players. Why are we not getting that executed? If we cannot do it personnel-wise, get it out of the plan. If we can do it but are not doing it right, then we need to coach it better. That’s what the whole week was about is how do we not go to bed after a game feeling that way.”

Excitement: The Death Valley Atmosphere 

It'll be Freeze's first time in Baton Rouge ever since taking over the Auburn gig, and despite have history in Tiger Stadium while with Ole Miss, he's just as excited as the first time to get back in Death Valley.

“I love hearing Callin’ Baton Rouge from Garth Brooks before the game,” Freeze said. “I think that’s a neat experience, and I try to stay out there to hear that. I like hearing the announcer say: ‘In 15 minutes, the sun will set in the western sky and it will be Saturday night in Baton Rouge.’”