{"id":219108,"date":"2025-10-12T12:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/219108\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T12:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:17:07","slug":"goodman-auburns-hugh-freeze-has-perfected-the-art-of-losing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/219108\/","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.newsbeep.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, SPORTS! Happy Hour. Here\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/link.al.com\/join\/6fp\/newsletter-sports-hour-joe-goodman-sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">link to sign up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FDOAXYW5ZBAQHCIYLEUSHVIDOM\">This is an opinion column.<\/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 nofollow\">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 nofollow\">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":2,"featured_media":219109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[6177,9226,399,398,396,397,123676,7702,99,5461],"class_list":["post-219108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-american-football","tag-bulldogs","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-pat-dye-field","tag-sec","tag-sports","tag-tigers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}