2 weeks Ago By Andrew Kulha, Yardbarker
Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze know a thing or two about Diego Pavia. In fact, he knows way too much about Pavia for his liking. Three seasons ago, when Freeze was still head coach at Liberty, Pavia was the quarterback at New Mexico State.
Despite being a massive underdog, Pavia helped lead the Aggies to a 49-14 victory over Liberty while throwing for 214 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for 125 yards and three touchdowns. Last season, while still at New Mexico State, Pavia led the Aggies to an upset win over Freeze and Auburn. It was a 31-10 victory in which Pavia threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns.
Pavia got a "promotion" via the transfer portal to the SEC and now he's back to haunt Freeze one more time. The 5-3 Commodores —who have already beaten Alabama this season and also took Missouri and Texas to the brink — take on Auburn on the plains this weekend, and frankly, Freeze is over it. "I'm sick of seeing that quarterback," Freeze said with a laugh in a recent news conference.
Hugh Freeze, on playing Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia. Last year, Pavia led New Mexico State to the win at Auburn “I’m sick of seeing that quarterback. What a competitor he is” pic.
twitter.com/Gf3KUeSLLp If there's any solace for Freeze it's that Pavia was banged up a loss to Texas. That doesn't mean he's not expected to play, though.
He did come back into he game to finish it, and Vandy head coach Clark Lea isn't ruling him out for this one. “It’s no surprise that he closed the game out. We’ll see where he is tonight and tomorrow and plot a course forward.
But as we strand right now, I don’t foresee any time missed,” Lea said, according to On3 . “I think he’s a pretty resilient kid who’s tough, and I think he’s going to be OK.”.
