Bobby Petrino and Hugh Freeze's hires at Arkansas and Auburn, respectively, aren't viewed in the highest light.

So they meet again. Bobby Petrino and Auburn. The coach that got away and the school that later turned him away. For two decades and change, they have been a wannabe match made not in heaven or hell but an uncomfortable place in between known as purgatory.

Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze is a big fan of a first-year Arkansas offensive lineman and laments missing out on him in the transfer portal.

Hugh Freeze met with the media to discuss Auburn's 45-19 win over New Mexico and to preview the Tigers' upcoming test with

When Auburn defensive coordinator DJ Durkin leads his unit against Arkansas on Saturday, it’ll be a familiar sense of competition. He’ll be directly competing with Arkansas offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino, someone he often competed against in practice for a season at Texas A&M.