Hugh Freeze says he laid into official during Auburn football vs. BSU

AUBURN — One of the more curious moments in Auburn football 's 42-3 win over Ball State on Sept. 6 lasted across two series. Naturally, it ended up with one head coach getting animated.

After the Tigers were flagged for a delay of game, and facing a third-and-19 from their own 11-yard line, officials called the previous play — an incompletion from Jackson Arnold to freshman tight end Ryan Ghea — into review.

It was overturned, and Ghea's first career reception was a fumble that went the way of Ball State. Two plays later, however, Ball State quarterback Kiael Kelly gave up the rock, or so it seemed. Linebacker Robert Woodyard Jr. effectively took it from Kelly's hands on a run up the middle — but officials again ruled in favor of the Cardinals, saying Kelly's forward progress was s