Quarterback Battle Front and Center at A-Day

BY DANIEL LOCKE FOR THE OBSERVER

AUBURN —

Hugh Freeze’s first spring as the head coach of the Auburn football program has come to an end. The Tiger fans that sat out in the rain to watch the culminating event of spring practice saw a new, unconventional format, areas that still need work and most importantly, no clear indicators on how things are going to shake out in the quarterback room. The game, which resulted in a 24-24 tie between the offense and defense, saw all three quarterbacks — Robby Ashford, T.J Finley and Holden Geriner — play a decent amount.

"I feel better than I did 15 practices ago,” Freeze said. “I think from this point, now until the end of fall camp, there's so much that needs to happen for somebody to solidify being "the guy." I think all have improved.

I think all are still inconsistent with some things. We really wanted to throw that ball around and it would've been really ugly and probably a lot of three-and-outs had we tried to do that.

“I think Robby (Ashford) got better,” Freeze continued. “He's really been fun to coach. I think he's trying to change some of the things that may have caused me concern about him being the quarterback leader, whether it be body language or ball security or just your demeanor in general — the way you talk, the way you talk to your teammates … I thought Holden (Geriner) threw some good balls. He missed a couple reads on some RPOs I think. T.J. (Finley) did too. It's kind of been that way all spring. Some really positives one day and some inconsistencies the

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