Auburn’s Payton Thorne, despite Hugh Freeze’s comments, didn’t check out of 4th-down play vs. Georgia
Payton Thorne assures that he and the Auburn coaches are on the same page moving forward. However, it is pretty clear that wasn’t the case Saturday during Auburn’s 31-13 loss to Georgia. Auburn started the fourth quarter with a fourth-and-1 on its 44-yard line , but Thorne was stuffed on what looked like a zone read.