{"id":297224,"date":"2025-10-12T12:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/297224\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:12:11","slug":"goodman-auburns-hugh-freeze-has-perfected-the-art-of-losing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/297224\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodman: Auburn\u2019s Hugh Freeze has perfected the art of losing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Georgia Auburn Football\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/VQXKCDE6CFAP3KRMHLPRRDZZMA.jpg\"\/>Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze watches a replay during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Georgia, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo\/Butch Dill)AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"B7XPHNHHUZA35H5YJP4XMZ6YOU\">Stay hydrated with Joe\u2019s free newsletter, <b>SPORTS! Happy Hour<\/b>. Here\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/link.al.com\/join\/6fp\/newsletter-sports-hour-joe-goodman-sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link to sign up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FDOAXYW5ZBAQHCIYLEUSHVIDOM\"><b>This is an opinion column.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Joseph Goodman is the lead sports columnist for AL.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze watches a replay during the first half of an NCAA college football game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":297225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[8019,51014,1318,1317,1315,1316,151639,2973,62,2971,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-297224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-american-football","9":"tag-bulldogs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-ncaafootball","14":"tag-pat-dye-field","15":"tag-sec","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-tigers","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115361136265803237","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}