Takeaways: Hugh Freeze on the Samford win, starting SEC play, plus injury updates and more

No disrespect meant towards UMass, Cal or Samford, but the preseason for Auburn football is over and SEC play is here. Following three straight non-conference wins to start the season, Hugh Freeze and Co. travel to College Station, Tex. for a matchup against Texas A&M on Saturday. The game will kick at 11 am CT and be televised on ESPN. Freeze has been through the SEC wars and is focused on making sure his team is prepared for what's to come moving forward this season. “There were some good things and some things we have to improve on for sure. We played a lot of kids, which was good, but a lot of young kids tend to make mistakes and we had quite a few of those also," Freeze said. "We have to continue to work on not turning the ball over in the red zone. Outside of the two turnovers, we were pretty efficient. Defensively, I thought we were solid, particularly with the older guys. I thought our older guys did fairly well, but the younger guys made a lot of mistakes, truthfully. We have to bring them along as the season progresses.” Here's takeaways from Freeze's weekly press conference on Mondays inside the Woltosz Performance Center.